This year Dyan Allaire whipped up a cutie for her group’s SAL. Since I didn’t get going on last years I decided to jump right into stitching. Considering he was stitched with a migraine he looks pretty good doesn’t he!

I still haven’t the courage to start stitching a piece from one corner and work down/up. I hold those who work huge realistic pieces from the top corner and work down, block by block, in very high esteem. My brain is very much a measure, measure and measure and count it again type, so I find security in folding a piece of fabric in quarters to find the centre. Much safer for me to start in the middle and work outwards! Watching myself work around in a circle from the centre point must mean something to somebody. All part of my circle the wagons and rotate the house into the back security plan, would be my guess.

And rotating the house into a nice earth bank is just what I wish we could do. The north wind is bitter as it blows straight down our lane to the house. Fortunately it looks like we will be only getting a few days of -30C. Temperatures at -30 with a wind chill aren’t kind to man or dog. At least Little Bit is build low to the ground and most of it passes over her head. Tank (aka poor ickle-rottiekins) feels every blast; he has no where near the winter coat Holly has. And Holly, being Holly, loves to give Tank a bad time out there. She races around and rolls in the snow- oh how I love to see her enjoying life. Who would have thought our poor rescued Holly, who was such a shadow, would now be such a brash 8 year old. Tank probably would say overbearing, but it is joy mixed with sadness for us. She was treated so poorly the first year and a half of her life that it has taken her well over six years to recover and develop some attitude. Poor Tank, surrounded by over-bearing females. No wonder he is so glad to have Steve home from camp!

Happy Holidays 2006 © Dyan Allaire

Wishing you a very Blessed, very Peaceful time of renewal.