Good Morning Friends!
How are you this morning? I'm doing well. Noticed that my few lilac blooms are beginning - ever so slowly - to open. In another day, I'll pick one or two for the house. One of my favorite fragrances. I was just thinking of our Lily of the Valley the other day - what with it being May Day and all that. And voila! When I walked down the driveway to fetch the mail yesterday I noticed that they are budded and beginning to open. We have a huge area by our mailbox that is covered with Lily of the Valley. What a sweet, sweet smell. I love those and the grape hyacinth together. I'll need to pick some of those for a little bud vase I have on the kitchen windowsill.
Yesterday sort of got lost among all the work "to-dos." But, let's not focus on that. Instead it is Tuesday and, specifically, Tiny Needle Tuesday or TNT. A small amount of stitching was accomplished in the past week.
Another vase of flowers (there are so many!) has been added on the right. And on the left (just to the left of the tiny heart), you can see the beginnings of the large bird. In addition to the bird, there are more things to be stitched on the left side. Then I'll be able to start the tree (apple of course) in the middle and before you know it A&E will appear. There is also the red line to be done on both sides of the sampler (and across the bottom when I get there). Maybe I'll be able to carve out a bit of time to stitch on this piece today.
My PT appointment is at 9 this morning and Fletch and I will do some grocery shopping - probably in the afternoon. We are out of yogurt and a few other things. So far work is quiet...but I know the day is young. Hope your Tuesday is a good one!
I do like how all the motifs are scattered on the A&E sampler, and that they are all so varied. Vases of flowers and large birds in the Garden of Eden amuse me!
ReplyDeleteIt's really coming together! I hope PT is good and work stays quiet for you today.
ReplyDeleteGood luck at PT, Vera! (and I am loving the asymmetry of this stitching!)
ReplyDeleteOh, how I love lilacs and lilies-of-the-valley. Add hyacinth, and the aromas are sheer heaven. I'm a springtime girl, no doubt about it.
ReplyDeleteThe sampler really has so much going on with all the little motifs at the bottom. Adam and Eve will be incidental by the time they show up.
Oh lilacs!!! That's one big thing on my to-buy list this year. I did bring a little bit of lily of the valley with me, but I dont see any coming up this here. Of course, I don't quite remember where I put it...
ReplyDeleteI can always get more from Mom's garden though so it's not a huge deal.
I love lilacs!
ReplyDeleteThe last time we were out I noticed the neighbor's lilacs were in bloom. I never could grow one but my mom used to have a beauty on the side of her house. When I was a teen my favorite fragrance was Muguet du Bois. I went through bottles of it. I love lily of the valley. I have some out in the yard.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching.
ReplyDeleteOur salmon azalea went bonkers while we were gone. It is gorgeous.
Maybe by the time we get home something will be growing and blooming. Lot's of things are in bloom here and we've been sleeping with the windows open every night.
ReplyDeleteI hope your PT went well and you're having a great day.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
Lilacs and bearded iris are my favorite Spring flowers - both are gone too quickly. Your sampler is really pretty.
ReplyDeletebeautiful stitching and I hope your Wednesday is a calm and relaxing one!!
ReplyDeleteThe Sampler grows more beautifully each time you post it!
ReplyDeleteI love watching this sampler come into being. All of the alphabets intrigue me.
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