It sort of has me down this year.

I used to like winters. The mild winters of the Netherlands with lots of rain didn't get me down. The short winters in Albuquerque were short enough to be fun and over before you knew it. Living in Illinois, where winter is mostly a dreary and messy affair has done me in.

I've been wanting to blog. Looking back I can't believe I didn't even blog Kate's birthday last year. It was a fabulous birthday (she's still talking about it) and it deserves a post. After all, this blog is partly supposed to be in lieu of albums and scrap books. A web album and posts of Facebook just won't cut it! There are lots of twitter updates regarding Kate, but those don't really count.

One post per week ... as a journal. That shouldn't be too much, should it? I have some photography projects in mind too, that need to get out of the mind and onto the sensor and the computer! To get me started I modified my blog design and added website pages to match.