I had the most marvellous weekend. On Saturday we had good friends from Ethiopia (though they are Australian actually) over for lunch and served them a yummy Vietnamese dish, which we figured they’d appreciate because Asian style food can be hard to concoct in Ethiopia. I don’t know that fish sauce makes it to Addis – I certainly never saw any! We had a great time and I was pleased to find that gluten free self saucing puddings do work, even when you also take the egg out!<\/p>\n
Yesterday I did heaps of stitching on my Portuguese whitework, getting quite a number of squares and rectangles done. It was while embroidering on the weekend that I realised how VERY much I am enjoying this form of embroidery. It is just so satisfying. I love the elegant drawn thread work. I love the pretty bullion motifs. I love the white. I love stitching it. I think it is absolutely gorgeous, and I enjoy every minute of it.<\/p>\n
I suddenly realised that I am getting a lot more enjoyment out of this embroidery than I have in a long time. That’s not to say that I haven’t enjoyed the embroidery I have done over the last while – I definitely have. But I am just enjoying this SO much more. Its like the enjoyment levels have just gone up a notch from high, to even higher!<\/p>\n
I came to see that I have a new favourite form of embroidery: Portuguese whitework. How happy am I! What a joy to have a job I adore so much!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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