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Home & Garden:  Beginning of May 2023
5 May 2023

Home & Garden: Beginning of May 2023

by Crafty | posted in: Embroidery, The Garden 2023 | 21

The first 2 days of May we were swamped with a lot of rain. It was damp, dreary, and dreadful. But the rain was really needed as April had been a dry month. I had already set the rain gauge … Continued

asparagus, fried eggs, fungus, rain gauge, robins, trillium, white crowned sparrow, white crowned sparrows
Is it Just a Sparrow?
7 May 2021

Is it Just a Sparrow?

by Crafty | posted in: Birds | 13

Is a sparrow just a sparrow? No, there are several different varieties, so look carefully and see if you can identify some of the different sparrows you see. We have a few different sparrows that visit the garden. There are … Continued

chipping sparrows, song sparrows, sparrows, tree sparrows, white crowned sparrows, white throated sparrows
White Crowned Sparrows
2 May 2021

White Crowned Sparrows

by Crafty | posted in: Birds | 5

Have you looked closely at the sparrows?  There are many different varieties that visit our gardens and many times we tend to just refer to them as sparrows instead of their actual name.   One of the most distinctive sparrows … Continued

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Garden Lens Friends
14 Oct 2020

Garden Lens Friends

by Crafty | posted in: Birds, Lens Friends, The Garden 2020 | 7

At this time of the year the winter lens friends start returning and we are always taking photos of them. Do you remember the old song about Turkeys in the Straw? Well here is the updated version of two turkeys … Continued

cardinals, goldfinches, house finch, nuthatch, red bellied woodpecker, red wing blackbirds, robins, white crowned sparrows, wild turkeys
Getting More Seasonal
15 Oct 2017

Getting More Seasonal

by Crafty | posted in: Birds, What's Been Happening? | 23

~ The weather is getting more seasonal as we move into October.  The Fall colours haven’t been as spectacular this year and the past few days have been rainy and windy causing the leaves to flutter to the ground. We … Continued

goldfinches, nuthatch, weather, white crowned sparrows, white throated sparrows
The Hanging Mesh Feeder
22 May 2015

The Hanging Mesh Feeder

by Crafty | posted in: Birds, Lens Friends | 0

For my birthday I received this lovely whimsical hanging mesh bird feeder.  As that was back in March it has been hanging in the third bedroom, which is also my sewing room.  A few weeks ago I got it hanging … Continued

cowbirds, goldfinches, white crowned sparrows

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