We have been having a gentle ease into autumn with just one overnight frost so far and temperatures reaching into the double digits most days. We did have a terrific thunder and lightening storm the other day that brought unique clouds overhead looking like something AI generated. These are called Asperitas clouds. Even the clouds are fancier these days. I only ever knew of Cirrus and Cumulus clouds growing up.
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| Cindy Broderick photo |
From a thrift store...An old needlepoint piece- date says 1992, worked from a kit many years ago. This would make a great cushion.
I've continued slow stitching the Autumn Quakers design...lots of acorns in this piece and all fun to stitch. That leaf is going to have to come out...I don't like how my threads worked with the called for. Come to think of it, I'm not fussy about that right petal? and how the yellows turned out either. Up very close like this, you can see the 28 ct. Cashel linen has a faint mottled effect which suits an Autumn design.
I moved my outside plants back in and have them all comfy for the winter months. They are sitting in the very large dining area tall window. Speaking of plants, there is still bloom to be found outside. Like the Spirea which is so long lasting. Aren't these pinks pretty!
Last post, I mentioned feeling low. I actually went a little lower after writing about it but am now feeling a bit better. Hard to fit on a scale but have to say I'm getting through that foggy, mopey feeling. I appreciate all your suggestions of what I could do...all of them brilliant. They had a positive effect on me too as it is good to know others have felt similarly...and it is not selfish to feel sad when everything is going more or less well and you know you have it a lot better off than other folks have it. That last bit really applies to my thinking. No it is not my thyroid for those who helpfully suggested that which is something I would not have thought of. 
I have experienced a lot of loss (but no more than many, many folks have withstood) and my 3 am thinking sometimes takes me there to those moments. It seems to be a requirement of this brain of mine that I periodically review these old things plus add fresh worry for my family, often in the middle of the night...I sincerely wish all that would leave me alone.
But as my doctor said, we wouldn't be human if horrible events, those personal and even those far away from us, didn't make us feel somber and even sad at times. So still wallowing a little here, big sigh.
Thank you all for writing to me, wishing me well, commiserating and offering so many wonderful suggestions too. 💗
