Celebrating 2009

Warning!:

Nice cup of tea required, many, many pictures in this post

Today's learning, "I would make a rubbish picture editor"

In my efforts to find ONE picture to encapsulate each month of 2009 I have failed.

I have, however been exceptionally good at indecision, and as a consequence have managed to distill each month into 2 or 3 pictures.

So here we go, 2009.....

JANUARY

Began with a hoar frost, coating everything in crystal and convincing me I had woken in Narnia

Then the marmalade making factory got going

FEBRUARY

Birthday lunch in Padstein

And a very tired Boodle at the table


MARCH
Time spent with Magpie (Mum)




In Paris..............

APRIL

Annual Spring trip to Perch Hill

Sarah Raven's Garden in Brightling

MAY

Nothing, but nothing could have prepared me for this beautiful sight, I remember gasping and the tears came...

Celebrating our Wedding Anniversary in Florence

I am mad about markets so this had to make the cut

JUNE

Garden parties and celebrations with friends and family

One of those glorious English mid-summer afternoons, hear the bees buzzing, smell the roses...

JULY

Lavender festival

and Hampton Court Flower Show

I did buy flowers too!

JULY

Holidaying in Cornwall

Devon and Dorset too!

SEPTEMBER

Visiting the Faraways in Australia

So much magic

Seeing little people and discovering one another and all things new

Staying in "the house with the purple trees"

OCTOBER

Autumn looms

And Kent bats her lashes at me to chase away those post Australia blues

NOVEMBER

A much loved God-Daughter in her ballet performance

And a long awaited and much anticipated visit to the cinema

DECEMBER

Lavish Cornish celebrations

And a certain snow event, fast becoming historic

And that was it! 2009

Of course you cannot possibly edit your year to a few photos but I have loved this. Sitting in my snow bound office, giggling, sighing, crying, wishing and remembering.....It has done me good.

I am blessed to have this life and my lovely boy makes so much of it possible, love you Mr.Lane.

And now I think it's time for 2010 to take centre stage

Bring it on!