We had one day this week that was perfect, sunny and not too hot or cold, and the rest has been rain, hail, wind, cold temps, down in the 30's at night... I had to put a little coffee cup hotplate under the plastic as a heater for the mini-greenhouse.

In the meantime, wonderful bird watching. I get flocks of Western Tanagers in my yard. I have a watercolor of a male Western Tanager in the images on this page. Look to the right side where the moose painting is, and the tanager is perched on a twig in the painting. Males have a red head the body of tanagers is yellow with black on the wings... stunning. I wish I could afford bird seed for them.

With the rain, I've had time to focus more on designs, so I've added some bird related images to the blog here.