Cheerful things in the weekend studio

This lovely fellow sits beside the ironing board -

And this one in the window, along with the pincushion shaped like the world -

Elsewhere, a lovely box that may or may not be concealing a secret stash of chocolate, and a strange plant that quietly gets on with growing -

The origami flower, well faded, nestling in the christmas cactus -

 ... and the rest of my cactus/succulents collection -

 A bowl brought from Canada holds threads and a darning mushroom -

 ... and most cheerful of all, the fact that there is Work In Progress -

This is the third of the High Horizons series - as a warm-up I'm using bits of fabric that are lying around, like the grey silk organza that was stitched, gathered, and painted (sort of shibori) and later screen-printed with a road pattern. Numbers 1 and 2 in the series are quite different and are awaiting their bindings.