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"Nothing is ever achieved without enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Duck photo source: Lisa's Chaos
I hope you enjoy your visit. If you're looking for something specific, check out the links to posts by category in my sidebar and down a ways. They'll assist with tracking down different types of posts found on each of my three blogs. You might also enjoy checking out the other sites: Sacred Ruminations, Blog Rolls, Bling & Blurbs, and Happily Retired Gal.

I hope you'll look around & leave comments
then visit me at my new blog ...

Giraffe Journal

and/or website ... Labyrinth Journal
both self-hosted at WordPress
where I publish as myself
rather than under a
pseudonym.

I've not had much time for posting or blog visits, but if you're interested I hope you'll find time to check out my new blog, Giraffe Journal or my Labyrinth Journal website ... both self hosted at WordPress.

Thanks for your visit and have a delightful day ;--)
Hugs and blessings,
Showing posts with label Blogoversary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogoversary. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

T-13 ... Celebrating my SECOND Blogoversary!

Make Time for Small Reflections
Watery Outdoor Wednesday is in the next post
Scroll down for Thursday Thirteen
Color Carnival & Haiku Friday

Who knew how much fun
blogging would be way back when
a friend encouraged

me to create my
first site in October of
2007?

Celebrating here
today ... this post brings me to
six hundred twenty

Small Reflections posts!
Tomorrow I'll celebrate
on my second blog

where I have published
four hundred seventy-three
times as of right now

for a total of
One thousand fifty-seven!
Amazing enough ...

yet that is not all
for I have two other blogs
created later,

one to share awards
and the other to
learn to use WordPress.

Once upon a time
my posts contained many words
but more recently

I share photographs
and mosaics mostly with
a bit of Haiku.


Here's a memento
for all those who visit and
leave us a comment!


Please accept this gift as a token of our appreciation
for stopping by and commenting ;--)

Reflecting
on What I've Learned
in the past two years as a Blogger

1. Looking back, I'm amazed at how far I've come ... how much I've learned along the way.

2. I'm grateful to those who found me early and encouraged me with comments and assistance when I encountered problems.

3. For
another T-13 this week at Happily Retired Gal, I've shared once again reasons why I blog as a response to acknowledging the lovely Nemo's Award shared by Alice Audrey of Alice's Restaurant.

4. In addition to links to my other blogs, over time I've created sidebar category links to different types of posts to make it simpler for visitors to find things of interest.

5. I've also added a handy 'search widget' to each blog.

6. Each post contains 'labels' at the bottom and clicking there sorts my posts for easy viewing too.

7. I've enjoyed keeping a Gratitude List in my sidebar here at Small Reflections for the past year. Clicking on the link above takes you to my lists created from November of 2008 to September of 2009.

8. Creating & sharing mosaics of my own photos has been fun as my Photoshop Elements knowledge & skills have evolved over time, but more recently I've enjoyed using photographs from my sister who has been traveling the USA and Canada in and RV with her husband for the past 5 years.

9. Sharing Quotes is something I used to do daily in my classroom with my students as a teacher and it's been fun to continue that practice of sharing Thoughts for the Day on each of my blogs.

10. I've enjoyed encouraging and assisting other bloggers ... passing along what I've learned whenever possible. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask in comments or drop me email and I'll respond as quickly as I'm able.

11. I'm always grateful for comments from visitors. I appreciate all who take the time to respond and who 'follow' my blogs.

12. Although I no longer publish daily on each blog, I do make an effort to create and publish on at least one of the blogs every day ... and I do my best visit & leave comments for others as time permits.

13. Here are colorful review mosaics for your viewing enjoyment ... just because ;--)


Click to embiggen for better viewing
and for others participating in Thursday Thirteen
Color Carnival & Haiku Friday too.

Click to see my 2nd Blogoversary post
at Sacred Ruminations

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." George E. Woodberry

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Celebrating my 1st Blogoversary Today

Make Time for Small Reflections
It's hard to believe this is my 382nd post!
Thanks for joining me today
...
as I celebrate my 1st Blogoversary
starting with a little silly ...

Exactly one year ago I published my
first post ... 'Beginnings' ... without knowing why
how or what-have-you about anything
within the Blogosphere or of 'blogging'

I wish I'd taken a 'snapshot' of these
blogs when I started to show you with ease
just what a 'newbie' I was way back then ...
how things have changed over time & just when.

Alas I didn't so only a few
bloggy friends who knew me when have that view,
but I assure you a transformation
occurred quite gradually. It's been fun!

Would you care for something to
eat or drink as you browse?



Really Good Things About the Year

1. For the first 3 months or so I tended to write and publish pretty much whatever came to mind each morning ... much as I do with Morning Musings and Whimsical Wednesday these days.

2. In December of 2007 I participated in T-13 for the first time (with a list of Authors and Books to Share with Young Children) ... and I've continued that practice ever since accumulating a total of 44 Thursday Thirteens as of last week.

3. In January of 2008 (after being 'tagged' by Sandy of Momisodes for a 'chain mail meme) I answered poetically and that was my 1st Haiku Friday. I've published Haiku Friday on both blogs ever since so that I've accumulated 41 on each for a total of 82 as of last Friday.

