Saturday's Critters

Some of the visitors this week.

A bull snake

A skunk

NOT a gray squirrel!

A doe and a young buck

She's still in charge.

A gray squirrel

Hope you are able to enjoy the holiday weekend.

Swallows and Finches

Design - "Bluebird Sampler"

Designer - Just Nan

Fabric - 32 count white linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 29 May 2011

Completed -26 June 2011

Watching and nesting...

Male Lesser Goldfinch watches a male Violet-green Swallow.

Now there's a pair of Lessers.

A female Violet-green pokes out her head.

Goldfinches and House Finches

A female Goldfinch

Back to Woodpeckers

 

Design - "Plum Berry Sampler"

Designer - Bent Creek

Fabric - 32 count Touchstone linen

Fibers - GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 2 February 2001

Completed - 27 February 2001

Back to woodpeckers...

A female Flicker looking for ants.

A male Acorn Woodpecker

I had two of them the other day.

A male Hairy Woodpecker

Love me some suet!

A lovely day over all.

Wednesday's Walk

I'm off on a short stroll today.

  

Big Leaf Maple

Buckbrush

Dogwood

Ninebark

Foxglove

Bleeding Heart

Columbine

Thimbleberry

Osier Dogwood

Native Bleeding Heart

Acorns

Design - "Backyard Birds"

Designer- La-D-Da

Fabric - 32 count R & R LA-D-Da Brown linen

Fibers - ???

Started - 1 September 2009

Completed -16 September 2009

So here's a flashback - I can't believe that I completed a large sampler in just a couple of weeks - wow!

Morning light is not the best.

Prepare for take-off!

Sunday evening I saw all three Acorn Woodpeckers.

But I only manage a couple of photos of one of the guys.

The Crows

Design - "May Blooms"

Designer - Bent Creek

Fabric - 32 count French Country Cafe Mocha

Fibers - GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - May 2015

Completed - May 2015

Had a couple of crows on Sunday.

Looking

Eating

Ajax was on my lap watching, but she's decided the crows are too aggressive to take on.