Sometimes....

EvaP (mom) called me the other evening very upset. It was to tell me that my Aunt Esther

(she is the lady on the right, mom on left and yours truly in the middle. ) had passed away. This picture you may remember from when I last visited Rhode Island. Aunt Esther and EvaP were the last 2 of their generation in our family. So of course mom is feeling all this hard.  Esther was married to my dad's younger brother Gene.
The day this picture was taken, Aunt Esther held my hand and smiled at me, she told me I was pretty....growing up we were very close; Aunt Esther, Uncle Gene, Anthony and Eileen their-- children --spent wonderful summers at the lake. I always remember picking the blueberries in the wooded area....and all the other members of Aunt Esther's family there too.  Sometimes there were  so many of us kids running around. Our extended family.  So glad I have those memories.....

On the stitching front... I know, you thought I would show you something... maybe a finish or work in progress. See all the fluff....it was a double feather. I am working on a Dream catcher, and I was one x off someplace in the feather and just could not let it stay. Oh I could have fudged through it..after all it is a feather. Not me, no. It was almost complete too! Besides, the pattern direction say to stitch with 3 strands and I thought I would rather use 2 because of the way I plan to finish this. Well, I am now starting it over with the 3 strands. I only wanted them to be "in the background". Maybe I will like it this way. Today is a work day....so not much will get done on this repair work. Thanks for visiting today...and listening to me. Thank you for being my friends.....have a good day.