New Years Stitching Plans

Ok, so it's been 5 months since I posted. UGH!

I decided to note the plans I have to finish projects this year. There are 4.

1. Queens Anne's Lace
2. Hardanger Scissor Fob
3. Pin Cubes (guild project)
   
4. Herb farm Sampler (guild project)

Guild Program 2010

I have started the queen anne's lace

Backyard birds

We've been in our new house just over a year and we've seen lots of new birds. Here's our list, as best I can recall. I've added dates of the first time we saw them to some of the more recent ones.

• Eastern Meadowlark (7/12/09)
• Eastern Bluebird
• House Finch
  
• American Goldfinch
• Ruby Throated Hummingbird
• Red-winged blackbird
• American Crow
• Mourning Dove
• Bobolink (7/11/09)
  
• Barn Swallow
• Tree Swallow
• Cliff swallow (7/10/2009)
  
• Dickcissel (7/12/09)
• Eastern Kingbird
• Chipping Sparrow
• House Sparrow
• Common Grackel
• Wild Turkey
• Ring Necked Pheasant
• Downy Woodpecker
• Northern Cardinal
  

Stitching updates

Cross stitch kit, based on cloisters

Hardanger updates - made the repairs when I snipped the wrong threads in the first part I cut. Based on some advice from a friend, I have added eyelets around the outside edge. I really don't like eyelets, but will do them anyway.

Bird feeders

Finally got the bird feeders up. After a year in the new house, it's nice to watch the birds again. We've got goldfinches, cowbirds, red-winged blackbirds, and grackles. There's a chipping sparrow I've seen once or twice, and another sparrow I've yet to identify. We've got lots of robins, tree swallows and bluebirds as well. We put up a nesting box (one of three) this month and have had some bluebirds check it out already.

BUGS

Bugs
Punch needle
For Thomas
Stitched March 2009