Royal Blue

I've long been fascinated by peacocks (but then, who hasn't?). Near our church in rural South Carolina, where I grew up, a family friend kept a gigantic concrete swimming pool open during the summer. We'd go swim, and the peacocks in the surrounding woods cried their weird cries.

Freehand embroidery in a pretty nifty frame I came across (free with purchase - click here to check it out)

Peacocks are regal, in the way they strut around, but it's really their colors that make them seem so rich. I came across some iridescent floss that almost glows in the deep colors, and rather than going with the full palette for this little kingly fellow, I focused on the royal blue.