Babies - Day 7

Well it's day 7 since I noticed the hatchlings.  So we are 3 or less days away from

them leaving the nest.  I still can't get over how fast they are growing...simply amazing. 

Babies - Day 6

Babies - Day 5

It just amazes me how fast they are growing!  And while I'll be sad when they leave

their nest, I'm glad that they'll be leaving it before I take off for Market. 

Weekend Report

Over the weekend I made flowers...19 to be exact.

I've had the hexagons prepped and ready to go for months just sitting there in a box. I'm sure by now they're very old news in blogworld. But that's okay because I still enjoy making them.  At the moment I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them but I have a few ideas. 

I have another 21 flowers prepped and ready for the trip to Kansas City if I can wait till then... probably not.  I'd prep more but I'm out of hexagons and need to order more.

For anyone interested in the threads I use they are Superior Threads' Frosted Donut I and II (100% cotton) and a SuperBob filled with Bottom Line Thread (100% polyester).  I find that both kinds work well for both English paper piecing and applique. 

Each ring holds 35 bobbins and each bobbin is the equivalent of a small spool of Gutermann thread.  Can you imagine toting around that many spools of thread with your projects to a bee?  And between the three rings there are very very few color repeats.  The only repeats are I/II and the Bottom Line.

And as an "oh by the way", I wanted to show you a vase/pot I started to make.  I've been meaning to sew the two halves together for a few weeks now but it has to be hand sewn and I keep forgetting to go buy a pair of needle nose pliars to help me reach the needle when it's inside the bowl.  Maybe this week I'll remember.

P.S.  Back to the hexagons for just a sec, if you're interested in purchasing paper pieces, you can find them at Paper Pieces where you find all sorts of shapes in different sizes along with free project sheets and how to's.  Right now they are having an anniversary sale through May 12th so I'm off to buy 750 - 3/4" hexagons for $10.00.

Babies - Day ?

Let's just call this Day 4 since this is the fourth day I've seen them. 

I should have kept a closer eye...lazy photographer.

We have BABY CARDINALS!

I don't know exactly what day these little guys were born. 

But they went from this (picture taken on Frida)...

 to this (picture taken this morning) in two days!

Can you believe how much bigger they got in just TWO DAYS?  It's no wonder

they leave the nest after only ten days.  If you click on the second photo,

you see their little wing feathers better.  It's just crazy!!!

We're expecting...sorta!

Outside under our covered carport sits a shelf.  And on that shelf sits a nest with three little eggs...cardinal eggs to be exact.  My husband found the nest sitting on top of his ladder last

weekend.  And being how he needed the ladder, he carefully moved the nest to the shelf. 

We weren't sure the parents of the eggs would come back

but she did.  Here's she is sitting on her nest.  In an effort not to disturb her any more

than I have to I took her picture from far away with my telephoto lense.

With any luck we should have baby cardinals in less than a week.  And ten days after that

they will leave the nest and continue to be fed by the male for another two weeks. 

Cool...huh?!  Who knew they would leave the nest so soon.