My friend Jan, of the breakfast group, sent me this most exquisite card featuring a chickadee done in the art form of Quilling.
Quilling is an ancient art form using tightly coiled narrow strips of paper glued and arranged into designs and images. This card was made by an artisan in Viet Nam.
Chickadees are a special favorite of mine. They flit and flutter to the bird feeder outside my window. Not gluttonous, they land on the feeder, take one sunflower chip, and fly back to the maple tree to eat it, and then return for another. I try to tell them that they should just hang out on the feeder like the finches, bush tits, sparrows, and pine siskins do, but they have their own way. I don't hear their "chickadee-dee-dee" call much in the winter but they are vociferous in spring and summer.
Of course I have a chickadee collection, a small one, on a wall in my kitchen.
There are few more around, as people know I like them and give them to me as gifts. Eventually we'll find a frame for this card and hang it up too.
You have a great collection of chickadees. I like to watch them go back and forth from the feeder. I hope you are still recuperating.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you were fond of Chickadees. I like your collection of Chickadee items. Eldest Daughter did quilling for a while and made a number of things before moving on to another craft.
ReplyDeleteThat is a really stunning birdie. Looks like one would need tweezers and a magnifying glass to create that. Yes, frame that before he flies away. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteI love this little bird, too. He's everywhere and will eat out of your hand.
ReplyDeleteThe card is beautiful. We don’t have this bird here unfortunately. I like your collection, very nice.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely and thoughtful gift. It's clearly very intricately made.
ReplyDeleteWe see a lot of chickadees in the winter, and some stay for the summer as well. Their call is so familiar to hear.
Your collection is so very sweet! My favorite bird is called "mejiro" or "big eye". They are small, chartreuse green, and they beep beep beep. Very adorable, like your chickadees.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty card and your collection of Chickadees is wonderful! I hope you are having a good day today!
ReplyDeleteI love your display and that card!
ReplyDeleteI love chickadees too and I love your collection, Linda.
ReplyDeleteArt is watching the Super Bowl right now. I just look when the commercials come on. I have to root for the Chiefs because I promised Linda in Kansas I would.... just for her.