2025

My Dad passed away suddenly in October 2024 and I only finished clearing his house a few weeks before Christmas. January came and I ploughed on at work but I was eternally tired and feeling increasingly overwhelmed. I kept going, and took solace in my garden as spring started to show. Flowers always lift my spirits, regardless of how I feel.

April came and the hard decision was made to hand in my notice and those final four weeks at work seemed to last forever but May 2nd was my last day. I admit to taking a few months off to sleep in late, have no plans, and generally recover. This explains why the best photo I could find for this quarter was of my cat - she's cute though isn't she?

I bought my domain name, played around at designing a website, reserved Blue Cherry Creates on Etsy and Pinterest, and started creating accounting spreadsheets. I generally just tried to work through my plans, but without pushing myself too hard. The summer weather was great for gardening and I got so much done and really enjoyed being outside. I made this barrel pond in my front garden.

The time of sorting! My loft has forever been that ominous cloud in my head so I determined to make this my main task. It was hard work and I ended up not finishing all the sorting but I did at least get it looking presentable enough for this photo. I finished building the pond in the back garden as well which was tough going, but seeing and hearing the new waterfall in action was reward enough in itself.