I've gotten hooked on watching the eagle nest in Decorah, Iowa. I check on the family in the morning if I have time and throughout the day if I'm home. It's been so much fun being a part of the community watching the hatching and growth of the 3 babies. Now they are gangly adolescents and I kind of miss the little fuzzballs that they once were. The Facebook following is huge and it's a lot of fun to chat with fellow eagle watchers.
Here's a YouTube tribute to mama eagle. It's very sweet.
And even more exciting for us stitchers is a chart designed by Brenda Gervais called the Soar Sampler. A portion of the proceeds go to support the Raptor Resource Project, the organization that has been monitoring the eagle family. You can find it on Brenda's blog. I ordered it this week but don't know when I will get around to stitching it since I get little stitching done these days! The Soar SAL has been going on for a few weeks now but I'm not participating in it given my stitching slow down.
We are going on a beach vacation soon to Ocracoke, NC. If anyone has ever visited there please let me know! We have never even been to the Outer Banks and not quite sure what we are getting into. Ocracoke is only accessible by ferry and the village is quite small. I am looking forward to it so much!
