On the Third

 I got the last large framework on Carmen stitched today--that just leaves two partial frames and a corner to set up before I add the flowers.

Hmmmm, somehow that came out upside down, but since it's symmetrical, that shouldn't make any difference. 

I was thinking as I stitched today. I believe I'm going to try to work on Carmen for three to four hours every day, and then, if my wrist allows, move on to something else after resting my hands for a bit. I've wanted to work on the Cherished Letter Case and go back to Queen Catherine's Sweet Bag and do some  finish-finishing--and there's still No Place Like Home to complete. 

I could almost set up a rotation, but if you've been following my blog for any length of time, you'll remember that I don't do well with scheduled stitching. That's why I'm not sure if I can stick to mornings with Carmen, but I do want to get her off the scroll frame by the end of the year. Three hours a day would be about ninety hours a month and that should mean an end is in sight.

Queen Catherine has another reason to get back in my hands. This arrived today.

More goodies to go with the book/box, the fob, and the sweet bag. So very pretty ...

And, in another area of my life, today was grocery day. As usual, I was looking at the store's weekly specials to see if there was anything we wanted to add to the list. I ran across a product I have not seen before. Apparently Heinz catsup was on sale this week, and one of the products they listed as "Tomato Blood."

Tomato Blood?

What the blankety-blank-blank is tomato blood?

As Dearly Beloved does the hunting and gathering portion of our life, I was in hopes that he would investigate and report back. (He does the grocery shopping because I don't enjoy touring each and every aisle of the store so that I can look at everything on every shelf. He does.)

He forgot to look.

Does anyone reading this know what tomato blood could be?

Inquiring minds want to know.