Erd

It all began around midnight, with a cup of weak tea sweetened with a mere drop of honey.  In my weariness, the notion to sew Seth a present with these cloth scraps crossed my mind.  No family members were awake to scold or question me, so I began.  Seth's birthday was coming in a week, and he deserved nothing but the best.  

I sketched some vague idea of a badger-seahorse-thing on a scrap of cloth and immediately began snipping and stitching.  I'm not aware of which techniques I employed, or even if I used technique at all.  All I know is, thread was going through needles and needles were poking holes and the badger-seahorse-chameleon was coming alive. 

There was a lovely storm the other day...

Oh, you want to see Erd?  Well, so does Seth.  But I've wrapped him (Erd) comfortably in a purple cloth and put him to sleep in this blue gift bag, not to awaken until Seth's birthday next week.  So you must wait.

Note: Although I made Seth's present (and typed this story) an entire week early, I've managed to "publish" this post a week late, for this reason: It so happened that Erd, in his blue bag, was left behind at home while my family traveled out of town to run soccer camps.  Seth's birthday is nearly past, and I had nothing to give him.  I considered deleting this post altogether, when a fortunate circumstance occurred.  Thanks to a willing friend, the blue bag has been retrieved. Seth will receive his gift tomorrow.