Update: 1st February 2016

I was one of those kids that would leave a path of destruction as I went from my lego, to my barbies, to colouring in, to monoply... My mother used to be able to tell exactly what I had got up all day judging by the piles of stuff left around the house - well that's kind of stuck with me into adulthood only now it isn't always fun stuff. This morning has been one of those days where I looked at my watch and it was 10am and my house was a disaster zone. How did it happen?

1. It's Monday morning and I tend to let things go a bit during the weekend...

2. My cat Cleo hasn't been very well which has neccesitated a switch from dry food to prescription wet food (which she doesn't like) and the associated mess of tins/packets/bowls etc...

3. I discovered at about 6:30am a murdered blackbird (there was blood, lots of blood) on the back stairs thank goodness I wasn't carrying a laundry basket I probably would have fallen down. Further investigation found a second murdered blackbird in one of the downstairs spare bedrooms this one was in pieces. It was too early to deal with and I needed coffee!

4. In telling someone on Facebook that a fabric colour wasn't the same as on the viewer I decided to pull out the fabric to make sure my memory was correct. In doing so I discovered the fabric had faded - only the square that was face up in the plastic bag. So this led to a frenzy of pulling fabric out of bags to check on the others... sigh. More on this one day...

This was the point I stopped, backtracked and began to clean up the 'zones'. I haven't tackled the blood yet. I took photos of it all and sent them to Jonathan at work. I won't post them here - It would totally gross everyone out.

So I didn't stitch much during November and December. But as soon as we were home from visiting relatives over Christmas I got back into stitching in a big way! I have now completed Touching the Autumn Sky except for beads:

With two Mirabilia's waiting on beads I placed an order with 123stitch so they should be arriving in a few weeks.

So then I dug out another Mirabilia I started years ago Mermaids of the Deep Blue:

The fabric isn't showing accurately here. It's Deep Sea by Crossed Wing and is a very deep and richly dyed fabric. Mostly deep sea greens with patches of blue. Not sure if I would pick such a bold fabric these days but I will stick with what I chose back then.

I think I started this one around the end of 2008 but only stitched on it for a few weeks then never picked it up again. I didn't take a photo before I started stitching on it but I had only done a bit of the left mermaid, I have since stitched the tail and all of the right mermaid.

Books read January 2016:
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde - Play
LumberJanes vol. 1 - Graphic Novel / Comic
The Fry Chronicles - Stephen Fry - Autobiography

Currently reading: The Gods of Guilt - Michael Connelly - Mystery