Mary I grew up seeing mom crochet. She never knitted, but I will watch some of those shows on tv like Little House on the Prairie or the Waltons, and see even the little ones knitting, and it gets to me every time. lol... I will think surely it must not be that hard. I forget though that back then they weren't watching my shows today, and were doing all these different needle skills both out of necessity, and passing the time with family.
Those pictures are nice. I love those flowers, but it is something else seeing the hail on them in that last pic.