Ten Reasons to Write this Blog...

1. I like words, always have. I used to enjoy stringing them together to effect, but have fallen out of the habit of trying these last years. Perhaps I will fall back in. 
2. To avoid being grumpy. I'm becoming increasingly 'glass half empty' in my attitude to my life, and would like to pay more attention to the delicious details that could make me more joyful. 
3. I think diaries are a good thing, but have never managed to upkeep a diary beyond January 6th, despite my best intentions. Perhaps I'll be more assiduous with this new undertaking. 
4. Lists help me see sense and organise my thoughts and days. I won't be able to loose these lists down the back of the telephone table. I hope they will bring some more order to my mind.  
5. Having a baby, and the many coinciding happenings in my life, have created havoc in my habitual serenity. I am seeking new ways to re-anchor myself and feel like I'm still the same person. 
6. I live in the middle of nowhere, in the back of beyond. Forging links with the world outside my garden is necessary for my sanity. 
7. I am extremely lucky to live in a beautiful place, with a river at the end of my garden, fruit trees laden with produce, fresh air, birdsong, a handsome man who loves me, a beautiful baby girl. I need an outlet for waxing lyrical where I don't mind sounding whimsical and naive. 
8. I often see things I want to share with someone, like a wriggly lizard's tail with no lizard attached. The dog simply does not share my enthusiasm. Perhaps I can write those things here.
9. I like taking photographs, but don't take enough. Here is a place to put them. 
10. I think my mum will enjoy reading it.