Crows and flowers

A crow and another flower

The farm was fun as a kid learning about planting and harvesting

One of the early lessons is to be aware of nature around you

Once Dad plowed up the rows, one of us would go ahead and put the seed every so far apart depending on what was planted

And another would come behind and cover them up

Well  if you didn't work as a team and stay together the crows would take advantage of the situation

They would follow behind us in the row and if the first person went way too far ahead the crow would swoop in and grab uncovered seed and boogie off to eat it. And they say animals are dumb

Of course if Dad saw that you would get lectured about staying close together so not many seeds are showing uncovered

Once we got older we didn't work in pairs

We worked alone doing the seed shuffle dance down the row

Don't know that dance? 

You would drop the seed and cover it by kicking soil with your foot then step forward and repeat with other foot

Once you had a rhythm the task would go quickly

So this is my nod to the lowly crow who kept us company as we planted seed

And for good measure I finished another flower

I am thinking I need ten flowers to make a good sized runner

Anyone have any tiny butterfly patterns? I think I need a butterfly or two on my runner

My original idea won't work the way I planned

The stem was disconnected so plan B is flowers on white background (yes yellow one in parts depth now for future project)

I am thinking 5 flowers down each edge with 2.5 strips of white between

And a butterfly or two or three in the center

We will see

I am loving working on the cheerful colors

What ate you making?