Flowering Peas and a Tangled Mess

 This is the first flower I saw.....

 ...then I saw these!

Oh, what a tangled mess.

Shuttle tatting again...

....on the Flying Disc Doily

Houston..........they left the nest

 05-01 at 1214 hrs

This is the last, in the nest, photo since their eyes are watching me as much as I'm watching them!

 05-02 at 1848 hrs

From the kitchen window.

 05-04 at 1101 hrs

From the dining room window.

 05-05 at 1208 hrs

It's HOT!

 05-07 at 0710 hrs

Who would have thunk they were planning on leaving today!

 05-07 at 1402 hrs

Just before taking a short, yet permanent, flight from home.

05-07 at 1721 hrs

The last one to leave.

NOTE:  Mom and Dad will continue to feed them another 4-6 weeks.

Pictures of the 3 Birdies

 April 27

 April 28

 April 29

April 30

Announcing the birth of two baby birds!!!!!!!!!

 Me checking on the eggs on 04-20 at 1825 hours.

 OMG!  I just KNEW there were babies because Birdie was doing different things....like looking at them!  I I ran out with the camera on 04-22 at 1326 hours when I saw Birdie leave the nest.  

Here we have TWO babies and they already have down!

04-22 at 1714 hours, we have dry fuzz!  Still the two babies.

It's 1728 hours when we see Mrs. AND Mr. Birdie feeding the babies at the same time!

Birdie is sitting....so I can do some things

 Like knitting.....my all time favorite thing to do.

Just look at this 12" wide cowl.  The pattern is called Bar Hopping Cowl by LostCityKnits and the wool is Hard Workin' Worsted in colorway Santa Fe Sky.  This is the nicest wool ever!

 This gorgeous 36"x 60" stole is called Victorian Boucle' Stole and sold by Halcyon.

Quick and easy to knit.

 I also love to sew/quilt.  Here is the March 1800's block-of-the-month.......

and here is April's.

Birdie and her eggs

 On 04-11 at 9:43 in the morning.....she sat (will there be a 4th egg?!)

 04-11 at 3:27 p.m........still sitting.  Why do "I" feel like the expectant parent?

Oh!  She's off the nest!  04-11 at 3:48 p.m.......I counted twice to make sure.  Yup, 3 eggs. 

 Another sneaky picture taking 04-11 at 5:13 p.m...........hmmm, this could be the beginning of....

04-12 at 2:03 p.m.  Oh My Gosh!  This means the official countdown to babies began YESTERDAY!

This is the second day of 12-14 days until they peck their way to birth!! 

04-14 at 10:48 in the morning.  Day 4.

Houston.......We have THREE!!!

 Such a patient Birdie Mom

 Getting sleepy doing nothing but sitting

 Oops!  She caught me being a peeping Maria!  When is she going to leave the nest so I can see?!

 WOO HOO! THREE!!!

*deep sigh of relief........then wondering if we can count on one more.....

PS:  I'm still getting my knitting done but it is not near as interesting as watching the Birdie.

Houston..............we have two....count them....two eggs

 Birdie waiting.....

 .....and waiting with her eyes shut

 .....to lay another egg

My Oh My.....how many more until she sits to hatch them?

This nest is 5 feet from our dining room window and about 6 feet from the ground on a ladder rung under the carport.

I take pictures of Birdie in her nest from the inside of the house but when I see her fly off and out of sight, I run out and have my camera take a peek (and picture) of the inside of the nest.  So far, I'm happy with how the pictures are turning out!

Houston...........We have an egg

 Birdie huffed......

 ....and puffed

.....until she laid a Robins Egg Blue

This little beauty was laid around 11:30 this morning. 

Let the 12-14 day countdown begin!

Here is a website with more details of the American Robin.

Knitted Footies

Nothing puts a smile on a person quicker than a hand knitted pair of footies.  This pair is for Leslie, who works at a Chiropractic Care Center and is very dedicated to her work.

I make these footies with 2 strands of Cascade 220 Superwash worsted wool in the favorite colors of the recipient.  I hope you can tell these are red and black.

Houston....we have a Robin.

a few....Quilt Blocks of the Month....

...these are made using reproduction 1800's fabrics except for the light background fabric that I chose.  Still, I think they look pretty good!

Have you been quilting?

A Market Bag

I made this bag at Billie's Designer Fabrics and I was one of three in the 2nd class.  It's made of oilcloth and finished at 15 1/2" tall, 13 1/2" wide, and 7" deep.  I got enough fabric to make two more because a gal can never have enough market bags!

The accents are a ruffly poly scarf (knit by mwah) and a cup of cocoa (made by mwah because of Chris and Denise).

Sewing a bit

Any guesses to what these want to be?  ;o)