Happy Valentines Day

Today is Valentines Day! Hug your sweetie and give him (her) a big smooch and let them know that they are special.

If you quilt or sew, you'll want to check out www.byannie.blogspot.com She's having a giveaway for 2 really cute quilt kits and they are just to cute!! Her website will be added to my links list and there will also be a direct link to her blog.

I gotta tell ya... I've used a couple of her patterns and they are wonderful! I've made a lot of her cell phone cases and mini wallets for gift and I use the cell phone carrier for my camera and another one for my Ipod....

Visit her blog today and then check out her website.

Also.... I want to mention that this weekend there are many fundraisers going on for Breast Cancer research......the Women's Big Ten Basketball teams are all going pink this week...with their uniforms being auctioned off and the proceeds going to our local Susan G Komen chapter...

Soooooo ladies...... make that appointment and get those Mammies grammed!!! Tell a loved one too! Maybe we can see this horrific disease wiped out in our lifetime.

Have a wonderful day.... and don't forget to visit annie!

Darned Groundhog!

Well Punxatawney Phil says 6 more weeks of this crap! The Indiana groundhog... Chuckie Wheezer agreed.......(sigh)and to top it off...it's snowing again! The spring equinox is ummmmm let's see....... 6 weeks away! So I guess that about does it... 6 more weeks of crap!

My pileated woodpecker is still coming and going but the male just won't let me get his picture! Just like a man.... playing hard to get! lolololol

I have dozens of cardinals and bluejays and squirrels hitting up the corn pile that hubby puts out for them.....

I've been sewing and crafting and even made a quilt for ME!!! The top is finished and it needs to be batted, backed and quilted... that will be this coming weekend's project.... there are pictures on the photo site

There just isnt' much else going on in Indiana right now.... cold...snow...and crap!

I added a Moon calendar to the fun stuff on the sidebar. Just something that I thought might be fun to look at and there are many times that for one reason or another I need to know what the moon is doing..........now I can just come here and look! And I hope you will to!

Til next time

Lish

My Hubster is the greatest!!!

He has a lot of patience.... and he waited and he waited and got pictures of the female pileated woodpecker. We have a pair... both of them were on the feeder but flew off before he could get the picture of both of them... they are very skittish and the slightest sound or quick movement sends them off into the trees.......The females have a smaller crown and don't have the red stripe on their faces..

They seem to show up on cloudy days....never when there's nice sunshine to get a really good picture... lol We also got a picture of one of the small downy woodpeckers too....

Soooooooo I proudly present my gorgeous female pileated woodpecker!!

The Quest for the Pileated Woodpecker

I have a lot of wildlife in my yard. I have deer and racoons and squirrels and a huge assortment of birds including several species of woodpeckers. I have cardnials and blujays and big huge crows, I have blackcapped chickadees, tufted tit mouse, nuthatches, robins, sparrows and an assortment of finches......but back to the woodpeckers.....

I have all of the Indiana species of woodpeckers.......I have the downy and the hairy and the redbelly and the redheaded and most recently the Pileated. Last spring I saw the male and the female on my feeders.......I have two woodpecker feeders on my back deck....... they were just passing thru apparently cuz I didn't see them again until recently.

Two weeks ago the female was on the feeder......she's gorgeous!! Of course the camera wasn't anywhere near where I was but I watched her for over 20minutes..on the feeder..then off to a tree then back to the feeder........the following weekend she was out there again......so I carefully went and grabbed the camera.... as soon as I put it up to take her picture she flew off the feeder. Ok.. no problem... she'll be back. I watched her in the trees for about 20 minutes... she'd fly by the deck and then head to another tree..... I finally gave up.

This past weekend I had the camera in my pocket. I went to the kitchen around the time I normally see her.... there she was... in the trees......... she wouldn't even land on the feeder!

But while waiting for her I did get to take pictures of two fawns wandering in my yard......

I will get her picture.......I will I will........but in the meantime.... maybe I'll just take pictures of the other birds........

It's still January!

