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Gardening, A WIP Parade, and a Mango Tree

 

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Happy Monday! Well, it's that time of year again- gardening season. The weather is still too crazy to plant anything, so it's mostly weeding and tidying. Last year, the Castle Wolf Pack kept running around my garden beds whenever they saw a squirrel, so building a fence is on the Spring to-do list as well. I've already given the roses a much needed trim, and they looked very appreciative. I'll definitely be growing Jalapenos, Bell Peppers, and Okra this year, so stay tuned for their pictures once they start to grow.

On the cross stitch side of things, I've made good progress on Nikolai: 


Russian Hunting by Riolis

That tree branch is looking good, and it was very nice to be stitching in cream, blue, and pink floss. It's a nice color trio!

Now, about my next WIP. I've looked into my rotation, and these are the ones that jumped out at me:




Of all of them, I'm really staring at Medieval Menagerie. It's one color, it’s Medieval (I love Medieval things!) and it's an amazing chart. I'll make good progress on it, since it always stitches up really quick.

Then again, that Dimensions Gold WIP is definitely appropriate for Spring. So is Great Wave Off Kanagawa. But do I want to jump into another full coverage WIP after Nikolai?

While I ponder this, here's a nifty time-lapse video of a Mango tree growing: 



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