... and then there were geese

Things were a bit shaky for a while, but Beulah finally regained her health & is once again able to be outside where she enjoys taking care of her much beloved geese, Lucy & Laverne   : )  

Designer:  Stacy Nash

Design Tweaker:  The Easily Influenced Stitcher

Design:  Christmas Goose Pinkeep (Stacy)

or

Beulah Feeds the Geese Pinkeep (TEIS)

Fabric:  30 ct Old Salem linen

Floss:  DMC

I really like how this turned out but I think the process of picking a few different floss colors than what Stacy had in mind took longer than the stitching itself.  Sometimes I surprise myself by my patience & sticktoitiveness.  Although it may sometimes appear otherwise, I do not get my jollies by burning trying projects in my kitchen sink   : )

Today I will be choosing a new project.  This is always an exciting time, isn't it?  What will it be, what will it be.  Last night I woke up an hour & a half after I went to bed.  I was dreaming that I was at some sort of party or maybe it was a dance club.  I remember I was spinning around very, very fast, sort of like an ice skater gracefully bent at the waist to one side with one arm curved above her head, but I wasn't wearing ice skates ... I was just kind of suspended in mid-air ... & the song Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung was playing.  It that doesn't knock you wide awake, I don't know what does.  I got up, came out to the dining room, & decided to start looking at my past issues of Just Cross Stitch Ornaments to see what kind of stitching trouble I could get into.  I've also been having design ideas roaming through my brain for some time now so I'm torn between designing & stitching my own project vs. choosing an already designed JCS ornament.  I can't even begin to fathom doing both since I am a OOAT stitcher (one at at time).  I know that many of you are blissfully happy having 2 or 3 or even a dozen projects going at the same time.  I would need a long stay in a padded room if I ever attempted that.  

I hope you all have a lovely & blessed Sunday!  I wasn't feeling well yesterday so John & I did not sit out on the front porch a time or two rocking & talking like we usually do on nice days.  I'm looking forward to doing some of that today   : )