Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Nesting Robins

The garden is in pretty good shape and I'm tired of doing laundry so I picked up my robin project and put in the finishing touches.


April Robin from Button-Up Birdies 3 by Cathy Jean for Victoria Sampler
 The beads give it a bit more dimension and a touch of sparkle, which I enjoy!





 My other robin project I'm a little more ambivalent about. One part of me enjoys watching the robin parents take care of the babies - the other part gets tired of the mess. This year, so far, they haven't been as messy as previous years, so o.k.

 The three eggs have hatched and the babies have grown enough so we can see the open beaks over the edge of the nest now. Next we'll hear their peeps when Mom comes back with a morsel of food.

Well, I've been out for a walk, done a few errands, finished a xs project, and written a blog post before mid-afternoon. For me that's pretty good! Hope your day is even more productive!!

9 comments:

Barb said...

You are having such a productive day!! I love the robin finish. The beads do make such a nice finish.

Barb said...

Cute robin finish. Great job on it.

Melissa said...

Wow, you're in good shape with the garden! We are still getting there. It's so nice to see nesting birds. We have a bushtit nest and maybe some chickadees but nothing like your robin that you can see so close up!

I like your robin finish!

Nicola said...

Love your April Robin! Your robins are so different from ours here in the U.K.

Mary Ann said...

I love your Robin finish!

Jennifer said...

LOVE the beads. The yellow reminds me a bit of forsythia, which I like.

We had a robin build a nest on the top of our door frame. Same thing - the birds and babies are cute, but the gigantic mess? Not so much.

Carol said...

How adorable!! I love that finish...

We have problems every year with robins attempting to nest in my wreath of my front door. Last year they actually succeeded--oh what a mess, but it was quite a great photo :)

Brigitte said...

Oh, so lovely, your finished bird piece. I love it.
Nature is already very far where you live. Here the birds are just compiling their nests. It's years that we had a nest on a beam under the roof edge. The following year the birds tried to make a new nest there but it was a very windy time and they didn't succeed and built it somewhere else.

Sharon said...

Oh my, what a lovely little bird Von! Love it!