It was a warm weekend!!

Gentle Friends, thank you all so much for your kind comments and emails - I am back up to fightin' form and starting off the week with a less than stellar stitching shot.........

.....  this is whole weeks worth of stitching......  and the light green I had to change out as the recommended floss was not different enough from the darker green to suit me.....  so I frogged it out and re-stitched with this much lighter shade, and I'm very glad I did.

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The week ended with a friend of ours flying into town for work - he's an Ichthyologist and was meeting with colleagues here on the west coast.  He's from the Emerald Isle, NC. - We played tourist all day Saturday in the bright, sunny weather......  it hovered in the upper 70's all day!!! I have a pile of snaps to show over the next few days.........

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Another weekend highlight were some Valentine treats.......

..... somebody knows how I love bitter dark chocolate (the truffles)......and one of my favorite cookies is the Madeleine.........  I hope your Valentines Day was as sweet!!!!

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That's about it for today sports fans - thanks again for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Couple of Things

Gentle Friends I really didn't mean to creep you out... too much... but how odd and spooky are those "specters?"

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Over the weekend we got to a few of the "shoppes."  I found two things...

A great "guide" book of Chatsworth and a super "Noah's Ark Toy" ornament.  Chatsworth has always fascinated me - being the home of that great Elizabethan female powerhouse Bess of Hardwick, this is the house that also held Mary Queen of Scots for years.  Here is the Official site for the House.  And, here is the some extra info on Wikipedia.  As many times as I have been to the UK I have never made it here, but someday!!!

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I also wanted to mention another super multi-chart release that Nikki from CCN is starting for next year.  It's called Santa's Village.  It looks super cute and lots of fun.  Here is a little teaser of the piece stitched as a single piece.

Although each chart can be stitched as a single stand alone, what a super piece worked on a single piece of linen!!  So that we can see all the stitching - Vonna has started a Blog for those that want to join and post their progress. 

I have finished up my Exchange piece and also gotten a little bit more on ATS stitched.  I'll try and get a snap of ATS for tomorrows post.

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That's about it for today sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by, and for your super comments!!  Do stop again!

Take care,

edgar