Usually in our Governors Club neighborhood in Chapel Hill the Turkey Vultures sit at least hundreds of feet above the community on the power towers that run through the core of the neighborhood. Only coming down in 2's or 3's to fight over a dead squirrel in the street. However, this morning I was unpleasantly surprised to see fifty or sixty had gathered around my property circling and settling on my roof and trees. They are so large when they passed a window it would go dark. I had assumed all morning they were hawks. I was then horrified to find hundreds of them later in the day (about 5:00 PM est) all over my roof and trees as well as my next door neighbors roof and trees. Hoping a deer had died attracting them (and not my neighbors) I went to check in her. Unfortunately no one was home. I called the Property Management Office to come find out what had died (and fix it), but apparently after 5 on a Friday they have no interest in Vulture infestations. Walkers and joggers had been stopping at the end of our steep cliff like driveway with worried looks on their faces probably thinking the same thing I was, had some mass murder happened up here?? What could possibly require the attraction of this many Turkey Vultures?? As soon as the sunset they finally stopped increasing in number and started disappearing. I'm hoping it was a migration and not something very large and dead nearby. Thank you for all the posts. I feel slightly better they cannot fly at night or someone said. Knowing they have limitations makes me feel a little better. I tried to attach several pics of them all, but I was only allowed one pic upload.

As others have said, the tight foundation chain is normal until your develop your even tension but it does make it much harder to do that first row. What I have found to stop the fanning is to miss the first stitch in each row after the turning chain, then continue across. The chain at the beginning becomes a replacement for the first stitch and becomes the last stitch when you come back on the next row. If your do your first stitch at the base of the chain, you are effectively adding one stitch to each row. It is important to count your stitches each row for a while and count the chain loop as one stitch. Clear as mud? I am hopeless at explaining - I can only teach if someone watches over my shoulder and follows me. Don't give up - just eat chocolate and sip some wine to keep your strength up - it works for patchworkers, so I am sure it will work for crocheters! Beth

Nita, I haven't responded to all your posts here and other places, but I've been watching out for them and posts made by others on the Tour. Thanks so much to you and others who are keeping us updated and sharing the pics of you great folks. Such great memories are being made. I'm enjoying Mary Ann's blog, too! :) My Granlan Hugs can't compare to yours, Nita. lolol

I would take it with me every time! If you don't you are stuck in one place, and there are some places you CAN'T take the rv. This makes it much easier to see things around you, go to the grocery, laundry, ect, while home stays put. You can base in one place, and travel 100 miles in one direction one day, and do it again the next in a different direction. Glad everyone enjoyed the pics! Tami