Woodpeckers

Design - "Eagle on an Egg" (kit)

Designer - Bent Creek

Fabric - 28 count Flax linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 12 July 2015

Completed - 18 July 2015

So...

I have at least four Acorn Woodpeckers. See them?

And there maybe five, not sure about that.

Of course there are Flickers 

Acorn and Flicker

And there's even a little female Downy Woodpecker!

Back to Flickers

And Acorns

Here's a male Hairy Woodpecker

Blue skies and woodpeckers - a great summer day.

Baby Crows

Design - "Grand Old Flag"

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 16 count Lambswool Aida

Fibers - WDW

Started - Spring 2010

Completed - 2 July 2010

Stitched by - Barbara (my Mom)

I now appear to have five crows.

At least two of them have newly fledged kids.

See the begging on the right.

Further begging

A parent I think

Two kids.

Wednesday's Walk in a Week

It's going to be a hot day. Let's get off to an early start.

Spirea douglasii

Ninebark?

Blackberries

Ripe ones with Poison oak

 

Bracken fern

Ocean Spray

Native Honeysuckle

Interesting lichen on the bark of a Big Leaf Maple 

Big Leaf maple leaves and seeds

Stay cool!

Cuties Are Back

Design - "Old Glory"

Designer - Sam Sarah

Fabric - 32 count white linen

Fibers - Crescent Colours - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 20 July 2013

Completed - 21 July 2013

I saw a small flock of Bushtits!

My best photo - this is a male.

Can you see the Bushtit flying toward a branch?

Here's another one clinging from a branch.

I hope they show up again. 

They've Left

 

Design - "Star Spangled Summer" (kit)

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 32 count Natural linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 2 July 2012

Completed - 4 July 2012

The design called for WDW Twilight.  I thought Twilight was too green and switched to WDW Navy. 

They Violet-green Swallows have all fledged.

This nesting box finished up on the 4th of July.

Proud parents

This box took a week longer.

The baby was not interested in leaving.

But as the days progressed, it stuck out further and further. 

I think it fledged on Friday the 10th.

Now it seems very quiet. No chirping, and the parents aren't chattering any longer.