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Becky Grambo 🍁

@rebeccagrambo.bsky.social

Lapsed Geological Engineer. Involuntary adventurer. Retired writer of natural history, history, and science books including Wolf: Legend, Enemy, Icon. Parent of rescue parrots and rabbit. Quilter. 🇨🇦

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Becky Grambo 🍁@rebeccagrambo.bsky.social · 9h ago

It’s a cool, damp morning. I’m going to head to Duck Lake, Saskatchewan to drop off two quilts for longarming. The one I just finished is fun — vintage school days. I found a batik that had all the colours in the prints and used it for the cornerstones and outer border. 😊

A simple quilt top made of rectangles and squares. Fabric has designs representing old school days: penmanship guides, maps, school photos, etc.Closeup show a few of the fabrics with the batik border that captures all the fabric colours.
Becky Grambo 🍁@rebeccagrambo.bsky.social · 5d ago

I wish you could all be here to see the abundance in the garden this year! It’s a cool overcast morning and the insects are just starting to get rolling. Need to work indoors today but will be back out this evening to visit with the bees.

Glen Grambo 🇨🇦@glengrambo.bsky.social · 3w ago

The dragonflies and damselflies seem to be the favourite bird snack this year, and the Soras are getting in on it too! This male Sora was foraging around the marsh edge and as soon as he filled his beak with snacks, he usually ran back to his chicks to feed them. But this time, he flew! #Birds 🪶

A Sora flys in with a beak full of damselflies and/or dragonflies. His beak is jammed with them. His wings are spread and his feet are hanging down but getting ready to land. There are some tall reeds he is flying over and the background is a smooth green. He has so many insects that they cover most of his face!
Becky Grambo 🍁@rebeccagrambo.bsky.social · 3w ago

While I appreciate his need to provide for his family, I would like this robin to leave things that eat mosquitoes alone! 😊

Glen Grambo 🇨🇦@glengrambo.bsky.social · 3w ago

“ excuse me sir, you have a little somethin’ somethin’ on your beak you might want to wipe off” So many birds are very busy right now catching insects to feed their babies. This American Robin had caught so many Damselflies and/or dragonflies that they barely all fit in his beak! #Birds 🪶

A male American Robin with a beak full of damselflies and dragonflies! He is looking straight at us and all the insect wings are sticking out on either side of his beak so we can’t see his eyes. He is in rich green grass with a dark black background
Helen Day@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · last mo.

“A kingfisher, like a streak of living sapphire, flashes across the water. He knows better than the fishermen how to catch fish” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

River plants form the foreground through which we view a canal, passing under an old stone bridge. A Kingfisher darts across the water, unobserved by two fisherman on the bank.
Becky Grambo 🍁@rebeccagrambo.bsky.social · last mo.

One of the best things in my life is looking at Glen’s face when he shows me what his patience, skill, and love of animals has produced. ❤️

Glen Grambo 🇨🇦@glengrambo.bsky.social · last mo.

Every morning, before going about their business, Soras check themselves in the mirror to make sure all the feathers are in good shape. Or it’s also possible that this Sora was hunting aquatic invertebrates which they love to eat! Either way, you look fabulous little Sora! More in the Alt. #Birds 🪶

A Sora, a small Rail that lives in reed filled marshes, hunts along the edge of the reeds on a calm morning. The reeds are green and the dark green marsh is like a mirror showing the Sora’s reflection. It is mottled brown on its back with a grey, black and white tummy, a black mask and a bright yellow candy corn beak!