This is my 10,000 post.  It’s been a long time coming, and I’ve been able to see myself mature and grow in the two years that I’ve had this blog.  It seems silly, I know, to mark one’s personal progress on a blog composed primarily of pretty pictures, but if you really look, my progress is there.  It is that reason that I cannot deactivate this account.  There is no way I can just erase all of the pictures and all of the writings I’ve applied to this account.  All that’s left to do is start over. I may or may not use this blog for pretty pictures, but my writing is moving somewhere else.  All of my personal posts will now be on a different blog and if you’re interested, I’ll supply you with the new url.  I appreciate every person that has taken the time to look at my blog and follow me, and I appreciate all of the people who have contacted me in the past with kind words.

It’s been a long time coming, but this is my personal goodbye.