Faith, Fabric and Photos....1 year old!

I did it! I made it to my "blog-iversary"! I can't believe it's been a whole year! I believe this is my 427th post on this blog if I added right.

I learned so much and have gotten so much enjoyment from this past year of blogging. For a relatively shy person, to suddenly find myself swapping comments and photos with people all over this country and the world was a big step! I actually started this blog as a semi-private blog for my family and a few friends. I never dreamed anyone else would be interested or that I would find so many new wonderful blogging friends! That has been the very best part, and I want to thank each and every one of you for your friendly and helpful comments, as well as for all the enjoyment I get from reading your blogs.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!My blog evolved a lot as most blogs do. I started out mostly writing and almost no photos! This was the very first photo I put in my blog. I basically started my blog on Kiawah Island, SC under the instructions of my sister-in-law while we vacationed there. Thank you, Melissa for making me do this! I wish I had known Bruce than......I'll visit her the next time we go!

This was the first bird that I posted.....I loved this photo that we took on a gator walk on Kiawah.
The first flowers that I posted were at the Magnolia Plantation. I thought they looked like lovely dancing ladies ready to twirl away in their skirts :-)

Squirrel Sunday has become a regular feature, so I have to give one of my many squirrels a chance to bow. I may run out of material for this one of these days.....I think they are all off gathering nuts right now. I haven't seen them for a couple of weeks, but I know they will be back.


In the past year, I've spun off 3 other blogs.....my Bible Study mediation blog came first, followed by a private family blog, and just recently my quilting blog to archive my quilts.


I guess this means that I enjoy blogging! It now takes up more time than I should allow it to! I remember writing a blog about the "blog monster" back in January!

Though I started my blog in September, I didn't get my first non-family visitor until January 25th of this year. That honor goes to Ann in New Brunswick! nature tales and camera trails If she is willing to email me at mvfreeman@juno.com and share her address, I would like to give her a small gift in appreciation. We used to kid about meeting in the morning over a cup of tea, so I have a quilted tea cup coaster and a teabag wallet that I would like to send her. Ann....I promise that I will never share your addresses with anyone and that I will never send you any junk mail or any other e-mails unless you wish me to. Thanks for your faithful comments over the past year and all the help you have given me identifying birds!

Thanks again to all of you for reading my blog! I feel like I have the best blog friends in the whole world and wish that some day I could meet each and every one of you! God has given us a beautiful world to enjoy and care for and knowing that so many others enjoy it as much as I do is wonderful!