This is a very colorful bantam rooster - brightly feathered. :) My hen is not nearly this elegant but she sure is colorful!
Today was a quiet day. I managed to make two out of three of my important phone calls (plain forgot to make the third, despite my calendar notes - task for tomorrow). When I woke up, it was chilly in the house because of the outdoor temperatures - my husband told me it was 12 degrees Fahrenheit when he left for work (probably around 5:30 a.m.).
In the process of getting dressed, I decided to put away all my clean clothes (fresh from the laundry my sweetheart did on Sunday afternoon while I was playing with fabric:). In the process of doing _that_, I lost all patience with the junk cluttering up the floor of my closet and had an impromptu and savage clear out. By the time I managed to get dressed an hour later I had filled two garbage bags with 'stuff' - one for charity donation and the other for the clothing/fabric recycling bin at the nearby school. Whew!
So, out I went in my Jeep (it had 'warmed up' to 24 degrees by then) - dumping things that I hope will have new and useful service in someone else's home. :) I drove through the local Taco Bell and bought myself a chicken burrito (sans sour cream) for lunch as a pacifier for my efforts ... and sat in the car at dockside (Lake Elkhorn, near my home) eating and enjoying the quiet view for a few minutes.
By the time I parked again at home, I felt virtuous and entitled to the rest of the day at my embroidery. LOL. Sooooo easy to evade responsibility, eh?
I managed to finish the embellishing of my chicken panel and am pleased with the results. Here is how the finished fluffer looks:
Here is a close up of the rear half of my work (look back at yesterday's post for a view of the face and upper neck:):
Tomorrow I will look for a background print and start making the dust cover for my Nina. I have been meaning to do this for several years and I can't tell you how glad I am to finally get around to it!
:) Linda
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