DH's aunt and uncle traveled a good bit and this must be one of those times. Al was a very good photographer so more often he's not in front of the camera. Credits: all from 52 Inspirations {2020} -paper, envelope, map: no. 14, Flea Market Treasures by After Midnight Design -postmark: no. 7...

I'm still here but after the big excitement of the rare bird last week it seemed like nothing ever happened. We did have a nice movie to watch one night. We have a streaming service called Kanopy through our library with 10 free views per month. Searching for bluegrass I found one of a train...

We have lots of violets that come up in our grass but it was nice to see them in Lake View along the pond too. Credits: all by Mediterranka Design: -paper: Tweets -frame: The Bunny Trail -paint, circles: Stay Awesome -ribbon, ephemera: Music is my Therapy - part 5 fonts: Cardinal, MV Boli

The birds at our feeders and around the yard make life so much more pleasant. Credits: all Oscraps Freebies! -paper: I Lurrrve Grunge! by Joyful Heart Designs https://www.oscraps.com/shop/I-Lurrrve-Grunge.html -brushes, artstroke, overlay, gold paint, leaves, transfer: ArtPlay MiniPalette...

This is the most excitement we've had since things shut down. It is only the second time we've gone some distance for birding, but the other time was visiting old haunts for the usual breeding birds in June. Credits: by Vicki Stegall Designs -The Good Life: traditional papers, elements &amp...

She is very fancy and handsome looking. Does she get reddish hairs when they're new?

This was such a peaceful day with few people nearby, lots of birds, and such very green vegetation. Credits: -paper, elements: Beach, Elements & Papers by et designs -mask: Bold and beautiful | Photo masks and frames by emeto designs fonts: Lithograph Light, Unicorn, Jellyka...

Looking for the comet and seeing it was so fun even masked and socially distant. The sunset and eye-level Chimney Swifts were wonderful bonuses. Credits: lift of 'Raven' by nobles https://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=434503&title=raven&cat=1351 -paper: Botany Autumn...

I love this stunning page! I've used it for the copy cat challenge this month. Thanks for it.

Yesterday turned out so exciting! BiL sent an email about a bird sighting south of us, first state record of a tropical seabird called a Brown Booby (no really). The report was early in the morning of a bird found the previous evening. We eventually decided to go, about an hour's drive away. And...

Just a quick HI! I'm also one for not finishing what I start, but I've just been doing a tiny bit of catching up with genealogy communication that I've been putting off. Somehow grocery shopping yesterday seemed a bit less stressful than it's been so that was nice. Chris, good thing Rita was...

Had to google this tarantula and she must look lovely but even I wouldn't want her on the loose in my house. Good luck getting her back home!!!!

DH is doing H&S right now and we'll do groceries after. It has warmed up and gotten humid so it's still summer. Chris, thanks for looking at the drawing. It feels so good to have actually gotten one done. As to the ginger, I'm pretty sure in the past I did freeze some. Good luck with the...

It is amazing and unexpected to see the big Hairy Woodpecker on our finch feeder and not always having an easy time getting at seed. They still visit the suet feeder but will sit for as much as ten minutes taking seeds. The photos were taken through a window screen which gives them an odd...

P - The Pretenders

Yesterday I finished the drawing of which you saw the beginning. It's on my blog now: http://scrap-genie.blogspot.com/2020/08/drawing-99-they-had-hoped.html. As to weather, we had gorgeous days at least since Wednesday, though then they were cool. I had a new sweatshirt come Wed. and put it...

Yesterday sort of disappeared. It started with an email from one of the genealogy sites I subscribe to with a link to a possibly matching gravestone record at a place called BillionGraves. It was for a relative in DH's family, the line about which I do the newsletter. It confirmed what I knew...

Don't know if I'm really ready for the Zoom user group, but we'll muddle through as usual. Seems like a nice day so far. Chris, the arboretum walk must have been super. Having the deer as company is cool. Of course clean clothes is great too. Wish we could all get our heads out of March...

Mostly nice today but got a little warm. Tomorrow morning I've got a Zoom meeting of my genealogy program user group. Not sure I accomplished anything today beyond the basics but we liked the dinner I made. Chris, I seem to be feeling autumn coming as I've ordered some fall type clothes like...

Oh, Chris, it's wonderful! Looks very celebratory and fun with just the right elements.