Check-In Post - April 29th 2025

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: Do you change crafts with the season or stick to the same crafts year round?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

Re: Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>The problem with the thrushes were that they stay on the ground when they fledge, making them easy prey for cats despite good visual camouflage.<<

Yeah, mourning doves here spend a lot of time on the ground and are more likely to get eaten.

>>The house sparrows have gone because people are having new roofs on their houses that don't leave a way in for them. The same is true for swifts.<<

Here are there loads of house sparrows. We used to have lots of barn owls and barn swallows, but as you said, changes in architecture have been hard on them. However, last year I saw lots of purple martins for the first time, and they're back this year. One yard had like 3 houses, all full. Before this, I would see plenty of houses but never martins. So I'm happy to see them.

Re: Well ...

[badly_knitted]

It's a shame that certain species are so much more vulnerable to predators just because of the way they behave.

At least some species are flourishing.