It's still January and it's still cold!!! I'll be soooooooo happy when spring finally gets here and things are warm again.

I've been working in my sewing pit....cleaning it up...organizing it a bit... and doing some odds and ends. I finished a backpack for my great nephews birthday... just gotta mail it this weekend... I did 2 tissuebox covers, a santa sack and a wonder wallet as well as cut out 4 blocks for my Block Lottery group. I'll get pictures posted this weekend on the photo site of all the new stuff.

I hope to finish up the Block Lottery Blocks and get those mailed this weekend also

We've added quite a few new members to the 25Weeks of Christmas Group.... We'll take a few more and then cut the membership off again til June so if you are interested... sign up soon.

Since the Colts are out of the superbowl... my next choice is the Steelers... we'll see Sunday how that goes... lol I don't care who they will play.... I just want to see them play! lol

Not much else is going on right now......so I'll see you in a few days

Lish

Holy Crap.... it's January!!!

Well time just flies by when you are having fun... doesn't it!! One minute it's November and all of a sudden the new year is here and already 3 days old!!

No resolutions this year except the one I always make.... and thats that I resolve not to make any resolutions!

Last year my goals were to learn to knit a pair of socks and learn to paper piece. I can paper piece with the best of 'em!!!! I got 7/8th of one sock done........ that's definitely gonna need some practice...and I will again attempt to make a pair of wearable socks this year!

Most of my traveling is done now for awhile so I'll have time to concentrate on my sewing and crafting. I already have my list started for gifties this year and some pieces cut for a few projects that I plan to do this month.

I've opened the 25Weeks group to new members for a bit. I have a cut off number and when I reach that number I'll close the membership again til June. If you are interested in joining you'll find us at groups.yahoo.com/groups/25weeks We do have a few rules that need to be followed but for the most part we have a lot of fun getting ready for a stress free Christmas season. 25Weeks is geared toward those who sew but any craft will work into the plan.

This morning I went to Joann's sale.... wowza!!! I came out with a lot of goodies for very little money..... I got one bolt of muslin and no other fabrics..... I have plenty of fabric to use up this year!! I picked up some christmas garland, fimo clay, bells, pompoms, peg dolls, wooden balls, button tags... all on major sale! I got myself a new quilt book with some outstanding blocks in it and a couple of magazines...... I'm good for the rest of the month now! ( or till they have another 75% off sale)

The Christmas Countdown Clock will remain again this year......... only 355 days left! Wow! seems like only yesterday...............

I guess that's it for this first installment......... see you soon

Lish

November??? What the heck?

OK... so I have no clue what happened to October....must have something to do with the time change issue.... maybe they take a month instead of just an hour?? I have no clue.

But it's november now and I have my missing hour (month) back and its time to be getting ready for my annual trek to Pennsylvania over Thanksgiving. It's about a 12 -13 hour drive if the weather is good.... two years ago the weather was NOT good and it turned into a 19 hour drive....

I visit with my family and get to see all the new great nephews and this year I have a new great niece! It's been a long time since I've sewn anything in pink! My youngest niece is 25.... so that's how long! She's in Bahrain this year and it will be her first christmas away from home....

I've been busy sewing and knitting and I have updated the flickr site with some pictures. I have a few more to load before I'll be caught up for this year.

There are a few gifties to make when I get back from my trip.... some lounge pants, ties and cat toys but everything else is all done! I plan to bake some cookies and make some candy topped pretzel sticks this year. Yummmmmmmmmmm

I also got some books called Mug'ems... apparently you make individual packets of stuff... put it in the mug for gifting and the recipient just adds water or an ingredient or two to the cup and has a treat.... I haven't checked them out yet .... I'll do that tonite ..... It sounds like a great gift to me!!

I don't have much to add right now.... I'll do better about keeping up on posting.....and will post again after thanksgiving.

There's a map now that's supposed to update itself to show who's been visiting... we'll see how that goes. If you are reading this and don't see a map...then you'll know it sucked and I got rid of it!

Have a great Turkey Day......

Lish