So happy to not see SNOW, ICE, and COLD stuff.... however, I sort of drew a blank when it comes to anything Irish, until I thought of this: This is the first Sciathog I ever made... it's an Irish potato straining basket. Allegedly, boiled potatoes can be strained through this basket and then served directly to the table in it. This is made with white (peeled), buff (boiled and peeled), steamed (w/ peel on), and regular (unpeeled/unprocessed) willow. I loved working with willow so much that I started growing my own for basket making. :)

Great pictures! Beautiful duck, cute poser donkey, lucky shot of the lama. My niece was taking a similar shot and suddenly she was literally covered in slime, he spit all over her. Her daughter was taking a video so it was all captured on the video and we got to see it. So funny! Nita I will never remember that you are trikequeen, trikequeen Nita!

Yesterday I posted a pic of a Ruby Throat Hummingbird. Today the pic is of a Ruby Throat's nest and tiny pea sized eggs held n my hand. I have posted it before, but some of you may not have seen it. The nest was abandoned. Momma bird must have met with disaster.

They are beautiful birds though. We had one land on my husband's head at our Dallas house. We were at the pool, I was in the pool and he was standing at the edge of the pool looking down at something. Suddenly I see this big black bird coming in for a landing. I told him not to move! The bird landed right on the back of his head. He was freaking out because he had no idea what it was. But he maintained his cool, more than I would have been able to do, and I got out of the pool and put my hand under the birds feet. Just like I would do with my cockatiel. It was extremely tame and had a metal tag around the ankle. Turns out it was a homing pigeon. I was able to contact the owners, they said just let it rest there and eventually it should return. I fed and watered it for a few weeks and got really acquainted with it. It would hang out on the roof and I put a cat carrier out on the patio with food and water. It finally did leave but I don't think it went home lol. I think it enjoyed the free life. It was a beautiful iridescent purple and black color. It was quite smart. It would sit outside the window where my cockatiels cage was and they would «talk» to each other.