The West Coast hosts a summer like nobody else. I have been in Facebook, catching up on comments from my friends who are locked up because of rain, are hating the rain or otherwise seem held hostage by weather.
When it rains in BC it is beautiful, when it snows here, it is a wonderful treat. While I was enjoying the breezy sunshine in the Farmer’s Market yesterday, there were snowboarders trekking up to the glacier. Such contrast and yet perfectly “normal” for BC.
I sold something yesterday I didn’t want to sell. Not my body, at this stage there is not much resale value left in this old model ;), but a piece I had just completed and barely had a chance to fondle. Like an elusive lover, it quickly slipped through my fingers and found itself in the arms of another….
Which brings me to the real reason I am posting today. Gratitude.
- The lovely woman who bought my piece actually did take me seriously and sent me a photograph of it. Received with much thanks.
- Someone I taught how to knit a few weeks ago came to the market with a card yesterday thanking me for sharing my gift of knitting with her. I never thought of what I do as “a gift”. What a beautiful reframing of my craft.
- Someone requested a custom hat and then did not want it. Why gratitude? It is a new and charming design which will now be retooled as my new children’s design for the fall.
- The big fat speeding ticket we got on the way home. A financial reminder to take things slow.
