One Year Blogiversary

So it’s been a year since I started my blog (or just over, actually; as usual I am a bit behind…).

I set up my blog after a chance conversation with Rosee from Nana Taught Me How who is a friend of my brother’s. When I was speaking to Rosee about her blog I suddenly realised a blog was exactly what I needed.

I didn’t follow any blogs so really had no idea what they were all about. I saw it as a way to deal with the need to share things I had made without hassling my friends. I’m not sure that I thought anyone would actually read it.

It serves all sorts of purposes for me. I get to make things, then I get to photograph them and then I get to write about them. Oh and eat them…

I have always loved baking and would spend hours and hours as a child and a teenager working my way through various recipe books. Then it sort of fell by the wayside and it’s only been over the last few years that I have really started to get back into it.

I am utterly useless at taking photographs of people and avoid being in front of a camera at all costs, but have now discovered I like to take pictures of food, flowers and landscapes. Not sure how I’m going to explain to the kids when they are older why I have hundreds of pictures of cakes but not so many of them… I’m really enjoying learning about photography but am in awe of the ability of other bloggers. Definitely something I need to learn more about.

Flowers…

And writing is something that I am learning about. Again, there are some blogs out there that are absolutely beautifully written. It doesn’t come easily to me but I am enjoying that side of it.

And I have learnt a lot about baking this past year. If I look back at my posts from a year ago I can see that my baking skills are improving all the time. It’s only by looking back that I can see that; I don’t think I would have realised that otherwise. And there is still plenty of room for improvement!

More flowers

Maintaining a blog requires an element of discipline so at some point I decided to post three times a week and stick to it. The only exception has been when I’ve been away and I have used that as an excuse! At times I struggle with finding “something for the blog”. Fae from Fae’s Twist & Tango recently asked me what I do with all the food I make. Good question!

I make quite a lot of cakes and cupcakes for other people, and then there are the things I take to friends’ houses for dinner, coffee, picnics, etc. Some things I make for us or because we are having friends round. All in all though I probably now make and eat far more cake than I should! I am deliberating about whether to go to posting twice a week in order to reduce the cake mountain (and my waistline) a little…

Fruit, for a change, but still no people…

But I think the most amazing thing about blogging, and the one thing I didn’t expect, is the people I have “met”. I follow some truly outstanding blogs: there is an incredible array of shockingly talented people out there and I am thrilled to be able to get to know so many bloggers through their writing, pictures and creations.

And even more amazingly I have people who follow my blog! I truly appreciate the time and effort all of you take to read and respond to my posts. There is so much positive energy and a sense of community out there: it’s very inspiring.

Not food or flowers, but still, no people!

So thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read my posts and interact with me, and for making my blogging experience such a great one so far. Here’s to another year!

Categories: About, Baking

Tags: baking, blog, Blogging, blogging community