I'm late this week because. after two days lost to stitching (VERY early rising for the phone banks at the local public radio on Thursday and Friday plus Quilt Guild meeting on Thursday night), my lifestyle (HA! As if I had a lifestyle) caught up with me, or more likely, my husband's bout with a nasty cold did, because on Saturday, I felt lousy, and as the week progressed, it got worse and worse: nasty cough, sinus headache that morphed into a whole face pain, and slight fever (Sound familiar ? I know I've had this before this year). meant I couldn't focus on anything, let along the complexities of stitchery. And I sure wasn't up to posting on the blog yesterday. But I'm feeling a little better today --- at least the cough is less persistent and the headache is down to a dull roar... Not sure how long this will last, though, so let's get to it.

Spring sprang this week. Daffodils, Crocus, Witch Hazel, Christmas Roses (AKA Helebores) and Tulip Tree all bloomed within a day of each other. Daylilies are growing like weeds, hostas are poking up through their winter mulch cover and even the grass is greening up! 70° days are in the works for this weekend and there is near certainty that we've seen the last of the snow (knock on wood). So a little slide show (just click on the photo) to make up for the lack of stitchery pics:



Although I do have some stitchery to show off. At NPR on Thursday, a friend from quilt guild was stitching on some smalls and I asked her about it. It turns out she belongs to an EGA guild chapter in Naples, FL and their charity thing this year is little sampler for Habitat for Humanity homes. They are in need this year --- over 200 homes are being dedicated, so she had brought back the pattern and plans to send her contribution down this month for their monthly stitch-along. I volunteered to do a couple for her and managed to fit these in before my cold took total hold of my head and confined me to intermittent coughing spells.



I'm handing them over to her next guild meeting...

Now I think I'll go back to bed...