I've been stitching again, working on the left side, I was over the moon to get the corner decoration and two pink flowers in place, loads of counting and checking, these set the working lines for this quarter.
My joy has faded, on the easiest part I have miss counted the darker stitches should be a straight diagonal line. It would be hell to unpick, so it has to stay it won't cause me issues later as the design crashes into the three tumbleling stars.
5 university friends who shared a house receive an invitation to return to their university digs, no-one wants to return, but they are too scared to not go. Back to a time when their 6th member was murdered, they all have memories in various levels about that time. A brilliant book, I really enjoyed reading it. Book 36 read this year.
Her life is a mess, rather than facing the issues, she goes to Corfu, looking for someone or something, and gets caught up in a sting. The red flags were flying all through the plot, but who did what, with a clever twist. Book 37 read this year.
I have read this author before, another great plot, this time it's a mans story, he falls head over heels in love, it's the real thing, quickly strange things start amongst his female friends, why. Things are adding up, but does 2+ 2 make 5. Book 38 read this year.
Between the relentless wind and rain I am not doing much outside, our garden is looking after itself, I will try and do some deadheading, in a dry patch, I have even turned down a visit to our favourite garden centre, I have never liked being cold and wet. Everywhere is so grey and dull, typical summer here.
I am enjoying lazy days reading, guilt free whist not feeling great, the house needs cleaning, so much dust everywhere. We had a lazy weekend, stayed at home the whole time, it's nice to stop and do nothing after a busy few weeks, simple meals, food we love. My sisters days went well, it was dry when they came out of the church, yes she went for the full works, she was happy as was her partner, now husband, he is a bit under the thumb (Janice ?) I've not seen many photo's as yet.
I'm sorry to hear that you're not very well and that you had to miss your sister's wedding, I hope the doctor can help when you see them. It's so annoying when you miscount when cross stitching. I had to restart mine as the very first stitches were out, I just hadn't looked at the design properly. Luckily I hadn't got very far before I noticed. I don't think anyone will notice where you've gone wrong, I had to look really hard even though you'd highlighted it, definitely not worth unpicking for that.
ReplyDeleteIt is so aggravating when you miscount cross stitch. I usually realise when I'm far too deeply into the design and then have to fudge it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if your new brother-in-law is 'under the thumb' - thank you for the nudge . . . 😉
It's wonderful to not feel compelled to get out and do gardening in this weather, isn't it? I love the fact that nature is handling the watering!
ReplyDelete... you're certainly doing well with your book reading.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I hate it when you miss count, don't blame you for leaving it in, no one will notice. The weather has been hit and miss here too, the wind has died down now at least, it's cold tonight and was raining this morning but stopped before 11am and the rest of the day was lovely. Hope you feel better soon
ReplyDeleteSorry to read you are not feeling very well. I hope that whatever is bothering you goes away quickly. When I make an error in my cross stitch I remind myself that there was only one perfect person and some native people purposely leave a small error in their work.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I think your error in the cross stitch is hardly noticeable. Small errors just make work look hand crafted, which is good. We had a really changeable week away last week, with lots of rain, but at least we came back to a garden and allotment that was thriving.
ReplyDeleteThe weather has certainly taken a turn for the worse this week, but it sounds like you are keeping happily occupied indoors. I had to quickly rescue my potted acer earlier. The wind had been so strong that it had blown over.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll be feeling better soon.. X