Black and White Striped Turtleneck

I have a sister in New York that loves black and white striped socks, t-shirts and turtlenecks.

So it made me think of her when I saw a parade of these birds out my farmhouse kitchen window this morning!

The bird is a "Killdeer". They like to walk and their call sounds like "kill deer"! I had never seen this bird before so I was shocked at their black and white striped turtlenecks!

Pretty cute!

Baby Robins at Last!!

Okay so I know I am obsessed with the robins, but for someone who has avoided birds her whole life it's kind of like a child like discovery so please bear with me!! haha

This week we got back from Scotland and the minute we pulled into the driveway I jumped out to see if the robins had been hatched. And sure enough there was one baby with it's mouth wide open and no parents around. My camera had a dead battery from the trip so I didn't capture the moment that day. The next day it rained really hard and I went to check and the mama bird was sitting on top of her babies and took the rain for them.

Then yesterday I finally got the pictures I had been wanting to show you. There were not one but TWO babies!!! So here they are.

 See the little head peaking up?

 Two days ago they had a lot more fluffy stuff on them. 

I think they are about 9 days old.

And then this morning the mama bird is back watching guard.

Front Door Wreath

I was kind of liking my matching front door wreaths, but as I came home the other day, I noticed one wreath had changed. In the matter of an hour the two matching wreaths were no more. One had been taken over by an over zealous mother who feverishly was working to feather her nest. She was hysterical! There enough twigs in the one wreath for 3 entire nests. My friend suggested this to be a tiny Carolina Wren. Haven't caught her on film yet, but my husband kindly moved "her" wreath away from "my " wreath so that we would not disturb one another... She did look for her nest for a while but smart little mum that she is figured it out that her plot of wall space had moved and she resumed her job.

There were two matching wreaths, but you will have to imagine that in your head.

The new location is to the left of it's original spot.

The center hole is missing.

If there is any action to report, I will let you know.

Easter Sweaters

White cardigan children's sweaters with bunnies and birdies at Etsy.