Love is in the Air

Design - "February's Violet"

Chart - "Love is in the Air"

Designer - Blackbird Designs

Fabric - 28 count Amber linen

Fibers - GAST & Crescent Colours - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 18 March 2014

Completed - 27 March 2014 

Love is in the Air!

I had a pair of Flickers courting.

Lots of head-bobbing

And lots of talking

Here's a female

 

And here's a male

Back

Front

And sideways!

Also had a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers

Male

And Female

And I got to see an Acorn Woodpecker 

A female

Now I need Sapsucker and a Pileated Woodpecker.

Sunday's Hummers

Hail! Hail! The gangs all here!

The male Rufous

A male and female Anna's

The male Rufous once again

He's highly photogenic

Female Anna's

And another female Anna's

Saturday's Critters

Squirrels and deer

Not my usual western gray squirrel

 

Four Crows

Design - "March's Daffodil"

Designer - Cottage Garden Samplings

Fabric - 32 count French Lace linen 

Fibers - DMC, GAST, & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 26 March 2013

Completed 15 April 2013  

So on sunny days Ajax loves to stretch out on the patio as the concrete retains heat.

Folks the Crow Family seems to have four members. 

Truly that's four more crows than I want.

But there you go.

I will be watching to see if the swallows will nest with the crows around.

Small Guys

Here's a blast from the past (2011). "Bouquet for March" was a delight from start to finish.

I did change the DMC color for the violets, and am pleased with my choice.  I also discovered an error in the chart - one of the cyclamen stems is not charted, but is clearly shown on the chart photo, so I added it in.

I even found a cyclamen (plant) that matched the colors of the stitched piece.  I decided that I'd use this piece to honor my maternal Grandfather.  It's a wonderful match as he had a March birthday and a special affection for cyclamen which ran rampant in his yard.  I added his initials on the left - "JWW" and the years of his birth and death - 1912-2009.  Then I stitched my initials and the year the piece was finished on the bottom right.



Design - "March Bouquet"

Designer - Cedar Hills

Fabric - 28 count R & R Irish Creme linen

Fibers - DMC

Started - 17 March 2011

Completed - 4 May 2011

Here it is framed.  I usually display it this month.  

There's still a Ruby-crowned Kinglet lurking in the pucker brush.

Not seeing it at the suet feeders any longer.

The Hairy Woodpeckers have now become suet regulars.

This is a male.

 

And the Bewick's Wren is still hanging out, so no complaints.