Fully Finished Gallery - March 2026 🖼 AND a Happy Belated St. David's Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Since Rachel @Ten Hour Stitcher is on a hosting/posting break, I created this little guy until she returns.

This was a quick little finish especially for St. David's Day, March 1st.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus!

Once I saw this pattern in February by Nia Cross Stitch, I knew I had to get it! I wanted to stitch the Welsh Lady first, then at some point I'll stitch it all.

Here she is with a couple other finishes I have for Wales.

My St. David's Day display for this year.

I bought this sweet pattern while in Wales last summer at Luna and Lola's in Holyhead. Also by Nia!

Too bad the Welsh side of my family was over five hours away, to far to see them.

And for some fun, I merged these two photos at the Philadelphia Flower Show I went to the day after St. David's Day. 😂

Hopefully next time I'll have more?

A St. David's Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Adventure

Since I couldn't make it to Wales that day, I went to the twin city of Havre De Grace instead.

My friend, Jeff, joined me in the adventure.

The big fish made up of lots of little fish.

These are just a few of the wooden carvings on the pier near the Concord Point Lighthouse.

And you can't be near the water without a mermaid!

One of the stores we went to was Washington Street Books and Music. It was like going to a movie museum. Later this year they are going to acquire lots of the Hunger Games clothing, that should be fun to see.

So sad, this was only a few of the stitched pieces I saw in the antique store.

I did find this treasure for only $10. I'm going to replace the duck with a monthly series I'm almost finished with.

All in all, a great day!

The Cream of Leek Soup and Welsh Rarebit that night was delicious, I need to make the soup more often.

Scavenger Photo Hunt - February 📷

WoW, I Wonder What Words I can come up With?! Welcome to the Scavenger Photo Hunt from Katie @I live, I love, I craft, I am me... This Week, it's...

The letter W...

It's been rather snowy here lately, so here's a Winter White Wonderland through the Window.

Winter Wind chimes in Western Maryland, taken by my Dad.

Weathered Welsh flag waving in the Wind.

This was just sent by my Dad this morning - it will be replaced by a new one I gave him last year.

Wee Nathan in the Water with Waves.

Woodsy Walkway in Alaska.

Winking With Uncle Peter!

Walpoo Falls in Walmea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii.

A Wayback photo by the White House in Washington, DC, with the Washington Monument in the background on the left.

Another one taken by my Dad, you can't take a photo like that anymore!

And finally, Woodsy Father Christmas that I stitched for my parents in 1992.

Who knew W could be so Wonderful?!

Thanks for another fun week, Katie. Be sure to see What others have posted.

Day 11 of the Advent Calendar 🎅 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Welcome to day...

of the Online Advent Calendar, hosted by Jo @Serendipitous Stitching!

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please take a look there to start from the beginning. If I looked back correctly, I think this is my 10th year doing this - time flies when you're having fun!

Here we have the Celtic Santa from Wales I stitched for my Dad this year. I asked him how he wanted it finished and he asked for it to be in a gold frame. Too bad Mill Hill doesn't make them! So I'll be looking for one online, or most likely painting it myself.

The second part of the hop this year is sharing what our favourite Christmas book is. I don't really have one for myself, but one that I used to read to Nathan. Sadly, I didn't read it to the Gmen since we didn't have it back then.

It's called the Advent Storybook, 24 Stories to Share Before Christmas. It tells the story of Benjamin Bear's Mother reading him a short story every evening about another little bear and his journey to Bethlehem, and the true meaning of Christmas.

Per Mother Bear, "But it's nice to know that God gives us friends and loved ones to help us on our journey."

So dear friends, I know this is a totally different year that none of us expected, but I'm wishing you a very Happy Christmas and blessings in the New Year.

Thanks Jo, for putting together another fun year of Blog Hops, we really needed it this crazy year. I'm a little behind on my hopping and hope to catch up this weekend.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant hapus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This will be for my Dad, still not sure how I'm finishing it though.

My daffodils have yet to bloom in time for today.

Last year's collage - I 💗 my leggings!

Welsh cakes for the family, also for book club tonight!