trying to stitch and stay warm

… but not having too much success with either!

Rowen’s decided to take up permanent residence on my lap now that her lifelong playmate has abandoned her for the halls of higher learning. LOL. Nah, really, Rowen is doing quite well at adjusting to Nicky’s absence, but she is much more possessive of me. Which means I get very little time without her on my lap or hanging off my leg. Both are difficult stitching positions, as you can see.

And I’m so glad that the acupuncture treatments have helped with the painfully cold fingers and toes I’ve suffered from for the past year or so, because the weather outside truly is frightful. It’s not terribly cold, but the wind and rain make me feel cold through & through. I’m also thankful that my father bought me a daylight lamp, because as you can see, our surroundings are anything but gay & bright. The town is redoing all the roads, paths, and common areas in our  neighborhood and it currently looks like someone blew up a dump truck or something. Yuck.

 Despite the cold and my ‘Rowen extension’ I have managed to get something done on Su’s NRR (mine’s the upper left corner). I had hoped to post it today, but it will go out tomorrow. I have a bit more to finish up where it approaches Carol’s block, but  not too much. This is a house from The Village of Hawk Run Hollow by my heroine, Kathy Barrick-Dieter,  with only a bit of modification to the right side to prevent it from seeming far too large beside Carol’s sweet little PS block. I’ve jokingly told Niek that it’s the perfect house for our large family to move into.

Rigby doesn’t like our weather either, and has adopted a decidedly hangdog look. He misses his long, frequent walks. But neither of us really likes getting wet and muddy, so we’ll just have to keep making do the best we can.

To cheer myself up, I just had to indulge in the Examplars From The Heart Needle Charmer chart and silks being offered by Vikki at Hand Dyed Fibers. I’ve been drooling over this since I first saw it and it is a limited edition and … well, my finger just hit that Confirm button without even listening to my brain.

 Dianne, to answer your question, yes all my old Blogger photos seem to have very suddenly disappeared. Grrr.