Friday, December 13, 2024

This Here

I will not lie --- things have been very dark for me lately.  Very.  My Christmas tree has been up for a week, a week and a half, with the lights and ornaments in boxes on the floor.  I just couldn't do it.

Today, I forced myself to put them on.  No ornaments yet, but the Army /Navy game is tomorrow, and practically every year, I decorate my tree while watching it.  So that helped some.

I'm not sure why I'm even putting up a tree.  Pretty sure we'll go to Hannah's Christmas Day, so no one's around to look at anything.  Habit, I suppose.

Take a look at his guy:

A cute little sailboat!  It's sort of an odd thing in the midst of everything else, but it's sweet, don't you think?  The pattern has a face on the hull, which I thought made it look creepy/silly, so I made an editorial/designer/whatever decision and left it off.


2 comments:

Araignee said...

Every time I see your sweet little stitching I tell myself to go look for the project I have stashed somewhere that's similar and I always forget. Maybe today.
I'm sorry to hear you are struggling with the season. You are not alone. I always get a wicked case of PTSD right about now seeing how my mother, dad and grandmother all decided to leave this earth at this time of year. I can keep up the holly jolly bit for only so long before I crack and right now the cracks are starting to show.

Delighted Hands said...

I'm sorry things have been rough. I have a huge support system and still feel so alone, I'm crying inside all the time, too.

'Tis the Season

 For TNT and stitching trees. (Sorry for the hoop marks.)