May's Blog Header Revealed

There's a theme - can you figure it out?

May 2013 Blog Header

The details are listed below - the rows are vertical rows.

Row #1: Little by Little, "Rendered by Samplar"; SamSarah, "Sadie Stuart - Summer Bee Sampler"; Chessie & Me, "Quaker Bee Sampler"; Sisters & Best Friends, "Burt Lake Sampler"; Crazy Folk, "Fly by Night".

Row #2:Heart in Hand, "Tall Tree Sampler"; Lizzie Kate, "Spring Basket"; The Trilogy, "Happy Chirp Chirp Day"; Leisure Arts, "A Sampling of Tradition - Noah's Sampler" by Kandace Thomas; "Birds of a Feather, "Alphabet Sampler". 

Row #3: Plum Street Samplers, "Free Bird"; Bent Creek, "Hope"; The Trilogy, "Out of the Box"; Cross Stitch Sampler Magazine April 1995, Janelle Marie Designs, "Geranium Sampler". 

Row #4: La-D-Da, "Bloomin Alphabet"; Bent Creek, "The Sampling"; Just Nan, "Blue Bird Sampler" Twisted Threads, "Harvest Trio - Bitty Birds Sampler".

Row #5: Curtis Boehringer, "Jack-O-Lantern Sampler"; BrightNeedle, "Twin Hearts Sampler"; Twisted Threads, "Spelling Bees"; Ewe & Eye & Friends, "Peacock Spot Sampler"; Homespun Elegance, "There is a Garden".

  

Row #6: The Goode Huswife, "The Cat Sampler"; Heart in Hand, "Spring Alphabet"; The Trilogy, "Happy Gobble Gobble Day".

Row #7: Cedar Hill, "Country Poppies"; Hog River, Ladybug Sampler"; Just Cross Stitch MAgazine - Halloween 2012, Knotted Tree, "Little Owl Sampler"; Heart in Hand, "Sunflower Sampler".

Row #8:Better Homes & Garden, "Prize Winning Mini Samplers - Fruit Sampler"; The Drawn Thread, "For the Birds"; BrightNeedle, "Bright Winter"; Blackbird Designs, "With Needle and Thread - Simple Harvest"; The Cricket Collection, "Green Thumb - A-Bee-C"".

Row #9: Bent Creek,"Lydia Sill"; Twisted Threads, "Gingham Hearts".

And that wraps up the May Blog Header.  Leave a comment of email me directly if you have questions.

A Nature Walk Continued

"Bouquet for March" continues apace!  Alphabet is done and I've begun to stitch the numbers and stems...   

I thought I'd share more photos from my Tuesday walk...

This time the theme is Wildflowers...

A Lamb's Tongue or Trout Lily in bloom - Erythronium oregonum.

I especially like the graceful bell curve the stem makes to the top of the blossom. 

A couple of Trillium parviflorum - so pretty - it takes from 5-7 years for a Trillium to reach maturity and bloom.

Deep in the shade I discovered a patch of yellow violets (is that an oxymoron?)  Commonly called Stream Violet or Pioneer Violet, Viola Glabella is common in Oregon.  It grows on streambanks, moist forests, from near coast to high elevations. Our patch is in a heavily shaded, very wet site.

This is the Blue Oregon Iris - Iris tenax.  It likes open grassy fields and meadow, and has just begun to bloom.  It forms circular clumps, and if the weather stays mild will bloom into the end of May. 

The Pacific Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande) - are finishing up now.   

But the Oregon Grape - Mahonia aquifolium - continues on.  The clusters of blossoms are quite attractive against the shiny holly-like leaves of the plant.

This is a large clump of Trillium albidum.  I love the big mottled leaves.  A clump this size is probably 7-10 years old.