Easter Fabric Postcards Display

 

Postcard Mail Art ~ Color Postcard Swaps ~ Red

  In my online postcard swap group, we are doing monochromatic swaps this year along with several other swaps. The red postcards went out in March & yellow is ready for April. I am working on the orange postcards now. Enjoy!

Saved for a future swap

Swapped with Pat, Kim & Marijke

Ready for the April Postcard Swap

Saved for a future Postcard Swap

Spring ~ Time for Nesting

This male Eastern Bluebird was checking out the possibility of nesting in this birdhouse.  Will he return?  Only time will tell!

 

Fabric Postcards ~ Birthday

 

Fabric Postcards

Over the past few weeks I've been going through my fabric scraps and postcard supplies to make some new postcards for swapping.  I found some 4" finished blocks to use for the postcards. These  postcards are 4.5" by 6".so I've been having fun making them and being  creative.  So far I have made about 14 postcards.  Here are a sampling of them..

Valemtine's Day Fabric Postcards

Over the years I have been in a number of Valentines Day swaps.  Here are the 3 

postcards I received this year.  The last picture is the display of postcards from past years.

From Meena 

From Pat

From Miriam in Ireland

My Yard ~ Birds

Carolina Chickadee

Downy Woodpecker

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northerm Flicker

Northern Cardinal

 

Fabric Postcards ~ Snowmen

 

Cape May Point, NJ ~ American Woodcocks

 There was a small snowfall several days ago with severe cold since that day.  Since the temperatures having been less than 20 degrees during the day & in the single digits every night.  This has caused the ground to freeze solid.  Since it has not thawed yet there has been a problem with ground feeding birds being able to get the food they need to survive.  One of these birds is the American Woodcock which probes under the graases into the dirt to find worms.  For the past several days the naturalists in Cape May Point have been collecting the dead woodcocks that are being found all over the Point.  As of 2/4 they had collected over 170 dead woodcocks which will be send to museums for scientific studies. The article I read said that this could be the loss of an entire population in this area.

Pictured are some of the pictures I took after a snow storm in 2022.

My Yard ~ Tufted Titmouse

One of the birds I enjoy seeing in my back yard is the Tufted Titmouse.  This winter there haven't been as many at my feeders as I have seen in year's past.  I am hoping that changes as the winter goes on.  They enjoy seed blocks and also seed from the enclosed feeders as shown

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My Yard in Honeycroft Village

 I moved here to Honeycroft Village in May '22. There was a pre-existing garden behind my home. I changed non-native plants for natives adding host plants. I've seen total 41 butterfly species in 4 summer seasons but only 25 species in '25. 8 species of butterflies reproduced here including 5 Red-spotted Purple caterpillars that overwintered in hibernacula on 2 of my seedling cherry trees. 72 species of birds from my deck. Many in old growth trees that separate us from a cornfield. I document birds in eBird & all other nature in iNaturalist. 301 species documented at home; a few in HCV community space. Butterflies, moths, birds, bees and other pollinators, some frogs & a turtle, fox, deer with assorted other insects. I document trees, shrubs & plants, some of which are invasive and should be removed. It's getting to be time for the builder to turn over other areas the community/HOA will own. Our board is starting to decide what to do with the land. Meadows, gardening for Monarchs and beekeeping have been suggestions. A dog park somewhere has also been a suggestion. Of course, you all know I'd choose butterflies & nature.

Male & Female Eastern Bluebirds eating mealworms

Pileated Woodpecker

Long-tailed Skipper on Lantana

Eastern Tiger Swallowtails on hyssop

Some of the 40+ Monarch caterpillars on swamp milkweed in 2025

2 Monarch Chrysalis

Hibernaculum for Red-spotted Purple - this structure is a type of shelter where the caterpillar hibernates (enters diapause) during the cold months. Out of 5 caterpillars, 4 eventually eclosed and flew away.

Giant Swallowtail

Snowberry Clearwing Sphinx Moth

Hummingbird Clearwing Sphinx Moth

Rustic Sphinx Caterpillar

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

My Yard ~ Eastern Bluebirds

 The bluebirds visit me everyday knowing that they'll have mealworms here to eat. And I love taking pictures of them.  Here are some pictures in which I could not choose my favorite out of the batch.