More Eagles!!

So hubby and I took a drive to LeClaire Iowa, which is about 20 minutes from the Quad Cities to see the Eagles at Lock and Dam 14. There were a ton of people taking pictures. I'm sure it was because it was such a beautiful sunny day and in the mid 40's! It's about time we get some nice warm temps! At this place you could get closer to the eagles. I was below the trees they were sitting in and taking the pics. Doing this today made me feel much better after my Dad passing away on Thursday. We made the funeral arrangements yesterday and that was not easy to do. My mom is having a really hard time with all this. Funeral is Monday. I will be glad when that day is over.

Bald Eagles

Everyday I drive over the Rock Island Arsenal bridge from Illinois into Iowa to babysit my granddaughter. I always see the eagles sitting in the trees and think I need to get some pictures of them. Well today since it was such a nice sunny day and not to cold, I got some pics. Wish I had a more powerful zoom lens to get some closer shots.

When the winter blues set in, it’s time to plan a trip to the Quad Cities for the yearly Bald Eagle Days and Bald Eagle Watch held each January along the Mississippi River. The Quad Cities, which sits on the banks of the Mississippi River, is made up of the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, and Moline, East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois.


Each year, from mid-December through February the Quad Cities area serves host to a large majority of Bald Eagles making their annual southern migration from Canada to the unfrozen waters of the Mississippi River.

Live Kitten Webcam

Found this webcam today. It's from the Los Angeles Animal Care Center. They are 5 week old kittens. They sure are fun to watch. Looks like they are snoozing right now. I was watching them earlier today and they were very active. Here's a link to the webcam. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kitty-cam-2

Cat's Meow!

Here's a new perfectly prim kitty I made up today. Just listed him in my etsy shop. Didn't have to babysit today so I got a lot of sewing done. Made up 3 more of my birds too. Some are listed on my website and others on my etsy.

Twitter Anyone?

Ok so everyone over in the etsy chat forums are talking about getting a twitter account. So I got one. Not exactly sure whats to become of it. Still finding my way around. I guess it kind of like facebook only less involved. You just post short sentences as to what you are up to. Here's a link to mine http://twitter.com/rockriverstitch

So I've decided not to do ebay anymore. I was really disappointed with my last two auctions and the fees and such. Now I'm concentrating on my etsy shop http://rockriverstitches.etsy.com/ and my website http://www.rockriverstitches.com/, like I should have been. Going to list this crow make do on etsy tonight. We are back in the deep freeze again the last couple of days. I am so ready for spring!!! But I know I got a ways to go.

Something New for Easter!

Happy Monday everyone on this Martin Luther King Day! Is everyone ready for the inauguration tomorrow? I know I am! I'm pretty excitied for this new president! At least we haven't been freezing to death lately. Been in the 20's and in the 30's later this week!! woo hoo! Well anyway, I finished up this really cool Easter pantry box! Click on my ebay button over to the right if you want to check out the auction.

Snow and more Snow

This is what we woke up to this morning, about 7" of new snow!

Just about the whole Quad Cities is shut down. Now the winds are picking up with gusts up to 30 mph. So I'm stuck inside today and thought I would take some pics of my birds.

I have 2 window feeders on my sewing room window that I just love watching while I am on the computer or sewing. Then out on my deck I have a couple feeders along with my suet feeder. I'm hopeing to get some nice pics of the woodpeckers on the suet feeder.

Another Primitive Mouse~

It was a good day to stay inside and create. I don't think it even got above 0º today. And it's going to get worse tonight. We are expecting 4" to 5" of snow after midnight into the morning. And then more bitter temps. So I finished up this make do today and just got it listed on ebay tonight. I think it turned out awesome! It's gonna be hard to let this one go.

Prim Valentine Mouse Pocket Peg Ornie

Hope everyone is having a good Monday night evening! We had some more snow today and now we have blizzard warning for tonight with 30+ mph winds!!! And the temp is going to be dropping too! Ohhhhh I do not like winter. Listed this cute little guy on ebay tonight. If you want to take a peek at him, just click on my ebay button over there to the right.

Primitive Vintage Valentine Heart Lock

Finished up this door hanger today and will get it listed on ebay tonight. So I thought I would give you a sneek preview! It was your typical January day here in northen Illinois. It was 7º this morning at 7:30. But at least we had a bright sunny day! :) Oh I'm yearning for those nice spring days already. But that won't be for awhile. :(

Primitive Valentine Heart Make Do's

I've listed my first items for 2009 on ebay tonight! Love the way they turned out! It's nice to get back to work after the holidays. I sure did need that much needed break.

Happy New Year!

Where has the year gone. Tonight hubby and I will spend a nice quiet evening together like we always do for New Years Eve. Then tomorrow is the day I take all my Christmas decorations down.

I sure am missing my little grand daughter. She is in North Carolina with her mommy and daddy visiting her other grandparents. They will be home on Saturday. Can't wait. Here are a couple of pics of my sweet little grand daughter on Christmas morning. My youngest daughter got my hubby a new cooler for a gift and we set Cora in it for a pic.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy new year!

New Primitive Valentine Heart Door Hanger

Been working all day on getting this item finished to make into a pattern. Whew...glad I'm done. Takes so long sometimes to make a pattern. Here it is, a new Valentines Door Hanger pattern! This door hanger pattern measures about 14" tall by 12" wide when finished. I just listed it on Pattern Mart. If your interested just click on the link over on the right hand side that will take you to Pattern Marts website.

Time for a Little Rest

We had such a great Christmas! Christmas Eve went to my in laws and had a wonderful time. Then Christmas evening had my family over. We had a gift exchange which was a blast. Everyone buys a gift that could be for a guy or a girl. Then everyone gets a number. No. 1 goes first and picks a present from the pile. Then no. 2 goes next and they can either steal no. 1's present or pick from the pile. And so on with the rest of the numbers. This is the first time we had done this because the family is growing and we are all a little short on spending money. It was a blast! We will be doing it again next year. Then later we had a bowling tournament with our Wii game that we got about a month ago. That was so freaking fun! We had a lot of people playing Wii for the first time.

I got a new camera for Christmas from my hubby!!! A Canon EOS Rebel XS. It takes the most amazing pictures!!! I am so excited. The picture of the cardinal, I took right outside my sewing room window.

So now I can get back to doing a little sewing and taking some awesome pics!

My Little Gingerbread

My daughter just sent me the cutest picture of my granddaughter!! She's all dressed up in her Christmas jammie's with her gingerbread guy. Cora will be 5 months old tomorrow. My how they grow fast!