One of the wonderful things about living on the side of a mountain in a rural area with lots of forest is you get to see a lot of wildlife.  This guy paid us a visit yesterday, thinking he might get the bird feeder.  I grabbed the camera and took his picture before I made a bunch of noise to scare him off.

I’m thinking he is about a year old, around 200 pounds.  I didn’t see his mama, thank goodness!  I do think that he has two brothers, if this is one of the cubs I saw last fall.  Mama came by with three cubs in tow and they all ran up the tree in the front right about dusk.

I finally got a pic of the sweet hummingbird too.  She has been enjoying the torenias.

Fast little thing, those wings are a blur!

Here she is over the word Home in the URL, I should have made this a puzzle, she is hard to see unless you know she is there, isn’t she!!  Since there isn’t any red on her, I am guessing its a girl.

But now, the part you are all waiting for, the Giveaway Winner has been chosen by the random number generator!

Congratulations to manasotavacation!!

Sent you an email to so I can get your book to you.  Thank you to everyone that entered!  Stay tuned, I have one more giveaway to do before the month is over – something else I received at the AQS show.    Plus, there will be at least one more after that, and a link to a manufacturer giveaway.  So, lots of fun to come!!

Happy Quilting!