Tuesday Thirteen (copy)

Today’s Tuesday Thirteen is thirteen things beginning with the letter " E ", that have some relevance or meaning for me. As usual they are in no particular order!

1. Eastenders. This is just about the only thing that I watch. I am hooked!
2. Eyes. I am fascinated by eyes ... The windows to the soul.
3. Ear wigs. Nasty, nasty things. I can't stand them. They sometimes get in the washing when it has been hanging outside to dry.
4. Elephants. I love Elephants, they are such beautiful creatures. So big but so elegant too.
5. Exercise. Not too sure what this is, but I'm sure that I probably need to do more of it!
6. Exeter. This is a very large cathedral city in Devon and it is where we bought our second home. We lived there from December 1982 until December 1983. Just one year! It was a lovely house but we decided to move back to Hertfordshire. We moved on the 27th of December.
7. Eddy. A very good friend of mine who I got to know when I worked at Bretton Woods school years ago. He is the care taker there. Bretton Woods school is closing as well as Walton, so Eddy will be moving to the new Voyager school.
8. Embroidery. Over the years I have done a lot of embroidery. I particularly like cross stitch. I have done small projects such as cards and really large projects such as the Guardian Angel that hangs in my bedroom and is about 2 feet square. That took years of working on and off to complete. My pictures are all around our house.

This is my Guardian Angel. It's not a good photo, but I just took it quickly this morning. I will take some photos of my embroidery to post later.

At the moment, I am doing a little birth sampler for Elle and I also have a "signature" table cloth on the go. The idea behind this is one that I read about in a magazine and also something similar to a project that they did in our church many years ago. You get a good quality white linen table cloth and then you get any one you want to sign their name on it or write a message. You then embroider over what they have written to form a permanent keep sake that you can get out for special occasions. Hopefully, although it will always be a work in progress, you will get the names of all the people who are important to you over the years. It becomes a history. Fortunately I got my Mum to sign it before she was unable. It's a very shaky signature, but it's there.
9. Excitement. I think that I am quite an excitable kind of person and I can get quite excited over the smallest things.
10. Ear rings. I have had pierced ears since I was a child and I have a large collection of different ear rings ranging from studs to glitzy danglies. Mainly all cheap ones!! This is the only bit of me that is pierced!!
11. Easter. Another favourite holiday time. I was confirmed at Easter too, so it does have a special meaning for me.
12. Emeralds. Another one of my favourite stones, although I don't actually own any.
13. Eggs. I love Eggs and eat them every day, Usually poached on toast for breakfast but I like them boiled, fried, scrambled, anyway really!