D20's New Digs

http://soarraptors.org/2016/04/happy-hatchaversary/

D20 talking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLmOP6s2GYE&feature=youtu.be

I Wanna See

OK maybe I don't.  All of a sudden a snow storm has hit the nest.  And of course little curiosity has to see what is going on.  So as he peeks out mom decides to get her a bite to eat and they are left to play in the snow.  I don't think they like it each one is hiding in the nest cup.

D26?

We humans are waiting impatiently for D26 to arrive but alas the days are getting further and further from the time it was laid and it would appear we will  not have a D26 this year.  Mom and dad had 2 fledged eagles the first year and 3 every year after that.  We humans don't understand this is nature and nature does what it wants to.  I would prefer for the egg to never hatch and not be viable than it to hatch and not be ok or die.  It is sad to think we won't have 3 eaglets this year but we have D24 and D25 and they appear to be quite the handful.  So I plan on enjoying the antics and maybe this year I can keep them straight as to who is who.   RRP wrote an excellent article on why we may not have D26 this year.

http://raptorresource.blogspot.com/2016/04/is-last-egg-going-to-hatch.html

Happy 2nd Birthday D20

 

Oopsie

D24 grows everytime I see him/her and this morning D25 had a little flight out of the nest cup.  Mom got up and D25 was attached as she did her little fly up and hop she dropped D25 just outside of the nest cup.  It did not take her long to open the gate to the nest cup, scoop the little darling back in and close the gate.  Close call, but as they say this nest is a no worry zone, the parents know what they are doing. 

Spring has Sprung

It was 80 yesterday and the grass has turned that pretty spring green and the trees are budding out.  My inside plants must feel Spring in the air because they are going nuts as well.  My Christmas cactus has one bloom, it must be lost in the seasons.  My violets are blooming like crazy and the rosemary and aloe are out of control.

D25

D25 arrived yesterday afternoon.  They are so stinking cute at this stage, the gray fluff with the raccoon eyes. 

 We don't know whether D26 is on the way or the egg is just really dirty.

Fish appears to be on the menu for the next few days.

Lots of grass brought in today to help dry the rain that happened this morning.

D24

D24 is here.  Let the games begin and nothing getting done for the next few months.  Mom brought a fish in this morning and began to munch away.  Usually dad brings in the food and he always eats the  head.  Mom did a few nestorations with dad glaring at her because dad does the nestorations; and he finally let her take over nest cup duties.  Welcome D24.

Indian Corn and Black Cherry Froot Loops

Loopy Academy Spring Semester for Yarn requires:  1) a pair of toe up or cuff down socks, whichever you do the least (toe up for me) using over 225 yards; 2) a solid/tonal yarn and variegated using over 225 yards; and 3) a twisted stitch using over 225 yards. 

I love Indian Corn, it is the candy corn with the brown end instead of the yellow. I like it better because the brown end tastes like cocoa.  I kept a sock theme for this semester.  I think socks should be fun.  I don't get those people who use variegated yarn and stress over the fact that their socks don't match, well then use plain yarn.  There was not enough of the 2 skeins to make them as long as I like or make what I had planned, so my total opposite socks.  I love them and will wear them this Fall.

 My twisted stitch is socks again.  The pattern can be found on Knitty.com, look for Froot Loops.  I like Fruit Loops Cereal and so I thought I needed a pair of Fruit Loops socks as well. 

Last but not least are my niece's birthday socks.  The yarn is the Opal Harry Potter colorways.  This color is Harry.  I don't like the red and just did a plain 2x2 rib. 

Singing in the Snow

We had 5.3" of snow this winter. Now that it is Spring, it is snowing today.  Yesterday it was 77 and we quite the spring storm last night.  But this morning it has dropped 40 degrees and it is snowing.  This morning I heard a bird close by singing and found one of my Mr Cardinals singing just outside my window.  He was singing his little heart out.

 These were the clouds last night after the rain quit, kind of eerie as the lightning was barely visible through the darker clouds.  Yes there was a tornado warning just north of us and the sky did get that eerie green color at one point during the rain. 

Spring is Here

My jonquils

 

I don't know what these are, but they are very small and pretty

My bleeding heart amongst sticks that need to be pulled out

 

M yellow rosebush

My orange daylilies

Dandelion and henbit

My pink rosebush that almost bit the dust last year but it was not ready to go yet.

 

Happy Pi Day

What is your favorite pie?  I like pie more than cake, probably because I don't have pie that often and there are so many flavors going on with the crust, filling and topping and then of course there is always the ice cream.  I don't like my pie warm though.  I think my fav is rhubarb, gooseberry, pecan, and strawberry.  I am not fond of the cream pies, apple, or cherry.  I like pumpkin once a year and the rest of the berry pies I like as well.  I was just at the store thinking they would have single pieces of pie for today;  but no, what is up with that?  I think I might make myself a mini pie today, I know I have rhubarb in the freezer and blueberries and strawberries and blackberries.  Hmmmm what kind shall I make?

RIP Nancy Reagan

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/06/nancy-reagan-widow-ronald-reagan-dead-at-94.html?intcmp=hpbt1