Baby House Finches Are On The Way

Baby House Finches are on the way! As you can see, there isn't really that much room for a nest between the wall of the house and the porch light. I hope mamma bird is a good nest builder. I'll keep you posted.

Once the babies are born, I'm not sure that the nest will hold up. The reason I say this is - six years ago a House Finch built a nest in the exact same place. After the babies were born the nest started to fall apart, the babies fell to the deck, and the nest could not be placed back. And so, I became a mama bird. I took the babies in, fed them constantly, and after several weeks they began to fly out of the box I was keeping them in. The very first one to fly out of the box surprised me big time. I had just removed the lid to feed them when the first one flew up and out of the box and landed on the plate rail in my kitchen. I don't know who was surprised more, the bird or me. I quickly scooped him up and took him outside because I instinctively knew it was his time. After that, within several days, one by one my bird babies flew the coop. The very last bird to leave was the runt. Initially, he was the one that was kicked out of the nest (before it fell apart) three times by the bigger baby birds. I was concerned that he wouldn't survive at all (law of nature). That year I was the proud mama of five beautiful fledglings.

A Secret Pal Package Arrived

My Secret Pal is the best! I found a package waiting for me when I came home today. Inside, I found cool goodies. I love the knitting notes (a great little journal that allows me to remove the pages and place them back in any order I want). There are some nice knitting note cards, a peach lip balm, a unique luggage tag, and a tin of chocolate truffles (the weather was warm and the chocolate truffles had melted into one large truffle, but it still tasted great - chocolate is chocolate regardless of shape!) Thank you Secret Pal!

Grotesque Knitting Accident

As a member of the TownsendSocksKnitALong at Yahoo Groups I receive the daily digest. Well, yesterday's digest included a post titled "The Most Horrific Picture in the Knitter World". I clicked on it, and sure enough, it's pretty gross. If you have the stomach for it, feel free to click here to see the picture. Once you get to the picture, there is a link to the right of the picture to read the story about how Anastacia's accident happened. Never, would I have thought knitting could be so dangerous!

Spring, Rain, And Socks

Okay, Spring is finally here. We're still waiting for spring-like temperatures (we are well below the average temperature for April), but at least the buds have bloomed.

April showers? Boy, did we get some April showers! We don't normally have a huge lake in our back yard, but we did the other day.

I made my very first pair of socks! I feel empowered! I made a basic sock pattern (stockinette stitch) and used Brown Sheep Wildfoote Luxury Sock Yarn. The color is Purple Splendor. It wasn't until I washed and dried the socks that I saw how beautifully this yarn fluffs up. I even made a miniature sock out of the same yarn to go on a sock blocker key chain. Yes, I am addicted. I will make more socks!!!!!!

Look What Came In The Mail Today

When I arrived home from work today there was a package waiting for me at the door. I figured it was some yarn that I was waiting for, but it wasn't. I didn't recognize the store name of the sender, and I knew I hadn't ordered anything from this seller. So, what did I do? I opened the box! This rather large box was extremely light and didn't feel like it contained anything, BUT when I opened the box I discovered a pair of beautiful cobalt blue knitting needles! What a nice surprise to come home to. I HAVE THE BEST SECRET PAL!