I love designing clothing. I've lucked out and have a handful of clients here in the Valley. It's great to see it get from sketch to stitch. I baby my garden and watch my yard get green. It's amazing what can grow in the Valley of the Sun. The veggies go wild and I have five differnt tomatoes growing crazy. I can't wait to make gravy! And the roses? Oy vay! They're incredible!

I love designing clothing. I've lucked out and have a handful of clients here in the Valley. It's great to see it get from sketch to stitch. I baby my garden and watch my yard get green. It's amazing what can grow in the Valley of the Sun. The veggies go wild and I have five differnt tomatoes growing crazy. I can't wait to make gravy! And the roses? Oy vay! They're incredible! While the grass grows, I work on books. I published one two years ago and have the second one half-way complete.

[Shimmer]

I like to give in to moods, I feel refreshed afterward.

Sitting outside watching thunderstorms.

Making my own versions of Frappucino.

Writing new (and cheesy) lyrics to well-known songs.

Listening to music from parts of the world I have never been. Especially Pakistan, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Finland, etc.

Wandering around art museums (if I can drag my husband in!)

Playing games, but only if I win.

Coming up with ideas for paintings that will never be painted because I am not an artist, but it lives in my head.

Writing letters, instead of e-mails, to friends.

Playing with my puppies with no other plan in mind.

Trying to learn Gaelic.

Reading old classics and finding quotes that have deeper meaning.

Finding a place that is silent and seeking.

(I wish I had time for this kind of thing... right now life seems too crazy....)

~~Shimmer~~

[Pastachef]

Nancya, I love your line about watching your kite chase the sky. You could do a really nice poem around that line.

This is a great thread!!! It shows the quality of the people here - can't create if you don't enrich the soul...

I love gliding on the ice (obvious). Playing hockey, to me, is one of the most liberating things I can do at times (next to "inventing" a new dish). There's strength and creativity; passion and grace; collision and cohesion. Pulling together as a team; rooting for friends. It's a great escape.

I also write and dream of going to places I've never been.

Watching my kittens grow up thinking they're human.

Spending time with my babe -- she inspires me.

HP

[Pastachef]

Gliding on the ice..., What a wonderful feeling of freedom. Flying must feel the same to birds. Kittens??? Oh, how adorable And a baby? You have a handful of heaven in your household, Hockeypuck.

[Pastachef]

Love your post, Shimmer. You sound like a free spirit.

Thanks PastaChef! Yes, I believe I'm very lucky in many ways. And the babe, well... it's my fiancee. But you're close - she responds very well to that name too. LOL!

HP

[Pastachef]

LOL! It doesn't matter. When you are with the person you love, you really do have a little patch of heaven.