goodbye, o-nine... hello, twenty-ten! {a year in pictures}

my favorite photo of 2009 is below,

but first...

with just minutes left to spare in this year,
i just finished the monumental task of uploading
many of my 2009 photos to my flickr site.
{the words "my flickr site" above is a link,
as are all the purple words in this post.}

i made this set mostly so i could create a set
of all my favorite photos from this blog in '09.
but then i realized it was
too hard to pick favorites,
so i added all the ones i consider "good"
or the ones that really catch my eye or move me
...whether good or not.


i'll provide a link at the end of this post,
should you want to go peruse the set.
but first i want to say something
about this here blog
{which saw it's first full year over 2009 }.

from my first post in '09
to this, my last post of this year,
it's been a wild ride!

and i've enjoyed sharing
every part of it with you.
you've watched me lose a job,
grow concerned about money,
and then find work again.

you've looked at a lot of my photos
and read a lot of my thoughts.
you've given me lots of good ideas
and great feedback.

you've become my friends and photography peers.
and i've cherished every minute of it.
thank you.

i sort of did a similar post last year,
so i thought i would keep up the tradition
{only this one will be a bit shorter }...

here are three of your top favorite posts of 2009
{based on feedback/comments received }:
where are you right now?
a bowl of cherries...
miraculous

those were definitely among my favorites, too.
but here are a few more of my personal favorites:
what is this cord...?
conversation with a tree
i haven't seen this day before
{the first two were written by me,
the third is lyrics to one of my favorite songs.}
and this was one of my favorite wordless posts:
get-away

as i said a few posts back,
you all have been one of
the best parts of my 2009!
not only have i discovered
how much i love photography
in this past year,
but i have also discovered
how much i love blogging
and making true friends through our blogs.

i wish you all the happiest
of new years this 2010.
i look forward to meeting new people
here in blogland,
and i hope to become even closer
to the friends i've already made.
i wish you all a very blessed new year!

and now for my favorite photo from 2009.

{i wrote a little more about it here on flickr.}

to see the rest of the collection
of my favorite shots of '09,
you can visit my flickr faves set.
there are close to 365 in the set
{yes, i took a lot of pictures this year },
so i like to think of it as about one photo a day
{even though that's not how
i took all of them -- one per day }.
if you are interested in seeing
the way i have developed
over the past year in my photography,
feel free to take a look there.

anyway, i hope i've brought you as much
color and joy over this past year
as you've brought to me.
thanks for everything!

happy HAPPY HAPPY NEW year!