I know I said that I was leaving this blog for good…. but apparently I was mistaken I won’t be posting often at all, but occasionally I run across something that I would like to post about.

While I have too many embroidery and needlepoint projects right now to even consider getting this one started - I find it quite interesting. This is something called shadow work - and these two images of the front and back show why it is called that:

The image on the left is the back side (Herringbone stitch created by the backstitching on the front), the right image is the front. You can read more about shadow work - and this particular project here:

As time goes on my two jobs take up much more of my time than they once did. This is a GOOD thing, I am far from complaining. I rarely have time for needlework, or reading, or whatever these days - and once again, this is a good thing. There also seems to be less and less that I am willing to “put out there” on the internet.

 I will still read those blogs I enjoy as I can, and even comment on them from time to time. It does, however, seem time to allow night to fall on the Stitching Garden.

 My prayers and best wishes are with everyone who I have met through this blog, and also for those who keep the blogs that I read on a regular basis.

World Press is rather odd, sometimes I know when there are comments waiting, sometimes I do not. This time I didn’t know that the blog had decided that Grace’s comment was spam - but it had not been deleted as of yet. This is good. You can see the post she commented on by going here.

Cold and still and lifeless ill lying
On the bier. So strange to see the boy
Whose jest and winsome dreams once en-joyed
The heart of an old mother, now ill, crying.

The whole town and bridge club, beauty shop, baking crew and ladies’ guild
Were shocked at this injustice: how could God
Be cruel if He were so mighty: isn’t it odd
That goodness gets harder once youth is stilled.

(read the rest here)

I cannot help but to post teasers to things at the Second Terrace blog, while you are there I highly recommend looking around at what else is there.

The person who wrote this poem asked me not to identify her, but when she found out I have a blog she asked me to post this. SHE knows what she means here, but is curious to know if others get it - or WHAT they get from this poem. (I am not so sure that this IS a poem, but that is what she considers it). She is Orthodox, btw. If this isn’t a poem, what IS it?

So, here it is, I will pass any comments along her way:

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Far in the distance fading to black
             chains clink
             keys ring
             chaos cackles

Closer in
           boredom waits (predictable)
           routine beckons (illusion of safety)
           distractions entice (delusion of control)

Directly ahead
           Mystery calls
           invisible spectators encourage
           Divine Fire awaits
           Tree of Life in sharp relief

She steps forward . . .

I promise that I will get back to posting again, eventually. . .  Meanwhile, I am out of town until October. Have a great rest of September!

Time to visit home for the long weekend, it has been quite some time since I’ve seen my Mother, and it will be good to see my sister (we were able to spend time together earlier this year, but it was in the context of a funeral).

Also time for my mountain fix This image is from home - while the photo is from the National Park Service (Great Smokey Mountain National Park), I can get to the park by a mere 20-minute drive from my sister’s house. Click on the image to see a larger version.

It does not seem to happen often, but it DOES happen. From time to time someone leaves a comment on this blog that seems to wind up being “attached” to a much earlier post. The post is generally months back so it is not like the person accidently commented on the post right before the post they intended to.

 This has happened to at least three people on this blog, and when this happens I do not have the ability to move the comment. In at least one case this has caused me to delete a person’s  comment. I did not recognise his name, or email address, and the comment made no logical sense in relation to any of my posts - so I deleted it.

 So if something like this happens again, please just repost your comment. I do get notification from the blog when there is a post awaiting approval, so unless I am out of town I do get to them pretty quickly.

 This is the end of this housekeeping post, you may return to your regularly scheduled blog

Wheww, I guess we can all sleep tonight knowing that my blog has a G rating. The interesting thing is that it drew to my attention that the word ‘death’ appears in my blog no less than three times!

Mingle²

You Are a Blue Crayon

Your world is colored in calm, understated, deep colors. You are a loyal person, and the truest friend anyone could hope to find. On the inside, you tend to be emotional and even a bit moody. However, you know that people depend on you. So you put on a strong front.Your color wheel opposite is orange. Orange people may be opinionated, but you feel they lack the depth to truly understand what they’re saying.

What Color Crayon Are You?