Paradis Perdu - found once more!

As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to pull out some stitching which hasn't seen the light of day for more than a year. I started Paradis Perdu at the start of 2012. I made great progress on it but suddenly lost interest and put it aside after only two months. Here's how it looked when I last saw it.

This one is designed by A Mon Ami Pierre and is truly a lovely piece. The colours are all so pretty. I'm doing a silk conversion on this one using Vicki Clayton Hand Dyed Fibers. I have this one stretched on an 11 x 11 Q-snap and I think I just got tired of handling the frame. It's not the easiest piece to take on the road with you either. Despite it being so cumbersome, I took it with me this past weekend when I went to visit my mom. Most of the progress was made just prior to my going away. There wasn't a lot of time for stitching during my visit home.
Here's where it stands at this point.

I just finished Adam and Eve before bed last night. Eve is looking a little flat chested if you ask me! The silk conversion for their skin was just a little too light and faded away into the background so I decided to use the called for DMC. I'm using a Queen Anne's Lace as my fabric. I love those funky birds (peacocks?) although I'm not entirely in love with the colours used to stitch them. I still have to finish stitching the apple tree but since it's fairly large I just might stitch a few other smaller motifs first. 

This was the only piece I touched on the weekend. We travelled home to my mom's place to attend the funeral service for my uncle who passed away just before Easter. My mom was still in Florida so they waited until she returned home for the service since this was her only sibling. My uncle goes to join my aunt whose service was held last year on the same date. They were the only aunt and uncle that I had. My father was an only child. The trip home gave me an opportunity to see my cousins once again as well as my sisters and their families. We all went out for supper on Saturday night at a local Greek restaurant owned by friends of my sister. Here's a great pic of my Mom and Step-dad that Bob snapped. Would you believe my Mom is 82?!

Despite the occasion, it was wonderful touching base with my family. We also checked up on Bob's mom who is slowly going  downhill. She is now 94. 
I did nothing but eat out all weekend and now I feel like a giant beach ball. I've hardly eaten at all since we returned home.

Viktor & Irina are on hold at the moment although I will be taking them along with me to my Wed. afternoon gathering. Thank you for all the wonderful comments I received on this one. The verdict is still out on which colour I'll use for those small flowers. I think they're not showing up because I'm not using the called for fabric. I went with LSL Pearled Barley since I already had that one in my stash. It can take up to a month for me to receive fabric that I order.

I was fortunate enough to make a pit stop at Thread and Eye in London, ON during my trip home where I picked up some remnant fabric for ornaments as well as some floss and floss bags. Gosh I miss having a needlework shop in my area!!

That's it for now. I apologize for my lack of visits to the blogs lately. There just hasn't been enough time in the day. Hopefully now things will settle down some. I see that the snow has now melted in the back yard and I have access to the gazebo once more. If the sun would just stay out long enough I'd be out there now!