Welcome to 2016

I hope that everyone had as pleasant a Christmas as we did.  I was pretty organized with gifts and planning and mostly just let it happen.  We didn't get a tree up, but did have a Christmas Lamp.  Sorry I forgot to take a photo, but it is just one of our living room lamps but with the addition of an ornament I got during our annual Ornament Exchange - this year hosted by Brenda.  So we were festive indeed.

Christmas was mostly about the kids.  It was so very nice to have all 5 of the grandchildren together at my son's,

The 4 girls (15 years - 2 years)

The newest teen-ager

Once again we delighted in our New Year's Outing to Port Townsend.  Oh so cold, but the weather was simply glorious.

All the requisite food and games and puzzles and sewing - great fun!

And then today was the first CTA Field Trip of the year.  We visited the Bellevue Art Museum's "Counter-Couture"  Fashioning Identity in the American Counterculture.  It was primarily clothing and objects d'art from the 1960's-mid to late 1970's.  Oh my what a "blast from the past" for some of the items.  There were a few that we were not allowed to photograph but here is a sampling.

This was all done by hand as a young woman was 'enjoying' an Italian prison for trying to smuggle drugs

Jeans made into a skirt.  I think I had one of these.

Look closely - all crochet, part of a gender-bending exhibit

Wedding attire for members of the Love Family

Custom shoes, hand embroidered.

Really very fascinating to see.  We were told that the exhibit organizers "interviewed" more than 2000 items for this show.  

One of the very fun things that we did over New Year's week-end was to choose a word for 2016.  Each of us was to select a word that described what we envision for ourselves for this coming year - not really a New Year's resolution but something that describes our attention for the year.  Think about it - what would you choose?

My word was "Completion" as I would really feel happy with myself if I can complete a few more of my unfinished projects.  Thus far none is totally done, but I have made progress on a couple of things:

"Lucy's Baskets" from Bonnie Hunter, in progress

I have also made great strides on two other projects (and the computer isn't cooperating with photos tonight) - one is a baby quilt with a unique border and I have finished 20-10" string pieced blocks and am well on my way to completing the piano key border.  But photos will have to wait, I guess.  So, I am "Completing".  What are you up to in 2016?