It's the end of January, and winter in Mississippi is quite different from in other parts of the US. I have really enjoyed the beautiful snow pictures posted on Facebook by friends in places like Massachusetts (
Holly Knott, for instance), where the temperature dropped to -10 degrees.
My yard shows dead orange trees (we did have some days of 16-18 degrees which killed these and the Meyer lemon tree), lots of dry leaves and pine straw carpeting the ground.
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| Washington Naval Orange tree |
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| Blood Orange tree |
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| Crotons survived (in the garage) but pitiful |
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| Rosemary thriving--even blooming! Also parsley below it. |
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| Nandina putting on a show of colored leaves and red berries |
There has not been much quilting activity this month. It's amazing how much emotional and mental energy is required just to deal with healing and physical therapy three times a week. After seven weeks I am glad to be driving myself again and looking forward to the time I can say there's no more pain.
When I did begin to want to stitch again, I began repairing an old, well-loved quilt for a friend. It was not creative or challenging, but there was pleasure in holding a needle and thread and knowing I was giving new life to a treasured quilt a grandmother had made many years ago.
(Click to enlarge and see the wear and age damage.)
Of course, when I was taking pictures, Tarbaby and Elizabeth thought I had spread the quilt out for them.
