Green Things, Gratitude, Giveaways....and a Mudpuddle for Maygan....

Green Things.......

Like most of the rest of you, Nod has a severe case of the muggies....

And with the strange weather, has come some strange wildlife of a green kind....

Looky what planted itself in the plant I neglected to plant:

Peek-a-boo!

And, a rare sight, a Luna moth sunning itself on the side of the garage:

Gratitude.......

Every month, Cheri from quiltsbycheri gives away one of her incredible little quilts....I was blessed to win June's quilt.....and I LOVE it!!!

Cheri is so very talented....I've done a wee bit of quilting - mostly small, paper-pieced, projects - but Cheri is an a class by herself.....All the little pieces in this quilt are done with just little pieces....if you're a quilter, you know this is amazing.....

Thank you so very much Cheri!!! I will treasure this!!

I was also incredibly fortunate to win a giveaway from Karen.....known to most of you as *The Graphics Fairy*.  And a wonderful fairy she is!!

Karen tracks down thousands of wonderful images and offers them on her blog.  She also has several other sites, including a great crafting site, http://www.graphicsfairy-crafts.com/, that shows you what you can do with the images.  Karen recently gave away three wonderful pendants and charms made by the talented ladies at Pick Up Sticks Jewelry using her graphics.

I was one of the lucky three!!! YIPPEE!!!

How fun is this!! There's a little bird cage charm too with a yellow canary in it, and the main charm is reversible:

Thank you Sweet Fairy!!! I adore this!!

And, I also want to say a heartfelt thanks to Traci from York Mountain Primitives.  Traci was kind enough to share some of the seeds she gathered from her gorgeous blooms.  She sent me a great collection of seeds (complete with instructions so even this ol crow can't mess up) and a sweet little ditty/seed bag....

Thank you so much Traci - I'll remember your seeds of kindness every time I see these bloom!

Giveaways......

I also wanted to mention a couple of other great giveaways that are currently in the works....I try to keep my sidebar updated with current giveaways, but just in case you weren't paying attention!!

The very sweet and amusing Cathy from Tolentreasures is celebrating her 500th post....To help celebrate, she is giving away several prizes, including this:

(This lady is not only a hoot, she's a very gifted painter.....)  Best part is, there will be several winners....and will include existing followers, and a special gift for one lucky "new" follower.  (And, no, you can't stop following her and then rejoin as a new follower to increase your odds of winning....I already checked! ;o) JUST KIDDING!!)

And, Julie from Me and My Stitches is also having a giveaway.  Julie makes incredible teeny, tiny, paper-pieced quilts into jewelry....I said I did a couple of paper-pieced pieces....yeah...NOT like this....These are like in miniature!!!  You gotta see it to believe it....And for her giveaway, you get to choose what you win!! (Plus, she's very funny too - and has some crazy kitties....)

Finally.....

This is for Maygan.....

Yesterday, Traci from York Mountain Primitives said they were in desperate need of rain in their parts.  I promised that I would summon every ounce of Ojibwa blood in me (which is minimal), find my dancing moccasins, and do a little ditty for her.....Well, this bird tries to keep her promises, and dance I did. (Sorry, no videos of this or the crow can-can are available; nor will they ever be as, thankfully, Mr. Crow doesn't know how to do videos....)  Unfortunately, I guess I didn't realize that the powers of the dance are site-specific.  Traci got no rain, but we were deluged!!  I told Traci I would try again tonight, but fear I might cause localized flooding.  So, unfortunately, her adorable Maygan has no rain puddles to splash in.....so, I'd thought I'd share one in our drive caused by last night's "unexpected" rainfall....

TTFN!!!