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Daphne

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I'm sorry, dear blog, for the neglect. I've been away from home (i.e. in an office) a lot these days but today was spent home with an unwell child, so I took the opportunity to take some photos. We also did some crafty things, made lemon and honey drinks, watched cartoons and listened to an audio-book of Roald Dahl's The wonderful story of Henry Sugar. I seem to have missed that one as a child – what a great story!

The big bunch of daphne is from my favourite shop in Newtown, Next Stop Earth. I do have a daphne plant in a pot, but I worry that cutting it will set it back indefinitely. I feel quite lucky that it has flowers at all, given all the wind and cold of late.

And the free-form embroidery was done in white thread on a beautiful dark pink linen. Similar to the colour of the darkest bits of a daphne flower.

Hope you have a relaxing weekend ahead.

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8 responses to “daphne hued”

  1. susan hall Avatar
    susan hall

    how lovely those two photo’s look together, such a perfect combination of shades of daphne.

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  2. steph@woolythyme Avatar

    i’m sorry it took a sick child to bring you home and to the blog….but I’m glad you had a chance to slow down a bit and share these beautiful pics with us!! 🙂 lovely

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  3. sharyn Avatar
    sharyn

    Beautiful Melissa, your stitching always inspires me..thankyou for sharing xx

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  4. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    Dear Melissa, the daphane is divine as always. The only thing to make me feel better is seeing the All Black haka before they smash the Wallabies tonight. Cheers to you and other Kiwis from Newcastle, NSW (Karen)

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  5. Pips Avatar

    Your stitches are beautiful. Can’t wait to meet you at the craft sessions!

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  6. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you so much! ill look forward to meeting you too! 🙂

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  7. Ruth Avatar

    Henry Sugar is one of my favourite Roald Dahl books, I’m eagerly awaiting the time when my little one is big enough to enjoy it!
    Love the daphne, thanks for the memory of the beautiful bush we used to grow when we were living in colder places.

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  8. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you ruth – love that you are a henry sugar fan too : )

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