Place mats

Finally finished sewing place mats for the GKids. Approx 13 1/2 X 17 1/2.  Pink is for Addy, Dinos for Riven. This is my first attempt at doing applique. I practiced zillions of forks before I felt confident enough to   work on the real thing. Some outlines are a little shaky, but for my first time, not too bad. In real life the utensils on Addy's are a darker green. 

Bird Nest

Look at this cute little bird nest under the hard hat sitting on top of an upright piece of drift wood. I have not seen the bird, Jim was unable to identify, other than to say "it was small and brown". I will update when/if we can identify.

Chickadee in Woodpecker hole

We have a very dead tree in the yard with lots of woodpecker holes, some small and shallow, some large and shallow, and a few just (almost) right! There is a Chickadee working on one hole getting it cleaned out to it's satisfaction. You can hear it working inside chipping away at the rotten wood. The tree is so rotten I hope it does not fall before the chicks fledge. Here are a few photos. First, the hole.

Next the Chickadee.

This is the Chickadee with chips in it's beak from hole cleaning.