Sing

Finally finished Sing. Here is a small view while still on the sewing table.

I thought I had it finished in April, but was not happy with it. So I put a lot more quilting in the background and it looks wonderful.

You can not tell from this photo but it is a Kirkland warbler...a small bird with a yellowish chest. It only nests in young jack pine forests. And then in the grass at the base of the trees.

Kirkland's winter in the Bahamas and nest in northern Michigan. Experts say that it is about a seventeen day trip for them to fly either way.

They were listed as an endangered species in the early '70's and have been recovering well sense the DNR agreed to manage a section of the forest for young jack pine growth. The whole process was helped two years ago when there was a wildfire that burned several thousand acres. The result was natural jack pine regeneration = more Kirkland habitat.

Nature does have a way of taking care of its own, if only we humans understood that better.