Treasure to trash to treasure

Heaven. I slept past 7 AM this morning, which is an hour-plus past my normal wake-up call during the work week. I love weekends with no "events"---they seem like a luxury. I love event-filled weekends, too, but variety is lovely. Coffee is a part of my morning routine that I really enjoy. However, I've been trying to kick my addiction to a speciality creamer that contains partially-hydrogenated fat ---- so today I'm trying a bit of honey as a sweetener with a bit of milk. Not bad. Certainly better tasting to me than sugar.

In our township, there is a central location for garbage and recycleable drop-off and it is open Saturdays all year. We've left our old light fixtures there and someone else has recycled them into their house. Well, today, DH came home with a treasure. Someone, most likely a woman, started this tablerunner embroidery kit and there was a matching kit for four napkins. I wonder about the circumstances of how these items became trash to someone. Did someone pass away or was there another reason for this work to be discarded? I think the completed work is lovely.
The embroidery floss for the rest of the table runner is missing but the instructions are complete and list the colors, so the floss should be replaceable. I believe I will add this to my list of projects to work on and complete. I hope the unknown crafter would like that.

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Here's a fun photo of something you don't often see---a resting hummingbird.

Comments

[Julie]

Oh that'll be so pretty when it's finished! I'm doing some much less complicated embroidery today- a tea towel for Dad's birthday.

[Carrie]

What a great husband to recognize such a treasure. It will be beutiful once it's finished!

[Kim]

Holy crap! I was wondering this weekend if hummingbirds ever stopped to rest. Wow, they do. Your DH has a good eye for the crafty stuff. You're lucky to have a town dump! What a treasure trove.