Sunday, February 28, 2016

Enjoying a Slow Stitching Sunday...

Another glorious day here in Oho and I'm enjoying the sun streaming through the windows. I have my front door open and through my storm door I see a steady stream of people walking in my neighborhood. I live in a mid-century built neighborhood with sidewalks and front porches and I LOVE it!  My house sits on a corner that does get a bit of traffic but I don't mind it as so many interesting things pass by. I think I may be turning into Gladys Kravitz (and you have to be of a certain age to remember her)... but instead of thinking of myself as nosy, I prefer the terms "interested" or "concerned"... sounds less judgemental, doesn't it?

Anyway a bit more cross stitching got done last week. Here's where I am on  my Fragments in Time...


Excuse the wrinkles...I finished this block except for some flowers in the border...


And not much more for this block...


I had several nice stay at home evenings and was quite productive. However, I think I'm going to start a small new Spring project. I came across a little Lizzie Kate piece I think I can whip up pretty quickly. Just need to pull the threads.

And I decided that my bunny candy dish looked forlorn and empty so I bought some jelly beans today...


well, I do LOVE the black jelly beans, but that doesn't look very festive...


I suppose that is better... I'll eat my black jelly beans out of the bag! Do you like the black jelly beans? I find that licorice and coconut are either LOVE or HATE flavors... I LOVE them both!

No Downton Abbey tonight because of the Oscars. I may watch a bit to see the dresses but other than that I don't have any interest. After last week's Downton episode I was at loose ends. I hated to see Edith unhappy again and I was totally ticked off at Mary. I've never been a fan of Mary, I like Cora, Edith, Isobel and Violet and of course Sybil when she was alive, but Mary has always rubbed me the wrong way. I told myself that I wasn't going to watch the last episode before it aired but I couldn't wait after last week. I opened the DVD and I will say that they did a very good job of wrapping up story lines. I won't give anything away and while I'm sad that it is over, it ended on a upbeat note.

So I may have time for a little nap this afternoon before my son and daughter-in-law come for dinner. Big Dude is happy to show me how it is done!



I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts today and Super Mom - No Cape tomorrow.

happy stitching-
carol fun

8 comments:

  1. I can't believe you WATCHED the ending.... Thanks for the tip that it ends well though! Even when Mary (kinda) apologized - it didn't seem to be it was a REAL apology. Hope Lady Edith will 'out rank' her now..... LOVE licorice - my Daddy used to bring me Blackjack chewing gum when I was a little girl.. and most of the time - you do not have to share because people usually don't like it!

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  2. That's a great cross stitch project! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. I love licorice! I can't wait to see the next Downtown episode, but am sad it is ending. Thanks for the heads up though that it ends on happy note.

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  4. Great progress! (I never cared for jelly beans until I discovered Jelly Belly's. Love those - popcorn is my favorite.)

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  5. Your new project is so pretty. It looks like it will stitch up fairly quickly. I am so with you concerning Lady Mary. Plus she married that car guy after spending very little time with him. In my humble opinion, not a good idea at all. I can't wait to see the end.

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  6. I love this stitch you are working on! Its really beautiful! ADORE the border :)

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  7. Lovely stitching Carol! Your neighborhood sounds lovely. I love licorice jelly beans and coconut anything. I just got the notice that Season 6 is waiting for me at the library so I can finally catch up. I can't wait!!

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  8. Wonderful warm colors for "Fragments". I'm a licorice-hater I'm afraid!

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