Solstice

Today, the shortest day

(at least here ... "down under" my friends have the longest day)

so time to post my Solstice piece.

Winter Solstice

I finished it yesterday evening,

right on time !

I was so happy to receive that indigo dyed thread

(that I sent as white thread to Birgit)

it was the best colour, together with a bit of yellow

to make the stitched "rays" between the "points".

This piece has a tail :

the Kaffe Fasset strip at the bottom

was longer than the (20 cm) side

and I left it on because I didn't know how to proceed, yet

...

Then I found another (blue) strip

that was just as long as the extending end

so I just stitched the two together !

A coincidence (?) that we found something else 

with a tail, this morning ???

You may know that we have two cats in the house.

(they're daughter's, but live at our house for the time being)

About a week ago I suddenly discovered

mouse droppings

in the kitchen and the living room !

The cats are staying in that area at night

(otherwise they sneak up to the bedroom

and we won't be sleeping very quietly ...)

But apparently, our cats are
too well-fed,

too lazy,

or just a bit too old (15)

.....

These last few days we took away the cat food at night,

cleaned the counter top very carefully,

and closed all the cupboards 

where there might be something to eat 

.....

Finally

this morning : there he (she) was

another tail

!

(hmmmmm ... too well-fed for sure !

*

 On this shortest day

we went to Amsterdam

to say a last farewell

to the old mother (97) of a good friend.

They gave her the most wonderful goodbye :

there are some wonderful musicians in that family

and during the ceremony they played several times,

what a special way to remember someone dear !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehc4IIKQ4bg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-imw0fq5C4