A Friday Finish!

 This is Retro Roller Skate, it was a freebie from Wild Olive. I was a roller skating queen in my own mind growing up, and my most precious possession was my white boot roller skates with stripes and red wheels. I really enjoyed rolling down memory lane while I stitched this!

I got another letter done in Braver:

Cape Cod Halloween is getting a roof on a blue house:

Hustle got the lettering started:

and the Modern Turtle got some more of it's shell:

2 Finishes for June!

Floral File is finished! I made it into a bookmark instead of a nail file case. I actually finished it in May but it's posted now. This was a kit from Just Cross Stitch.

Gingerbread Cottage from Mill Hill. I thought I was going to finish it Saturday but beading is slow! 202 days until Christmas!

In other news, Dragon Hall is past the midpoint on the top border:

Witchy Needlebook has some cats and a pumpkin started:

Ukrainian Needlework has more of Cherkasy Oblast:

Braver has more lettering and some leaves

Zinnias got some love on the border:

 

Lewis Chessmen has more of the board done:

Aliens has more spaceship:

Celtic Angel is getting a bigger niche to hang out in:

                    And Chinese Dragon has more of the lantern done:

I'm teaching Sunday School for Pentecost and I'm introducing the kids to cake painting - pray for me!

"The Pentecost" by Mark Durham

Throwback photo of Kuna from 3 years ago. Auntie had just gotten home from the hospital and we were realizing that she had full one dementia.   I was spending so much time over there that it made sense to start bringing the dog so we could camp out together.  What a long sad journey that was - every day was an eternity and now it seems like the blink of an eye.  Sigh. RIP Auntie.

Another Friday Finish!

This thing has been hanging out for like two months waiting for the yellow stripe and the e! to get finished.  I don't know what I'm going to do with it but I love the vibe.  Design from Daily Cross Stitch.

In other news, Lemon Kitchen has a plant and some wallpaper started:

Dragon Hall has more border:

and Crowning Glory has more of the background done.   

 

Happy April Fool's!

 It seems like an April Fool's joke that I have a post, and a finish, but it's so real!

The finish is El Toro by Barbra Ana:

Near finishes... 

You're Awesome by Daily Cross Stitch :

Roller Skate by Wild Olive - in a month I got a wheel backstitched, hoping that this month I can do the other one, haha:

    

Floral File from Just Cross Stitch is mostly some beads and backstitching left:

Random progress:

Christmas Cactus by Mill Hill got the cactus arm waving :

Tea Rex by Ardith Designs, finished the top dinosaur body:

Chinese Dragon by Riolis got more of the lantern done:

Yeehaw by BAD stitch got the frog s Chtarted:

Got the legs started on Rouxdolph. I don't like the blue light so I may change it to something brighter:

Braver than you Believe by DesignWorks has some more lettering done: 

and a New Start, 

Lantern Festival by Riolis,  I started the pagoda roof:

My Storygraph for the month - I meant to read deep Lenten things but then I grabbed Agatha Raisin and that was that, haha.  I read Waco because it reminds me of my dad, the books on sugar and Cuba because my grandparents had a sugar plantation in Cuba until the Revolution. Witch of Blackbird Pond made my 6th grade heart explode and it was fun to go back.

Happy Super Bowl!

 You can tell I'm not paying attention because here I am haha.  I'm not into either team and I have a strong suspicion the game will be annoyingly contaminated with politics and Will They Get Married commentary,  so I'm starting a new rotation.  I've been monogamous which is why this is finished but I can't stand it and it's making me chafe.  

I  have a finish! On Feathered Wings by Dinky Dyes. I love white on red! I used blanc, 3865, and B5200. For my life I can't tell the difference between them so I just keep them all filed as white. 

    

I have a near finish! El Toro by Barbra Ana just needs his name and a the non-furry parts. Right now he looks really mad because he only has one horn:

Dinosaurs has crept along with more sunset:

This oldie from Daily Cross Stitch finally got started:

And this was a freebie from Wild Olive's blog, a flashback to my Xanadu era:

Happy New Year!

 I didn't realize I hadn't posted this year, but here we are! 

I finished Turkey Time by December Stitches:

and got a lot done with On Feathered Wings:

Couldn't get into the spirit for Christmas - For the first time in my life I didn't put up a single decoration. I haven't spent a Christmas with my dad in at least 15 years, but it was still sad knowing that he's not out whooping it up in the Philippines.   Plus we've all had the crud and I didn't get tested to see if it was flu or COVID or what because I just don't care anymore - it's stay in bed and drink fluids so it's been an incredibly lazy start to the year. I'm all better except for still being so sleepy; it's 6pm and I'm ready for bed. High school me would be appalled, haha.