Summer has started

 We haven't officially started summer, but the last few days have certainly felt like it.  It's been hot and humid and just not nice to be outside.  It's also been raining - enough that most of central Virginia seems to be under flood or flash flood warnings.  So glad I don't have to go anywhere this weekend.

No new species of birds at the feeders but there are new birds.

The one on the right is baby woodpecker (these are downy woodpeckers).  I haven't been able to get a picture of the baby cardinals (there's one sitting in the bushes looking in the window keeping the cats attention) or house finches.  Honestly there could be lots of babies out there but if they come in alone it's hard to tell.  If they come in with a parent, they sit in the bushes or on the feeder and flap their wings and beg for food.  We've also had a doe with twin fawns come through the yard.  I don't like living so far away from things, but all the wildlife (I've seen a red fox, a grey fox and a coyote the last couple of weeks) is fun to watch.

Along with the heat and humidity and young animals a sure sign of summer is my stitching slump.  I am having a hard time getting myself going with my stitching (but not knitting, all I want to do it seems is knit - which doesn't seem right with all the heat).

Despite the slump, I have been stitching almost every night the last couple of weeks - I try to put a length of any color in each evening.  All I've worked on is Winter Hearts.  It went from here:

to here

Lots of little filler bits in those gaps over the flowers to put in but it's getting there. The picture is really distorted - I had to unroll the fabric from the scroll rods so it's sagging there in the middle.  Hopefully, the next time you see this, the border will be done and I'll have started on the hearts.  Speaking of next time, I may (leaning more towards will) be gone my next scheduled posting day.  I am hoping to be in Michigan that day. Hard to believe, but Cassie will have completed her first trip around the sun the end of the month and there's going to be a party.  Looking forward to the party, but more looking forward to seeing everyone.

Other crafting, mostly knitting but a little crochet has happened but not enough of either to really speak of (and besides, I forgot to take pictures).

This is the shortest post I've done in a while but one-at-a-time and slumps don't make for newsy posts.  

Hope everyone is well.