Oh, Dear!

 These photos were taken just a short way from my mother's

 house in Oldsmar, Florida. I had originally thought that it might be the Florida Key Deer, but they apparently don't live this far north. Whatever it is, it's always nice to see them roaming around in such a highly populated area.

Catch-Up Time...Stitching Update

(Super framing job by The Crafty Framer in Largo, FL, by the way!)

I can finally post a couple of photos of the surprise cross stitch project. This is "Nora (Corbett)'s Letter S" which I did for my friend Susan's birthday. I was very surprised at how easy it turned out to be. There weren't nearly as many quarter 'x'es as I expected, which was nice and very little backstitching, also a good thing. The metallic thread was less of a problem than I expected. And the beads were really no problem at all. I've already started working on her "P" and plan to do the "D" and "B" next, all for birthday/Christmas gifts. Maybe even this year!

Will You Ring The Bell Or Shall I?

White Bird Strolling

This guy certainly isn't minding the rain. And neither am I. An excellent excuse to stay in all day, stitch, and watch old Bob Hope movies on TCM

Here It Is! Finally!

Listed and everything! And another great Stitching Sunday happening!

Snow Saturday

Neighborhood Watch

A Little Break From Sunday Stitching

Stitching the 'secret' project today. It's coming along quite nicely. Since it's a gift, I can't post a photo of the progress until it's done and given and the Snow has gone into hibernation under the armoire , so no photo with this post. Update on yesterday: The picture isn't framed yet, next week for sure; lunch was great; and there's a nice little pork tenderloin waiting in the fridge to be tossed in the oven later.
And now back to stitching.