Poor Jake had to go out to do his business in the snow. This is while it was still storming. You can see the unhappy look on his face; he was not quite sure how he was going to get back up the steps.
The only good thing about so much snow is how light it is in the house today. The sun is out, and looks wonderful against the snow. You can see the tracks Jake left.
DH worked outside for 4 hours yesterday, shoveling, and snow-blowing. He did the alley behind our garage in that time, but the alley is still not passable for a vehicle. (Several vehicles were stuck there yesterday, including a 4-wheel drive truck!) So I am stuck at home for a second day. I did not go out to help with the snow at all yesterday, because I am not feeling well; I feel a little guilty about it, but not too bad! If I had felt better, I would be out shoveling in the alley, and would have gotten to work, but as it is.... There are not too many people at work yet today, so all in all, I think I picked the right couple of days to be sick.
This is my progress on HSTS. Part 4 consists of the lozenges on all four sides of the central medallion, and part 5 is the filling of the first lozenge. I only did the "north" lozenge, call it being done with 4A. Almost all the cross stitches are done in part 5, there are a few long stitches in greens and blacks for grass, and a couple of rice stitches in the border.
You can see that I resolved my missing color dilema. I found my original shopping list for the colors, and remembered how and where I shopped for them. That also lead me to recall that I was not happy with the color spread for the pink tulip colors... and for my substitution. I am very pleased with the way it turned out... not so pleased with having to unstitch the incorrect portions on the first two I did.
I promised myself that I would put this away now until after vacation. I am really surprised by how hard it has been to leave it alone. But I already have something to show you tomorrow!
Stay warm and safe!
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3 comments:
Your pictures of the snow looks like they could have been taken here. Our snow banks are so high they are unreal! Love your WIP I would have a hard time putting it down to.
Hi Jane,
For someone like me who lives in a no snow zone your photos look wonderful... I just want to go and play in that snow. But I can appreciate it must be an annoyance for to have to live with so much snow and ice on a day to day basis. Stay safe and warm, hope you feel better soon. Sending you some good Aussie warmth from Perth.
I don't know the HSTS chart, so every update you show us is so impressive to me. What an amazing design!
We were lucky to miss that snow storm, but we are supposed to get one tomorrow. Hope not.
Hope you get to feeling better.
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