Woodpecker Week

Design - "Reindeer" - Freebie card for chart 100 and 101

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

Fabric - 32 count Antique white linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 8 December 2011

Completed - 11 December 2011

Today I'm featuring a female Hairy Woodpecker. 

On Thursday a surprise!

It's A Steller Day

Chart - "Reindeer Sampler" - (kit)

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 32 count natural linen / silk

Started - 11 November 2001

Completed -17 November 2001 

It's a Steller Day!

We don't have cardinals...

...but these guys add a pop of color.

Head feathers down

I love the colors in these two photos.

The pinky-red and the blue are striking.

Steller's Jay and Hairy Woodpecker

Sunday's Hummers

I have four birds!

Three females and a male.

Here's one

Here's another

And another

Two birds

One

Two

Three!

Saturday's Critters

Lots of squirrels

I counted seven.

A doe and twins

This third fawn (orphaned probably) was hanging out with the other deer.

Back to the trio.

Well Hello There!

Design - "Wee Santa 2017"

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 30 count WDW Aztec Red

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 5 December 2017

Completed - 30 December 2017

Well hello there!

And who might you be?

I think....

I think it's a Yellow-rumped Warbler.

A rarer bird for me. I had one fly through in April 2024 during migration.

Before than it's a December 2021 sighting. 

Quiet Day

Design - "Wee Santa 2000"

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 32 count Dirty Belfast

Fibers - WDW

Started - 25 November 2001

Completed - 31 December 2001

A quiet day

Juncos lurking in the shrubs and brush

Golden-crowned Sparrows at suet 

And still more Juncos gobbling down suet.

Wednesday's Walk

The recent rain has refreshed things.  Let's go take a look.

Bright green licorice moss.

Bit of color.

Oak galls

Someone's summer home

I watched a mixed flock of kinglets and chickadees in the oak trees.  Here's a chickadee. 

Mosses and lichens

All the leaves have fallen...

...except for the willows!

The Big Creek

Osier dogwood stems

Nootka rose hips

Nootka rose leaves.

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Oh, it's begun to rain. Time to seek shelter.