by Patricia Sahertian | May 1, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch, photography
friday morning: i sat in the yard to get some sun this morning. we are visited by humming birds this time of year. i thought i would capture one with my camera. the shot is a little dark, but i enjoyed watching it. eggplants are cooking in the oven, Melitzanosalata...
by Patricia Sahertian | Apr 21, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch, painting
tuesday: laura campbell, daughter of mother, sister of adolph blaine. this image was of both laura and blaine together, but i wanted to do more of a close up of her. here’s a little history of wheeling, west virginia around the time the velvet photo album was...
by Patricia Sahertian | Apr 2, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch, painting
thursday: bean soup for lunch. i love to doctor up a can of beans. today i used some veggie broth and tomato sauce as a base, added the beans, garlic and tiny pasta shells. when it was cooked, i threw in some tomatoes, avocado and lemon zest. we topped it off with...
by Patricia Sahertian | Apr 1, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch, painting
wednesday: this is p.c. mc henry. he was born in 1887. i don’t know why i am so drawn to these old photos, or why i feel the need to figure out who they are and how they relate to one another, except to say that they are like ghosts from the past haunting me to...
by Patricia Sahertian | Mar 24, 2020 | corona virus series, cross stitch
monday: today i worked on the “ruth” and “wendell jones” series, then i thought it might be fun to try my hand at cross stitching on a photograph. i scanned an old photo from my collection, took it into photoshop, added a grid, printed it on...