And so...

... I have started on another piece of the (practice) block - this section has the words "Sunny Days" done in backstitch... But before I could do this I had to take a photo copy of the section - which meant I had to learn to use our new super-duper printer... I am sure all this learning is going to be good for something!!!!! Anyway I remembered the steps P had shown me to operate the 'beastie' and I was away... Again my stitching is not great but another enjoyable experience... So now I have TWO partially started (or finished) sections of Block 1. I have decided to take some 'artistic license' and use these blocks to experiment with other stitches. I have decide that the section under the heart block I will add a row of 'something' and I have seen these tiny butterflies at out local card making shop - they would be perfect add ons at the beginning or end of this row of 'something' The card that E gave me for Mother's Day has given me an idea for that would lend itself and still be in keeping with the theme of the original quilt. The card sits on my desk now - and I have looked at it more than a few times thinking that its illustration would lend itself to some form of stitching...

I feel like I have made some valuable inroads in doing these pieces... (i) I have taken a deep breath and just 'done' (ii) They aren't perfect and to the largest degree I have accepted this - once I would have either kept pulling it apart and re doing it until I was satisfied or I would have put it away and not done it at all... So slowly I am 'inching' forward...

This 'new' philosophy seems to have rubbed off on my other ventures - I now have a four foot orange scarf - again, the knitting is a little rustic, but I have really enjoyed sitting knitting - something about the rhythmic motion soothes the soul... I could compare it to sitting on the edge of a pier and listening to the waves gentle slap against the pylons underneath, creating that slight 'aftershock'. My idea of heaven...

I have taken a stand regarding my cross stitch - M's Mermaid has been 'swimming in circles' for the last few months... I need some 'clear space' and she is the first to help create it. I want her finished and at the framers by the end of June. There are so many other things that I want to stitch that I will never get them started if I keep on putting off finishing the ones I have...

I am still jobless and need to address this situation very soon. Another adventure just waiting to be explored!!!!!

My sinus has flared up again and it is as bad as it was - the wheatless and dairyless regime, whilst having made me feel better in some ways, is not the root of the problem. Rather it could now be traced back to a tooth problem I had - which is what I suspected in the beginning. Back to the 'drawing board' so to speak... I will continue with the eating regime for the time being. I am still feeling very tired, and this too makes me wonder if I haven't got a combination of other things going on...

But I am taking advantage of this 'forced' time off - this morning I sat up in bed at 5.30am, had a cuppa and read some of the quilting mags I had borrowed from the library. Once I would read all the profiles, admire all the quilts and look at all the advertisements. This morning however I studied construction methods. How things change... Another portion of heaven...

As write this I am playing an Enya CD I have had for awhile... Listening to it I glide back to a recent, but distant past - a time now incased in memories with just the slightest of echoes... I feel a change coming - what form this one will take I don't know. I just have the feeling that it is time to take stock, evaluate and make some decisions...

Enya has finished and so have I...