It was four years on Tuesday that we moved to Cedar Key.  I guess that old saying is true, "Time flies when you're having fun."  Because it doesn't seem possible that I've lived on this slice of paradise for four years.

Four years and I have to say.....we've never looked back.  I've never once regretted moving to such a small town and having to drive 50 minutes for a pharmacy, the doctor, major food shopping or one hour to Gainesville for larger stores like Pet Smart or the Mall.  I still say it's been a fair trade-off to escape the hustle and bustle of traffic lights, crowds, noise, more asphalt than trees.

I love popping downtown to the Post Office knowing I'll bump into people to chat with, wave at and I love that feeling of belonging.  Sense of place has always been important to me.  From the first time I ever visited Cedar Key, I knew it had a good "feel" to it.  Mother Nature had a lot to do with that.  It's difficult not to feel laid back and serene surrounded by water and wildlife.  But the people themselves have contributed to that feeling of belonging. 

Just before I moved here, I'd joined a knitting group in Port Richey.  Held one evening a week at Books A Million.  I really enjoyed that and welcomed the advice and assistance of knitters more proficient that I was, so that was my one disappointment when I moved here.  However, I put an ad into the local paper hoping to form a group here on the island.  It didn't happen, but I continued on with my own knitting and the huge help via telephone of my good friend and expert knitter, Alice, who lives in Salem.

Needless to say, I was delighted to see a notice in the local paper recently that a knitting group was forming.  They would be meeting every Monday afternoon at the Cedar Key Library.  It only took four years and of course, I was there.

There were only 5 of us for the first gathering, but I'm hoping the group will grow.  We did get a bit of knitting done, looked over each other's projects, but the socializing was just as fun.  Chatting about books we'd recently read or want to read.  Exchanging ideas.  That's as much fun as the knitting itself.  So I'm really hoping this group will grow and continue.  Just another reason for me to love my little island.

So here I am four years later and even more convinced that relocating to this little town was a very wise decision.

See you here next time........................