I used only the littlest scraps in my scrap bins, and all batiks.
Here are the bee photos I promised yesterday.
Don't you love that haircut?
I think he is drinking nectar too.
I got really close to this butterfly and it looks like he has a hairy body.
I know my perennials pretty well but I don't know the name of the weeds. What is this one called?
I have been hearing a lot of Crash, Thump, Crash in the back yard this past week. The walnuts from my neighbor's trees are dropping in my garden. I'm used to the noise after all of these years.I saw the first fuzzy caterpillar in a parking lot yesterday. We used to predict how soon winter was coming by the timing of the caterpillars crossing the road. I forget now how that worked.
This is called Japanese Lantern, VERY invasive! It gets orange "lanterns" later in fall. You see them already, they are green.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the offer to help me with my embroidery computer skills. I'll take you up on it. Paulette in VA
Thanks Paulette, I'll get out there and rip it out that weed right away.
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Wonderful photos! We had a wooly caterpillar outside the other day, too. I hope that doesn't mean winter is near. *s*
ReplyDeleteTalk about "up close and personal" those photo's are amazing! How close are you able to get to the butterflies and bees? Or does your camera do it all?
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed studying your strip squares, since reading your blog I have learned the beauty of random stitching strips in various widths, it has given me such a new outlook on tops for quilts. And for you it has to feel good for using every inch of fabric.
J~MT
J~MT I was pretty close to the bees but was farther away from the butterflies just using the zoom lens. The butterflies tend to "see" me coming where the bees are so busy they just keep eating.
ReplyDeleteI think maybe it is a sickness that I want to use every square inch of the batik scraps, LOL.
It's also called Physalis, and the fruit and pod are often served as a garnish to some desserts here, the sections of the lantern peeled back to make perhaps four "petals" with the little berry as the flower centre. And they are edible. Not horrifically invasive in the UK. I like them.
ReplyDeleteI park in a parking lot that has an overhanging walnut tree on one side. The tree is in the back yard of a vacant house. The other day I went to get into my car and I heard this noise. Have you ever seen the Stephen King movie "The Langoliers"? Crunch, crunch, crunch the sound was coming from the tree. I paused and waited and watched. Squirrels! at an all you can eat buffet with sound effects. And it's getting to be Halloween season. Shiver. Nobody parks under that tree because it is like being in a hail storm only with walnuts.
ReplyDeleteI love what you are working on, the colors are fantastic as usual. I love the photos of the bees and butterflies. The haircut is great!
ReplyDeleteTee hee.
ReplyDeleteHaircuts for bees.
I wonder who does their buzz cuts?
"Buzz cuts" - that's a good one! And those photos are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI love all your batik strips. No, it's not a sickness to want to use every last scrap. That's being smart and frugal. Why waste such beauty?? Any plans for that? It's getting me thinking...
Japanese lanterns were planted on purpose in a garden I once lived near! Not a weed at all!
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The bee and butterfly photos are incredible! You have a great eye for taking a good photograph!
ReplyDeleteAs usual, I love anything you do with the batiks. You are really tempting me to turn on the sewing machine -- 'cause there is no way I could do that by hand!
Your nature pictures are so beautiful. I only wish I could capture such moments on film!
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