Merry Christmas!

Eastern Bluebirds

 

2025 Christmas Postcard Swaps

 I have been in quilted postcard exchange groups since 2006.  Back at that time there were so many groups for swapping the postcards on yahoo groups.  Now, there are so many fewer groups.  I belong to 2 groups Postcard Mail Art and Fabric Postcard Art.  I am the owner of the second group.  For Christmas 2025 I exchanged 7 postcards between the 2 groups.  Here are the postcards I received.

My Yard ~ Red Fox

 Red Fox sightings in my back yard are rare.  this sighting was great because the fox looked so healthy compared to the few I have seen here before.

Snow Day

 The weather forecast all week has been for snowfalls of up to 12" of snow.  Turned out that my area had between 6=8" of weak heavy snow. 

After the storm passed the sun came out amd the snow sparked

Christmas Postcard Displays

 I have been exchanging quilted fabric postcards since 2006.  When I was setting up my displays I looked at the backs of them & found several from postcards from then.  Back, then, I was in several postcard swapping groups plus I swapped postcards with fellow members of my Dyehards group.

One of the first postcards I made to swap - Paper pieced, appliqued & quilted.

From Carole in NY

Quilted Fabric Postcard Display's - Fall & Halloween

Fall Display

Halloween Display

 

My Yard ~ Butterflies

This year has been a strange butterfly year with wet.cool weather at the end of June into the July and so the numbers of butterflies have been low.  Hopefully that will change as we get to the end of August and into September & October. 

Silver-spotted skippers

Summer Azure

Common Buckeye

Clouded Sulphur

Variegated Fritillary

Variegated Fritillary

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

 

My Yard ~ Pileated Woodpecker

This Pileated Woodpecker visited my yard today.  I am always happy to have them visit though wouldn't want them to stay.  This species of bird makes very large holes in which to nest.

 

My Yard ~ Nesting White-breasted Nuthatch

This is the first year I have seen nesting White breasted Nuthatches in my yard.  It's been fun to watch the parents bringing sunflower chips to the birds in the tree cavity many times a day.  After about a month the babies fledge and it's fun watching them learn how to fly.

 

My Yards ~ Birds ~ Hairy Woodpecker

 Looks like there's a baby Hairy woodpecker nearby. So great to see!

My yard ~ Indigo Bunting Yard Bird #70

Indigo Bunting Yard Bird #70

 Blackburnian Warbler at Magee Marsh, OH

My Yard ~ FOY ~ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

There have been a few male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds coming through my yard but I haven't seen any females yet

 

My Yard ~ Migrating Birds

 Excited to have an Indigo Bunting in my yard & returning House Wrens

Nest building