In my part of the world we say you are a fool if your passion for a pursuit overcomes all practical sense. I am a stitching fool, and I stitch foolishness.

Monday, January 2, 2023

Hopping into the new year

 I had to flip a coin.

Yesterday I mentioned that I was considering either Amy Mitten's Casket Keepsake or Katie Strachan's Elizabethan Valentine for my New Year's start. I'm excited about stitching both of them, but since I haven't managed to grow an extra pair of hands, I needed to opt for one of them.

And I couldn't decide, so I let the fates determine what I'd do.

So I have the outline of a grasshopper from the Casket Keepsake.


I also decided that I will probably alternate this with the Valentine for my Sunday stitching, subject to change.

Meanwhile, I believe I'm going to have some chicken noodle soup and see if I can dissolve some of the concrete in my head. For two years, I never had a sniffle (other than seasonal allergies, which do not respect masks). In the last three months, I've had two colds and a sinus infection. I do not want to go back to masking, but, wow, masks certainly kept me healthier!

3 comments:

  1. Neat looking cricket, Ann! Hope you are feeling better soon!

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  2. Good looking cricket , what fun.
    Hope you get rid of those colds soon.
    Happy New Year .

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  3. The cricket is a cutie. Yes, sad to have to agree with you, we didn’t have all the colds when we had the masks on. You are not alone with getting the colds and then you wonder……is it a cold, is it Covid, do I test, do I not……I guess that is really the new normal. Hope the chicken noodle soup helps.

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