HAED SAL Start

I only have a small start to show you. It is this year's SAL on the HAED BB, I picked Faerie Bride. I gridded to the bottom left of the page so I could start where I am comfortable. (they give you the pages from top right and I always reorder and start bottom left, but on SAL's you only get one page at a time so this is my compromise to still stitch in the direction I like best). Here is the tiny part I have done so far:

We've been busy moving terrariums around in our office/snake room to fit Onyx's new home. It is a four foot tank and finally enough space for her. I will take some pictures of the new step-up and show you how big Cronus (my hatchling snake) has gotten in the next little bit. That is why there is less stitching than usual to share. I do have progress on dragons from Christmas still but haven't had a chance to pull it out for a picture. My apologies. Soon I'll get to it.

Thank you so much to everyone that commented on my post about Rene. I really appreciated all of your comments and the mutual support everyone has around the community.
I hope everyone is staying warm! It's freezing here at -22C (-30C with windchill), for my American friends that is -8F and -20F. Brrr...

A few people have asked me about the little image I created of Rene's frog stitching. If you would like to use it on your blog I am more than happy to share. You can grab it right from here, or you can email me and I will send you a file.
*hugs* to all as we grieve.

Remembering Rene

Yesterday a beloved member of our blogging stitching community and moderator of ILCS Yahoo Group passed away. I'd like to take a moment to remember Rene and all that she contributed to our virtual world.

Rene was always very sweet whenever I spoke with her or exchanged with her. I gifted her with a pattern a little while ago as I knew she was not doing all that great and she answered with "I'll stitch it up for you". When I told her that it was meant for her to stitch and keep she told me that it was all about paying it forward. It was so sweet of her.
Unfortunately that piece will now remain unstitched by Rene as she progressively got worse.

I'm thankful that she is no longer in pain. Even though she will be dearly missed.
It feels as though there are a few less frogs in the world as of yesterday.
I wish to cherish her memory and time with us, and recognize her huge contribution to our stitching community.

This little frog was stitched by Rene awhile back. She always loved the frogs, but we always love when the frogs don't visit our stitching pieces.