Sara said that Shawn got this postcard when he ordered something from Minnesota. I quite like its retro charm.
She reported that she will be back to school on `1/10, which meant she was back to school by the time the postcard arrived.
I made it about a year with my new electric kettle. Though to be honest, the last seven months were full of hate for it.
I kept thinking I would go to the store and get a new one, but the months continued to pass and I didn’t, so I eventually ordered one from Breville. It’s a fancier version of my previous setup, and I like it much better.
Photo fail. Tilt your head to the side to see what I completed with the final 2023 YOS sampler.
There are some things that went very well with this sampler, but I didn’t love the color of that bird and gave up on the whole thing. The bird is done in raised chain. The branches are in twisted chain. The flower that is filled in is done with reverse fly and square palestina.
What slowed me down was this twisted chain. I liked the effect, but I think my usual MO of stacking thread closer than it needs to be made this take forever.
I also thought the herringbone ladder filling went well aside from that point where they join.
Here’s the back view for those who are interested. It’s also oriented in the proper direction.
While cleaning out the liquor cabinet at 7611, I brought home this mini that promised me an Old Fashioned with minimal effort.
The effort was minimal, but the taste had faded somewhat in the 60(?) intervening years.
Back in 2011, my mom gave Matt a page-a-day origami calendar. Matt added it to his rotation.
It is now 2024. You can see how quickly his rotation rotates.
It only took him 12 years to fold all of the pages.
It was a long-lasting present for sure.
I wrote my usual yearly letters to myself and took this photo to include with them. I had a cold, and I can tell by my expression in the photo.
On my week off from work, I went to soak at Common Ground and really liked this Turkish towel, so I bought it. First order of business: monogramming. My favorite chain stitch with a variegated embroidery floss.
Doesn’t it look great?
