This picture may well be technically flawed but it doesn't stop me liking it for every reason. The sun gives life to everything. 

I'm doing a lot of thinking lately; weighing up situations, reassessing value, evaluating priorities. It's becoming abundantly apparent that time can pass in the merest of flashes and often there is nothing meaningful to show for it. I have no idea what happened 2009-2011. I want to make this year count, more than ever. I want to say that did so much and felt like I really lived it instead of just getting through it. The last couple of years have been good but I want to make this one even better. I'm still mulling over how to achieve a level of balance and happiness but I suspect that the finer details may never become clear. Writing and sharing photographs are becoming particularly important to me.

Apologies for the jumbled thoughts but I just felt like saying, I'm thinking. And things might change.

Sophie