Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Cross Stitch Update and the Heron

Hi cloud friends!  I hope this long, way too hot summer is going well for you.  We have had a week of lovely weather, highs in the 70's.  Well that all ends tomorrow.  We are back to the high 80's to low 90's.  Now you might think I am way too into the weather this summer.  Well, I am!!! Just remember we have no AC!!! As I have said before that is not uncommon up here.  Very few homes have AC, maybe 2 or 3 in our entire neighborhood.  So lots of nasty hot stuff in my near future.  Plus, I truly HATE HOT weather!!!
Well on to something more interesting.  I'm making progress on "For Thine.... " I really like the spots of color.  This has been such a fun piece to stitch.  I am now thinking about the Halloween project I will do this year for Caleb, my grandson.  I'm not sure but I do have a few ideas. He will be 10 soon so the design will have to be a bit glitzy to get his attention.
The last pictures are of the heron.  We went over to a local area hoping to see the Eagles feeding at low tide.  Well, no Eagles but a really cool heron.  They also had a fairly large area with gourds for Purple Martins.  They were very busy feeding their babies.
 
It is 2/3rds finished. When I am all finished with the cross stitches, I will go back and put in the straight stitches.
 
 This bird is about 3 feet tall.

 It is quite the hunter!!!!

 Got it! Not sure if that is a fish or what!!!!

The Purple Martin taking a short break from feeding the babies!

Thanks for joining me today!!

23 comments:

  1. Love your stitching as usual! Love the bird pictures. This summer can end -I'm afraid the winter is going to be nasty!

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  2. Love your stitching as usual! Love the bird pictures. This summer can end -I'm afraid the winter is going to be nasty!

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  3. You're really moving along quickly on Thine is the Trick..it looks great. I love your color additions.

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  4. I like the mouse and the upside down owl Barb. Very cool heron photos and so neat to have a Purple Martin condo complex. I read about the plastic gourd houses - I may have to try that.

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  5. I love the colours you added into Thine is the Trick and the Treat - so pretty. Sorry about the heat - send some over here to the UK, it's cold and wet!

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  6. Thine is looking great.
    You picked the perfect colors.
    What a great pic of the Heron.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Marilyn

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  7. I love the piece you are working on. I have a question about the eagles. Do you have them in your area all year? We just see them in January and February usually, when they travel to the Mississippi river area to find open water to catch fish. They usually congregate around the locks where the river doesn't freeze over.

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  8. I just love this Hallowe'en piece.
    Great photos of the Heron. We have a large pond at the back of our house on farmland and we see the occasional heron in the treeslooking into the pond. I love seeing them flying with their long legs stretched out behind them.

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  9. Oh I am just so excited to see this stitching completed!! It looks incredible! Such detail. We are having 1 brief cool day today but on Sunday we reached 35 celcius but the humidity shot us up to about 43 celcius. We do have air conditioning and I think this weather is ridiculous. I hate hot weather too, but I also think to what is coming for us in January and February - double negative digits plus a wind chill. We live in an incredibly ridiculous area for weather!!!!! Love the heron pictures - and the purple martins are delightful. Keep cool and have a splendid rest of the week!

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  10. Hi Barb: Today is going to be a cool day so please send your warm weather my way.
    I am so totally in love with your Halloween piece, I am going to have to pick that pattern up soon, and add to my stash.
    We have five martin nest under our deck, I love any kind of birds except the ones that take my babies.
    I am in love with your header picture it is a beautiful bird, did you felt that one?

    Blessings
    Catherine

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  11. Good progress on your stitching !! Keep yourself cool and hydrated, drink lot of water. We always have hot summers in India so cannot do without ACs.

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  12. We are having a hot week this week, Barb, but it is really the first of the summer. Luckily, we do have AC with all the humidity this area gets.

    I love the heron photos--we have a Great Blue Heron that visits our pond on occasion and my husband is always worried he will eat the koi. I really don't think there is any need to worry as our koi are almost two feet long!!

    Love your Halloween piece!

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  13. Fabulous photos Barb! Love your Halloween piece !

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  14. Trick and Treat looks so good with the splashes of colour.
    We have heron here, they ate all our goldfish when hubby left the netting off the pond one day!

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  15. The stitching is beautiful. I love herons..so elegant x

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  16. I just love your photos that you take....beautiful photos...

    Your stitching is just beautiful as well....

    Happy Stitching
    Linda K

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  17. Your halloween piece is coming along nicely! Great photos of the heron.

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  18. Lovely photos! Really like the Halloween piece you are working on. :)

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  19. Making good progress on the piece. The spots of color do make it more attractive. Wonder what you will pick for your grandson's piece? Look forward to reading about it!

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  20. Sorry to hear that you are still having such unusually hot weather and hope it cools down for you. The Heron is beautiful! "For Thine" is looking great!

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  21. I do not like hot weather and we don't have a/c here either. So after a couple of really hot days the house is so warmed up that you cannot sleep properly in the night and you cannot do anything else properly during the day. Not my liking at all.

    I love your progress pictures and your piece is coming along well. Nice bird pictures as well.

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  22. Hi Barb! By any chance do you still have the 'For Thine...' chart from Prairie Moon? If so, would you like to sell or trade for it? I would LOVE to stitch it, but haven't found a copy of this OOP chart. Thank you, Hugs, Elizabeth Keller

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  23. Hi Barb! By any chance do you still have the 'For Thine...' chart from Prairie Moon? If so, would you like to sell or trade for it? I would LOVE to stitch it, but haven't found a copy of this OOP chart. Thank you, Hugs, Elizabeth Keller

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