Sunday, June 6, 2010

Owl Box for rent and my update!

My latest project has been a Pine Mountain Design. I have altered it to say "Home" instead of March so that I can keep it on my bed for more than a month! The design has been fun to stitch but I hate not being able to use a loop or a scroll frame. One never realizes how much you depend on it for tension till the instructions specifically ask you not to use it! This may keep me from stitching another design.....it just depends how the final results look.

I have decided to put a rush on this work so that I can participate in the 2010 SAL from Helga Mandl. You can find this on the wXSwYahoo Group or by going to her website:
http://crossstitch.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=crossstitch&cdn=hobbies&tm=7&f=10&su=p504.3.336.ip_&tt=11&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//free-pu.t-com.hr/hmdesigns/index.html

On another fun note, one of my Mothers Day gifts was put into action today. I had asked for an owl box. We have both Screech Owls and Great Horned Owls that frequent my neighborhood. I have been wanting a box and my husband finally finished it!! We picked out a quiet corner of the backyard. This tree was picked after seeing 2 Screech Owls sitting on it at dusk a few nights ago! It is ready for move in, completely furnished with a soft leaf interior!




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2 comments:

Lainey said...

Your pine mountain piece looks lovely.
How cool that you have owls in your garden. My friend in Wisconsin is owl mad. My hubby does photography and we just sent her a few pictures recently. You can see them on my blog.

Nicola said...

Wow, the photos are just lovely! Your husband has quite a talent! And the castle does look like a fairy tale!