Sunday's Hummers

A female Rufous! 

Finally a female Rufous at the feeders again.

They've taken a long break - nesting perhaps.

Same with the female Anna's.

Welcome back ladies!

Saturday's Critters

Lots going on this week.

Doe eating fruit (plums?)

Doe hanging out with crows

BIG BEAR

A really big bear

And the best for last! 

Three baby skunks (kits).

Cannot top this cuteness!

Enjoy the weekend.

Bigger Guys

Design - "Bee Ye Humble"

Designer - Pine Mountain Designs

Fabric - 32 count Wichelt linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 4 June 2012

Completed - 7 June 2012

This kit came with a tuck pillow, creating an Instant Finish!  

Besides cross stitch, the design used Satin, Herringbone, and Double Leviathan stitches.

Bigger guys

Yep crows.

And Band-tailed Pigeons.

LOTS of them~

Best of all Flickers.

This pair was courting.

See his head is up-right and extended.

Lots of chattering going on before they flew off. 

Chickadees

Design - "Banded Bee Skep"

Designer - Arachne's Silken Web

Fabric - 32 count Vintage Nutmeg Lakeside linen

Fibers - DMC, Pearsell's Silks, and Gloriana Silks - 1 thread over 2 strands 

Started - 1 August 2012

Completed - 9 August 2012

This piece probably makes it into my Favorite Top 10 list of everything I've ever stitched.  I love the variegated silks and the color of the linen.  This was a challenge to stitch, using 8 or more different stitches for the different rows of the bee skep. It was charted so well and the instructions were so clear, that I had no trouble learning each of the new stitches.  

I think the Chickadee nesting box is empty and the babies fledged on Sunday.  

Still there's lots of -Chickadee activity.

I put this out for the Acorn Woodpeckers, but hey, everyone is welcome.

And some Chestnut-backed Chickadees hanging around too.

Wednesday's Walk

Too hot to go far today.

Douglas fir - new green cones

Hawthorne

Hazel - see the nuts?

Young Douglas fir and a blue sky.

Douglas fir leader - new growth

Red Elderberry

The Black-headed Grosbeaks eat the berries while they are still green.

Bigger Birds

Design - "Square Dance - September"

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 32 count Vintage Country Mocha

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 7 September 2020

Completed - 15 September 2020

Bigger Birds

Nice to see a Flicker at the feeder.

This is a female.

I love the bright orange tail feathers.

A ubiquitous Steller's Jay.

And a crow.

It seems there's always a crow.