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Colourful Weekend (and a pigeon video!)

This weekend I got a chance to wander around in the woods for a while and look at the flowers and the leaves as they burst forth from their buds.

Red Trillium

lacy maple leaves

White Trillium

birch leaves

It was nice to get a chance to be outside on such a lovely day!  I can feel myself getting inspired by the delicate colours all around me.

In spring knitting…here’s the first of one of the strangest mittens I’ve ever seen.  They are called “pogies” and are for rowers.  There is an opening for the oar to go inside the mitten.  I’m following a pattern, but I’m not sure how well they will fit this particular rower or their oars.  One down, one to go!

I got home to find my pigeons are getting fluffier these days

saturday pigeons

And for those of you who don’t believe that they click at me…. here’s proof!

Now…is that an angry clicking noise?  What do you think?

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  • http://www.pigeonsaspets.co.uk Rev from Pigeons as Pets

    Hi Rachel, just found your blog and I have to say that I think it is very sweet of you to have knitted a pigeon to keep your balcony baby pigeons company! :)

    I have hand-reared many pigeons (I work at a wildlife rescue centre) and can say with confidence that the clicking noise the baby pigeons make is because of fear to your presence and a warning sound for you to back off! If you were to put your hand near them then they would try to peck you as well as slap you with their wings to make you go away. It is very sweet to see baby pigeons defending themselves in this way! I just love them! :)