It's only the 22nd of Feb...
...and we were able to have lunch outside on the terrace today!!
I only went out to put in my first seeds...
... and found that it was so warm that I had to take off my little cotton jacket :-)
Si I dashed back indoors...
...put on a saucepan of packet Minestrone soup...
...and we had that...
...followed by tinned peaches with double cream...
...and an espresso with chocolate mendiants that I'd made on the weekend.
All feels a little more "right" in my world :-D
Meanwhile...
...indoors over the last week...
...I've been stitching some "wildlife".
I had some "Grove" panels from Makower a couple of years ago...
...and have only now done anything with them.
This is number #1
I have another 7 to go!!
Another bit of wildlife was done in cross-stitch...
...a "BlackBird Designs" strawberry entitled..... "Dancing Sugar Plum".
Done on 18 count linen Aida...
...it was a bit hard on the old eyeballs...
...but I love it!
I have a lot more cross-stitch planned...
...and have been dyeing some Aida to dull it down a bit...
I used various bister powders from yellow ochre to walnut brown and black...
....mixed in different amounts in spray bottles.
I am happy with the results and now need to alter some threads to "age" them before stitching.
Have a very pleasant week dear folks
x C
