Friday, January 9, 2009, Day 6: Staying warm--It's cold in the mountains. Ok, maybe I should say it's cold to ME in the mountains (not exactly a winter person). Thank goodness for this toboggan hat.
So here it is. My final pic for my second year. Never would I have imagined that I could have finished a first year, let alone jump straight in, the next day and start all over again.
This year I have found harder than the first - I guess I got a bit complacent and I didn't get to spend anywhere near as much time on it this year as I managed last, but I did it all the same.
For the first time in my life I can now look back and see what I was doing on any given day for the past two years. It's a nice thing to be able to do - ok, so sometimes I was not doing very much, but with photographs I can remember exactly when I took a photo and why so to me, it's like a reminder of a day that I've long since forgotten. It's so nice.
And so here is my last day. I almost missed it - for some reason I had it in my head that tomorrow was my last day but I remembered, with a gentle reminder from Bernadette, that it was in fact today. No worries. I had already worked out what I was going to do so all was ok.
However, when I realised it was today I wasn't sure I could do it. Today I had to go to the funeral of my Auntie Lil, a lovelier lady you couldn't wish to meet. I saw her for the last time on Boxing Day. She died the following day. I wondered if I could do this photo today after going to a funeral but then thought about it and thought why not? Just because someone dies doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't carry on, nor should it mean that we should be sad. I can't think of anything worse than to think of people being sad when I die. I want people to smile when they think about me and to laugh at things I've done or said to them but mostly I want them to be able to say "I wonder what Sal was doing on that day" and be able to come and look at my 365 and find out.
It's like having a diary that's available for anyone to see. It won't mean much to most people but maybe one day, a long time in the future it might make someone smile, somewhere.
And so, onto year 3. I promise to myself that I will try harder this year to spend more time on my photos. I know they won't all be masterpieces but I want to master my lighting skills so hopefully, this time next year I'll be able to look back over the year and say "yep, I did do that and look at my photos now."
Let's hope so. Here's to 2009 and here's to my Auntie Lil - we will all miss you so very much and I wish I had photographs of you that I could look back on and smile.
[9th January]
Oh and if anyone is thinking - this is supposed to be 366 days - well it is, but I missed uploading a photo way back in April so it is in the set but I was not going to go through and renumber all the photos that came after it so the set is complete, the numbers are all just one out :)
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