Daily Stitching For A Week

I stitched on this a every day for a bit more than a week, and it's hard for me to see all the progress.  I know it's there, but it seems to be very slow going.  I think it's all the partial stitches.  Soon, I hope, those will be over and things will go more quickly.  On the other hand, I can see all the back stitching on the dragon's head, which really emphasizes the fans.

More Sky

It doesn't take much in the way of columns to get in three full lengths of floss stitched when you have such expansive rows to cross.  But I did it.  And now some columns are filled.

A Rainy Evening

We had a light dinner last month at a small place by the embassy.  My mojito was huge, and we split a meat and cheese platter.  I had Albanian stew.  Like almost every day in June and July, though, it rained.  Luckily we were under a glass roof, but it came down hard.  We have not been able to enjoy much outdoors this summer because of the rain.

Filling In The Lower

I have a good start on filling in the lower lobes now. Maybe they will go faster than the upper ones.

Leaves And Branches

This is finally beginning to look like something.  I have leaves and branches started for the border.  The other half of the border will get work next time.

Dinner At Old Gresa

There are two Gresa restaurants in Pristina.  They have the same owners and menus, and are about a block apart.  I don't know why there are two, but there are.  We went to eat on Big Bajram (Eid-al-Addha) in June, glad that at least Old Gresa was open.  We were a party of five and had a very good meal.  At the end, we had limoncello slushes, too!

Purple Graced

Yay, a finish!  It only took me a couple of days to do the right leaf.  I like how it turned out.