"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,

"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." 

 Hans Christian Andersen

And let the beauty  and favor of the Lord our God be upon us;

 confirm and establish the work of our hands

. Psalm 90:17 

Although I have no embroidery  to show to you on this post...........

my fingers have been busily stitching away on a few things.

A blue jean jacket and a couple of shirts..........for a friend...

a few tea towels, and small items.

And I have been working on a paint by number painting.

It has such a pretty floral picture 

in such beautiful colors........I just had to give painting in a try. Most of all,

it is so very easy to paint........and it is therapeutically soothing.

It requires no talent.........like that of an authentic artist.......

I simply paint......where I am told.....in the color I am told.  

But just as it is with my embroidery..........for those of you who know me well........

I am going to somehow add my " own personal" touch to it somewhere.

I will show you that when I have it figured out.

I have no idea when I will get this completely painted.......I only work on it when I want,  out in my studio when I have the day to myself.

So come on all of you......run to your favorite craft store and buy yourself a painting kit........

and then show me what you are working on!

At night.........

I sit with needle and thimble

and stitch the worries of this life away.

Hopefully, you will be able to see all of this stitching in the next post.

So tell me.......

are you quilting,........embroidering.........painting.........

or tending to the garden?

I would love to hear

February

February, a form

Pale-vestured, wildly fair,—

One of the North Wind's daughters,

With icicles in her hair.

~Edgar Fawcett, "The Masque of Months,"

 c.1878