Among the Sunflowers

I thought we were due for a dose of sunshine, something bright and cheerful to warm your heart, so I chose these sunflower pics from last autumn.  This bright yellow flannel is something that always lifts my mood.

I usually spend my time from September to November working diligently to make the very most of the autumn loveliness.  It can get excessive.  When I'm on a roll I don't want to stop and at some point I had so many autumn pics I couldn't post them all before winter, so I decided to spread them out throughout the year. 

Earlier this year, I decided to reduce my blogging by half.  My work schedule increased and so did my girls' school activities.  I very quickly found that all my free time, every spare morning and evening was being spent out doing outfit photos and I had no time to rest.  When a hobby starts causing stress instead of reducing it, it's time to change things up.  So, I did.

When I started this blog, I only did one or two posts per week and that was fine, but I found that I loved doing outfits so much that I just kept coming up with more and more posts.  Typical me, I started creating deadlines and pressuring myself and holding myself to high standards that no one else was.  Isn't that silly? I couldn't go on that way and I didn't have to, because, again, it was all up to me.  

So, I cut back, but I've found that life has only gotten busier than ever in the last few months and blogging may have to take a seat even further in the back while I sort out my schedule.  There are certain times of year or sometimes certain locations for which I clear my schedule as much as possible to grab some lovely pics while the season or the location lasts, and this sunflower field was one such spot.

I now have sunflower posts aplenty and probably enough to at least make it through the spring and a few other such types of photos as well.  I started planning my spring outfits over the long winter months and I have been fortunate enough to have a few lovely spots close to home and away from people to go out to and start taking photos, because I just can't stay away too long.

 Shopping Info: Dress from Shein