I may have mentioned somewhere that I’ve been following @hardangerrebel on Instagram. It’s been a long time since I did any Hardanger, but I love watching her videos. Better yet, now she has started a blog and yesterday posted a gift pattern. I couldn’t resist …

I used what I had on hand … a piece of linen that had as open a weave as I could find, some Valdani variegated 12 perle cotton, and a Bohin 9 sharp … without a hoop. I’ve made a couple of counting errors, but it’s not too bad for a rusty old hand.

I also made some strawberry trifle, which is what my St Louis daughter most often requested for her birthdays. Not that Meliss is here to help us eat it, but I did send some over to her sister in Austin …

And our grandkiddos got to give out personalized Valentines yesterday. I put together some fortune tellers for the boys (thanks to Nancy for the inspiration) …

Parker and Ellis drew their own Valentines, which I copied for their classmates. Parker very thoughtfully decided to make two versions …

Last, but not least, Don and I are going out to dinner tonight … so we’re not done yet 💕