No rain today~                            

As I walked with Pascal this morning, I heard this rhythm in my head, and when I stopped to listen, this is  what it  said,

After the rain, Pascal and I
went walking.  My mind
it went a’ talking,
After the rain

After the rain
everything was fresh again,
The air I breathed, so cool
and clean-
After the rain.

Or so it seemed~

When I returned from our walk this morning, I sat down to begin work on the dress I cut-out yesterday. To my surprise, with everything that washed away in the rain, yesterday’s dress idea was gone too! Yesterday, the fabric that I chose for this dress,  (a soft- white background with small,  light-pink polka dots,) seemed like it would be perfect for me to try embroidering an elephant-  I have never done an elephant,  and am eager to try one.

What happened??  After choosing a pretty, matching shade of pink embroidery floss, I picked up the dress front to start smocking. Delicate little “things”  started hopping through my mind-  and they were not elephants. Not even close! Today this fabric said, soft, delicate, pretty, feminine, dainty, lacy-  nothing even remotely “elephant.”

What happened?   You’ve got me~  All I know for certain is that the elephant’s going to have to wait to make her appearance,  for another dress! I only got a small bit of smocking done today, so I’m curious to see if today’s design decision is actually the final one,  or what tomorrow may bring- ?