Fix it Friday

Today is "I Fixed it Friday".  Here's why...

I changed the identification of a bird below from Goldfinch to Pine Siskin thanks to a heads up from Kim...and 

When I originally posted this finish on February 3rd, I had a pair of crummy asymmetrical French knots for the eyes.   My blogging buddies came to the rescue with several different solutions including: Colonial knots, Danish knots (very pretty!), and Mill Hill beads.  Beads, duh - so easy - that's what I did, and I think it looks much, much better now.  

My original finish of "Snowdrop" posted yesterday just wasn't cutting it for me.  I'd become obsessed with the inappropriateness (is that a word?) of DMC 3782.  My solution - frog it out and replace it with DMC 3866 - a gentle white.  The result?  Much improved to my eye anyway.

No fixing needed to any of the critters below - Nature did a stand up job to begin with.   

A plump little Junco.

Even in the depths of Winter, the Pine Siskins are managing to find seeds in the dried heads of the Teasel.

Munch, munch! 

A House Finch

This Pine Siskins are very plain, but for a bit of yellow on the wings.

They are erratic birds - I often had them at the house across the street in dense forest shade.  I rarely see them here in open sunny brambles.

This morning, the Steller's Jays beat the deer in the Great Stale Bread Grab and Go Race.  The jays are so very greedy.  They attempt to grab two, three, even four pieces, before they lumber off to a tree to gulp down their repast.