Spring Fever in Oregon

Today was a perfect day for lolling around on the deck in the warm afternoon sun.
And having a good long stretch always helps too.

oh boy! a wedding

So here you have the bride and groom on the right, and a goofy spectator on the left.

These are fun to make, but I must have jabbed my fingers 100 times with the felting needle in the process. Ouch!

Bird Bride & Groom

I've been elected to make a wedding cake for a friend's August nuptials. I haven't found a cake topper that suits me, so I'm thinking of making one myself.

Here's my first idea.

My thought is to make little felted bride and groom birds, and attach them to some sort of wood base that I can stick on the top tier with frosting.

Maybe I'll make a little net veil for her, and a top hat for him.

Mothers Everywhere

I know it must seem like I'm fixated on our geese babies, but I can't help it. They're like little fuzzballs, and so danged cute.

Here are mom, dad and babies on our lawn yesterday (Mother's day).







And here's one of mom on Saturday, with her gaggle of five and a tiny straggler that hung around with them all day.

I have no idea how she got all these babies to our side of the river. The nest was on the other side somewhere, and the river is quite wild and high right now.






This morning, Jim and I went walking in a park near our house, and guess what we saw on one of the ponds. More babies.

Ahh Spring!!!

All of these photographs were taken by Jim.

It's A Boy...or A Girl...or Three Girls!

They've arrived! Our baby goslings are here, and are they ever cute. We've spotted only three babies, but there may be more.

Oh joy!