Enjoying a sense of peace one stitch at a time
This week’s theme is “Reflection” and I really liked the way the reflection of the building signage behind the boats lent an abstract feel to this photo (taken at Frankston, Melbourne).
Then I’ll finish with my 2nd choice, which is a classic reflection of boats in the harbour at St Kilda, Melbourne.
This week’s theme is “Together” and I think these photos suit the theme perfectly (even though they’re a bit ‘different’)! These are from a trip to Athens, Greece – I stood and watched these guys for ages, and have loads of shots, but these ones suit the theme the best … I just love how they look as though they’re almost rubbing noses in the second shot, and I adore their symmetry 🙂
Just wanted to say what an awesome result (in my view) the election results were … apologies to those who voted for McCain, but our whole floor at work stopped working and crowded in front of the canteen TV to watch the result live. Very very thrilled to see Obama bring it home … woohoo from all the way down under!! 😀
Aside from the fantastic news, I’ve been busy enjoying life over here … the next month is a whirlwind of social engagements, including a week-long trip back home to New Zealand to spend time with the family. I’ve just been given another major project at work, which will keep me very busy over the coming months, so I’ll be relying on my stitching for some relaxation!
Inbetween the social outings I’ve also been doing a tiny bit of stitching, and started and finished “Autumn Arbor” by The Drawn Thread, plus a little Easter freebie by DKT Originals – just need to buy a rabbit button before I can finish it into either a pillow or (more likely due to space storage issues) pinkeep.
Next up for stitching will be some more work on Mirabilia’s Winter Queen, plus a Prairie Schooler Christmas/Winter sampler, I think. Unfortunately no photos until I get my laptop back … whenever that will be. At least in the meantime I can do a quick ‘drive-by’ (even though I shouldn’t be oops).
In the meantime, have a great time everyone! I miss ya’s 😀
This week’s theme is “Blue” and for once I’m totally spoilt for choice ‘cos everything I own is blue, pretty much! I live and breathe “Blue” … but I thought I’d choose just one subject, although a couple of different shots of it – this is from an ‘artistic’ display at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens in Melbourne.
And if you’re wanting a bit of Blue music to sing along to, I now can’t the Eiffel 65’s “I’m Blue” song out of my head!!! Yep, “I’m Blue!!!” 😀
Just a really quick note from work … I’ve just switched the comments option in my blog off to disallow comments in the short term until my laptop is returned. As much as I love to read your comments, and they’re always always appreciated, I have a limited quota in my webmail server account, so need to keep incoming emails to a minimum while I’m not checking them every day. I’ll also be changing all my Yahoo groups to “no mail” before I head off home as well, as my email inbox is bulging at the seams in just 3 short days!
You’ll still get to see a regular post here every Saturday as I’d already prepared the next 5 weeks worth of Photo Hunts in advance … perhaps I knew something was coming? 😉
Look forward to being back with you soon … gotta run now, ‘cos I’m not supposed to really use the internet at work for personal use …
Just a really really quick post to say that my laptop has had to take a visit to the service centre, and will possibly not be back for up to 5 weeks. I will only be able to check personal emails sporadically at work, so if anyone needs to contact me please use my work email if you have it.
Otherwise, I won’t be posting from work apart from this little quick post … see you when I can 
I stitched my little heart out yesterday and didn’t leave my stitching ‘chair’ except for toilet, food and drink breaks … and this is the result of the weekend’s stitching – a new finish, just in time for Halloween 🙂
“Frightful” by Just Nan
stitched on a mystery linen
with DMC & Just Nan’s embellishment kit
I just LOVE the colours on this one … it was great fun to stitch, although at times I wondered if I’d ever get through all the backstitching …
While I was uploading the photos I also came across one that I’d forgotten to post – this was my recent stash haul from the US … I put all the various packets of MH Treasures into one container to save space – and it means I now have all the Treasures needed to complete Mirabilia’s Enchanted Mermaid (once I make a fabric decision of course).
This week’s theme is “Scary” and it was bl**dy scary having this red-bellied black snake in the house before Christmas last year!!! Thank goodness for the snake catchers! 😀
On a tamer scale we have a Scary bushwalk for kiddies at the Enchanted Maze Gardens:
And lucky last, something I found astonishing and Scary … and downright amazing that this idiot didn’t get washed into the surf! In exceptionally strong winds, this dufus was out on the rocks fishing at Port Macquarie …
Now you see him …
Now you don’t … well, if you look really really hard you can actually just see his fishing rod still …
What a moron!!! And without a doubt very, very Scary!!!
Slowly but surely my Just Nan Halloween piece is getting stitched … the frog hasn’t reared its little head since I threw him back into the witches’ cauldron where he belongs …
… and I managed to get a few more stitches into block #2 last night. Fingers crossed I’ll get more chance of getting this closer to finished over the weekend, as I intend being a lazy slob just watching DVD’s and stitching (thanks to Katie who has just loaned me Season 3 of Supernatural to watch – woohoo!! Although it’s hard to stitch and drool over Jensen Ackles at the same time! LOL). Anyway, here’s the current update of Frightful as we lead into the weekend (yet again a crappy photo, as it doesn’t show the vibrant colours off very well – will have to take a photo outside on Sunday):
And the BEST news is that I’ve heard from Karen at The Stitching Post, and apparently Mirabilia’s new mermaid is probably due to arrive next Tuesday … which means I should have her in my hot little hands in a week’s time – woohoo! 😀
Which reminds me, I haven’t been to the post box for a week – perhaps I’d better do that on the way to work this morning to see what bills are awaiting my attention … oops …
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Feather Stitching 