Still hurting and feeling pretty haggard (that's what happens when we go from 30°- 60° -30° in 3 days...) but the field work demands sacrifice. If only it would stop raining!!

Bluesky feed: What's that? Having a bad day thanks to chronic pain? .... How about now? Oh I'm much better now 😍 Preordered!!

Okay body, I'm gonna need you to get all the pain out today because tomorrow is a big day of field work Ty very much

Today I was given the opportunity to take a free cobweb broom workshop! It was so much fun, I would love to make another one! Opal isn't feeling well today (vaccines yesterday 😭) but she popped up to inspect my handiwork. I think it passed!

It's the last day of winter here, and I just finished my Snow Bunting ♥️I wanted to capture their skidaddle, so she's not the -MOST- stable little bird in my flock, but I love her anyway. One of the highlights of this winter. #needlefelt #snowbunting #birdart

I... don't wanna work I just wanna felt little birds all day

I love when they take an already tediously long training and make it nearly inaccessible through the world's slowest website, apparently. Yay Defensive Driving!

Wind and cold be damned- going for a lil lake hike today! Hopefully it's not totally frozen over so we can get some ducks!

Well this is impossible to take a good picture of, but my hawknado is complete!! 110 lil felt birds hung from the same mesh fabric I used for my cicada wings in an embroidery hoop with embroidery floss. I'm so happy with the result! Doodled Red-tailed Hawk elements for my pop-up book next...

Help I still have 2 Perspectives pieces to finish but I'm already daydreaming about the next birds I want to felt (it's a Snow Bunting and American Woodcock if you were curious 👀) I haven't felted a Woodcock in YEARS and I'm excited to revisit them with my new Who Cares How Long It Takes mentality

The weather this week has been so beautiful. All I wanna do is relax with all the windows open in my nice clean living room and play that goofy new Pokemon game... So I will !! Sorry gym, I'll get back to you this weekend lol

Timberdoodles are here! Couldn't get any pics- they were too fired up to stay still. One landed right behind me while I recorded this! Sound up!

@bug-jar.com ❤️

Everybody participating in the next group show at my fav gallery is making a pop-up book. They hosted a workshop on different styles. The one I'm making, we didn't get to practice so I just threw a quick and dirty practice panel together and omg. Can't wait to do the real one, these are so fun!!

Was getting ready to start stringing up my hawks. Embroidery floss, embroidery floss everywhere, but not a single sky blue-esque color in my collection. Fudgeeee Guess I have to go to the craft store this weekend 🥺

Because I still can't believe how many of these guys I made and just how small they are- Dancing Vulture Designs wrist tattoo for scale 😆

One of these things is not like the others~ I'm so happy, my 109 tiny Broad-winged Hawks (and 1 Turkey Vulture) are done! Next step will be to start putting together the kettle! But first, a break ❤️ The alcohol marker hack really saved my life with this project!

YELLD AT THE TOP OF LUNG

I finally have -actual work- to do today and all next week and maybe actually for the rest of the month?? Hope the weather cooperates from here on out!

Red is all done?? I love her so much, the time spent on all her stripes was totally worth it. My favorite hawk ❤️ Put everyone together for a group pic, I'm pleased with how they all turned out! Starting my next piece - a Broad-winged Hawk kettle (or hawknado, as my dad calls it 😆) #needlefelt

Wings!!!! She'll be done this week for sure! #wip #redshoulderedhawk #needlefelt

Me: time to felt my hawks! Bobo: no I'm gonna drool on you instead

Ate something my body is real mad about and can't lie in bed. Opal lies on me every night and doesn't understand why I'm sitting on the floor. She's escorting me back and forth to the bathroom and curling up in my arm as I'm slumped over the bed. 😭❤️ Truly the best little doctor I could ever ask for

STRIPES STRIPES STRIPES STRIPES (I'll be happy if I can get both wings' flight feathers done this weekend omg) #redshoulderedhawk #needlefelt

Broad-winged Hawk is soooo close now!!! He just needs legs! Probably will get to those when I need a break from the Red-shouldered Hawk. I'm intimidated by how much detail she'll need... #needlefelt #broadwingedhawk

My wool order came and I finished my kestrels! I live in a cave so these pics are a little dark, but please enjoy this lovely couple establishing their little home. #kestrel #needlefelt

My tissues so dense 😎

Okay, Red-shouldered, Broad-winged, and Kestrels are officially ready for colors!! My wool order comes tomorrow, then it's time to throw down! ♥️

Hiked up Whiteface in the #ADK for my bday this weekend and I'm still recovering! Such a unique summit- the fog and fresh snow added to the wild otherworldly feeling at the top ♥️ The 2000' elevation gain in those first 2 miles were more intense on the way down. My knees and toes are still crying 😆

Red-shouldered Hawk and Broad-winged Hawk in progress. Man these guys look funny without beaks... Beaks are drying, wing bases are done, bodies are getting there... just waiting on my wool order, then I can get into detail time with these 2 and the kestrel pair!

