Singing and Eating

Design - "Halloween Pin Garden" (kit)

Designer - Raise the Roof

Fabric - 32 count Summer Khaki Lugana

Fibers - Au Ver a Soie

Started - 22 October 2010

Completed - 24 October 2010

This kit came with a frame, so instant finish = instant gratification!

Living up to its name!

A Song Sparrow

Singing up a storm

After a couple of weeks of no Chickadees...

They are back!

A small flock of 6-8 birds with a Wren of some sort.

No photo of the Wren darn it! 

Chestnut-backed Chickadees

Design - "Halloween Pin Garden" (kit)

Designer - Raise the Roof

Fabric - 32 count Summer Khaki Lugana

Fibers - Au Ver a Soie

Started - 22 October 2010

Completed - 24 October 2010

I've not been able to spend much time outside, so not a big array of photos today.

That said, Chestnut-backed Chickadees are worth a post.

They cannot help but being cute.

Right?

Yes!  Right!

Return of a Winter Resident

Design - "Halloween Pin Garden" (kit)

Designer - Raise the Roof

Fabric - 32 count Summer Khaki Lugana

Fibers - Au Ver a Soie

Started - 22 October 2010

Completed - 24 October 2010

This kit came with a frame, so instant finish = instant gratification! 

It's weird, but I seem to see some birds more often in the fall / winter than spring / summer.

The American Robin is one of those birds.

And then there are the fall / winter returning residents.

Welcome back to a White-throated Sparrow.

I'm Still in a Slump

I'm still in a stitching slump, so back to the archives we go.

Design - "Halloween Pin Garden" (kit)

Designer - Raise the Roof

Fabric - 32 count Summer Khaki Lugana

Fibers - Au Ver a Soie

Started - 22 October 2010

Completed - 24 October 2010

This kit came with a frame, so instant finish = instant gratification!

Not only have I not been stitching, I've not been outside with my birds, so I have only two photos to share today.

I still have lots of American Goldfinches coming to the feeder.

They are about impossible to see in the Big Leaf Maples that still have their large yellow leaves.

Halloween Pin Garden and Autumnal Bouquets

A finish!

Design - "Halloween Pin Garden" (kit)

Designer - Raise the Roof

Fabric - 32 count Summer Khaki Lugana

Fibers - Au Ver a Soie

Started - 22 October 2010

Completed - 24 October 2010

Halloween Pin Garden - Detail

A fast, fun piece - I really like the way the Granny Apple green silk pops on this.

And for me - an instant finish with the frame!

There is also a set of pins to go with this - I'm awaiting delivery on the pins and will post another picture when they arrive.

My sister picked two final bouquets before our latest storm...

 Autumnal dahlias

Zinnias - Persian Carpet Mix - (Renee's Seeds)

These zinnias have bloomed, and bloomed, and bloomed their hearts out this summer -  it is a wonderful mix!

Halloween and Echinaceas

Halloween is just a week away, and I've not stitched anything which commemorates the day.  But fortunately, I just purchased "Halloween Pin Garden" by Raise the Roof, so I'm ready to go!

Yesterday the first big storm was to arrive.  We were lucky and had a pleasant, if gray day, until about 5:30pm. Then the skies let loose! 

This morning when I looked at the rain gauge it had over 2" (full to the brim) and Lake Clos du Bois (a monster puddle in our front yard) has reappeared.      

I did take a few pictures of autumnal color to share.

Echinacea "Matthew Saul"

Echinacea "Sundown"

We do not have alot of color in our forest as it is mostly Douglas Fir.  The ash and the cottonwoods loose their leaves very early on, and the few oaks just go from green to brown.

That "leaves" the native Big Leaf Maples to provide the color interest.

They do glow!

We have about a dozen Big Leaf Maples.

Most are poorly shaped - with broken tops -from injuries sustained when this property was logged in the late 1990's.