It's Been Awhile...

For me and my friends...

                                                                                    

                        Bitter cold temps, like 5 degrees and snow for October... 

                                   Has brought a small herd of lambs..

                                     

                                         And the Ewes to the property.

                        I'm excited to see a total of three lambs and their Moms.

                                                          ~ Stay Safe ~

Rufous...

Hold that pose...

Turn around and show us

 your beautiful feathers on your back...

Spread those feathers...

Yikes...
I don't know what that pose is...

Wings down...

Preening...
 As all females like to do...

~ Stay safe ~

Finally, No Seriously...

I finally got around to machine quilting

 Sue Spargo's BOM Fresh Cut from 2017. 

It was a challenge to say the least on my sewing machine. 

Easy free motion quilting I thought...

Sure lets machine quilt a heavy wool quilt 

in the heat of the summer, 

upstairs in my sewing room with no ac...

easy.

 I do like the binding.

 Some closeups of a few of the

 blocks when I first started this quilt.

Thanks for all the comments on my bear.
I haven't seen him since, not that I'm looking for him.
It's been pretty hot so I imagine he's gone
 to a higher elevation where it's cooler.

~ Stay safe ~

'Bear' With Me...

I was walking out back behind

the house a few days ago...

I had a 'oh no' moment.

Actually said the words out loud...

But in a whisper.

A Black Bear moving out of the brushes...

Black bears range in coloring from

 black to cinnamon...

But I digress...

He's moving to my right as I move

 backwards and to the left towards the house...

A far piece to walk oh so slow...

He's shedding his winter coat

in case your wondering why his fur is a mess.

One last look from him as he 

moved slowly away from me and 

back into the woods.

Whew!

Flying in Circles

I finally finished sewing the binding on my quilt...

Flying in Circles. 

Speaking of flying...

 One of my favorite birds...

Western Tanagers...

Even the females like this one...

Have vivid green and yellow feathers...

The males are the stand outs, though...

 A stunning creation of color in nature...

~ Stay Safe ~