Deborah Lee

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Librarian, Writer, Philatelist Professor/Director of Research Impact and AI Strategy, Mississippi State University Libraries

Partially completed cross stitch pattern of Santa with four geese!
A picture of a container of floss, a pile of floss to be cataloged, and a printed out sheet of my Excel inventory log.
Completed cross stitch of Fine Frog Stitching’s Crescent Crab. Stitched on Charles Craft printed 14 count Printed Dew Aida.
Cover of Melissa Murray’s book, The U.S. Constitution.
Partial cross stitch of Beach Quaker - stitched on 14 count platinum Aida by Charles Craft.
Completed cross stitch called May by Lizzie Kate Designs. Small cross stitch showing a carrot, a white gate (with birds!) and flowers in a pitcher. Stitched in white 14 count Aida.
Summer flowers and cottage cross stitch design.
Jar of pickled, diced collard (yes, really!) stems.
Completed cross stitch of the Max Pigeon design “Festive Cardinal.”
Cross stitch project: Festive Cardinal by Pigeon Coop Designs.
Completed cross stitch with a small bird, a hat with a flower, and one very cute rabbit with three flowers.
Cover of Matthew Bounds’ latest cookbook, Keep It Simple Y’all Every Day.
Cross stitch project on hoop, along with the Lizzie Kate pattern, floss in floss bags, and a vintage coffee cup to catch floss discards and to hold the scissors.
Setup to begin Lizzie Kate’s April themed small cross stitch: pattern, material, hoop, needle and scissors, and DMC floss.
Completed cross stitch project - cute toad in a magician’s hat with a jack-o-lantern!
Update of the progress on Shannon Christine’s pattern, Bewitching Toad. A cute toad holding a carved pumpkin.
Completed cross stitch of a forest design, Boreal Bounty by Max Pigeon.
Cover of Marguerite Patten’s book, Feeding the Nation: includes cover 1940s photograph of a young boy watching a woman mix a recipe in a bowl.
Cover of Emma Congdon’s Merry Stitchmas book with Christmas themed cross stitch examples.
Partially completed cross stitch of Max Pigeon’s pattern, Boreal Bounty. Lots and lots of green trees!
Plate of boiled collards, chopped fatback (yes, really), boiled potato, and chopped onion.
Progress on cross stitch project Boreal Bounty by Max Pigeon. About 40% complete.
Picture of the spines of two old Scott specialty albums for the two volume set of South America.
Stack of six cotton crocheted dishcloths.
Partial cross stitch of Max Pigeon’s Boreal Bounty, along with a partial screenshot of the cover of his book, Cross-Stitch in the Forest.
Cover of Carl Honore’s book, In Praise of Slowness. Cover image is a dark background with a feather floating down.
Picture of my latest cross stitch project - very early progress on Max Pigeon’s pattern Boreal Bounty. The 14 count Aida is a light fiddler’s cloth.
Picture of a cross stitch pattern by Max Pigeon. The pattern is called Boreal Bounty and is from his book, called Cross-Stitch in the Forest.
Cover of Lawrence Block’s book: Generally Speaking -All 33 columns, plus a few philatelic words from Keller. The cover has a nice picture of a magnifying glass and a selection of United States stamps.
Image of the 1962 Christmas stamp, issued by the United States. It depicts a wreath, two candles, and the text Christmas 1962, along with the postal rate of four cents.
Cross stitched version of Frosty the Snowman’s head, designed by Shannon Christine.
Cover art from Becky Goldsmith’s book, Hand Sewing: A Journey to Unplug, Slow Down & Kearn Something Old.
Photo of crocheted scarf.
Completed cross stitch of a festive, holiday penguin.
Pattern, embroidery floss, and fabric in a hoop - a setup for my next cross stitch project.
Cross stitch of a Christmas mug design by Shannon Christine.
Cover of Meg Black’s awesome book of Halloween cross stitch designs, entitled Witchy Stitching.
Picture of an unsorted pile of DMC floss.
Finished cross stitch design (pumpkin mug) by Shannon Christine.
A stack of crocheted dishcloths.
Book cover of Dora Ohrenstein’s “The Crocheter’s Skill-Building Workshop.”
Cover of the book Teaching with AI by Jose Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson.
A selection of possible ingredients for Cinco de Mayo dishes: pink beans, Badia Complete seasoning, Goya Sofrito, Goya Recaito, Goya Adobo seasoning, Sazón Goya, and chicken bouillon.
A plastic bin of DMC embroidery floss, sorted by numbers into plastic bags.
Lunch with Spanish rice, TexMex beans, and taco meat.
Bowl of tabbouleh.
Cross stitch supplies, including floss, some fancy needles, floss, and two patterns. One of the patterns is a really cool Moose in a mug waving a Canadian flag.
Bowl of taco veggie stew: canned rotel tomatoes, one can of dark red kidney beans, one can of corn, half an onion chopped, olive oil, taco seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes, white rice, freeze dried jalapeno peppers…served with a good dose of Texas Pete.
Meal of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, and carrots to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day.
Two old box collections of the DMC Color Variations embroidery floss, plus a small portion of one of the included cross stitch patterns.
Stir fried beef with peppers and onions, served with white rice.
Picture of Tex Mex Potatoes: roasted potatoes with cheese, onions, pickled jalapeños, salsa, and sour cream.
+ ruledbylalune 5h A little bit of resistance. 1. Google Gulf of Mexico. 2. You'll see "Gulf of America" show up at the top. 3. Click on the three little dots to the right. 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" text. 6. Select "Inaccurate content". 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in whatever text you want like "The rest of the world calls it Gulf of Mexico". Keep doing it....
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