Thursday, March 31, 2011

Basketball, Stitching, and Other Random Thoughts

What does a chicken have to do with basketball?  Well this small Prairie Schooler piece is my companion at University of Oregon basketball games.  While most schools are done with basketball Oregon has been playing in the CBI Tournament.  Last night they beat Creighton in a best of three series.  The series is now tied up, the Championship game will be in Eugene on Friday - College Basketball in April!  Who'da thunk it!  So anyway as this piece is very portable, I took it to the game last night and stitched a bit before the game, during TV time-outs, and at half time.  It now looks like a fat little hen...now on to add the chicks! 

The days continue to be gray, gray, gray.   But Spring provides its own splashes of color. 

Daffodils...

Pansies...

Muscari...

Yet more Pansies...

More daffodils - I love the contrast of the while outer petals against the butter-yellow trumpets.

And a blue smiling face!

1 comment:

Ann at Beadlework. said...

I love the "blue smiling face" - when you look at a simple flower you realise it's not so simple after all.