4. At the end of January I reached my 100th post and spent the next week creating my list of 101 Things About Me ... adding 15-20 things at a time each day. If you've not read it previously and have a bit of time now, you'll find it's a succinct summary of my life to date.

5. Since then I've gradually added more 'weekly activities' (often combining two or more in a single post) and organized 'category links' in the sidebar to make it easy for visitors to find items of interest. I've decided to include them here in the text of this post ... just because ... so here are:


6. Tomorrow is my 1st Blogoversary on my other blog Sacred Ruminations, so I hope you'll drop by there to help me celebrate again.

7. In honor of this 'milestone' I've created the following 'award' and 'graphic' that you're welcome to 'snag' ... enjoy ... and share with others as you choose.


Small Reflections ... Smile Back

7am addendum

While leaving a response to the first 8 visitors who left comments this morning ... (a practice I've enjoyed all year but fallen behind on recently and hope to continue if at all possible) ... I realized I've been thinking about changing my 'storyteller handle' to something more descriptive of who I really am.
I don’t seem to have much of an ‘imagination’ when it comes to creating characters and senarios … tend to ‘the personal narrative’ when I write … passing along ‘life events’ (as in memoir or her-story) but I’ve not yet come up with anything better yet. I’ve decided to insert this ‘addendum’ here ... hoping for ideas from visitors who know me … so if YOU have any ideas, I’m open to suggestions ... seriously! I suppose I could do what MaryAnn of Desperately Seeking Serenity did ... giving up her 'Moanna' persona for her 'real name' (in baby steps over time actually now that I revisit that transition) ... but I do enjoy being A Nonny Mouse, at least for now ;--)

As I type this response, I’m listening to the news … it’s foggy here at the beach but apparently the Santa Ana winds are blowing inland and there’s a wildfire burning north of Fontana … threatening homes … forcing evacuations of more than 100 homes in the Rancho Cucamonga area … so my thoughts and prayers are with those affected as I hope for quick containment by fire-fighters.
Hugs and blessings,

Thought for Today
"Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?" Fanny Brice

Friday, October 17, 2008

Haiku Friday (#81) Week-end Wrap-up

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SkyWatch#16/HF#82 is at Sacred Ruminations.
According to the
countdown widget I will be
celebrating my ...
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Only two wildfires
burning still in Southern Cal ...
'Sesnon' & 'Marek'

both in the 'valley'
San Fernando. Hopefully
by the weekend each

will be extinguished.
This has been a BUSY WEEK
and I've not had time

for my usual
visitations ... yet I have
published daily here

offering a few
updates & awards within
posts ... so if you missed

them, when you have time
take a look to 'snag' and 'share'
with others as well.

I hope everyone
has a 'fantastic Friday' and
wonderful weekend!

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Reviewing the week here at Small Reflections ...
Thursday Thirteen

Whimsical Wednesday
Heads or Tails/Ruby Tuesday
Monday Morning Musings - California Wildfires
Evening Fire Update
Unconscious Mutterings & More
CameraCritters, PhotoHunt, & Smiley Saturday

and at Sacred Ruminations ...
Wordless Wednesday
Monday Motivator
Blog Your Blessings & Sacred Life Sunday
For others participating in Haiku Friday this week go to A Mommy Story.
Click for SkyWatch/Haiku Friday at Sacred Ruminations.
(To see my previous Haikus, click on the Haiku Friday label below this post or in the sidebar under About Me where you'll find a 'directory' of my Haikus on both blogs).
Small Reflections ... Smile Back
Thought for Today
"Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds." George Santayana

Friday, October 10, 2008

HF#79 - Reflecting on eleven & a half months ...

Make Time for Small Reflections
SkyWatch#15/HF#80 is at Sacred Ruminations.
According to the
countdown widget I will be
celebrating my ...

Get your own free Blogoversary button!

Hard to imagine
I've been blogging DAILY here
(plus 3 to 4 times

weekly at Sacred
Ruminations
) ... and have learned
a great deal about

many things. Review-
ing my early posts on both
blogs, I wish that I

had taken 'screen shots'
of the way things started out
to compare with the

way things look today.
Visual changes obscure
just how 'plain' both blogs

started out ... and my
lack of knowledge concerning
this 'virtual' world.

I am grateful to
each & every one of you
who assisted me

along this journey ...
and the visitors who leave
comments & who 'lurk'

thus I offer this
seasonal 'Thank You' found at
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Graphic source: LarkH @ Photobucket

Small Reflections ... Smile Back
For others participating in Haiku Friday this week go to A Mommy Story.
Click forSkyWatch/Haiku Friday at Sacred Ruminations.
(To see my previous Haikus, click on the Haiku Friday label below this post or in the sidebar under About Me where you'll find a 'directory' of my Haikus on both blogs).

In case you missed it (and if time permits today), see also Whimsical Wednesday for a few other 'activities' and associated 'original' awards.

Thought for Today
"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." Harry Truman
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