Happy Mother's Day

Good Morning, and Happy Mother's Day!!

I hope you will enjoy these pictures of new families.

Canada Goose
I never could tell how many goslings were napping under her wings.

There are several horse farms in our area

You always know it is Spring when the colts start coming out to play.

Robins will nest just about every where.

A female Red-tailed Hawk is sitting on her nest.

More colts and their Moms.

Great Horned Owl and her brood.

Red-winged Blackbirds nest.

Great Horned Owl

Heron Rookery

The baby Robins are growing.

Heron and her chicks.

Both parents take care of the chicks.

Female Red-winged Blackbird is sitting on her nest.

Mute Swan with her chicks.

Enjoy your day, you deserve all the special surprises today.
Happy Mother's Day.

Mary

Happy Mother's Day

We had a Robin build a nest over the lamp on our front porch.
It was pretty amazing how quickly she build the nest, and how she goes about it.

We had checked out and saw four eggs, and thought all 4 had hatched.  We know 3 for sure did.  I will have to get a taller ladder to be sure.

We have had 3 Owletts hatch in an old tree in Geneva.  This picture was taken last weekend  You can see how big.  One always seems to be the showoff.  

Mom Great Horned Owl, watching all the people that have come to admire her family.

The nest of a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.  Mom was in the area.

Nest of a Red-winged Blackbird.  If you look close you can see she is on the nest.

Mom is doing a great job of feeding her brood.

Little showoffs.

Swimming lesson was over, time to take a snooze and rest up for the next lesson.

I am ready for my closeup!

On Friday they launched.
Two stayed near by, and one got more adventurous.  He flew across the street.
Mom was still in command.  She brought worms and continues to feed them.

It is amazing how quickly they grow, from the time they hatch to when they fly from the nest.

This little one was trying to get up where the other one was sitting.
Mother Nature at her finest.

Happy Mother's Day to all.
Mary

May was a busy month,

May was a busy productive month.  This is my first finish for the month.  Kris at Dandelion Quilts had a small quilt swap.  This is what I made for my partner, Carol at, Carol's Crafty Creations.. I liked how it turned out.

Saturday, May 12 was the walk for ALS.  Here is Kerri Anne and my son Andrew.  Kerri Anne did walk the first mile, the second she had a little help from a lot of friends.

Saturday night my sister Linda, arrived from Maine to visit with Dad and I for the week.  We enjoyed a wonderful brunch with Dad at Alden Gardens, where he lives. 

My husband drove to Elma, New York, to spend Mother's Day with his mother.  He did surprise me with this beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Linda and I went to IKEA one day. What a cute way to move your lunch.  We each could not resist a few wonderful things from this great store.  Linda does not have an IKEA up in Maine.

Dad and I one day.  Have to check out the wildlife. No baby swans yet!

Then I went to the lecture and workshop with Bonnie Hunter.  That was so good.

I purchased these cool magnets from Bonnie.  As you can see I used mine for sewing, Linda on the other hand is not a sewer, so she attached her corkscrew to hers.  Now she was ready for anything! Have corkscrew will travel!

One the way home from the airport after dropping Linda off for her flight home, we stopped in Wheaton to check out the Farmer's Market!.  What a wonderful stop.  The flowers and produce was looking so good.  I bought all sorts of fresh produce.

Then I started on projects I wanted to finish.  In all I made 17 new zipper pouches.  I have a variety of zippers that have wanted to play with fabric.  The pouches became all sorts of sizes.  I love making these.  They are always great for quick gifts.

Finished these 2 needle keeps.  About time.  They have been sitting in a partial state of finish for a couple of months.  Sometimes all things need are a few stitches and they would be done.  Why do I wait?

Another pouch.  I love how this one turned out.  The patchwork are all Japanese linens. It is just so cute.

I put together a small quilt top. These are siggy blocks from the last 2 years Dear Jane siggy swap.  Can't wait to show when this one is done.  I took it to be quilted today.

Here is the workings on Bonnie Hunter's. Patchwork and Pinwheels.  I am really enjoying using my scraps for this quilt.

Here is progress on Patchwork and Pinwheels.  I think mine is going to be pretty colorful.

Another finish.This quilt is from  a yahoo group I belong to.  The center of all the blocks are signed by members.  The block is called Prairie Flowers.  I received this one back from the quilter, Wendy, and got the binding on and it is done!! I like how it turned out.

This is the wonderful quilt I received from my swap partner, Carol.  She used the big stitch method for the quilting.  I absolutely love it.   It is just my style.

3 more of the pouches I made this month.

Last but not least, "Cottage Garden Path."  This was a project I started in 2006,  It is a pattern I found on the internet, Jeanne rae crafts.. It came out monthly.  This was another quilt top, that I found out all the pieces were there, they just needed to be put together, then quilted.  I got this one back from Wendy, and now it is done.

So, like I said it was a busy month.  I hope I can keep up the momentum for the next couple of months.  I have 3 more quilts that need to be bound and finished.  Plus, I really would like to get this Bonnie Hunter quilt done. 

I hope everyone has a great rest of the week. Stay happy and healthy.

Mary

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all our Mothers. It is a special day to honor the person who helped shape our lives. She can be our natural Mother, a Step-Mom, a foster Mother, She can be a friend who is always there to help us . She can be a Mother-In-Law, after all, some one cared for our husbands or significant others. She can be the Mother of our friends.

This is my Mom. She was there every step of the way. She was the guiding force of who I am today. Her laughter, knowledge, firm tone when needed, loving and kindness in the good times and sad times. Her encouragement to keep on going, even when you thought you could not. She gave me history. Our family was all from Hungary. She was there when my own son was born, to show and guide me to be the best Mother I know how. I miss her every day. There are still so many things I want to share with her. I know in my heart of hearts she is still with me.
My son, Andrew, came out to visit on Thursday, to celebrate Mother's Day with me. He surprised me by showing up about "lunch" time. (Get the free lunch when you can.) (Oh, and with laundry in tow.) It was so much fun to have him around. He has to work on Sunday, so thought he would come to visit. He is an amazing son. He is going to be 25 in July. Where has the time gone. We had a great afternoon, the laundry got done, and we all went to dinner before he went home.

On another note, here are a couple of the critters that are visiting our backyard. This is a white-crowned sparrow. There are several pine trees along the back of our property. All sort of birds have made nests in them, and now the babies are beginning to appear. I do keep feeders full, so a variety of birds do come to visit.
The baby bunnies are appearing as well. This little one decided the new sprouts on my rose bush were delicious.

Happy Mother's Day to all. Enjoy the day.

Thank you for stopping by.