January 2015 TUSAL

What a beautiful cold winter morning it was but spring is definitely in the air.  The little feathered friends were quite thrilled when I filled the feeders this morning.  I heard the most beautiful bird song coming from my rose bushes on the far side of the lawn.  Finally he decided that it was okay to identify himself to me.  I remember seeing this little guy last year just after the crouches started to bloom.  Back then I looked up what kind of bird he was and found that he is only in our area for a few months and then continues his journey.  I believe he is a Spotted Towhee and our local Audubon Society says that he is only in our area during the winter.  He was quite happy with the little finches like to sit in one of the bird feeders and toss out what they are not interested in. 

Well this post is not about the wildlife in my yard right now.  It is about TUSAL (Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long).  It is a fun SAL for those of us who like keeping our ORTs (Old Ratty Things), which I call snippets.  Each month on the day of the New Moon, we post pictures of the container that hold our ORTs.  As with last year, I will continue to use an old canning jar that came from the jars that were from my Great Grandma.  My plan was at the end of each year was to put the ORTs in a glass ornament and label the year.  Well, I have not gotten around to doing this so I have a couple years of bags for the last couple of years.  I have been thinking of placing this in a container and letting my little feathered friends use them for their nest this spring.  I have the snippets of thread from my sewing so I might start with this first and see how it goes. 

Since the sun was shining this morning, Chocolate Mouse wanted to sunbath so I asked if he would mind a picture or two with the ORT jar and he said anything to get myself of your blog, lol.  Chocolate Mouse was my prize from Bunco in November.  Yes, I know how moose is spelled but this moose is scented and called Chocolate Mouse.  When you sunbath you need a nice cozy blanket so Chocolate Mouse choose one of the quilts that I quilted some time back.  It is awaiting binding, which I hope to get to as I officially handed over the files for the Quilt Guild Community Service Chair position yesterday. It is a little bittersweet but I am looking forward to having extra time to quilt, stitch, garden, and spend time with my family.  

It has been wonderful to be able to finally get an extra moment here and there to stitch.  I had hoped to do a little stitching today but I had to get some rest since I did too much yesterday. 

I almost forgot to mention that this TUSAL is hosted by It’sDaffycat.  Thanks again for hosting our little SAL.  By clicking here you can read about the TUSAL in her words ;)  

Happy Stitching,

Toni