Temari For Violeta

 Since I wasn't around for Christmas, I made everyone in the offic Valentine's Day presents.  This is Violeta's.  I picked these colors because they're her favorites.

End Of Utah Beach

We spent more than half a day at Utah beach; we would have spent more time if it were warmer.  The cars were parked on the side of the road as we were leaving  the main site.  The photos after that were taken a bit farther down the beach where there's an overrun bunker still intact.

Not only is there solemnity here, there's also a holiday campground that we did not take photos of.  It has a water park and a beach and a place to relax.

One Hill Done

I've got one hill done!  Things are moving along n the right direction.  

So Close

I am so very close to having the last building on the top half of the left side done.  Only two more rows!  I've also noticed that I missed some backstitching on the top and right, so I'm going to have to do more at some point soon.

Memorial Markers

 Markers of the services at the windswept beach.

All Boxed Up

After finishing this last summer, I finally took this Iris piece designed by Laura J. Perin to the framer last month.  We decided to make it into a box.  MolDeco did a great job and were impressed enough with my stitching to ask for the piece for an exhibition starting tomorrow.  It's there, and I'm the only foreigner in it.  Go, me!  Needlepoint, outside of continental stitch, is very rare around here.

Making A Square

The bottom half of  the inner square is taking shape even as the lampposts look almost finished.  It feels like progress.