Reddish Egret (white morph) and Willet.
Sanderling and Sandpiper.
Laughing Gull and Black Skimmer.
Young Eastern Bluebirds checking out a sprinkler.
This encounter looks ominous.
There was a brief face-off, and then they just by-passed each other.
A young Little Blue Heron landed on the log where the turtle was basking…
…and proceeded to give the turtle a piece of its mind.
The turtle may have responded snappishly…
It ended with ruffled feathers and a hasty withdrawal.
As I sorted through the 1930s pattern books from the Awesome Auction Haul, I found three books of patterns for home goods. The first two are table settings books from 1937, published by The Spool Cotton Company. That was the J. & P. Coats Company, and all of the patterns recommend Coats Mercerized Crochet cotton, […]
Going through the Awesome Auction Haul of pattern books from the 1910s to the 1990s, I found that there were no books from the 1920s. Hopefully the original owners, Minnie and Olive, were out having too much fun in the Roaring Twenties to do any needlework. But from the 1930s, we have a nice mix […]
I just wrote about this quilt two posts ago, but it really needed more work then, and it is made from scraps, so here it is again. This was made for an online art quilt group, and the theme was “maps”. I had so much fun creating the shapes from scraps, and using lots of […]
This year I have been indulging in some online auctions. I always liked going to estate sales, but lately it seems they have all moved online, and I like that even better! I don’t have to wait until the auctioneer gets to the lot I am interested in; I can bid immediately and then watch […]
Our online art quilt group, The Endeavourers, picked “maps” as this quarter’s theme. I love looking at maps and I had a lot of ideas for this one, but I finally settled on recreating this old map of London from 1572. Its details make me feel like I could jump in and start strolling the […]
This is fun! I love the last series–I’ve never seen a heron react like that!
I just love that series too. That bird was just so young and brash and the turtle was so non-confrontational.