Especially for the birds.

Its that time of year.  Out with the old and in with the new.  Spring cleaning.  New beginnings.  Nesting.  Creating.

I have been collecting scraps of thread, yarn and fabric all winter long and saving them in this suet container.  It is a wonderful wad of color.   The birds will pluck from it to make their nests and I will be watching and waiting.  Watching and waiting for spring.  The colors will appear in their nests and I will have become a part of their lives.

Thinking Spring!

Though the temperature today is only in the 20's in Cape May, it's already spring at the dollar store.  I went in this morning to stock up on some glue sticks and saw these bright and cheery place mats - well obviously, I couldn't resist.  I guess that is what is referred to as an "impulse purchase."  At least it only cost me $4.00.  When I got home, I realized that I already had some orange place mats.  So I decided to make the old ones into a laptop case and call it an "impulse craft." At least that was free!