Getting My Blue On

There's a lot of blue going on here at the moment, but soon I will add some orange.  Three leaves done and now working on the base of the second flower!

More Shopping

I took someone to Gemeni so she could see the stitch stuff.  Of course, I had to buy some for myself!

Learning About Brandy

 The man on the left is the director of Barza Alba (White Swan).  His speech gets very rhapsodic and florid when he talks about brandy.  You can tell it's his passion.  The company also provided us a translator, although even Andreas could follow his Romanian.  We learned so much, and just listening to him talk was a pleasure.

The caskets in the cage are among the first made by Barza Alba.  They're being preserved for posterity.

 

 

Larkspurred

I have the July flowers done now.  It's time to start on August.  The thing about this stitchalong is it physically represents the passing of the year.

Dangly Bobs

I bought this pair at an artisan spotlight.  Even though they're not my usual colors, I like the roses and the danglies on them.

Where The Magic Happens

This is the storage area where all the Barza Alba brandies are aged.  They have both metal and oak aging casks.  The director gave a nice excursis regarding making and aging and blending and distilling.

 

Elegant Poppies

MolDeco did another great framing job when they framed these poppies.  They're from an EGA group correspondence course that I piloted.