Wacky Birds at Christmas

December started with a bang, digging up tea bags (for a carbon study) at our local STEM center on hurricane hole, and watching the crazy antics of the local seabird population.

It's been an unusual weather month, instead of sunny, warm, tropical Florida, we have had mainly damp, gray, cloudy British-like weather days - go figure.  So for the birds this seems to mean even more fighting over food, our resident Osprey flying much lower than normal in circles over the shoreline, the normally high-flying frigate birds flying over our building, etc etc.  Even the great blue heron got into the unusual act - dropping fish, eating what appeared to be sticks and digging in the sand with his bill.  Hummmmm -- these little willets seem to be bathing in the surf.

Not to be left, the human birds got in on the Christmas crazy act.

So had to try out my crafting skills --

Christmas ornaments

and here's another Florida [orange] tree --

my first dourble-walled basket - a pressie for my sister

a much loved and knackered 1930s quilt - what do you think it will become? Watch this space . . .




 and here's me in my dreams . . .Happy 2020!