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Embroidery ends and summer
Monday, May 10, 2004Wow. My blog posting page looks weird. Hey! Stop changing my blog interface, dudes! Yeah, yeah, I know. It sounds like I don't appriciate their hard work and dedication. But I liked my old interface. Anyway, I'm here to complain about the onset of summer. Ick. I might have to put my air conditioner back in the window sooner than I'd planned...sob! I like the veiw, and I was watching a mother bird build her nest above my wondow. I see her tail feathers, and not much more, usually, but somtimes if I sit still she'll go down on the roof and dance around. A few weeks ago, when I finished my latest cross stitch pillow case, I did something silly...when I work my project, I throw everything...scissors, floss, the little ends that I snip off, into the pillow case. The little ends are meant to be thrown out, but I never have a waste basket on hand. So, I found all these different colored odds and ends of floss, and I opened my screen and scattered them, purples, blues, greens, pinks and even a few yellows and scarlets, on the porch roof in front of my window. They were all gone by evening, and it wasn't a windy day. I wonder how many nests have tiny little fragements of color in them... The tossing out was inspired by a yellowy bird who constantly attacked the peice of string we use to tie the tarp around the tractor. It's a soft cotton string, and fairly long, and she kept plucking at it, picking it up, trying to fly away, only to be stopped abruptly by the fact it was still attached. Watching her try and make off with it was very endearing and funny...her determination would ahve gotten her on the NYT bestseller list...I wanted to go out and cut the string for her, but knew she'd fly off and not return. Permalink Cindy scribed this at 8:09 PM 0 comments |