Karla, I have just been to YouTube and seen a couple of videos of a guy named Ryan Thomson playing a wooden Irish flute. Is this the same kind of instrument you have? It sounds beautiful and warm. Am I right in thinking that because it's keyless, it's a sort of cross between a standard flute and a recorder? It looks so from the videos I saw.
I used to play the (treble) recorder in primary school, and my sister used to play the flute. I have had a few goes on her flute a couple of years ago (since she doesn't play it any more) but never could get the mouth technique right. Perhaps I haven't persevered enough. It would be nice to get a decent sound out of it someday, but I haven't had the time unfortunately, due to having to concentrate solely on piano for the foreseeable future.
I hope you can find other musicians to play with. If not, perhaps we could get a jam session going over the internet, using llcon? Of course, that would depend on you owning a microphone and a decent sound card, though. I only just found out about the software myself, so I haven't had a chance to give it a go yet. It would certainly be an interesting learning experience, even if it proves unfruitful.