Paper embroidery

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... was the very first regular craft I've picked up, back in the 1980s, when I was a novice in a convent in Germany. I never abandoned it, and now I've started making embroidered Christmas cards. Here are the first two:



Other than finishing these, I was fairly lazy all day - we both were. Sometimes one just has to. *g*


Currently we are watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics with half an eye. Shoot me, but I find it deadly boring. I'm probably too old and conservative to understand the "progressive message" of this thing, but it reminds me of someone having weird visions under the influence of LSD. No festive atmosphere, no dignity - nothing that I liked in previous opening ceremonies. Feel free to disagree, but that's how I found it. So I gave up on it as soon as the last boat with the Olympic teams arrived.

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I was working at my PC and only hopped over to the telly when Mum alerted me that new boats were showing up with the athletes. Only the last half hour or so did I actually spend in front of the screen because I wanted to see them light the Olympic flame. That was very frustrating. Mum and I had to consume some comfort alcohol afterwards, even though we hardly ever drink.