Love The Colors

 Yes, I am weird, but I find inspiration in odd places.  One thing I noticed with all these rocks was the color in each.  Some were all metallic and shiny and some were matte and deep looking.  A lot were plain dull.  I didn't take photos of those last.  The colors inspire me to choose bolder, different combinations when I put things together.  Maybe, at some point, I'll even pull the colors from one rock and make a design.

Line By Line

Another couple of lines done, several more to go.....

Pulled Thread Ornament

The pattern for this is a petite project from EGA.  I made it for the CyberStitchers' January meeting Little Extra.  It came out pretty well, I think.

Time To Talk Rocks

 Pretty much half of the first floor of the Natural History Museum in Vienna holds a giant geological collection.  It's not nearly as well presented as it could be, but there are lots of pretty rocks!  Y'all get to see some over the next few days.

Working On The Wing

This is coming along, but slowly.  I am actually within twenty rows of the bottom of both top pages.

Man On Air

The man has everything but his hands now, and the birds are all stitched.  Now on to the little dog, too.

Checking Out A Reputation

My mother had heard a lot about Navajo Grill in Fredericksburg and wanted to check it out.  We went, therefore, getting reservations.  The food was pretentious but the service wasn't.  The service was still excellent.  Andreas had an appetizer that involved olives and pita.  I had a hard time finding more than one or two items on the menu that I would actually eat.  I know I'm a picky eater, but it's only at food-pretentious restaurants that I have this problem.

Andreas had these rolled up things.  I'm not sure what they were, but he liked them.  We had toasted bread.  

Mom had scallops.  She loved them, which made it worth going.  I had steak in a balsamic reduction, which was good but not totally excellent.

In summary, the service was good, the food was a bit overpriced and froufrou, and the menu selection was limited.