seasonal greetings

Lovely Christmas presents made by Margot (2 years old) for her family with a lot of help from her mum. I really love little ones' abstract painting. I think it was a little hard for her to see how they will look like after firing as the colours are mixed with clay and don't show much. But she was really enjoying the painting bit smartly performing all the tasks. She made me laugh when she refused to use a certain colour just because there wasn't much in the container (but enough to draw some lines!)... This was my final project for this year. 
The year 2011 is going really quickly. I had lots of feelings with all the happenings in Japan and personally but am not sure if I've grown from these. I really hope the new year will be a really peaceful one for everybody.

年の瀬になり、一年を振り返る時期になりました。いろんな気持ちを経験したけれども、それぞれにどう対処していったのか、よくわからないまま過ぎてきてしまったような気もします。
今年はいろんなことがあり、思い考える事がたくさんありました。そのせいか、ホントに短い一年でした。皆さんにとってはどんな一年だったのでしょう。来年は皆さんにとっても健やかで平和な一年になりますように。（こちらの風習に従い、クリスマスの挨拶を年始のご挨拶に代えさせていただきます。）