Short story: the crane couple was stalked by a single coyote. We watched through binoculars as the coyote would make a dash for them and the cranes would fly a short distance away then it would repeat this went on a long time with no luck for the coyote. If you recall last year a coyote did get one of their chicks for a meal. I wondered why the cranes just didn't take off and leave the area but they stayed almost teasing the coyote and making me very nervous.
This is a pintail duck and a pair of mallards. There were two male pintails and one female in our pond with the crane couple on the side too. We want to get the pond enlarged but the road restrictions are still on meaning it's too soft to drive on with loads. The backhoe has to come in here and dig.
Been making a lot of banners lately, my student and I.She is finished now for the summer and will return in the Fall. The red in the banners is red satin.
A Valentine banner. The front I used 1" pink ribbon and the back is banner fabric.
Kalen so comfortable on any chair or loveseat he picks!
Kalen on the right is not this much smaller than Pan it's the camera angle. I have a dog sitter coming to live here while we are off to Iceland next week with our daughter and two grandsons. I also have my student and her Mom coming over twice a day to exercise the dogs properly, they live close by. I also have back up people if something goes wrong. It's such a worry to find the right people to do this as I have a very hard time leaving these boys w/o worrying about them the entire time. I felt it best they stay home as they have never been left at a kennel.
I should have some very different photos then when I return.
Happy Mother's Day to all my friends!
card image from Sandy
Nan















































