So...I've been trying to think what to write for this day. It's just another day, I know, but when I think about it actually it's more significant than that. To me anyway.

Some thoughts...

1) I never stick with anything. I always start and never finish. So a whole year of this Blip thing is a first.

2) Normally I'd have no idea of what I was doing, thinking or feeling a whole year ago. My memory has dwindled so that my recall is poor. But, for once, I have a record of these things. Even the wordless Blips transport me to a place, a moment, a feeling.

3) I can track my journey a little from then to now. Some things have changed a little. Some things are the same; works in progress. Some moments I'd like to relive again for their sweetness.

But the whole point - the whole point, is that that's exactly what these moments are. They're fleeting - blinks of an eye, beats of a heart, a flash of a smile here and there. They're momentary and all the more precious for it.

4) You.
A collection of quirky, talented, interesting people with a common love, a way of seeing the world. Some particularly dear and special people who have touched my heart and mind, who have changed my life forever - even in the smallest way that they're not even aware of.

And friends. Some real, actual, amazing friends. With passion, fire and poetry in their souls. Warmth, joy and understanding. Sharing and actual, authentic caring. This - the real, big, amazing stuff - it means the world to me.

This has not just been a year of photos and (often unhinged) ramblings. It has been therapy, constancy, a portal to the wider world.

It has been a gift.

Thank you. Xxx