There hasn't been a tremendous lot of stitching done around here lately, though I've made a little progress on a couple of things. I stitched on Sophie's Stocking last weekend and got to this point:
Then I made the horrible discovery that I'd miscounted and would have to frog. The point where I discovered the mistake was at the stitch connected to the lower needle; it was late in the day and I was getting tired so I decided to just groan and put it aside for another day, as I envisioned having to take out most of the wing that I'd stitched that day. As I thought about it from time to time this past week and remembered how I'd stitched the wing, it began to dawn on me that maybe the frogging wasn't going to be as bad as I'd feared and, indeed, when I took a good look at it today, I realized that I would have to pull out only 3 stitches. 3 stitches! I can cope with that! So I re-did the stitches and managed to make a little more progress:
I've been working a little bit on Margaret Havelock but didn't make enough progress to make it worthwhile to take a picture. I did do a little bit on Spring Sampler number 2 last night. This leaf border is allllll around the piece, but it's broken up in places by the little yellow-ish berry thingies, so those will make it more bearable. I'm planning to go to stitch night on Friday, so I may take this piece to work on.
Finally, doesn't this look yummy (and, I have to say, kind of pretty)?
A couple of years ago, the New York Times published a list of summer salads (hope the link works) and this is #8 - mango and jicama dressed with lime juice and chopped mint. I made this for lunch last Sunday. I found the mint a little overwhelming, so will probably go a little easier on it next time. You can also use radishes instead of the jicama and cilantro instead of the mint. The radishes would probably not be as sweet but would add a little more color and are a heck of a lot easier to cut up, especially for those of us who are klutzy and manage to take a hunk out of the skin over their knuckles when attemping to slice off the top of the jicama, but I wouldn't know anything about that, of course. I first found the list on Laurie Perry's website.
All is otherwise quiet on this front. I will be stopping by Home Depot tomorrow after work to purchase one or two of those no poison/no touch mouse traps. I have 2 cats and have been finding signs of mice in the laundry room. Next to the litter boxes. ("Yo, mouse! How's it goin'?" "Howdy, cat. Looks like another nice day.") Sigh.
Happy stitching, all!
