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Tag Archives: Cross stitch
Looking For The Bigger Picture
One of my great pleasures in life is to be able to sit down in front of the TV or next to an audio message, or even at a restaurant or in a waiting room and CROSS-STITCH! I have a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross stitch, Cross stitching photos, Life lessons
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Today May Not Seem Like Much…
I’m back cross-stitching again. I put it down for a while and then realised that “if it was to be, it is up to me.” The one that I’m doing is intricate and detailed. It has many different colours and … Continue reading
Domestic Chores Day (with Pride & Prejudice thrown in)
1-40pm It’s been a fabulously chilled few days, but at least SOME housework had to be done today. I cleaned the dusted and swept and vacuumed. I washed linen and cooked veggies for lunch with leftover meat. I think it … Continue reading
Here We Go Again…
12-54 When Stacey and Adrian were here we celebrated Christmas early and exchanged gifts. Stacey gave to me the best gift EVER! If 2014 was the year for cross-stitching Mike’s Mom, aka Granny, 2015 is the year of cross-stitching David! … Continue reading
Hanging out with Imhoff’s Alpacas
1-45pm Mondays and Thursdays are gym days. I go to Melanie who is a personal trainer friend and she puts Riana and I through our paces. She works from Imhoff Farm, where she has a small private gym. Melanie has … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpacas vss Llamas, Cross stitch, Cross stitching photos, Imhoff's Gift
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Old South African Money
2-28pm The main aim of today was to move 3 tonnes of books out of my house! Yes! My book-buying brother has accumulated (more than) 3 tonnes of books and as I started writing the blog the container was outside … Continue reading
Keep The Smile Going…
12-12pm Smiling may be the world’s biggest social gesture, but the person it benefits most is the person from whose face it glows! And that’s the truth. You don’t have to go far to find ‘smile’ research. You just have … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross stitch, The power of smiling, The value of a smile
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My Picture is Not Yet Complete….
1-13pm For a while now, I’ve wanted to write a blog about the cross-stitch I’ve been doing. Regular followers of what I write may remember that Stacey gave me a cross-stitch pattern for Christmas. It is a picture of Granny … Continue reading