and here I’m STAYING! The umpteenth incarnation and a url I can live with, but hopefully this time totally anon to all who aren’t my friends.
Expect plenty of ‘blog frock’ changes. After all, a girl must wear frocks that reflect her mood, n’est-ce pas? And I have so many pretty frocks it would be a pity not to air them occasionally …
Last week was a BAD week. I rocked up at the medical imaging place for my mammogram and ultrasound only to find that I should have been there the day before. Promptly dissolved into tears, but thankfully Anne was there to ‘lean on’. I was so nervous beforehand I took a valium and was half off my face. What a mess. So now, I have to wait until April27 to go back and have them done … for real this time.
But, Easter has come and gone, and with it the feeling of a brand new week … ‘renewal and replenishment’ and all of that cliched happy stuff. Yesterday I spent making big scrapbook-sized ‘signs’ for my bedroom walls … inspirational, affirmation and orders like DON’T DO IT! I lie. One ‘affirmation’ and the rest are orders/reminders. Where’s my hair shirt? haha! It helps that the sun is finally shining again, as much as I adore the rain and the cool and the froggies creaking outside my bedroom window. I’ve kind of strayed off the mindfulness/meditation path, but am placing myself back on track.
Here’s one of the things I’ve been working on lately:
It’s a petit point of John William Waterhouse’s “The Soul of a Rose”. I know, it seems awfully tacky doing this from a beautiful painting, but I saw it, had to do it, and I really do believe it will be absolutely beautiful when it’s finished. I started doing it while I was away having radiotherapy. It’s going to take a LONG time to finish. The stitches are tiny, and nearly the entire canvas is to be covered (I have to wear magnifying glasses to work on it … oh my GOD I’m turning into an old lady). A close up of detail:
(This is about the same size as the original I am working on, but I have sharpened it,
and in close-up it looks a lot courser than it really is).
The original painting:
John William Waterhouse – “The Soul of a Rose” 1908
The big highlight of today is taking Liam and myself off to get a haircut. This will be my second haircut since chemo. You would not BELIEVE the curls I am sporting. They’re impossible to work with! School hols … two weeks of trying to entertain Liam … oi.
Or … better … my leather-bound Poe might be delivered today!
So in one of the other posts, I understand that you are officially moving? is that the case? The house came through for you all? I am so glad for you. Just think… a garden, a wonderful lawn chair… it will be fabulous.
Your needlework is gorgeous.
Beautiful needlepoint project. I love that painting. You can almost smell that rose.
Not ‘officially’ officially. We haven’t signed a lease as yet, but verbally we have the go-ahead.
And thank you both for the comps on the petit point. I’m loving doing it.