Ang, I love the jewelry you've made! You are one busy lady. Marcia, I'm with you, I think the computer may be my biggest hobby......the internet is way toooo addictive!lol I started looking around the house for things I've done that I would consider to be a hobby, and I've come to the conclusion that I do a lot of dabbling with different things. I'll do a few items of something and then move on to something new that I've discovered!lol But, I do seem to have a Christmas theme of sorts going on: Here's a couple of Christmas swags I've done. Last year I painted holly on quite a few of these goblets and gave them away for gifts, but of course, saved a set for myself.;0) I've done a bit of cross stitching here and there. Made a few tree ornaments over the years too. These cinnamon dough ornaments still have a bit of scent after 8 or 9 years! I sewed and beaded my tree skirt. A couple of years ago, I etched some snowflakes onto 4" square glass, and made them into coasters, but I gave them all away. But I did keep this candle holder I etched. I've painted on wood as well. And I even made my own amaryllis pots with clay cut outs, ribbon and paint. The table underneath them is one we made and I tiled the top. It was made the right height to sit in front of the living room window for plants to enjoy the southern exposure in the winter. Every year, I make my own table centerpiece with evergreens from the yard. I also make one for my mom when we go up there for Christmas, as well as a pine wreath for her. Now for some non Christmas related hobbies. I've done a few plexiglass paintings. This is the bamboo one that I did last winter. Last year, I made this sign out of barn board, and it's hanging in the kitchen over the sink. I've done a number of silk arrangements over the years, this is my latest one. Now, the direction I seem to be going is, in redecorating my home, so I've been re-designing some furniture pieces that were no longer needed or were a bit out of date. So this is a picture of an old microwave cart that we didn't need anymore, but I re-designed it into a bar cart, with the carpentry help of my DH too.

I had hoped for more writers too. I have been encouraged by my son, mostly, and I think that perhaps you have to be older and have that 'encouragement' to do it. My son, is (ooohh) 52, and is just curious to learn how we got to where we had been before he arrived on the scene and my remembrances of our "gypsy" life during his childhood. We 21st century old folks have lived during such huge changes in our society and in our environment...and even in our values....that we really owe our children a glimpse of how we rose to the occasion of those milestones. Just a thought! Nanny BTW....some old movies that are shown today, show many scenes that our parents aspired to, rather than the fact of life. Not always, but when I see some of them I realize that some of the ideas that my mother tried to make me believe were things that movies told her to aspire to in a subliminal way. Today's entertainment is much more realistic, or is it? I really love the writings of John Steinbeck as he told the truth about the pain of the depression and of the lives, sometimes of desperation, that many people lived. And, yes, I wonder as I see men and women "pan-handling" on the streets of our small community being homeless...are they feeling that same kind of desperation? TMI, sorry.

Thank you all for your kind remarks! I think you all would have a wonderful time visiting this place...I go there often...It is so beautiful all around and end up taking gads of pictures. I guess you could say Beaver Creek State Park is becoming like a family member...

This is really nice of her!! Looking good! I think, everyone should plant a tree in there lifetime. Well...I have planted a few hundred already, just tonight 4 Linden one Oak, all started form seed. Konrad