My friend's Dad died this week - I'd known him for about 30 years, he was 18 months younger than my Dad. He was diagnosed with cancer too late for them to be able to do anything for him. My friend doesn't hit 40 until the Spring. It's not fair, life's not fair. He was a lovely man and will be much missed. I feel so lucky to still have my Dad - I just wish he'd pack up smoking again. Both my friends that I'm currently stitching for have lost their Dads - my Beetle friend lost her Dad 12 years ago.
It makes me realise once again that we only have this one life with this particular group of people and that we shouldn't waste it. Tell the people that you love how much you love them and tell them often - you never can tell when the sand is going to run out in your egg timer or theirs. I love you, Je t'aime, Ich liebe dich - it doesn't matter how you say it - just say it!
Now that's the deep stuff out of the way, here's an update on my stitching.
Robin is not far from finished. Just a few blackberry blossoms to put in behind him and then add my initials and the year. I should get him done well before my deadline. I've enjoyed stitching him but I do wonder how different he would look if I had been able to stitch him in the original threads instead of a DMC conversion.
The pesky thing about the Beetle at the moment is that even though I put in several hours of work on it this morning, you have to look carefully to see where I've been stitching. I've been working on the left hand side (facing you) of the bonnet, putting in another strip of colour up the side, plus a few more stitches on the right hand side. Its the fractionals that take up all the time - if it was all whole stitches like the Robin, I'm sure that I would be much further on.
It's not a very clear photo of Carnation this week - maybe my hand shook or something. We're back into the confetti zone so only two blocks completed this week. That leaves me with four blocks on this row before moving onto column 8 which is partly on this page and partly on page 2. I might get page 1 finished before the New Year, but I'm still waiting for the kit to arrive for my cousin's baby. Until I've had a good look at that, I've no way of knowing how much time it is going to take.
I'm also thinking that I should stitch something for my friend who's just lost her Dad - a little something for her 40th birthday in the Spring. So that's the Robin for mid November, the Noah's Ark for January, the Beetle and something with cats for early March, plus Carnation, plus Christmas bits for Marie Curie. On top of that, working full-time and having some sort of social life with family and friends. At what point do I eat and sleep? Answers on a postcard, please!
It makes me realise once again that we only have this one life with this particular group of people and that we shouldn't waste it. Tell the people that you love how much you love them and tell them often - you never can tell when the sand is going to run out in your egg timer or theirs. I love you, Je t'aime, Ich liebe dich - it doesn't matter how you say it - just say it!
Now that's the deep stuff out of the way, here's an update on my stitching.
I'm also thinking that I should stitch something for my friend who's just lost her Dad - a little something for her 40th birthday in the Spring. So that's the Robin for mid November, the Noah's Ark for January, the Beetle and something with cats for early March, plus Carnation, plus Christmas bits for Marie Curie. On top of that, working full-time and having some sort of social life with family and friends. At what point do I eat and sleep? Answers on a postcard, please!
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