Quilted Fabric Postcard Display ~ Happy Halloween!

 Happy Halloween! One of my Halloween displays I have around my home. I made some of the postcards and most were from postcard swaps over the years.

Lancaster County Views

 Wonderful lunch yesterday at Agape in Strasburg with friends of 50 years. Great company and food.

My Yard ~ New Yard Birds

 It was fun to see some birds fitting around up in the trees catching insects. Two new yard birds this AM - Blue Gray Gnatcatcher #41 & Golden-crowned Kinglet #42

Blue Gray Gnatcatcher #41

Golden-crowned Kinglet #42

Quilting ~ Child's Donation Quilt Pieced

 It's a wild & crazy cat quilt to be donated to a child's charity after I get it quilted. Fabric and about 1/2 of the blocks done by a friend of Lisa Davis.

My Yard ~ Northern Parula ~ Yard Bird #40

 Northern Parula in the trees this AM ~( yard bird #40) as I was watching the feeders. Good start to the day with probably 2 different hummers and 19 other species of birds including the return of the Eastern Bluebirds.

Cochranville, PA ~ Butterflies & Birds

 Fun day ~ Long, long lunch with friends I worked with at my first nursing job at Delaware County Memorial Hospital 50 years ago. After lunch, some time in my garden watching birds & butterflies. Glad to see a late migrating Ruby-throated hummingbird.

On Thursday, a Fiery finally stopped by my place. It was 9 weeks later than when seen 2022.

Painted Lady

Sachem

Variegated Fritillary

 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Atglen, PA ~ Wolf's Hollow County Park

 At Wolf's Hollow in Atglen yesterday, I saw 14 species of butterflies. Here are images of some of them. Best butterflies were Ocola & Fiery, both southern strays. I can't find any other records of Ocola being seen there. It was sunny, low to mid 80's with winds 5-8 MPH. So nice to see after a week of drab, rainy weather.

Ocola

Fiery

Variegated Fritillary

Peck's

Painted Lady

Orange Sulphur

Monarch

Meadow Fritillary

American Lady

Birds Around my Yard

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Downy Woodpecker

Song Sparrow

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren

Blue Jay

Red-bellied Woodpecker

hiding Cooper's Hawk

Out & About ~ the Amish

I enjoy living in the countryside and seeing the Amish out in their buggies.  They live a hard life but that is by their choice.  Here are 2 young men out on a Saturday wuth their dog enjoying the day.  The second image was on a Sunday with a family probably coming home from church.  My understanding is church meets every other week.  The off week, they visit friends and family.