beaded fairy cross-stitch at a slant angle to show the thread and beads textures
Latest Cross-stitch: Lilly of the Woods

Latest Cross-stitch: Lilly of the Woods

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Well here is another cross-stitch I recently completed. It’s Lilly of the Woods, by Mirabilia Designs (whose designs I am indeed a bit obsessed with). First, here are a couple ‘glamour’ shots, and then after those I’ll show the sequence of how I stitched this. Here’s some of the stitching-in-progress (amongst my cluttered work area(s)): Also, sometimes the stark contrast of different colors trapped in the hoop just looks kind of nifty: And some close-ups of more-finished sweetness, with and…

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fly-by-posting: 2026/06/21 (w/pic)

fly-by-posting: 2026/06/21 (w/pic)

Is there such a thing as mass hysteria for flowers? Today I dead-headed my yucca and what should I find: But…the roses have definitely been confused about bloom time this year (and not just in my garden). So, I guess the yucca has decided to join in on whatever that is?

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SSCS 04: Installment 25 of 34

SSCS 04: Installment 25 of 34

The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 25 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… But San hissed just then, a curse from a millennium gone.  “No, we should keep him by us, close and tight.  Lot is gone.” “Foolish child,” El…

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SSCS 04: Installment 24 of 34

SSCS 04: Installment 24 of 34

The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 24 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… When Ki’s magic came down hard on Du, binding him still, blocking the song of the thing that would have fed his hunger, the half-djinn turned with…

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SSCS 04: Installment 23 of 34

SSCS 04: Installment 23 of 34

The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress This is Installment 23 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘The Heart of the Gull Queen’s Huntress’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! (And the character list is here.) Previously… Better to wait until there were fewer people, though.  Du had drifted away so swiftly, the half-djinn light flaring so bright behind the blacks of his pupils,…

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Hello, Brain-Nook.  Is Anything in There?

Hello, Brain-Nook.  Is Anything in There?

Or, really, the title of this post should probably be ‘Stop Expecting to be Creative When You’re Sick, Anna’. I’ve been sick for the past two weeks.  I think I’m starting to get better, or at least I can now sometimes go a half-hour at a stretch without coughing, versus the two-minute stretches that were the best I was managing half-a-week ago.  Huzza for progress! So, mostly for the past two weeks I’ve been working a little bit, sleeping a…

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