A Day for Slow

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning...mainly because I didn't do much yesterday, but also, because we're heading out. I'll tell you what we're doing in a minute. I'd planned to get out my sewing machine yesterday, but then we were slow getting out the door in the morning. We didn't even get home from the grocery store until after 2:00. We still had to put away the groceries, and we had to eat lunch, and we needed naps...obviously. (Priorities, People.) So, by day's end, I hadn't even touched the sewing machine. Nevertheless, I did spend the day on my slow-stitching.

First, I finished up the second embroidered section for Block 11 of Raggedy & Friends...this one:

Any guesses what kind of a critter that is?

So, along with the one below, that completes the two embroidered sections for Block 11.

There are just two more embroidered sections to stitch before I can start sewing all the blocks together. These are for Block 12.

As usual, it's impossible to see anything there. Here's the picture from the pattern:

Later in the afternoon, I took the first stitches on the upper section.

It was such a nice afternoon, I took my stitching outside. Smitty joined me on the veranda.

And that was our day. Slow and easy...except for the grocery store. Despite that, no one died, and so it was a good day.

So here's why I'm writing fast. We're heading out to hike the La Jolla Coastal Trail. From what I can tell, it's more of a "walk" than a hike. According to the newsletter describing the hike, we should "[b]e prepared for some heavenly views like you've never witnessed before. This one spot is truly SoCal at its finest." Okay, then. Sounds good to me. I should have lots of pictures for tomorrow's post. 

Put on some comfortable walking shoes, my friends. Bring your binoculars, if you like. Off we go.