One of the great benefits of having this website - from a purely personal point of view - is the ability to revisit what I was doing on any given date. A glance at the kitchen calendar or a note in a diary tells a certain amount and reminds me of events, but having a fairly comprehensive and usually illustrated record of the everyday such as what I was cooking, making or reading, what was in flower in the garden, and so on is very valuable to me.
Here, for example, is a picture taken this morning: our massive camellia just beginning to bloom. A quick browse through the archives tells me that last year it was around three weeks earlier (you can see it here), while a jump back to today's date in 2007 shows me how taken I was with a quite delightful book.
I don't need anything other than my memory to tell me that today is my parents' wedding anniversary, so congratulations, Mum and Dad!
