Peace ....

absolute peace !  For me, the days after Christmas are the ones that really spell out Christmas.  The hustle and bustle leading up to the big day are over and there is a quietness everywhere that is just a wonderful time to slow down, relax, smell the roses, and recharge our batteries before the new year dawns and we are once again embroiled in the myriad of normal daily events.

I have not only smelt the roses, but I have pruned them, weeded parts of my overgrown garden and actually sat in the garden on a couple of occasions to just enjoy it.  I have also made a small inroad into cleaning out piles of papers that were threatening to take over the whole of the floor in the study.

So feeling reasonably virtuous, I decided that the time was right to update the blog.  Not that there is a lot to show in the way of stitching, but more particularly I wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who have posted to your blogs.   I have popped in from time to time to check up on all of you, often without the time or energy to leave a comment, and see all your beautiful finishes and I leave with my passion for stitching still alive. 

THANK YOU !

Suffice to say the ninth day didn't get finished !!

I did manage to stitch SB Love scissor fob for a friend way back in July and liked it enough to do another one for myself.

About the same time I started DT English Garden Pocket and that has been the only other item I have worked on since.  It is not finished, and although I optimistically picked it up last night for the first time in ages, it will not be finished in 2011.

and, that, I am afraid, is it.  Not much to show but at least I have a clean slate for 2012.

I hope you have a very healthy and happy 2012.

Mary