Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Bless' Year in Pictures:2023

Since Dancer did his review, I thought I'll do one, too!  My highlights of the year seem to be centered around food, crafts, Dancer, the garden, and more food!  LOL!


January:

Boiling Milk at Midnight to Welcome the New Year

That pan of milk refused to boil over and I was so worried!  Milk boiling over is a sign of prosperity, abundance, and good luck!

February:

A Visit to the Temple on my Mother's Death Anniversary

One of the rare visits to the temple since Covid started. 

March:

Hail
and


Early Spring Harvest

April:

The First Rose of Spring 
(this rose bush died later in the year)

and

A New Sweater

May:

Voodoo Lily (Dracunculus vulgaris) in Bloom

and

The First Peach of the Season

June:

Peaches on the Tree

and 

Peach Jam

and

The First Tomatoes

July:

Garden Produce
and

Tomato Chutney


August:

Squash Seedlings (10 Year Old Seeds)

and

A Stash Busting Granny Square Blanket

September:

Canned Asian Pears in Ginger Syrup

Baby Butternut Squash

October:

The "New" Table in the Family Room

and

Fall Centerpieces

November:

Butternut Squash Ripening

and

Birthday Treats

and

Thanksgiving

December:

Christmas Tree

and

Christmas Lunch Compliments of Friend S

and

New Year's Eve Dinner, Compliments of Neighbor S

And that was my 2023!  

Thank you Eileen for giving me this idea to do a pictorial recap of the year!

24 comments:

  1. What lovely reminders of the blessings of 2023!

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    1. Thank you, Angela. Yes, it was a year filled with many blessings. I hope that 2024 will be equally blessed for us all.

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  2. What a great year! Love seeing your photo recap.

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    1. Thank you, Jozien. Wish you all the best for the new year. I checked your blog on New Year's Day, but didn't see any new posts. I'll check your blog, later tonight. :)

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  4. I really enjoyed seeing your year in photos and I enjoyed seeing Dancer's year in photos too, a double treat :-)

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  5. Plenty of good food and good memories! Love FD xx

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    1. Yes, definitely. It was a good year, overall. :)

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  6. Wonderful photo recap of the year. You certainly had an abundance of harvests from your garden.

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    1. Thank you, Mary-Lou. Yes, I did have an abundance of produce from the garden! I was very pleased with what I was able to harvest. :)

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  7. That was fun and shows how important the plant world is to you.

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    1. Thank you, June. Yes, the garden loomed large, didn't it? :)

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  8. That was neat to see all the pictures and remember with you the interesting things that happened in your life in 2023.

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    1. Thank you, Bushlady. It was fun to look back and see what I had going on each month. :)

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  9. I enjoyed the photo trip through your year. Lots of wonderful memories of a good year.

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    1. Thank you, Debra. Yes, it was a good year, wasn't it? :)

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  10. Your year was filled with blessings and positivity. If you're anything like me, it's not until you look back over the year that you realise how much you have accomplished and enjoyed. Have you worn your lovely sweater? Xx

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    1. Yes, Jules; it was a very good year and just how good it was, was brought into focus when I reviewed it. :) Yes, I've worn the sweater and it is nice and comfy (and warm, too).

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  11. - after floating around your blog to different dates, now I can't remember if I responded on this one or not. Oh well, if so then you hopefully won't mind reading another response. lol
    I really enjoyed seeing all of these pictures from the year. Yes, lots of wonderful colorful food which is always nice to look at.
    I forgot about your blue and black block sweater so it was nice seeing that again.
    And of course all of the Dancer pictures as he makes his way through the calendar.

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    1. LOL, well, yes, you did comment earlier, Debra, but, that's OK. I always enjoy reading your comments. I'm glad you enjoyed the year in review, both Dancer's and mine. :)

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