Yesterday my dad, bro & I hit our annual Winter Sea Duck spots. We always keep an eye out for non-ducky winter migrants but usually don't get em. Well I'm thrilled to say we finally got my first flock of Snow Buntings, and I am OBSESSED 😍😍😍 THEY'RE SO CUTE AND PERFECT IN EVERY WAY!

More progress on my Perspectives birds! Osprey and Goshawk are mostly done (just touchups left), nest box is done, and Kestrels are ready for details 😆 The male will be hanging on the box closer to the entrance, where the female is sticking out ❤️ #needlefelt #osprey #goshawk #kestrel

So it's not always felting time over here! I'm currently working on a nest box for felted kestrels out of cardboard and paper mache, and a Shad in the grasp of some Osprey talons made from wire, cardboard, and apoxie clay. Really enjoying bringing all these mediums together!

SUPERB OWL SUNDAYYYYYYEEEE

Made some major progress on my Goshawk today. I really need to fix his face, he looks too cutesy right now... #wip #needlefelt #goshawk

3rd week in a row something froze in my washing machine. It's officially been too cold for too long 😭

Today is high winds and dangerously low temps, so I thought I'd stay inside and work on my Goshawk. So far Opal has not allowed this plan... She jumped on my back while I was felting and demanded cuddles. Maybe I'll try again in a little bit...

My first Perspectives raptor is almost done already?! I tried some new things with her and I'm so happy with how they worked out! Felters- did you know you can use alcohol markers to "paint" on wool? I did that for the underside of her wings and am SO happy with the results! #needlefelt #osprey

I worked at a Pizza Hut Express years ago and I say let them all go. Some of the most disgusting food I've ever had to make. Nothing of value was lost.

Bad binocular-phone pic time- the neighborhood Red-shouldered Hawk decided my trees were a good hangout spot this morning. Bonus poor quality filter thanks to my smudgy window 😆 I guess this is my sign that I better make sure I make one for Perspectives!

Got the OK on my raptors for the next Perspectives show. Starting with Osprey and Goshawk. And lucky me, I had a pair of wings started from a project I abandoned years ago. YESSS Will share progress when there's anything to really share!

Excited for the pop-up book workshop today!!! And discussions on the next Perspectives show! I need a month off work so I can just felt birds for this show in peace lol

I do this every time I finish an ice climb or a ski slope. (I am terrible, fall a bunch, scared, technique of a baby deer, and visibly frazzled. Then I turn to Mr. Wolverine and get serious and quote this lol)

My favorite gallery is planning their next group show. The theme is local land use over time. I'm not a landscape person and I was trying to think of what I could do, when the director asks if I'd make some birds for the show. LET'S GOOOOOO!!!! My -place- is Hawk Mountain, so it's raptor time baby!!

I finished my coiled jean basket and it immediately was claimed as a cat bed. Opal's favorite lil cushion (came out of an Aldi pumpkin house she didn't like) fit snugly inside, and she decided it was the perfect bed ♥️

Opal cures everything that's wrong with me always ♥️ My bro-in-law got a new catnip banana and she's been having a blast with it lol

Wow thanks Meta AI 😎 Graine looks sooo much more 3D and super cool with her face smoothed out to nothing, a pink shadow under her tail, and eyes on her wing (????). She definitely wasn't already a 3D sculpture. What absolute nightmare fuel.

Impending snowstorm? Not to worry, I made cookies! (We tend to lose power easily with any weather event, so I made them tonight just in case!)

Been having a very frustrating week, so I got revenge by having the most brutal leg day at the gym ever. I'm adding workouts that focus on mountain stuff. Take that, week!!

Learning to ski at 36 (with a fear of heights and going fast lolll) is wild. I watch little kids skillfully zoom past me as I fall for the 30th time. This morning I feel like I got run over by a truck. But it's never too late to learn a new skill!!! Anxiety be damned!