A Sunny Spring Afternoon Birding at Home

Spent yesterday afternoon doing some raking & pruning, before the rainy days started here.  Finally got the forsythia contained back into it's bed, and removed a couple dozen small Black Birch trees that were trying to colonize the hill up back.  Tim had said he saw a Hummingbird, so I put the feeder out.

Baltimore Oriole (top) & Male  Rosy-breasted Grosbeak

After that, I decided to take my camera and rest on the front deck.  Yes, indeed, there was a Hummingbird zooming around!  There was also a pair of Rosy-breasted Grosbeaks, a Baltimore Oriole, a pair of Cardinals, Blue Jays, Catbirds, and Goldfinches.  Oh, and the Lilac is blooming, along with the last of the Daffodils.  Such color!   I couldn't get the birds into one photo, and still be able to see them all clearly, but I got a couple of shots so you could enjoy them.  Just a nice afternoon at the Studio!

Mr. & Mrs. Grosbeak

 

White Throated Sparrow

Fun at the Fair

Had a nice day Saturday at the Arts in Bloom Spring Festival!  The rainy weather finally cleared off, and we had lots of sun.  It was nice to have friends & family stop by my booth. I even sold some items, which considering the low turnout (probably weather-related), was encouraging.  Thanks, everyone!
To see more photos from the day, check out my Facebook page...

Arts in Bloom Spring Festival!

 

 Come join me for fun, food, & crafts on Saturday (tomorrow), May 5th, 12-5 at Butterfield Park in Orange, MA.

 

 I’ll be set up at the Tracy Ellen Studio booth, featuring glass tile pendants, magnets, and resin jewelry. All very affordable, and perfect for the women on your Mother’s Day, birthday, or Just Because... list!

 

Here's a link to the Festival page on the Art for Life blog. This has the timetable for the performances, as well as the info for the rest of the afternoon.

There's even going to be a Maypole! You know I love that! 

I hope to see you at the Festival!

Large Glass Tile Magnet

Eiffel Tower Pendant

Glass Tile Magnets

It's a new day, a new blog, and a new beginning for me! My name is Tracy.  Some of you know me from home, school, or thru Etsy. Some of us are just starting to get to know one another. No matter which you are, I hope that we will be able to get even better acquainted!   Some of the things you'll find on this blog are notes about what projects I'm working on, including in-progress photos & new items in my Etsy shop (opening soon), as well as notes and photos from my daily travels. I'm also a decent cook, so I might occasionally post recipes, with photos, if they turn out well. To be honest, I'm not sure what else will show up here?! What would you like to see or learn about? To learn a little bit more about me, check out my "About Me" page.

Snowball helping me collage glass tile pendants

I live on a few wooded acres in a small town, in rural west-central Massachusetts. We're pretty far north, almost in New Hampshire. Because of the rural nature of my neighborhood, I'm always seeing interesting birds and wildlife.  I try to document the seasons thru my photography, and you'll find some of those attempts on this blog. My photography skills are still pretty raw, but I'm working on it. 

Resin pendants just out of the molds

I've been holding off posting here because I wasn't sure how to set the "right' tone for this new space. It seems kind of silly now, but I worried about what to say, and how often to say it, or if anyone is interested in what I have to say.  If you have a blog, you probably can relate.  I finally decided that I wanted to enjoy this blog, so I'll post the things that interest me, and hope that you'll enjoy that, too.  My goal is to get a Smart phone so that posting with photos will be easier and more automatic.  Until that happens, I'm working thru my computer and downloading photos off my camera, then up onto the blog.

I welcome comments, here and on my FB page. If you have a shop on Etsy, add me to your circle, and I'll check out your shop.  I'll be ramping up my presence on Etsy again over the next couple of months.  We can trade blog badges, too.

Mindy-Wigglebutt,  the neighbor's dog who practically lives at our house.

Take care, and I'll be in touch again very soon...right here!