Flowers for Hannah...

Back to stitching...I've been working on Hannah Cornaby again (aka Jane Atkinson) from The Scarlet Letter.  I've stitched quite a few flowers since getting her out again and I am loving it.  Love the colors and how they pop off the linen.  I am using the called-for AVAS silks on 40 ct linen, forgot the name of it, but could most likely be Vintage Light Examplar from Lakeside.  Here's the verse I'm contemplating using, coming from Hannah's own pen, of course:  

The prayer is breathed, that on each path

Truths own pure light may shine, 

Brightening the sombre hues of earth

With radiance divine. 

Onward and upward, clear and bright, 

May it direct our course

Back to the fountain head of light, 

Its own eternal source. 

Or...I could use this one...

I scarcely dare to think that God

Would give to one so small,

Aught that could cheer another on, 

Or help His cause at all.

But oh!  I prize above all else, 

The power to chase away

Sorrow or pain from those I meet

While trav'ling lifes highway. 

These poems were taken from her autobiography originally published in 1881.

I'm leaning towards the first one...what do you think?  I have plenty of time to think about them.  I'm having a stitch friend chart the words for me so that makes me really happy that I don't have to do that myself!  

Last year my brother and I had the opportunity to submit Hannah's life story to Deseret Book Company for inclusion in their series Women of Faith in the Latter Days, volume two, 1821-1845.  Her story was accepted and I was honored to write her biographical sketch.  The book was released last November and it was so exciting to see her name among other lovely women with Mormon pioneer heritage. 

Well...that's about it for now...wondering if I'll wait another 6 months before updating??  Maybe...maybe not.  In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your summer...I'm just about done with 100+ temperatures here in Utah this year...ready for some cooling down...how about you?