ABNH #24; CASOS #8; FMS #87 ~ I'm So Sorry

A roller-coaster Hello as Friday whooshes in!

 

My day started out quite lovely yesterday.  I made an absolutely delish appetizer for my ladies lunch today.  Here is a link to the recipe Artichoke and Bean Crostini, if you're interested.

 

Lunch was a hoot and the potluck menu divine.  Here's our happy little group. 

Except for one who is still working full-time, these are all ladies who retired from the firm where I still work on occasion.  Isn't it so fun that we worked together for 17 years and became and remain besties?  We get together four times a year.  One of the gals is a fellow card maker.

 

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The Nest

 

When I got home, I went straight to check The Nest.  Mama Bird was perched on one of the chains.  I swear she look confused.  She was just there for a second and then flew away.  I took the opportunity to grab the camera and rushed outside while she was gone.  I climbed up and peeked in.  It was a horrible sight to see the nest was empty.  I mean empty as in clean as a whistle.

 

I'm not entirely Polly Anna (pretty close), but I was hopeful and excited.  Mister reminds me that their brains are wee and they'll quickly forget and make a new nest somewhere, but I still feel badly for poor Mama and Daddy Bird, who were being so attentive.

 

What is SO weird though is that there was otherwise not a hair out of place in the nest or with the basket or on the deck under the basket.  The dried moss in these hanging baskets sheds very easily.  I'm mystified as to how it was possible for another bird (squirrels are too big and clumsy) to do that kind of carnage and not leave a single fallen bit of moss or leaf?  We'll never know.

 

Now that's this has happened, I realize that I never should have shared The Nest with you until after it had ended happily.   Now we're all sad and I'm sorry to be the cause of that, but  I had to let you know, of course.  I appreciate the enthusiasm and interest you shared with me along the way.

 

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So that you don't sign off with sadness, I made a card to share, which (besides for fun) is what we do to take our minds off stress or sadness, right?  Well, besides eating.  Oh, wait, that's a different blog!  I headed to the Playhouse, looked up some challenges that were still going on, and I made this:

 

Below is a close-up so that you can see the stunning glossy patterned paper panel.  The little birds, made from the Memory Box "Perched Reedbird" die, are also cut from shiny paper.  It's all from my stash so I don't know the manufacturers.  The sediment is SU!  I made their little bows out of dental floss.

 

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I'm entering my card in the following challenges (with apologies to the challenge teams for the abbreviated links, but this is getting too long):

 

A Blog Named Hero ~ my first time here! ~ "Clean and Simple"

CAS on Sundays ~ "Pastel Pretties"

Freshly Made Sketches ~

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS*! 

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*Life Is Too Short!