Well, here in South Africa we still have 7 hours to go before 2012 but in Sydney Australia, 2012 is already almost 2 hours old.   Fantastic fireworks display at Sydney bridge once again - go Oz!    ....Makes you think; most people dont consider that time as we know it is purely a man made concept.  All  the hours, days, months and years that we live by, are controlled  and regulated by, actually does not exist in reality.   There is no time as we know it, in the universe.  There is only change.   
Speaking of change, the reason I have been absent from here recently is because we have been very busy sprucing up the art studio in readiness for 2012!  Yep, threw out junk,  walls painted pristine white from top to bottom, easels cleaned of the year's accumulation of paint buildup, new canvas stock stacked and ready for creative endeavours.  Its all systems go!    I have at least 10 paintings in my head at the moment - just waiting for me to find the TIME to do them! 

Back to here and now:  Happy New Year to one and all!  May 2012 bring you good health, prosperity and much happiness