I've resisted the temptation to blog for some time now.  I've often thought of blogging as a kind of therapy, a chance to get out into the open all rubbish going around one's head and feel some kind relief afterwards.  Or a bit of self-appreciation, or shouting out to people "hey look at me!"

Well, don't worry folks, the purpose of my blog is to make me do more of what I love and share it with you in the hope you too will like it.  And what's that I actually do?  Well, I don't like saying I'm a photographer, because my training has been pretty basic, but what I think I do is see interesting aspects of people or objects, appreciate them, and then try to capture that.

So I start my blog with some pics of people very dear to me - my beloved children and husband - I hope this blog makes you proud, you are so special.