Stitching, exchanges & more!

Wow, it's almost the middle of May.... where is the year going? I'm shocked that the time is passing by so quickly. My sister told me today that my niece will be out of school for the summer in less than 2 weeks. How can it possibly be that close to summer already?? I have actually been doing a bit more stitching lately (at night) & hope to have another finish to share with you in a few more days!!! :-) We've had computer "issues" going on for almost a week & it's thrown me off so much. It's amazing how much some of us have come to rely on computers & the internet. I sure hope we are all "fixed" now... but who knows. Between that & thunderstroms, I feel as if I've been off the computer more than on lately.

Now on to STITCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have received two more ornaments in the year long ornament exchange group I'm in!! This first one is from Joan! Isn't it finished wonderfully?!?! Joan sent early & I actually waited until after May 1st to open it. :-) Thank you again Joan, it's cute as can be!!
Next is my ornie from Edgar. It's "Christmas Angel" by Midsummer Night Designs. Isn't it great? I really like it! An angel holding a bird & a tree, what's not to love? Thank you again Edgar! :-)

Next is a design by Prairie Schooler than I did for my mom, with a slight variation. It's from the Garden Gloves leaflet, she saw it in my stash recently & said "Oh, you need to stitch that for me", so I did! :-) I gave it to her today along with her other Mother's Day gifts. I think she liked it. :-) I finished it as a magnet since it was pretty small.

This is Little House Needleworks "Be True" with a few color changes. I changed the dress & bird to a blue & I also changed the words to a different shade of brown. I love how it turned out. It's stitched on 32 ct Light Examplar by Lakeside Linens, which I LOVE! It's a beautiful shade of fabric that I plan to stitch quite a few things on!! I have a frame for it & hopefully Ray will get it framed so I can hang it up one day this week! :-)

We're still watching birds and watching our plants, flowers & trees grow. Maybe you can help me out.... we've seen a lot of these lately... and we *think* they're a House Finch, but not 100% sure. Does anyone know? There are LOTS of them around, but we can't find a really good picture match on either the net nor in several books on birds that my mom has. Any ideas?

And this little guy was having fun this a.m. The weight of the squirrel pushes down the metal "cage" & closes off the holes, but it's fun to watch them try to get to the seed. Mean aren't I? ;-)

Hope you have a great week ahead filled with lots of stitching. Thanks for stopping by!