Winter Birding

It's March.  It's cold  It's snowed/iced twice.  What is this?  I live in the South for a reason, and this isn't it.  So much of this weather has reminded us of our time in Germany about a year ago.  Minus the whole 'adventure' attitude.  This is home, and it is certainly not supposed to snow twice (almost three times).

If there is but one benefit to a prolonged winter, however, it is the bare branches that expose all of the wonderful birds that travel through, or live in, South Carolina.  On my minimal time off to spend at home, I was able to snap some of these winged beauties.  Enjoy, as I do.

Fosca looks on in anticipation for an opportunity to get closer. 

Check out some of my other bird posts and pictures.

And don't forget to follow me on Pinterest!

New uses for embroidery hoops

Now that I've finished up my embroidered tea towels for a certain someone, I have a couple to spare.  Looking around the web, I've compiled a few great ideas to re-purpose them around the house.

Frame some artwork:

[diycreater]

lots of cute designs from [thepennyrunner]

this one is so cute [flickr]

a cute display from [BHG]


Go Gallery Style on the wall:

I just love this from [purlbee]

Hang them in the air:

Table display from [Martha Stewart Weddings]

Looove this from [Greygreydesigns]

This last one, I really like.

Tea towels

I am so pleased at how these embroidered tea towels came together!

Weather

Peppermint white hot chocolate with a jumbo marshmallow. Bring it on, Icestorm Pax!

Valentines Pinterest Roundup

Everything is flooded with pink and red right now.  Typically I do not like this time of year, so much pressure to buy things, eat candy and chocolate, go out.  Blech.  John and I have decided to do aged DeBragga steaks.  Kansas City strip, here we come!  We also ordered some aged hamburger meat, with we have enjoyed twice so far with very juicy results.  Once you eat aged beef, there is no going back, so be warned.

But now for some hopelessly girly and flowery images from the latest web roundup.

1. Red Velvet Everything

Marbled Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies from [the novice chef]

Red Velvet crepes from [Tidy Mom]

Red Velvet Baked Doughnuts from [Taste and Tell]

Red Velvet Bon Bons from [Cafe Johnsonia]

2. Flowers

Rose garland from [style me pretty]

Beautiful bouquet from [designlovefest]

Looove this bangle from [SpottedDogAsheville]



I cannot wait to buy all the discounted flowers at the grocery stores post Vday.  Because that's how I roll.

I've had an interesting dinner.

Which led to a very interesting dessert of Orange and Nuttela Cinnamon Rolls.

Breakfast, a snack, and soda city market