Feathers - Snappy Friends Challenge

This week's Snappy Friends challenge was "feathers". I have been struggling with it all week. Do you know how hard it is to capture birds on film? Well, not really film, but you know what I mean. Yesterday when we were on the road to Monbulk we noticed Grant's Picnic Ground. There always seems to be so many cars there when we pass. A really popular spot. We thought that there always are lots of people picnicing there. Yesterday I noticed some picnicers as we passed and they definitely weren't human! So we resolved to return today.

And this is what they were picnicing on! Bird seed. People bring bird seed to feed the birds.


Some feathers of the most populous birds there. Yes, sulphur-crested cockatoos. We sometimes hear them here at our house. They are sooooo loud! Real screechers.



There were also some galahs. Some small mostly red parrots (not sure what they are, apart from elusive cause I didn't get a photo of them!). And one crow.

As we walked a little further on my Bradley spied a kookaburra. I was thrilled because we hear them here at home every day, but I haven't managed to actually see one since we moved in. So, this is feathers. Tomorrow I will share my Doll Quilt Swap quilt that I received last week. Keep forgetting to photograph it until it's too dark! It's absolutely lovely, so I want the photo to do it justice!

Found Objects

This week has been a frustrating one blogwise. I really enjoyed all the frequent posting I did with the "30 Days of the Everyday". I kind of got into a rhythm and enjoyed looking at a lot more new blogs too. I decided that I would try and blog more often to re-capture that rhythm. But so far, I haven't been able to get a post to stick! It's not bloggers fault. Mr 19 got very excited this month and used all our allowed downloads up 1 week before the end of our month. Hence the internet has been super slow and my computer gets sick of waiting and just gives up! (You'd never believe that we recently doubled our download allowance!)


Mr 7 and Miss 11 have been collecting things whilst out this week. They loved them so much, or considered them to be so special they photographed them too. The spotty feather was collected by Mr 7.

Miss 11 was responsible for finding the pinecone. This week we went to a friend's house for a knitting day and I have started some blocks for Quilts4Leukemia. That's about it on the crafting front. I have lots of photos. I'll post them soon.