I had cause to celebrate yesterday as I was able to pick up my new flute from Dave and Marlene at Celtic Lands Irish Flutes.  It is gorgeous and has a lovely sound already, even though I have not adjusted to playing it yet.  Every flute is slightly different and so a flute player has to adjust to the instrument over time.  I am really, really thrilled to have it!

Dave’s flutes all come with a case but I wanted something a little more funky than a gun case, plus I need something to carry my whistles as well.  So my son Jack and I scoured some antiquey stores and found a cute vintage Samsonite suit case into which I built foam and supports to keep the instruments safe and sound when traveling.

Every month on the Full Moon, some of my artist friends and I get together to celebrate this monthly natural occurrence as well as our intuitive, feminine way of making art.  Yesterday was the Full Moon so last night Lisa, who just landed a position teaching ceramics, came over with some clay and taught me how to make lovely spherical rattles that, when I looked at them, reminded me of the moon that brought us together.  Here’s Lisa’s nearly complete…

And here are mine and Maddie’s in process…