Up High Down Low

I absolutely had to get a couple of Cottage Garden Sampling's pretty monthly series framed.   

So here we go!

Designer - Cottage Garden Samplings

Design - "June's Honeysuckle"

Fabric - White Chocolate linen

Started - 17 September 2013

Finished - 5 January 2014

Framed - August 2014

A rather simple gold frame that picks up the colors in the bee skeps.

I had a kettle of seven Turkey Vultures soaring overhead.

Not sure way so many gathered.

Often it means that there's a ready-to-eat meal on the ground.

This group ended up flying away to the south.

Down low the crow pair made an appearance together.

Chickadees Part One

Design - "March's Daffodil"

Designer - Cottage Garden Samplings

Fabric - 32 count French Lace linen 

Fibers - DMC, GAST, & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 26 March 2013

Completed 15 April 2013  

All about Black-capped Chickadees today.

I had a nice group come in late Sunday afternoon.

Look at all those feathers!

No wonder birds have to preen.

Day and Night

Designer - Cottage Garden Samplings

Design - "June's Honeysuckle"

Fabric - White Chocolate linen

Started - 17 September 2013

Finished - 5 January 2014

Framed - August 2014

Am seeing lots of Black-capped Chickadees.

This one is unique.  I'd thought it might be a Mountain Chickadee.

The coloring on its head is blotchy white and black which makes it easy to distinguish from the other Black-caps. 

The other evening one of the juvenile Great Horned Owls flew in to a perch on a close-by tree.  

Blurry photos and his back was toward the camera.

But I was able to watch him as he bobbed his head and emitted severeal loud "EEEEPPP"s!

I hope I have the chance to take further and better photos.

Daffodils Bloom

Design - "March's Daffodil"

Designer - Cottage Garden Samplings

Fabric - 32 count French Lace linen 

Fibers - DMC, GAST, & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 26 March 2013

Completed 15 April 2013 

It continues to be daffodil time.

With fewer hawk sightings, the Mourning Doves have returned.

Lots of little Downy Woodpeckers.

And lots of Flickers too.

Can you tell it was a windy day?

Here's another one.

They were sharing the same snag.

One of the female Acorn Woodpeckers continues to work on this hole.

I'll continue to watch.

Woodpeckers All About

 

I finished the key and have begun to stitch the word "Wisdom".  I might, just might be able to finish this by year's end.

I've had lots of adorable Downy Woodpecker action.

Here's a sweet little male.

Left profile

Right profile

Getting displaced by a much larger Flicker.

This is the female Flicker that harassed the little Downy.

She is a pretty bird.

Rockin' her polka dots.

And let's not forget the Acorn Woodpeckers.

A pink-eyed female.

Yellow Birds

 

I picked up "Wisdom" again and finished up the house on the lower right and began stitching a key on the lower left.  Still lots to do including another Kinglet.

The American Goldfinches continue to dominate my feeders.

Oops!  A male House Finch snuck in on the upper right.

The tray allows for even more birds.

Landing gear down.

Goldfinches Galore!

The bird baths are popular too.

At least eight bird.