On the other side of the window

Last couple of days were just lovely. Blue sky, sunshine and singing birds - the island is a heavenly place. Here is a view from my window

In the garden flowers are blooming

And here is progress on An Irish Prayer

I really would love to get back to Guardian Angel or Divine Grace but first I must finish this piece.Who knows, maybe this weekend I'll do another happy dance.

So long my friends,
Evalina

Happy dance!

As of last Thursday Madonna Dolorosa is all done and I'm doing happy dance. To tell you the truth, I have no idea why I'm dancing and why I'm happy. I'm very proud of every finished piece, I feel that I have accomplished something beautiful but on the other hand I also feel a little empty...

Below is my lovely Madonna ready for framing. I stitched her on 18 ct Aida with DMC floss.

I'm not Irish but I do love Irish prayers and I love to celebrate St. Patrick's Day... maybe I was Irish in past life? Well, this March I decided to finish something from my UFO pile. Here is An Irish Prayer by Homespun Samplar.

It looks like I purchased this chart in November of 2012 and started stitching on November 3 and for some unknown reason I stopped on  November 19, 2012 . This is where I left it off:

 I picked up this piece last Thursday right after finishing Madonna (to kill that feeling of emptiness) and I have made a nice progress. Look! I'm half way done! Maybe, just maybe I can have this prayer done by the end of March. I'm stitching on 36 count Smokey White Edinburgh Linen with Carrie's Creation hand-dyed floss in Peacock. It is a gorgeous floss but unfortunately isn't colorfast... In the picture below the colors are more true than in the pic above. So here I am as of today
 

So long my friends,
Evalina

Close to finish Madonna

Madonna Dolorosa is looking better and better. I wanted to put her aside so much and stitch something different but I'm still keeping my promise (to myself of course) of stitching one project at a time. It looks like in a week or so I will do a happy dance.

So long my friends,
Evalina

Madonna has a face!

Madonna has a face now:

Look from my window on the rainy day in Port Alberni

So long my friends,
Evalina

Morning visitor

The winter is gone in my part of the world. Lawns are green and early flowers are ready to bloom. Well they are but not in my garden... This morning I had a visitor checking for any new sprouts:

 And I was gonna to do some gardening as soon as the rain stops.

I'd put away for a while ASiT and decided to work solely on Madonna Dolorosa. Here is her progress:

So long my friends,
Evalina