Everything is coming up in Color!

Finally things are greening up around here! And blooming! So I walked around my yard and found some color for you!

Viburnum smells so sweet!

Rhododendron is spectacular!

 Apple Trees are blooming. My next door neighbors

Silver Maple Tree is loaded with twirler seed pods  

Caught this Robin taking a bath

And here are a few goodies that are newly listed in my Etsy Shop which you can see here>>>>Rock River Stitches

P.S. Estate Sales are starting up and thought I would share with you this very cool website where you type in your location and it brings up Estate sales in your vicinity!

Click here >>> Estate Sales NET

I know I'm ready to start finding some treasures!

More Like Spring!

Hope I didn't jinx it by saying it's been more like Spring around here! Was a gorgeous 72º day today!!! Even went for a motorcycle ride with hubby for the first time this year.

Saw this beautiful creature in the raven by our house when coming home from our ride.

 

I believe she was nibbling on the daylilies down there.

 

Took a couple pictures of the Alcoa Eagle's nest from the Illinois side of the river looking over to the Iowa side where the nest is located in Davenport Iowa.

 

 

In the close up shot you can see the Eagle sitting on the side of the nest. Gives you an idea how really big the nest is!! You can also see the white webcam pointing down at the nest. Right now they are having technical problems with the webcam after we had a storm the other night. Here is a link to the Eagle webcam if it ever comes back on, if you want to view the eagles and eaglets. Aloca Webcam

 

In this shot you can barely see the nest. click on the pictures to get a closer view of the photos.

 

Earlier this week I ventured down to Sunset Marina and found American White Pelicans.You know it's Spring when the Pelicans come back!!

 

 

And this Robin seemed to pose for me. I was very close to him!!

 

 

So that's about all for now!

 

 

 

Black Cat...Black Crow Coin Purses!

As promised I've gotten a couple more coin purses finished. They will be in my etsy shop very soon! And I'm working on another bunny rabbit one which sold right away!

I'm seeing many Robins now!! Today is just beautiful! Close to 60º

All About The Rust!

If you are a primitive lover like I am, you like rust right? So last week, got to thinking it would be cool to have a theme and then just run with it! Rust it is! At first I thought, I'm not sure if we have that much rust around here. Surprisingly I did find plenty! So here is my collection from all around my home!

This first one is my favorite!!!

I know this Robin isn't rusty, but his breast sure is the perfect color of Rust!

I'm working on a couple new projects, so be on the lookout for a new post about that!!

Spring Robin

Finished up this sweet robin today. It will be listed on my website for sale in a little while.

I wanted to have have her sitting in a nest and didn't know where to get such a thing, so I made one!! I think it turned out pretty cool!!

I first started with bark covered wire, attached some old cotton batting, then weaved in and out some twine, added some excelsior, Spanish moss, sheet moss, and some twigs from my yard. I found a branch in my back yard that was in the shape of a "Y" and attached the nest to that. It was actually pretty fun trying to make a nest!