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Spring Ambience, Seasonal Stitching, and an Orange Cat

 

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Happy Monday! For a few days, Spring was definitely in the air. The plants were starting to become green, and the weather was nice and warm. Overnight, however, the weather turned bitterly cold! So we're back to Winter weather again here at the Castle. I feel bad for my pink roses. They were fooled too, and had rosebuds on them!


I'm working with cream and blue floss right now in the sky: 



I think I'll get quite a bit, if not the rest of the horse's nose done as I continue working my way down this row. Oh, you noticed the cat above the frame, huh? He insisted on being in the shot, and who am I to say no to him? He's my very sassy Orange Boy. Lately, he's taken up the wonderful hobby of knocking my embroidery scissors off the table. And chewing on my cross stitch fabric. He's a rascal but he's mine...

So when the beginning of March rolls around, I think I'll pack away Nikolai until after Thanksgiving. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm a seasonal stitcher through and through, and what with all the snow everywhere in the WIP, Nikolai screams "Winter stitch!" to me. Over the next few days I'll be pondering what my next WIP will be, and I'll most likely have a WIP parade. Right now, I'm leaning towards Medieval Tapestry, but only leaning, so I may change my mind when I have all of my lovely projects staring at me asking me to finish them. Of course, I have several projects that I haven't started yet, and it's slowly killing me. I really want to make a start on them! But I'm trying to exercise some willpower here and not make any more starts until my current rotation is slimmed down a bit.

Need some ambience while you stitch? 



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