Stitching and Flowers

It was a productive Saturday around here. I did some chores that badly needed doing, got Mount Laundry whittled down to size and even managed to get in a couple of hours on And They Sinned! Here is where I started at 7pm:

And here's how it looked when I put it down at 9:

I would have stitched a little longer but I wanted to go upstairs and have a good soak in the tub. I pulled something in my back today lifting a bag of papers to take to the recycling bin (and I know how I'm supposed to lift, but I didn't of course) so I thought a little time in some hot water would be good for it. It seems to have helped some, so I'll top it off with an Advil before bed.

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I finished reading Harry Potter 2 yesterday -- since the new movie has come out, it only seemed logical to re-read the books -- so now I can concentrate on In The Walled Gardens. The author is Iranian and the book is set in Iran in the late 70s, before the revolution. It's a good book and I'm sure that I'll enjoy it even more now that I can concentrate on it. I borrowed Twilight from my niece, so I should probably read that next and get it back to her.

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I'll leave you with a couple of flower pictures. This is called Bells of Ireland; I just kind of dumped the seeds in the flower box with the nasturtium seeds, so it's amazing that it actually came up and even more amazing that it bloomed. They can get to around 12 inches tall when properly grown and can be cut and dried and used in arrangements. Mine is maybe 7 inches tall and I don't think I'll cut it. I like it where it is.