Our little nest of robins has moved on. I think we may have expedited their move, unfortunately. I was letting Alice out over the weekend and we were right underneath the nest for a second, when one of the little fledglings seemingly fell out of the nest. He flapped pretty hard for the few seconds during his free fall, but still landed on the ground (upright, tho!).
Later that night I noticed that all 3 of the little ones were missing, but I could see them hopping around the yard with dad not far away. Now there's no sign of them. I guess it's safe to take their nest down now. They grew really fast, and for something that started out so ugly they sure did turn out to be cute!
I think I'm coming down with something. Supposedly one of my coworkers has strep throat. I woke up unable to swallow this morning. Bummer. And Cepacol is nasty. Blech.
I finished up the Arkansas block last night on the black quilt. I think I'm taking a quick break from that project for a month or so while we work on cool ties and a special quilt project. If I think of it I'll take photos of the blocks I've already completed, they're turning out ok. Not a normal project for me, but it's growing on me. I think I'm about 1/3 finished with the blocks. Of course, one of the packets of fabric is missing the pattern, so I guess I get to see how much material there is and try to guess which state it was supposed to be. Should be fun. :)
Anyway...cool ties! My Mom is coming up this weekend to help work on those. I don't have a target for this year, but I'm hoping we can get at least 500 done within the next month or so. Barring any unforeseen machine problems that should be doable.
DCFS licensing agent comes back Wednesday. Hoping it's not much longer for the first kidlet to arrive! :)
Posted by tomiandc at June 2, 2008 05:00 PM