of a New Year - 2011. Today has been a rainy one, all day. Gave us time to take down and put away the Christmas decorations and tidy up some. Start the new year fresher and cleaner.
New Year's Day dinner will be a traditional Southern offering -ham, collard greens, hoppin' john, brussel sprouts, cranberry sauce and cheddar garlic biscuits (more veggies and fruit). It is supposed to bring good fortune to the consumer. Tradition. DD is cooking a similar meal in her home. Family tradition. They have different traditions up North I am sure.
So, I am preparing to take some classes- those designed to improve my creativity, increase my knowledge and add to my skills in counseling - also designed to improve me. My first classes began today - a year long-one called "One Little Word" - and a month long one called "Picture Winter". For "One Little Word " I had to pick a word for the year - one that has meaning to me - or one that picks me. My word - grow. A lot of work to do on one little word. Work to build my understanding of the word. And the ongoing photograph prompts to spur me to be better at this photography I love so much.
I was overwhelmed and overjoyed by the visit to the Booth Museum yesterday, to see and enjoy the work of Ansel Adams on display there. His work is intense - textured - emotionally powerful - and amazing. It was a wonderful experience and I got to share it with my DH. It was one of the adventures I wanted to experience before the end of the year and did. I only wish I had the eye and half of the talent he had. My photos have improved, but still resemble calendar photos at best. I can only continue to practice and work for improvement - but the talent remains hidden, if there is any. Still, there is a lot to inspire me here in the mountains and I will continue to seek it out in classes and in the land around me.
SO, the beginning of a new year ...new adventures....the time and place to grow....in this house of restoration in my woods of serenity....
Be blessed,
K.
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