It’s been so hot that I haven’t been making beads, so I’ve been trying to decide on something else to do until the heat is past. It’s between embroider, quilting, oil or watercolor painting, or pen and ink (I was working on cross stitch until Chunk, the ferret, got up on my desk and overturned a plant onto it. That kind of killed the enthusiasm for that!).

My bookcase is progressing! Just about ready to start stacking books!!!

I’ve been enjoying the colors of the flower gardens and all of the baby birds. Here’s a mama Oriole feeding baby,

And here’s baby taking a bath,

All fluffed up and clean, time to dry off,

And here’s Honey taking a nap on my kiln (she likes to sit up there and watch the birds and drool),

ETA: More oriole babies!! Mama feeding one of her babies,

The one grabbing the big mouthful is Mama, the other three are babies squawking to be fed,

Baby getting a mouthful of jelly,

and here’s baby trying to get some by himself,

Whoops! Planted a foot in the food instead of on the glass rim,