Evidently

All I needed to do was complain about it and the birds show up! When I opened the patio door drapes this morning there was a flock of Sparrows flitting around the green square feeder and pecking up any seeds that had fallen to the ground. The seeds on the ground aren't nearly as plentiful as they were under the green round feeder but the birds don't seem to mind.

 

Then a little later I happened to look up and there was a Red-bellied Woodpecker on the crook. Naturally it flew over to the suet nuggets as soon as I had the camera ready but I was patient and managed to snap a picture of its red head when it leaned over.

 

A Chickadee (or six) was darting onto the platform feeder and then over to a Slinky and back. I was lucky enough to get a shot of one on the Slinky.

 

The Sparrows took turns visiting the suet cakes. There isn't a lot of cake left in the feeder but I won't refill it until it's empty.

 

And finally this afternoon I saw a few birds I wasn't ready to see yet. It was Juncos, the little black-backed birds that migrate down to Wisconsin from the Arctic Circle because it's warmer here in winter. I wanted to go out and shoo them away at least until November. It's too early for them to arrive!

 

I had a $5 voucher at Michaels that they reminded me to spend before it expired so I went over there on my way to get more bananas and found a few skeins of yarn to use to crochet hats with LC. We've got a date later this month to get started on a simple crocheted hat so I wanted some fun yarn to knit with. Not that I don't have a boatload of yarn in the basement but I haven't bought any yarn in about a year so I didn't feel bad about it, plus I had that voucher and it was on sale buy one, get one half off. Couldn't pass it up!

 

Today's drawing prompt was Abstract so I pulled out some markers and got busy making shapes. They're not bad.

 

I realized this afternoon that I hadn't taken a picture of the latest Car Knitting Washcloth #18. So I did. I love the yarn colorway--High Sierra Ombre. It's from Hobby Lobby and their cotton yarn doesn't seem to be as absorbent as other cotton yarns but like I said, I love the colors.

 

In the afternoon I spent a little time reading Anneke's Legacy on the Kindle and making a few notes. I am so glad that I started emailing manuscripts to that handy little device and using the book-like look of it to help find things that need editing or changing.

 

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Tonight I was supposed to knit with friends but after we ate a delicious bowl of Italian Sausage, Butternut Squash puree, and gnocchi that CS made, along with garlic bread I bought, Caprese salad that DM made, and Snickerdoodle Caramel ice cream sandwiches that KE bought, we just sat around talking and never did get to knitting. Maybe next month we'll actually knit.

--Barbara