Palms, blizzards and humidity

I've been able to sneak in a bit of stitching here and there and have made good headway on the palm tree. When I look at how much of the pattern is left, it looks like I barely have done anything. I think that when it comes to filling in the background this project may be in danger of becoming a UFO. Hopefully, I can convince myself to do a little along the way to not have it be such a burden. This is supposed to be fun after all!! I still haven't started my badge for Camp Stitchalot. I've put down some design ideas on paper, but haven't lifted a needle yet. Every year I swear that I'm going to do a generic one that I can take with me every year in case time is tight before camp.
On the home front, I've posted a picture of the San Simeon structure that he's been working on for school. It turned out very well. It would have been neat to build all of the little gargoyles etc, but he only had a month or so. Now he's on to working on his wild boar costume for a play that he's in. I taught him how to hand dye fabric and tie quilters knots so he could use those in the creation of the boar.

Boy, I never thought that I'd miss the humidity from GA! The air is so dry in my house that we have constantly been shocking things. Yesterday morning, my husband told me that my hair made me look like a medusa because strands were standing on end. Luckily, I didn't take it personally and he redeemed himself by hooking up a humidifier this morning. We'll see how long it takes for the humidifier to kick in and start making things a little less shocking!

Well, the news on my brother is not good. The surgeon will be opening him up today and removing the titanium plates. Hopefully, then the staph infection can clear. Once it is under control, they plan on another surgery to replace those plates with a titanium rod.