For the Moment

I am finished the peony for now! I HAD thought I was finished earlier today and put everything away for the impending Invasion from the SOUTH, and then I sat looking at it - and certain little bits BUGGED me - so I HAD to change them . SO- everything came back upstairs and I have just had a cut and paste session and am happier now . I want to tone the stamens down a LOT later, but I am happy with the shapes and can easily do that after our family has returned to the Southland. Anyway, here is where I am now. I have finished the carpels and am pretty pleased with the outcome. Stitching all of this will make a huge difference but I am not near the stitching stage just yet.

The greens in this quilt are MUCH yellow-ier than they appear here . Not sure why the camera is not picking that up but it is not. It is rainy and gloomy today so hard to get good light . Anyway, you get the rough idea.

I plan to post this to the needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com and to go there and see what is posted this week. Not sure how much I will post for the next couple of weeks- maybe some travel and garden and family pictures. We shall see . Prepare to be amazed ;-)

It is rainy and drippy, JUST what the Dr ordered for the garden. It sounds like a few hot days. Hope my massive peony crop holds off for a couple of weeks! It looks VERY green and lush out there today. Red squirrels, chipmunks and many many sorts of birds including our hummingbirds , seem not to even notice the wet. They are frolicking madly out there. We are cleaning and sorting madly in here. Cheerio for now!