Sometimes, do you ever wonder how you got so lucky? For instance, this:

arrived in the mail yesterday. You could blow me over with some laceweight yarn. Cookie knit me a shawl. Not just any shawl, but the most gorgeous one in creation. (now, you may indeed have a gorgeous shawl but not a gorgeous Cookie shawl, so hush)
The yarn is malabrigo laceweight in the colorway Sealing Wax which is the most wonderful shade of reddish I have ever seen. And reddish, as you may know is the most challenging of colors for the digital cam to capture.

There are Nupps everywhere! I tried nupps once. Notice it was ONCE. They are not easy! Or thrilling! But oh so pretty!

Shawl on porch.
This is about when I got the great idea to get a modeled shot. Those are "Our" favorites, aren't they?

Um, Yeah, NO. That's not right. (how ugly is our old red roofed multi colored shed, though. Note to self: paint that sucker)

Oh, yeah, there is the shawl at least. But not quite right that time.

Where is the shawl?

Sadly, this is the best one. The one with the dried up old man hand. See, Cookie? How wonderful it looks on me?!?
♥
Thank you, Cookie.
I thought I'd try one more time.

But then I thought better of it and saw this little guy sitting in my newly budded lilac tree. Good news all around, right? Shawl, me giving up on a modeling career, blue skies and buds on the trees.
Life is truly good, especially while wearing and fondling a swallowtail shawl made by a good friend.
How did you get lucky today?