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Treats from Rosemary, Squares 27 & 28

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I won a giveback recently from Rosemary of Ozma of Odds. Rosemary has a beautiful blog and she creates wonderful things – please visit her to see for yourself.


This is Mr. Bunn (Rosemary named him.) Isn’t he delightful? He has the sweetest face. I’ve developed a big old crush on him. As you can see, Mr. Bunn is currently living in the bottom basket of my wrought iron thingy thereby solving my dilemma of what to put there. I love him so much that he will be living in my studio all year long.

Rosemary also included some other goodies.


Rosemary’s bakery tags – these are so beautiful that I’ve considered framing them!


Paper lace ribbon strips, tulle whimsy ruffles in beautiful colors (and very hard to photograph.)


Beautiful pink roses. Thank you so much for this gorgeous present, Rosemary! How nice it was to receive all these treasures in the midst of our time of loss.

I stitched a bit last night while watching one of my favorite movie musicals, Gigi, on Turner Classic Movies.


(I tried at least 10 times to get a good photo. I give up. Officially.) Anyway, I started stitching “Garden” in the square and added some flowers. Then I realized I was a square behind for today’s post. I could not think of one new idea. So, I added a green vine and more flowers and connected it all together. A bit of a cheat, but the well was dry.

Embroidery muse: please come and visit once again. Today, if at all possible.

Thank You & Squares 24, 25, 26

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I thought we needed a sweet touch of Spring here in the house. Flowers always cheer me and bring a smile to my face.


Such a pretty soft pink – in my favorite Red Wing vase. I don’t know if you can tell from this photo, but the inside of the vase is a pale shade of green. I found this many years ago when I was living in Boston. It is the perfect vase.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your lovely expressions of sympathy. I am so blessed to have you as friends. We are spending quiet days here; talking about Lee, about loss, about pain, about losing a parent. Both Don’s parents are now gone. My brother is gone. You never get over it, do you?

Yesterday I played catch-up on my squares. Sometimes my vision and the execution are strikingly different – and not in a good way! No matter – I’m having fun.


Square #24 – a bathtub filled with bubble bath and a soft pink rug.
Square #25 – a swing hanging from a tree
Square #26 – pretty flowers with bead centers

The quality of these stitching photos depends, I’ve found, on what time of the day I actually finish the squares. These were finished late in the afternoon on a day that started out sunny but turned cloudy.

Thank you again, my friends.

Life in the Garden, Square #23

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More proof of life in the garden…oh, my lovelies are returning! I spent time on Sunday wandering around the yard and garden taking photos.


As seen through the gazing ball.

Don’s father is still the same. Don took the red-eye from San Diego last night and will get in this morning around 10:00. We continue to hope that Lee recovers fully.

I had only a brief amount of time to come up with square #23:


In keeping with my garden theme, a very simple tribute to my hostas.

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