Eye Candy Friday...

...and some catch-up.

Yesterday was my birthday and I decided to take the day off from packing things in the studio. I did a little stitching, a little puttering, and then we went out to dinner.

I took a few photos in the garden before I asked The Husband to take my birthday photo. The yellow hibiscus is still going strong:

The Husband bought a basket full of red verbena and calibrachoa to hang in the backyard:

and the Marc Chagall rose is blooming again.

It was a big birthday, 75, and a tough one to wrap my arms around.  I am blessed with good genes, but still the number gets to me. My mom looked great at 75:

and here is my birthday photo:

I'm rarely happy with any photo of myself. This one turned out pretty well.

WIPs Roll Call
Worked On:

1. My Recipes (cooking)
   Continued adding recipes from my Christmas cookbook and research some of the sources. I wished that I had done a better job of keeping track of the sources, but its a little late now.
2. Dashing through the Snow ornament (cross stitch)
   Started 9/1.

No Work This Week:

1. California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [Ravelry]
2. Website (other) 

Queued for Starting:

1. Moon Lets Sun Shine (or Luna y Sol) quilt (quilting)

Ready for Finishing:

1. Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing)
2. August 1997 Hat-of-the-Month (cross stitch)
3. Happy Pumpkin needleroll (cross stitch)
4. Herding Cats quilt (quilting)
5. Horrified! mini (cross stitch) 
6. La Cat-trina quilt (quilting)
   
7. Peaceful Night (cross stitch)
8. Road to Chaos (quilting)  
9. Sea Dandelion (cross stitch)

IDJ (It's Dead, Jim):

1. Chaca II (needlepoint)

UFOs/Hibernation:

1. Bear Paw pottery (needlepoint)
2. Illusion Cube Blanket (knitting) [Ravelry] 
3. Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting)
4. Ocean Ripples Wrap (knitting) [Ravelry] 
5. Sky Lanterns Shawl (knitting) [Ravelry] 
6. Valley of the Heart's Delight sampler design (cross stitch)