The new year has arrived, I can't believe it! Time moves so fast as you get older. Just yesterday it was summer and I was riding downtown to the library or for coffee. Now it's winter, though a mixed up - warm then cold then repeat, snow then melt then snow again.
So with our fixation on the weather and on holidays, you might not have noticed, but yesterday I published my 3000th blog post! I can't believe how much it's helped concentrate my mind over 15 years! And that's not all, because I've also received just over 40,000 comments and over 1,7 million visits! That's the real reason I celebrate.
Your dedicated commitment to reading and making comments means a great deal to me, particularly over the past five years while I've been paralyzed. So thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And why do I blog? First because I enjoy reading blogs, so I figure it's a fair trade. But second because I find it engages the mind like little else. Having to take pictures, think of a theme to post those pictures around, and actually writing the blog, gives my brain a small routine challenge every day if nothing else.
So thank you, and best wishes for a great new year!
Of the various social media around, blogging also is one of my top choices. No ads, for one! And the comments and replies bring an intimacy which I like. Keep on blogging my friend, and happy new year!
ReplyDeleteWith my blog, I have friends all over the world, it has given me scenes that I would not have ever imagined, and sharing and caring from so many. Your celebration with those numbers ,they are impressive.Our weather is so fickle, today a cold wind, 10C if we are lucky, and maybe some snow at the top in the Central Plateau, about 2 hours north of us.Your heron will be able to get his head above the snow line and see more daylight hours as they increase slowly at first.
ReplyDeleteHappy New year!
ReplyDeleteSending good wishes to you and Mrs FG for the New Year of 2025.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I so enjoy reading your blog and have for many years.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comment!!
I enjoy my visits here to your blog! Keep on keeping on!!
ReplyDeleteYou've described how many bloggers feel about writing a blog. Have a great 2025.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI love your reason for blogging. Even though I am not in your physical position, I feel exactly the same way.
Your reason for blogging pretty will hits the mark. All the best to you and Mrs. FG
ReplyDeleteI too have enjoyed your posts very much and am glad to learn you will continue to grace my news feed. I also have friends all over the world and it's very satisfying to hear how others are living their lives.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year (a few days late!). I enjoy reading blogs, including yours, as it connects me to the wider world. Plus, I learn things that I wouldn't otherwise have found on my own. Keep on blogging, we'll keep on reading. Congrats on the 3000th post. That's a real accomplishment.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 3,000th blog post. Thank you for posting those, each new post of yours add to my day, as it must for each of your readers. May 2025 be a good year for you and your family. And please do keep on bloggin'.
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