10 1/2 months of 2009

2009 saw the birth of 52 FLEA and the beginning of my blogging life....
...just as Nana's red bucket, found on the farm so many years ago, started my collecting... a lifelong passion...



It has been a joy and so much fun...
getting to know my blogging friends, sharing my world and learning about yours...



sharing our love of nature...



our journeys....both personal and spiritual...



and sometimes our actual journeys throughout the world...
...to beautiful and exotic places...





...or sometimes just in our neighborhoods....
...our trips to the thrift store, church sale, flea market, craft sale or antique shop...
...or Anthropologie :)...



It has been fun to see your crafting and artistic creations...
...and fun to share my experiments and attempts at creating art...



...it has been a privilege to learn from you...



I have loved visiting your homes, going on trips with you and have enjoyed sharing my experiences....my friends, house tours, shopping excursions and flea marketing adventures...



Thanks for coming along and sharing our family joys...weddings...



and celebrations...



Thanks for letting me share things so close to my heart...



God's handiwork...



family and fun times at our beloved lake...



...thanks for listening...



...thanks for appreciating all my many funky collections...



my attempts at photography...



..even my love of calligraphy...letters and numbers!!
Thanks for accepting me just the way I am.



This was the only photograph in my very first post on February 15, 2009.
These were the words I wrote:

Good morning!
This is the beginning of my blogging....and sharing......hopefully it will be a fun journey....a means to share with my friends and family and reach out to other kindred spirits. This cold winter morning...the sun is shining...the sky is blue...and I am grateful that I have all that I need.

I feel exactly the same way this morning.



...and I had to throw this photograph in....

This is Evi's dining room where last February, my girlfriends gathered for a wonderful Valentine lunch and where they encouraged me to start my own blog.
I went home that night and did just that! And here I am today. Thanks girls.

Tomorrow, I will be back in this lovely dining room for a New Year's Day luncheon.
I can't wait. You never know what will come of it!

Happy New Year!
:) Laura