Category: Everything Else

I sure have enjoyed watching these baby hawks grow up. Here they are at about 1 month old.

The mama hawk is feeding the babies.

I also have a video of her feeding them, but it’s taking forever to upload. If anyone’s interested in seeing it, let me know and I’ll try to upload it again.

Remember my post about the Mama Hawk?

We went to see her babies.

She has two in there and I could only get good pictures of one of them. I tried to get closer, but she started yelling at me, so I decided to leave her alone to tend to her babies.
In these pictures, they are about 12 days old. They were sleeping.

After the hawk started screeching at me, the babies woke up and moved around a bit. So here’s the baby with his eyes open.

And wiggling around a bit. I love the feet.

Thanks for sharing Mama Hawk!

We went again yesterday and I can’t wait to show you how they’ve grown! I got a new camera to leave in my purse and so tonight I’ll learn how to transfer pictures and video from it to share. Mama was feeding the babies so I got a video of that.

I borrowed a copy of this book from a friend and while I was thumbing through it, I gained a tip for sewing with embellishments.

It’s glue.

Why didn’t I think of this before? Simply use some fabric glue to stick down embellishments and let them dry before sewing. They stay in place while you sew and it’s easier than pinning,

While I was making some hospital gowns last week, I tried this with little pieces of Velcro. Worked like a charm!

When walking down the streets of NYC, we passed some great things. I took pictures of some of my favorites.

Can you tell we’re in the Fashion District?

Love the ric-rac!

Cute pub.

We didn’t even notice this firehouse until we watched them back the huge truck into that small door.

I found this section of trim. They were all burlap, jute and such. Loved them. Had to buy some.

I liked this bridge between buildings.

I want this bike. It’s a Schwinn.

The wall in Purl SoHo.

Apparently, I have a thing for stacked suitcases.

Neat fire escape on this building.

These ducks were dressed for some rain.

This church and graveyard are across the street from Ground Zero. Trinity Church is the oldest public building in continuous use in NYC.

Ground Zero Memorial model

From the sky

This week I had plans to sew and do some Easter/Spring crafts.

Instead, I spent my time

shopping,

running kids around,

working,

doing chores

And getting a bit of sleep.

This tired bunny is looking forward to Spring Break next week.

Want to make your own bunny finger puppet? Here’s where I got the pattern and instructions.

With all the crazy weather fluctuations and storms we’ve been having lately, at least we’re also getting beautiful flowers in the yard to enjoy.

I have quite a list of stuff I need to get done. I’m definitely a wait until the last minute type of person, so since I have deadlines approaching, I’m getting busy!

Tonight I assembled a breakfast cheesecake for the teacher breakfast at school tomorrow. I got the recipe from Paula Deen’s Cookbook for the Lunch-Box Set

I need to sew up 2 more bathrobes and finish the one I made for Emily – it still need the arms hemmed! I have Katelyn’s half cut out. Hopefully, they will have their new cozy robes just in time for summer. They better not grow too much and I better leave plenty of growing room. They grow too fast!

Emily is getting her tonsils out so I’m making her a hospital gown to wear. I will also make her American Girl doll a matching one. She picked out some Heather Bailey fabric for it. I hope I have enough of it.

I’m also folding cranes and sewing bunnies.

That’s my short list of upcoming projects!

My fabric design didn’t make it to the Project Selvage semi-finals. I was a bit bummed when I found out. There were around 1,000 entries and they chose 75, so I’m not alone with my rejection. The contest was fun. I learned that I like doing these designs. Maybe I’ll keep making some others. Spoonflower also has some weekly contests and I’m thinking about getting to those when the theme sounds fun.

Click here to head over and see who did make it and vote for your favorites.

On the 7th floor of my husband’s office sits a huge nest on the fire escape.

Inside the nest is a mama bird. It’s a a red tailed hawk. She’s sitting on 2 eggs. Her mate comes along and feeds her. About once a day she leaves the nest, but I haven’t seen the eggs. I was surprised by how big the sticks are that they used to build the nest.

I didn’t want to startle her and raise the blinds or anything. I tried to sneak up on her, but I think she saw or heard me.

Now I’m pretty sure she heard me!

I’m going to see about going back once the eggs hatch and see if I can catch some pictures of the baby hawks. They stay in the nest for about 6 weeks.

Our first stop in NYC was at the Park Avenue Armory to see the red and white quilts on display. The 7th Regiment of the National Guard completed the armory in 1881. The 55,000 square foot drill hall served as the exhibit space for the quilts. I think the rooms on the first floor may have been open for public viewing also, but we didn’t realize that while we were there. I loved the architecture and details in the front halls and staircase.

Inside the drill hall, the quilts were the star of the space, but I also enjoyed seeing the structure of the building. It was a huge space, especially for NYC.

You could tell the floors were green in their prime, but now could use a lot of work. You felt like you may fall through when walking in some places.

Enough about the armory, on with the quilts.

I don’t quilt, but this exhibit was fun to see anyway. Mrs. Joanna Rose told her husband that for her 80th birthday, she wanted to see these quilts all on display in one place and she wanted to share it with New York. She collected over 1,000 quilts and these 651 represent the red and white portion of her collection.

These are some of my pictures from the show.

Oh good! I see my sister posted about our trip…you can pop over there and see more pictures and the rest of our trip.