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Volume 14 Issue 6, June 2017 What's New in June? It’s summer. With that comes a lot of new flowers and other colorful additions to our front yard. We just dropped in several black eyed susan plants to brighten up a newly cleared corner of the front yard. We get assaulted regularly by pepper trees that are noxious weeds the size of redwoods, and once that weed was chopped down, there was a sunny space for some more flowers. I put in two flower boxes in the center of the yard with annuals that added more color to the birdfeeder...

Volume 14 Issue 5, May 2017 What's New in May? Feels like summer just snuck up on us and smacked us upside the head. The heat and humidity is already starting to creep up on us. There are new ospreys in the nest, and they are very noisy. I don’t have any photos of them, but I saw their fuzziness poking over the edge of the nest the other day, and I hear them screaming for fish. I am only a block off of the river, so it is not unusual to see a fish flying overhead in the talons...

New blog posts featuring tutorials and tool use.  Read about using the right tool for the job in Tools of the Trade. Read about using crimp tools and creating a professional finish in It's the Little Things. Read about using flowers in craft projects in It's Always Springtime on my Workbench. The In the News page has been updated with a few of our previous press releases and  awards. I have a lot of other posts to transfer over, but this should keep you busy reading for awhile. 

Volume 14 Issue 3, March 2017 What's New in March? The cardinals are back in the feeder, even if only for a short time as they get ready to nest. They will show up here in droves in the next month or so. The doves on the other hand, have taken over the feeder and have run off everything from woodpeckers to blue jays. It’s spring and everyone is territorial. We had one hour influx of every robin and starling in the country covering the ground, and then they were gone just as quickly as they came. Have been really...

Volume 14 Issue 2, February 2017 What's New in February? Moving forward with new products like my Mother’s Day and Easter collectible thimbles featuring my decals, as I get some of my other projects off my schedule. Like moving all of my cross stitch patterns to a new website. That has been six months in the making, but now is done. I am putting together my first collection of household gifts. I took a rather informal poll amongst my newsletter readers and it was decided that they wanted to see a collection of like pieces, as well as the ability...