Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow - Header finished, dreaming of California on such a winter day...

I am so glad to show you my first block of Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow!
It is very funny to stitch, I love subjects and colours..it's the perfect design!



It is March, really? We are having a huge snow in those hours, and it is still snowing while I'm writing. I love this kind of weather! But as I am so cold, I started thinking of the song "Californa dreaming"...and my head went back to this summer when I was in the USA.

You can imagine how I was happy to be here!



Ad this is the first place after California border on the Route 66:



As the songs says, "I'd be safe and warm if I was in LA"...so here's my LA pics even if I'm not getting warm seeing them!) :)

This is our first sight of the Pacific Ocean in our life...behind us, the plate where Route 66 officially ends...it was such an emotion after traveling from Chicago along 10 states of the US... Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and California...



A memento left on Santa Monica Pier..



..going on to the beach...close to the Pacific Ocean for the first time in our life



Here it is! The beach, the Ocean...and a brand new lifeguard :D Baywatch theme was in my head :)



An unforgettable trip....
until next time,
in stitches
Sara

it's Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow....again :)

Hi again!
Another block is done, this is from Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow, block VII. I loved stitching this one, even if the snow, stitched with Thread Gathered silk "Mint Frost" was tooo long!


This is my Christmas at HRH situation..two blocks done, ten blocks to go...it's a long long road...!


Last saturday I went to a stitching and crafts fair, in Bergamo, there was a lot of good stuff, but this was the one I loved best.
Those are Nicoletta Farrauto's works, ( http://niky-nikyscreations.blogspot.com/ ) aren't just beautiful? I loved them on her blog, but seeing them finished...wow, that was awesome.






Nicoletta's works were hosted at "Point de Marque" stand, which is a needlework shop located in Milan (http://pointdemarque.com)
Look here, those are other wonderful stuff of them



I also met Livia of Rovaris, www.rovaris.it , I did not talke pictures but go and visit her site, she has wonderful charts and other things!

and...this has nothing to do with stitching, but I just want to share...I found those earrings this morning..I thin I will not wait until the 4th of July to wear them!


Have a nice day, or evening!
For me it's evening, time to stich and watch some politics on tv!!
Sara

Again from 2009

I would like to share some other finshes of 2009.


This is a picture of the presents that I gave to dear BF for our 12th anniversary, in November 27th 2009. We spent a weekend in Dublin and it was lovely!
I stitched two Carriage House Samplings charts and a Renato Parolin one. I made three pillows. Then, I added a picture taken this summer at The Joshua Tree Park in California



This one is what I call "Autumn Basket",filled with Prairie Schooler charts, all pillow-finished. Seems like I'm in a pillow period, right? :)
I love this basket, and even if it's Winter is still being displayed in my home!!

Until next time, yours in stitches
Sara

Greetings from Rolla, Missouri!

Hi! I am writing from an hotel in Rolla, Missouri. I have reached Missouri after traveling along the whole Illinois. I loved it, and I love Route 66!
Today I have been in St.Louis, and of course on top of Gateway Arch, it was awesome! Tomorrow plans are to arrive in Kansas and Oklahoma!

No cross stitching in those days..no time at all!

I am enjoying USA so much...I love this country!

Greetings!

Dancing in the dark!

This is a non-stitching post..but a ROCK'n'ROLL post!

Last tuesday I went to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert in Turin. It was a GREAT one! 3 hours of pure ROCK'n'ROLL music, and the Boss was astonishing! Here's some pictures:

You can't start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark

New York and Philadlphia memories...December, 26th 2008 to January, 3rd 2009!

I spent a wonderful time in the United States at the end of 2008. I was in the city that never sleeps..New York. And I was also in th city of brotherly love...and th cradle of the USA...Philadelphia! Here are some pictures... hope you like them!

"It was a cold and wet december day when I touched the ground a JFK"... U2 sang in 1988...this is my first night in NYC...and a hot dog to celebrate it!

Serendipity!!!!! This is their "Frrrrozen Hot Chocolate"! We had one in two after the dinner...it was enough!!!

Outside Serendipity

...no comment.........Dylan's Candy Bar......... you have to visit it if you go in NYC...it's a real heaven on earth!!!

Wall Street Bull!! We had to fight against lots of people but we won and we took the picture! Hehe! My dear friend Enea said to me that in his 4 trips in NYC was never up to take this picture..better luck next time, my friend! Hehe! :D

Of course...a Guinness...to celebrate the New Year!!!!!!!

Wall Street - New York Stock Exchange. Here is my boyfriend wishing good luck to the $$$ he put in there!! :D

New Year's Eve in Times Square!!!! One of the coldest evenings in my life...naaah, the coldest one!! But I really felt like I was at the top of the world that night!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you think it was cold???? :D We went in Times Square at about 10 AM to catch good places...we had good places...but the wait was long...and cold...and it was snowing for a while...the only snowy day of my holiday!!!! Grrrr....!!

The city of brotherly love! Philly.... Philadelphia!!!!

Before arriving at the Liberty Bell...there was some pictures and stuff, related to the Bell story...this is an embroidered piece of the middle '800....I could never miss this picture!

A really exciting moment: me, dear BF and the Liberty Bell! I felt a little american there...!

Nothing else to say.... the birthplace of USA! And I was there!!

This is where the Declartation of Independence of the USA was signed in 1776... I think that after this visit I will start to celebrate the 4th of July too!

And now...me and ROCKY BALBOA! The Italian Stallion, the Champion of Philadelphia.....ADRIAAAAAN!!!!

Hey..we climbed ROCKY steps!!!!!!!!!!! So funny!!!!!!

:) This was somewhere in Soho...

Devastated by shopping at Bloomingdale's.....how funny!!!! (well, my bank account did not have much fun actually...hehe)

Whato to say...Central Park...Strawberry Fields Forever!!!! I also visited the Dakota Building..."Imagine all the people...living life in peace..."

On the Top of The Rock, at the Rockefeller Center...me, my boyfriend and the Empire State Building! :)

Ice skatingat Rockefeller Center!!!! One of my dreams comes true....it was my very first time with ice skates!!!

I didn't resist...I had to stop someone skating and ask him to take me a picture....I am really at Rockefeller Center

Here I am at MoMA, together wih my beloved Andy Warhol...oh well, I'm with his Campbell soup... :) It was SO exciting!!!!!!! I love Andy Warhol and staring in front of his works was so amazing! ALL at MoMA was AMAZING!!

How I loved Starbucks!! It was my repair from NYC cold! Doppio Espresso Macchiato! Here I am at the Starbucks near MoMA

Top of the Rock: me and Central Park!

I have more than 1000 pictures...so you can imagine I have a lot of memories...I wish to come vack soon to this beautiful country...USA!!!! :)

Sara