spool ornaments, 2 1/4

This past week, Needle Nicely had a sale celebrating its 35th year in Vero Beach.  It was such a success that my shop stitching time was tiny.  I only managed to locate the perle for stitching the angel's face from the shop "stash".  I did start her face using the diagonal mosaic in DMC perle #5.

 If you look closely near her chin line, you will see the end of my waste thread--I didn't knot it, so I can't call it a waste knot.

Vero Beach's population  dropped drastically March 31 when the majority of renters left town (most rentals are from Jan 1 through March 31).  The next batch of renters left yesterday, renting from Jan 15 through April 15.  If you've ever been anywhere near I-95 on either of those dates, you know it is the worst place in the world to be.  On March 31 and April 1, it is almost bumper-to-bumper traffic out of Florida, through Georgia, and then places North.  If I were a March 31 renter, I would take a motel room for two days before I started the drive North.  Much easier on the blood pressure!