The Little Nuthatch — north carolina

Day 2 in North Carolina was spent with visiting, backyard bird watching, and a jaunt to Asheville for supplies. So skip ahead to Day 3, a beautiful day spent at the NC Arboretum! Butterflies galore, and many other little critters too.

I am currently enjoying the beautiful weather and SPRING of the North Carolina mountains! I arrived on Friday afternoon. I can't believe it's already Tuesday and I am halfway through this trip! Sad! Spring is in full swing here... flowers, birds, butterflies, and all sorts of things buzzing around...  

More on North Carolina... It rained for a few days and eventually turned to snow. That was the first time I had ever seen snow falling and how exciting! It started to snow in the night and in the morning I was so excited to see it was clear and sunny and there were patches of snow and lots of frost to go out and enjoy! We walked down to the river, where there is an abundance of one of my favorite things... moss and lichens.     I am used to photos like the one above with water droplets,...

So many birds at the bird feeder up in North Carolina! Tufted Titmouse: Goldfinch: White Breasted Nuthatch:   Dark-eyed Junco:   House Finch: jumping! Downy Woodpecker:   Red-bellied Woodpecker:   I also saw Brown-headed Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Pileated Woodpecker, Dove, Carolina Wren, and of course Carolina Chickadee. A Bluebird showed up a few hours after I headed back home! Maybe next time... It's so much to see what will be there every morning.

While in North Carolina this month I went to The Big Crafty indie craft fair in Asheville. Lots of talent there! The place was packed! It was difficult to move around, I was frustrated with the crowd but hopefully it meant the artists had lots of sales. It was cool to see some new stuff.     So She Sews: E. Paige Smith Duft: The Runny Bunny: Margaret Couch Cogswell: Arts Alive by Kambra: Rockpile Bindery: Canoo: