Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Design - "Love"

Designer - Bent Creek

Fabric - 30 count R & R Flax Field

Started - 6 February 1999

Completed - 22 February 1999 

I think this might be my favorite valentine stitch. 

Look who's here!

Smile!  Doesn't it look like he's smiling?

It's The Reliable Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Looking at...

...a BIG wad of Bark Butter!  Oh boy!

Junco in the Dogwood.

Love the colors.

Towhee in the Dogwood.

The bird's colors match those of the plant.

A Raven!

Design - Make Do #11 - "Love" (kit)

Designer - Shakespeare's Peddler

Fabric - 32 count Rosy Pink linen

Fibers - unknown - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 28 February 2013

Completed - 5 March 2013

 

January trail camera captured a raven!

Wow!

I hear them and see them flying, but have never seen them land. 

So this was pretty cool.

Come back again soon!

Wednesday's Walk

Five years ago

This week's walk is sponsored by Roy G Biv*!

A nice big rainbow. 

* Roy G Biv stands for: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.  

The Jays

First off a Whimsical Heart!

Design - "Whimsical Heart"

Designer - Ewe & Eye & Friends

Fabric - 32 count Thistle Pink Lakeside linen

Fibers - DMC & Anchor - 1 strand over 2 threads

Started - 4 February 2014

Completed - 16 March 2014 

 I did not want to use DMC 310 (black) to outline the eyelet stitches in the interior of the heart.  I ended up using DMC 3688 which was two shade darker than DMC 3686 which was used to fill in the pink heart.  I think it turned out really well.  The chart also called for some of the flowers to be stitched with a satin stitch.  I did not care the for look, so I cross stitched them instead. It did turn out to be kind of a wild and crazy heart - pretty whimsical after all.   

Framed June 2023

And here is is finally framed!

I like how it turned out and look forward to displaying it.

California Scrub Jay

Steller's Jay

February's Blog Header

 

Here are the details of the Blog Header.  This time, just to confuse everyone, I'll name them using horizontal rows. 

Row 1: Heart in Hand, Bits and Pieces "Hodgepodge Hearts"; Bent Creek, Snappers "February Glows";  DMC, Color Variations "Love Your Hearts"; Heart in Hand, "2000 Collector's Heart" (I changed year to 2002); Heart in Hand, "Gentle Heart".

Row 2: Heart in Hand, Wee One "Be Mine"; Brightneedle, "Twin Hearts Sampler"; Heart in Hand, "2005 Collector's Heart" (I changed the date to 2006); then below it is Heart in Hand, Mother's Wisdom "Be Nice". 

Row 3: Top with white fabric Ibex Designs, "Rainbow Pillow"; beneath the rainbow hearts is Heart in Hand, "Stack of Hearts";  Heart in Hand, "One Love"; Heart in Hand, "2004 Collector's Heart"; Heart in Hand, Monthly Mania "February"; " Heart in Hand, "2006 Collector's Heart"; Bent Creek, "Love".

There you have it!

Sunday's Hummer

A couple of photos of the adult male. 

Saturday's Critters

Just squirrels! 

Little Ones

Design - "January Snows"

Designer - Bent Creek

Fabric - 32 count French Cafe Mocha linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 5 January 2011

Completed - 8 January 2011

Soft and delicate

A Junco

I'm a fan of the muted colors.

A Black-capped Chickadee

A Small Raptor

Design - "Let it Snow" (Jingles)

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 32 count natural linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 6 January 2014

Completed - 7 January 2014 

A Sharp-shinned Hawk

This cleared out all the birds quick-like!

Song Sparrow

Flicker

Wednesday's Walk

 It's cold, but clear.

Primrose

Two hellebores

Hellebore

Snowdrops

Daphne

Primrose

Flowering Current

Daffodls

Muscari

Iris

Narcissus 

Flowering Current

Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel