As I do each year, on 30th December I went out to take pictures on the anniversary of my father's passing. Usually we are away with family, but this year we were at home, so I took our puppy Lottie for a walk around the local nature reserve and was able to capture some early morning moments with her in tow. As the years pass the poigniancy of the act feels less profound, but as so many of my projects have been, the act of taking photographs allows me to be intentional in my emotional processing and acknowledge what has been and what is here in the present moment.