Blog Anniversary

 Today I am starting my 15th year as a blogger, my 1st, very simple post was here, it was a dull wet February day, and my eldest daughter helped me on my blogging trip. So much has changed, we moved from a town house to a bungalow in a local village, we both have retired and changed our lives. We had 1 young grandson Josh, who is 18 years old this year, we now have 8 grandsons and 1 grand daughter.

I have published 10 books of 11 years of blogging, my 1st book was 2009 and 2010 together, these are just for me, I love pulling them out and looking back, having a narrative with the photo's allows more memories to come back. I can check on how our home and garden became what it is today. This post gives more information as well. I am struggling with editing 2020, so much happened in that year, I would love to get on and publish, 2020, 21, 22.

My crafting has changed, but not my love of cross stich and sewing, in my December post my spending chart was shown, and this showed which crafts were flourishing and which crafts had been lapsed over the years. Cross stitching is much lower, I have a huge stash of silks and fabrics, I hardly ever need to purchase more, if I don't have the correct colour, I can always find a close match. Glass and cardmaking are no longer made, I have sold all the glass making stuff, I have kept my card and cardmaking equipment, I'm sure the grandchildren will get loads of use as they get older. 

What none of the above shows, is my love of reading your blogs, there is such an array of social media, many bloggers have simply disappeared, which is a shame, I love Instagram, but I don't use any other platforms, Blogger has everything I want and need. Most mornings I start my day sat at my desktop, catching up with your lives from around the world, many of you on small holdings, a life I would have loved (sadly my hubby's nightmare), always with a huge mug of fresh coffee. 

I have changed, it would be strange not to change in 14 years, slowing down your life as you get older is normal, wanting to remove waste and consumer led lives, living simple healthy together is our goal, it's working we both feel much better. So much in our world is now fake, media showing these beautiful lives lived, often photo's are altered to perfection, why?  I am so glad we are not young in this world, I love the real world here in blog land. Hopefully I will be able to continue for years to come, writing and reading blogs, but it still amazes me that you like to read the stuff I write, I'm just a mid aged (not admitting to anything else) woman with a simple life and opinions, and nothing outstanding.