4th of July

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Here's my Mom, her sisters and parents on a 4th of July holiday trip to Nevada in 1954. 

My mom (on the right), here sisters and her mother - overlooking Reno

My grandparents

Friday Update

Design - "Pop" (freebie)

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 32 count unknown red linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 5 July 2014

Completed - 5 July 2014

I saw FOUR Acorn Woodpeckers one evening while I was eating dinner.

 

Since that time 3 is the most.

Here are two guys.

The one on the left is a young bird - blue eyes!

Here he is again.

Here's a female.

The black on her head is the clue.

Breakfast for everyone!

July's Blog Header

Here's July's Blog Header.

Garden Grumbles and Cross Stitch Fumbles July 2026 Blog Header

Row #1: Bent Creek, "Free Betsy"; Curtis Boehringer, "July"; Lizzie Kate, "Liberty Sampler"; Bent Creek, "United".

Row #2: Heart in Hand, "Free".

Row #3: Lizzie Kate, "A Bit of July"; The Stitching Parlor, "America"; Curtis Boehringer, "Red White and Blue".

 

Wednesday's Walk - 10 Years Ago

 

A Wednesday Walk in July - Berry Time

The sky is blue, the trees are green.

Let's take a walk.

And almost immediately there is a shrub with the

most interesting fruit or berries.

I have no idea what it might be.

Honeysuckle

Gentle green leaves.

Ash tree seeds.

A Pin Oak.

The seed pod of a Trillium.

False Solomon's Seal berries.

Near-ripe blackberries.

Snowbush berries.

Lupin fuzzy seed pods.

I looked for fruit on this Bitter Cherry, but it had already been stripped clean.

July will see the ripening of thousands and thousands of blackberries.

The fruit will feed countless birds, and chipmunk, and deer.

I'm hot, let's have a cold drink and sit a spell.

Nuts and Seeds

Design - "Little Bit of August"

Designer - X-Appeal

Fabric - unknown 32 count dyed linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - June 2015

Completed - 11 July 2015

I added two JABC bee buttons rather than cross stitch the two bees.

 

A Black-capped Chickadee

I set out this really nutty block for the Acorn Woodpeckers.

But apparently the Chickadees are all in too.

That's okay share and share alike.

And what is the female Black-headed Grosbeak eyeing?

A seed bell.

Three Birds!

Design - "Sewing Bees" - Thimble Holder

Designer - Schoolroom Samplings

Fabric - 28 count natural linen

Fibers - DMC & Needle Necessities - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 23 June 2012

Completed - 23 June 2012

I promised you three birds.

Bird #1

A mature male Acorn Woodpecker

Bird #2- a female Acorn Woodpecker

And Bird #3

Also a male Acorn Woodpecker...but...

Mature birds have reddish/pinkish eyes. So look at those blue eyes!

It's a young bird (probably newly fledged).

So the Acorn Woodpecker population is growing and that's good news.

And as a surprise Bird #4

A female Downy Woodpecker

She's a very sweet little bird.