Goodbye 2012

Before I can say a proper hello to 2013, and look forward at our plans and hopes for this year, I think I need to say a proper goodbye to 2012. It was very much a year of transition for each of us – from Scotland to England, from the education sector to the charity sector, from toddler to preschooler. There were – as with any year – both ups and downs, but I am pretty proud of how well we have all adjusted, and I’m so pleased that I have taken the time to record many of the best moments on this blog.

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2012: A Year in Photos

Tick-tock, tick-tock… the countdown to 2013 is on! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas with family and friends.

The blogging world is fairly quiet at the moment, and I’m too full of turkey and roasties to power up my own writing mojo, but I thought I’d keep things ticking over with a couple of round-up posts. I’ll do a written one over the weekend, but first of all I thought I’d gather together some of my favourite photos from the last year.

I’m thrilled to have finished the 52 Week Photography Project – I did manage to post at least one photo every week of the year – but I don’t think I’ll be repeating the project again in 2013. I’m still not ready to commit to Project 365, but I think I’d rather find something a bit more focused that makes me more thoughtful about photography, rather than just scrabbling to find a subject at the last minute every Sunday evening.

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