Thursday, February 15, 2007

And more houses...

Aren't these beautiful! Its so nice to see some colour at this time of year, especially when outside everything is so white. Not that I'm complaining, in spite of the freezing cold and blowing snow, it was wonderful to be outside yesterday and enjoy that fresh crisp air with crunchy snow beneath your feet. And of course the dogs loved it.

Last night I worked on my Houses of Hawk Run Hollow. It takes a little getting used to, this magnifier, but its coming.

And to the lady who asked me about the magnifier I use, I checked all over it and couldn't find a brand name anywhere on it. I bought it used from a garage sale a couple of years ago. It was lying on the ground at the side of a driveway and I recognized it from ads in the stitching magazines. And from CSI! This one attached to my table and has a lot of knobs that allow you to find the correct position to hold it in. And it has the true daylight bulb which I love. I think I paid a whole $7 for it!



17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice progress Wendy - it's looking great!

Alberta said...

Your flowers are beautiful!

Our crazy weather continues...we awoke to zero this morning...3 days ago it was minus 28! I'm feeling better so I may get out and enjoy the fresh air.

Could you give us more details on Carrie's Attitude piece?...I keep going back to look at it...I may need my own attitude!

Carol said...

Your HOHRH looks fantastic!

Anonymous said...

OOoooh, I am so jealous. I wish I were that far along on my houses!
They look GREAT!!! I will be stitching on my this weekend as my regularly scheduled SAL and for the SAT on FGBB :) HOPEFULLY I can make some progress :)

hugs :)
BeckySC

Michelle said...

Your HOHRH is looking fantastic! Great progress! Love the flowers too, very pretty.

mainely stitching said...

Beautiful progress on HRH! And it cracks me up to think of a cross stitch magnifier showing up on CSI! LOL!

Mary Ann said...

Great progress on Houses of Hawk Run Hollow! And, the flowers are so pretty!!!

Anonymous said...

The flowers and HoHRH are both beautiful.

Kim said...

Lovely flowers! Im so glad to admire your snow pictures, but Im sure you think different :)

Your progress on HOHRH is great! Cant wait to see another progress pic soon :)

~Kim~

Heather said...

Your house is looking great! Those flowers are so pretty. Nothing like a good find at garage sales huh?

The Silver Thistle said...

Lovely bright flowers!

Nice progress on Hawkes too!

I emailed about the exchange too.....yay!

Von said...

You were certainly lucky the day you found your daylight magnifier!! Thanks for sharing your flowers - the burst of color was a delight!

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

I missed this post...well, let me tell you...the flowers are gorgeous :)
and your houses are looking fabulous! You go girl...you are stitching ALOT these days!

Anita said...

Great progress and I love those flowers, they are so pretty.

Leeland said...

I love this pics of your lovely dogs in the snow!
HOHRH is looking great!
Take care!

Pam @ Heart2Heart said...

Oh beautiful flowers, I long to see flowers growing... I'm so sick of snow LOL. Great progress on your HOHRH and your Sampler Gameboard. I have both of those, to be stitched "someday" heh. I will live through you for now and eagerly watch your updates on them ;)

Karen said...

Your dog sure looks happy! :) HoHRH is looking great!