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.

Sarvey Wildlife Center

I went to an event today to raise money for the Sarvey Wildlife Center, They take in injured/orphaned wildlife and if possible nurse back to health and release back into the wild. What can't be rehabilitated are used as educational animals. I made a bid in the silent auction and won a huge plastic container full of garden and bird things. Over 20 items for a bid of $65.00. Check it out!

Sadie May, Skunk cabbage

Sadie and I take a walk after dinner almost every night. Last night she had a little snack on the fresh grass. Behind her you can see the yellow Skunk cabbage flowering, it smells a little skunkish, but also fresh and clean, I like it.

Water in Back yard

Remember how high the water was in the backyard? It has taken this long for the water to subside. I was looking forward to getting out to the boat house, but Thursday it rained hard all day and Friday it rained pretty good too, so the path to the boat house flooded again! First photo was taken Thursday in the afternoon just as the water started coming up, Thursday AM the path was dryish and walkable, second photo was taken today, Saturday, in the afternoon. How long it will take to go back down? No one knows.

KSER Pledge Drive

This week KSER ( the wacky radio station I listen to and were I volunteer) had it's Spring pledge drive. I helped out with phone answering for several days. Here are a couple pictures. The "wall of CD's" is pretty impressive. I took this picture when the place was almost empty, but at times the place was packed, usually around lunch! The goal was $43,000, at last count they had reached $40.000.