I've been working on a number of things concurrently the last little while; a couple of pieces for SAQA, a commission, and research for the next couple of commissions

Nineteen days after the start of a new year seems about right for a year in review, right?  lol

Last week sometime, I was thinking that I really should do some blogging and fill you in on what I've been up to lately; when it occurred to me that I hadn't done my annual Year In Review.

If I were doing it just for you, I'd let it go, because you've moved on by now (!); but I do these for me as well - to track not only what I was up to, but to see if there are any themes or areas that are moving to the forefront; things I might want to explore further in the next year; and find out if there are techniques I need to work on if I want to continue working with it/them.

For newbies to my YIR posts, they're long and wordy. You may wish to skip to the last couple of paragraphs where I talk about what's coming for 2017. (I won't know myself until I get there, I never know what I'm thinking until I write it down!)

So, in no particular order, on to the pictures. :)

...it's a bird! :)

Ever since a friend of mine had a baby (about a year and a half ago - lol); I've become somewhat obsessed with starlings, as the baby's middle name is "Starling". I have no idea whether or not they had a European starling in mind, or whether they even had a bird in mind (!); but a European starling immediately popped into my head.

So when I found that bark while golfing, literally the first thing that popped into my head was "I should stitch this and put a starling on it." So (eventually) that's what I did. :)

It will probably be the beginning of a new bird series focusing on the birds of Ontario; but in the meantime, I've got to finish this one!

Nearly there...

Talk soon!

xo