Montana, American Goldfinch

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While in Montana, we had a great kitchen table view of the birds feeding on Grandma and Grandpa's front porch.
Grandma's Bird Feeder text reads: Grandma says, "The bird is an American Golfinch (Carduelis tristis), male, winter phase. All the tan/grey feathers become bright yellow in the summer. They are common birds at our feeder this time of year."

The kids each scrapped their own goldfinch page.

P's Art Project for Scouts

This was a project P completed this week to fulfill an Art achievement for Scouts. The assignment was to create a computer design, using 3 or more shapes. P decided to embed his name in the design (self-taught encryption!), too.

P traced his name with a highlighter over the printed design; but I'll just show it as he saved it, and you can have fun trying to find his name!

(Bragging Mom Alert: P completed this in 10 minutes.)