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the whole family

and we wound up skipping the pictures. It is Sunday. With George’s birthday tomorrow, it seemed more sensible to celebrate today. WIth all four of our adult children in the area + SILs + grandson we elected to hold a … Continue reading

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Cancer (the Zodiac Girl)

and no reason for any panic. adding in shading, face details and the start of her head piece makes her much easier to see. 30%, maybe, done and a lot of stitches to go. Especially Kreinik – 600+ stitches of … Continue reading

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another Zodiac

just a small start on Cancer – which I would like to have finished by mid-month Since this piece is stitched on 32ct linen in Vintage County Mocha – I started in the center with the called for DMC.  which … Continue reading

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Leshy Complete

Pattern by the Witchy Stitcher stitched on 16ct something or other with a combination of DMC and Forbidden Fiber Co thread substitutions along with a Ship’s Manor or two. as promised a significant time ago – this will be heading … Continue reading

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It is a lot of black

Rather than go on a rant about holidays, hypocrites, and contaminating the environment with fireworks, I dealt with DMC 310 practically the whole day. DMC 310 (not that you are interested or anything) is the color number for black. I … Continue reading

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Dreaming Wings

There are those whose stitching love heads toward reproduction samplers. There are those who like serious compositions of still life. Others have a love of bug-eyed fairy girls. I am speaking of cross-stitch patterns here, not collectors’ items or photos on … Continue reading

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Eagle not landed

This particular pattern, from Cottage Garden Samplings, is stitched on 16ct something or other by BeStitchMe.It is the July release in the Year in the Woods series. June, which I haven’t stitched yet, is a Bear, and it looks that … Continue reading

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and adding an Eagle

There was this fox pattern. Published in January by Cottage Garden Samplings that became an instant success in the cross-stitch world. I admit to being suckered by the cute face, pointed ears, and lovely patterning. Since then, I have also … Continue reading

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Mostly stitching

Well, in reality, minimal cleanup and mostly stitching. I was able to unload enough off my desk to be able to use the surface. I found the patterns that I needed to have scanned (and Noah did that for me). … Continue reading

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ten degrees warmer

basic physics says that warm air rises. All of us have been told this over and over again. In reality, it is something that you can easily believe if you live in a house with more than one floor. I … Continue reading

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No one walks here

I will have to say that I didn’t miss the noise from the cicadas who blasted my eardrums last year on my walk from the hotel to the Sharonville Convention Center. They were ugly, noisy and literally all over the … Continue reading

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Midway there

It was insanely early at Oakland Airport. Not that I was any less insane than the other people stumbling around in their attempt to drop off luggage, clear security and board flights prior to 0530 in the morning. (I have … Continue reading

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Leshy

there are various witches out of different fairy tales. In the past, I have stitched a couple of them from the WitchStitcher and started the third in her series right before the Danube cruise. I started this one from the … Continue reading

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Leo Rising

which I haven’t mentioned since 27 May, although I obviously have been making progress. As soon as I get the rest of the big top done, I will be moving down to the first level of lions….

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The young visitor

Look who showed up with mom late this afternoon… having had a regular parade of deer on the patio this week, I hadn’t been paying much attention till George pointed out this little cutie.  Obviously old enough to go day … Continue reading

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Prague

This is actually our first full day in Prague. Not the first time we have ever been here, mind you but …. never mind, all I am doing is increasing the confusion. It does seem like most on this adventure … Continue reading

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Rivers of Ice

(Wiki information here) We sailed all the way to the Marjorie Glacier which is 21 miles long and comes into the fjord at right angles to the Grand Pacific Glacier which clocks in at 35 miles long. As rivers go, … Continue reading

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A library!

I had thought they were all just about gone, except for Holland America which recognizes that people need books, But the NCL Jewel came out of dry dock this past year and the library remains. Located on Deck 12, there … Continue reading

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Some progress

There are days when I work on a number of projects – ranging from stitching to cleaning to reading or machine embroidery. And sometimes within a category the item/s are one or many. Today was a bit more sensible. From … Continue reading

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Overly ambitious

Remember I said that I had two cross-stitches I was planning on finishing today? Well, I really hadn’t looked at how many stitches were left on either one. The First – Galaxy Girl (Barbara Ana) still was only at 82% … Continue reading

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