I've started a gentle getting back to cross stitching, but I also go long stretches forgetting about it.
The stitching is upside down and what is shown is the back - because that's how I try to store this so dust doesn't fall on the front side. I had set this aside in our "office" room for I don't know... a couple weeks? Forgotten and neglected. When I saw the morning light falling across it through the semi-closed blinds I thought the effect was kind of "atmospheric", as Linda (a fellow needle worker) mentioned one time regarding another photo I posted, so I decided to snap a picture.
The tabletop stitching stand that I bought a few years ago when my hands started hurting is very helpful as my left hand continues to heal from CMC surgery I had five months ago.
