2014 In Review

I thought I'd pull together a review of 2014 on my blog.   Instead of the top most viewed posts I'm selecting posts that had special meaning to me and reflected happenings throughout the year.

I began 2014 with a post called "The Art of Sleeping Bear Dunes" about our visit to a local museum and the book that included a picture that my husband's sister's artwork was included in.

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Following that post I reflected on "The Old Farm, A Shadow of What it Was" which is where my husband grew.  It's a retired former dairy farm.

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I February I created a Tablescape for one of my sister's called  "Happy Birthday Sis"

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Last winter was brutal on all of us and we received an exceptional amount of snow here up in northern Michigan!  I worked to find reasons to be happy during the l o n g  winter and in this "Golden Crystalline Morning" post was one of those reflective moments looking for that silver lining!

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Spring finally came and soon Easter arrived!  I posted about a family visit "Easter and Family Time"

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Early in June we were saddened with the loss of one of our pets Riley that we lost to cancer "Forever In our Hearts" 

He was a beautiful loving cat who's life was cut short at age 7

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Late in July we went to a family reunion party that I posted about "Family Reunion and a Recipe"

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In August we decided to bring a new rambunctious kitten home that I posted about on one of my "This Week's Ramblings"  He's brought a lot of  youthful joy back into the house!

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I created a Tablescape called "Summer Reflections"  and you can see some of the summer gardening I enjoyed in the background.

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To know me is to know I obsess a bit about gardening and when September rolled in I continued on with some new ideas for fall "Between Summer and Fall on the Deck"

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October came in and before I knew it Halloween had arrived.  I did a post that gathered a few pictures from some of the posts I had done "Halloween Fun Fest 2014"

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November came in with a lot of snow "grr" and then Thanksgiving arrived and I created another Tablescape "Reflecting and Being Thankful"

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December

I love Christmas and I did a lot of posts so I put this together which included all of the month's posts called "Holiday Wrapped Up 2014"

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I've enjoyed getting to know so many of you through blogging and I'm so grateful for those of  you who take time to follow me.  We all have a story to tell one way or another and it's fun to share and feel a part of each other's lives.