Wow! It's the End of the Year as we've known it.

Mid-late December...where did this year go? It's been a busy one, but who am I kidding? They're all busy. I can't remember ever not being busy. Busy mom, busy teacher, busy artist/craftswoman, busy gardener (not so much lately), busy traveller(would like to do that more). I've never had any trouble filling my time. There are so many wonderful things to try in this world! For the past couple of years now I have been focusing on knitting. A friend took me to our local yarn store and started me on a scarf about two years ago now. It's been pretty much non-stop knitting ever since. Even my orchids have taken a back seat to knitting.

I think my family is getting impatient with the whole thing. My youngest daughter likes going to the local knitting circles with me. I have yarn all over the place and now have a couple of circular sock knitting machines...though I have yet to make a sock. I just love beautiful fibers and garments! It's really a great constructive pastime. Friends and family make out with special gifts from time to time. My sister-in-law has encouraged me by putting some of my scarves and baskets in her shop, the Dragonfly Center in the La Mesa area of San Diego. I find that it is more rewarding to make things for people I care about than trying to break even selling them. I suppose if my time was unlimited...but then why go there? I already have more things than I can possibly attend to vying for my time. Why wish more onto myself?

Some of my other interests include drawing and painting, flameworking and enameling beads, jewelry making, sewing, embroidery, just learned how to crochet granny squares. I had been working towards a graphic arts certificate a couple of years ago, but got sidetracked. My family and I like to spend time driving our antique cars around and have jamm sessions playing guitars. We are developing more interest in cool small planes...my youngest son got to fly a T-6 for his birthday. We go to the Adirondack mountains in New York to spend time at our family camp. Of course we have to stop and see things along the way so we drive from California to New York every year. This year I hope to go to the Circular sock knitting convention in Maryland too. I think I may fly to New York to see my oldest son when he comes back from Afghanistan...hopefully in the next month or so.

So you see...busy busy busy. And I can't think of how it could be any other way. It's been a wonderful year and there's still a little left to come.