That was then, but this is now

So, for anyone who hasn't noticed, Shallow Onions is one year old. And in the words of Marvin Gaye, surveying his patch after a long day with the azada, the blog has been like one great big onion. Contributions from some have swelled to produce a prodigious harvest of well-rounded servings while others have withered away, buried too deep in less fruitful pursuits. But we've managed to peel back the skin on the mysteries of growing and revealed multiple layers in each other that we didn't know existed (and didn't actually want to know about). Penetrating deeper, the juices have flowed and brought us to tears on occasion. And the flavour of our lives would have been much the poorer without this vital ingredient.

And of course, it's now a year since I first made the earth move. 5,214 boulders later, I'd like to think I've started to make a noticeable difference. I'm sure you'll all be posting your then and now shots also. And what tune will we be singing in March 2012? Perhaps Marvin's eulogy to the Moray Firth climate... I heard you grew a grapevine.