Getting myself together

I've been finding it difficult to get back into blogging.  It all sort of fizzled out in December. But then December is such a busy month and the time just after Christmas is a time when I get a bit lazy, eat too much, drink too much, get up late and seem to lose my energy.

I'm also aware that having been blogging for nearly two years now I am in danger of repeating myself. So I've been running out of ideas of new things to blog about.

But now the decorations are down at last and Christmas has been banished to the attic for another year. The red candles and vases of holly have been replaced with pots of white hyacinths and tete a tete narcissi. I'm liking them a lot, they are so simple and fresh looking after all that sparkle and colour of Christmas. They make me think of spring and give me lots to look forward to.

Now we are into the new year I'm feeling more enthusiastic and want to be doing things. I want to be working in the garden or on the allotment, it just needs to stop raining so I can get out there without slipping and sliding about in all the mud. So I'm starting to get myself together and think about our plans for the allotment this year. I'll tell you about those on another blog.

A year of blogs

I notice that  it's my blogging birthday today. I have been blogging for exactly one year. When I started my blog last year I wondered how long it would last. I really thought I would run out of steam, or words, to be more precise, after a while. But no I'm still here.

I don't know if when I started off I intended my blog to be about anything in particular, more of an online diary of my life, thoughts, feelings etc.  As I look back on a year's worth of blogs I can see that I tend to blog mainly about what I'm doing in the garden and allotment or anything related to those subjects, because that's my main interest. But I've also blogged about family, baking and places we've been to on holiday or days out. I sometimes feel that my life is a bit boring, but if people what to read about it they are very welcome to.

I suppose if you're blogging about the same subject like gardening all the time, you're in danger of repeating yourself as you go from one year to the next. I hope I don't do that, but if I do I apologise.

So I look forward to a second year of blogging and you're welcome to join me to have a glimpse of what's going on in my life and the things I enjoy doing. Thank you for reading my blog and for all your comments.