New Horizons

Happy New year. I hope you had a good one, I'm sorry that some of you haven't had a good start to the year. The weather here has been awful here with heavy rain, flooding and high winds. 

Darts Farm Exeter fields of broccoli and red cabbage

These first pictures were taken between Christmas and New Year when the weather was calmer. At this time of year many of us look forward to the future and evaluate things and think of what we can do better or how we can realise our dreams. Do we do this more in the Northern hempishere where we still have dark days and spring still seems a long way off?

Little steps created by Daisy

West Bay

   For us our horizon in 2014 will look different as my husband takes early retirement at the end of March and our life will change. We have to decide whether to take small steps or a giant step to lead to the simpler life we crave. If you like us want a simpler life and need some encouragement- the first posts of this year from Rhonda at down---to---earth are worth reading.

Last year I gave up with new year resolutions and instead chose two words TREASURE and LIGHTEN. I found it much easier to achieve than new year resolutions and something to carry out throughout the year. So this year my word is going to be DOING. I am very good at dreaming but don't make the steps to realise the dream. As Charles Dickens wrote in David Copperfield :-

Do you have any  major plans for the year ahead ? We are thinking ahead to summer holidays and where to go. It always has to be somewhere by the water St Ives is currently on the top of the list!

Those pictures of sunshine at previous visits to St Ives seems such a contrast to the current weather!

Floods in Weymouth yesterday

Waves on Weymouth beach

Welcome to my new followers Willow, Stella, Tracy, and Earthworms and marmalade, thank you so much for joining me. It seems to take me longer and longer to get around to reading everyones' blogs! Wishing you a good week and hope you survive the weather wherever you are.

Sarah x