and so it begins

I have been attempting to write this post for a while. At first, it was going to say ‘Merry Christmas’ and would be posted on Christmas day.

Didn’t happen.

The second was going to be posted on the last day of 2014 and would contain a round-up of that year (including Very Important things such as: there was an attempt of reading Moby Dick. The attempt is still on going. Sort of. As a plus, I’ve learned a lot about whales).

frostedleaves — Figure 1.2 bay tree leaves

But that didn’t happen either, for the new year rolled by. Well, thought I, how about a post on the first day of the new year?

It was written.

But wasn’t posted.

So this is me, knuckling down and posting this, so that, with a cough and a splutter, my blog can enter into 2015.

And I do mean a cough and a splutter. I’ve got one of those lovely winter colds which loves me so much that it really doesn’t want to let me go. The feeling isn’t mutual.