Nine and a half years of blogging is a long time. A long time to share your domestic life, family life, creative life, cultural life. That's a lot of posts, a lot of photos, a lot of putting out. There have been innumerable compensations, and I was incredibly fortunate to be there in the early days of blogging when, for a short while, it was a fantastically exciting, innovative medium, and completely up for grabs. But blogging has moved on, my life has moved on, my children have moved on and I can't replicate the types of posts I used to write. Nor do I want to. I probably could if I really wanted to, but as the whole point of blogging for me was to be authentic and personal, it would be a hollow exercise.

So I think it's time to have a real break. I need a change. I need to earn enough money to feel I am getting a fair exchange for my work. 

I'm also going to stop with Facebook for the time being. But I'll carry on with Instagram which is easy, fast and enjoyable (and there are lots of fellow early-adopter bloggers on there, too).

This is a note to myself because I need to keep this resolution and use my time wisely. But it's also a note of thanks to everyone who has ever read one of my posts, left a comment, looked at a photo, sent me an email, said hello at an event, and seen me to this point. 

A bientot.

Jane