Pitaya

I was supposed to finish two things by Friday, here it is Sunday and just finished Futurecast. I didn't seem to be that busy but first there was work and it’s winter so Mom and Dad are arranging their appointments on my days off so I can drive them, so more sitting in the car and less stitching. My tendency towards large project means that I never got in the habit of bringing it with me.
So here is Pitaya, all pink and sparkly, more so than the pattern called for,  I used a white krenick metallic for the tail, crest and crystal ball, and this cool black/silver krenick for the wings.  I also used some blending filament in the yellow area of the wings just to add a little extra shine. I even had a “what the hell was I thinking” moment when I decided that everyone uses beads where there is supposed to be French knots, so why don’t I do French knots (which may be colonial knots) instead of beads in the border.

 So now it will be back to Cindy, and I've only got backstitching left on the Cabin, so it should be finished by next week.

But I did get stuff watched.
Sleepy Hollow S02 E11-12 And I’ve caught up

Constantine S01 E03-06 And caught up here as well

America’s Next Top Model - S? E1-2This was a guilty pleasure obsession a few years ago and then it got a little to campy and too many sob stories, so I gave up on it.  But now that I have the fancy PVR I decided to record the season and watch again.

The Kittens of Oz - soooooooo cute. And they are getting big. And playful

The Librarians S01 E01-02 I’ve really been looking forward to this one, since it’s a TNT show a channel we don’t get here, I thought I’d have to download it. But a chance remark led me to check not 10 minutes before it started and low and behold, the Space channel was carrying it, lucky me.

Mockingjay Part 1 These follow the books surprisingly well, which of course
means it’s massively depressing, in a good way.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Can’t have Christmas without it. Cause Bumbles Bounce

Exodus: Gods and Kings - Great special effect, but in no way convinced me to enjoy Christian Bale as an actor, however it was much better that last years Noah, but didn’t have the heart of Prince of Egypt. Also they criminally underused Ben Kingsly.