Ups and Downs

Little blessings seem to mean a lot more these days.  I generally keep this blog apart from the messes of life -- not so much the little messes, dropped stitches or painting mis-steps or the knitting projects that just don't work no matter how many alterations one tries, those are all part of making things -- but the world is a bit too much with us at present.  David has been furloughed, along with thousands of others who work with him and like him in a place where crowds of people are literally a daily occurrence, and in fact the sine qua non of his career, so that with no end yet in sight for the covid-19 lockdown, there is nothing ahead but uncertainty.  Life is not horrible, mind you -- but it makes me appreciate even more having a little corner away from it all, that is filled with spring flowers and books and miniature desks and yarns, solaces all.  The little prayer rug is progressing nicely, apart from the increasing obviousness that the last bit of 815 floss would not be nearly enough, not even to finish the center section let alone the more red-hungry borders.  I had resigned myself to working everything but the red, not wanting to put it away entirely until who-knows-when.  And then after a full month of her not working, Laura's boss phoned and asked, just as suddenly as the shifts had stopped, if Laura could work the next day.  A great many things have been postponed indefinitely for us now, re-prioritized so that necessities can be managed -- Julia's 4-H lamb must be fed, Postcrossing can be put on hold, we can use bargain shampoo for heaven's sake, painting the house will just have to wait a bit longer -- but since Laura's store carries DMC threads, I scrounged up the 53¢.  A small pleasure, to be sure, but a not insignificant one.

Comments

[Keli]

Having gratitude for small pleasures makes life enjoyable :)

You are making wonderful progress on the rug, it’s going to be stunning.

[Jeanne]

Keli, this chart is I think one of the most beautiful in Cooper's book, so I'm finding it doubly satisfying. Thanks for commenting!