Woo woo!

 Another finish! It's three days late, but for me that's like two years early, haha.  

 "End of the World" from Hancock's House of Happy 
Stitched on 18ct lavender mist Aida with recommended DMC
I took out some rude language and added a mini meteor.  
I may add one more mini to give it a more destructive feeling, but I don't think I left enough room anywhere.  I'll let it percolate....

It's been crazy hot so we took Kuna to the beach:

Happy Flag Day! This is the day the USA celebrates the Stars and Stripes being adopted as our national flag.

While I'm at it, Happy Birthday Army!

and Happy Strawberry Shortcake Day!

No news on the job front - DH got a pretty huge raise and someone needs to help his aunt, so I may be taking a break from my normal work as a pastry cook, because it makes more financial sense than me working and then us paying someone else to stay with her. Since it's tourist season, everyone is looking for cooks who want to work 50 -70 hours a week, and that's not going to work; I'm hoping in the fall there will be more part time work available. The cost of a carer is just breathtaking!   If Auntie starts wandering or falling we'll have to think of something else, but for now so far so good! 

3 Finishes!

DH went hiking in Zion so  I had a lovely hermit and stitch weekend, even though it was a week late. His hikes are always my big chance to eat Chinese food and watch old movies while I stitch my heart out!  Our assistant at the restaurant is quitting so I may not have a weekend off for a while, but I watched Royal Wedding and the Shirley Temple version of Heidi and then Roman Holiday - heaven!  

My finishes are the rest of the Art Card series from Durene Jones in Cross Stitcher magazine. I'm throwing in the paintings that I think they're based on because until I checked I didn't realize that she was interpreting the artists style but not actually replicating their work.   There's Mondrian:

Inspired by this:

Warhol:

inspired by (?):

and Kandinsky:

based I think on this:

This is all four of them together: 

I loved stitching these because they were so bright!

I figured out that I need to have a finish every 11 days until I'm 100 in order to be done with everything. It's the first time I've ever thought that I really might not make it, haha.  I'd better get cracking, wish me luck!

This is Kuna in Flagstaff last month - that part of Arizona is so beautiful! My prayers for everyone affected by the fires.

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Be Kind to Animals by Lizzie Kate: