A to Z challenge: B

Another day and another destination - Belize! A month ago or so I've met a friend who could not stop talking about Belize beauty. She just bought a property there and was so excited. Well, I had a look... and totally fell in love with that part of the world.

Perfectly located by the Caribbean Sea with a small population, English speaking - just a dream come true.

Plus I love to explore ancient sites and this area was populated by Mayans some 1000 years BC. 

I just can imagine myself climbing these steps, sitting there, meditating and 'getting in touch' with people from the past.

Black orchid is the national flower of Belize, it flowers all year around! There are more than 300 native varieties of orchids in Belize, so I guess while I'm dreaming about visiting this part of the world I will stitch an orchid. I was trying to find a design with a black orchid, but no luck. Instead I will stitch the one that I have in my stash. It's called 'Oriental Orchids' and I can just use my imagination to replace 'oriental' with 'Belize'.

So long my friends,
Evalina

A to Z challenge: A

Another year and another A to Z challenge. Last year my theme was ancient Egypt this year I'm taking you to places that I would love to visit.

During my blogging years I've met many beautiful Aussies and I would love to visit Australia sometimes during our winter. It would be so much fun to experience Australian Christmas

along with longest days, sun and sandy beaches. My part of the world would be covered with cold and darkness while I would enjoy cold beer and some BBQ.

I also found a lovely cross stitch chart  'Australia' - from coast to coast, from koalas to kangaroos  - it is going on my wish list!

 Is there anything I should know before visiting the marvelous land of Oz?

So Long my friends,
Evalina

Happy Easter!

So long my friends,
Evalina

Full moon update

It's WIPocalypse time! I did not stitch a lot this month... shame on me... I worked a little on Ol Harvest Moon

Topaz and I decided to look for some signs of spring

No luck... snow is everywhere and the lake still solid frozen...

except a tiny opening by the docks

hmm... not much room for swans to land...

So long my friends,
Evalina

Celebrating New Season

In many traditions, this is the start of the new year. The Roman year began on the ides of March (15th). The astrological year begins on the equinox when the moon moves into the first sign of the Zodiac, Aries, the Ram. The Greek God Ares is equivalent to the Roman Mars for whom the month of March is named. Between the 12th century and 1752, March 25th was the day the year changed in England and Ireland. March 25, 1212 was the day after March 24, 1211.

The spring equinox is one of the four great solar festivals of the year. Day and night are equal, poised and balanced, but about to tip over on the side of light. The spring equinox is sacred to dawn, youth, the morning star and the east. The Saxon goddess, Eostre (from whose name we get the direction East and the holiday Easter) is a dawn goddess, like Aurora and Eos. Just as the dawn is the time of new light, so the vernal equinox is the time of new life. 

I had my own celebration of this new season. I stitched! For the first day of Spring I've chose a small ornament (some day I will stitch the whole sampler) from Birdsong II by the Prairie Schooler.

I was on the roll so after finishing the stitching part I'd made an actual ornament!

Fabric: 32 Ct. Summer Sky Jobelan Evenweave

Floss: DMC 

So long my friends,

Evalina