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Go ahead, fill in the blanks… The pictures accurately describe ‘A match made in Heaven’.
I am so happy to be celebrating my first year of blogging. It has been quite the experience. I love my garden. I love other gardens. I love taking pictures of gardens. I love sharing what I’ve learned about gardening. (Hmmm…are we seeing a pattern here?). So of course, I love to blog! A perfect medium for sharing my garden and teaching others.
I don’t tend to do anything small, and I don’t restrict myself to only doing what I know how to do. Exhibit #1 of course being the mosaic I use as my banner. So what if I’d never done one before? So what if most people who take a class make a trivet? So what if mine is instead 3 feet by 8 feet? Should I have been thinking I couldn’t do that? Apparently that thought didn’t enter my head, so I just did it.
Same thing for the blog. It certainly took some ‘stick-to-it-ive-ness’ to get to this anniversary. I lived up to the commitments I made, like promising to blog a scarecrow a day, then a pumpkin a month, then weekly postings on what looked good in my Chicago garden during the winter, and then to write twice a week over the busy summer. I feel like Elle Wood screaming ‘We did it’ at her Harvard graduation in Legally Blond.
It’s been a learning experience for me. Certainly the year ended as such at the Garden Writers Association annual symposium. I was there this week, with people who actually get paid to write. On the blog’s one year anniversary, I spent the day visiting beautiful gardens, learning about professional writing, and congratulating those who won awards at the banquet. And when the clock struck 12, this Cinderella was dancing up a storm.
Now, I’m back home with even bigger plans. That’s always scary for Mike. He said it’s OK as long as he doesn’t have to grout or hang it on the kitchen wall. Well, we’ll see about that.
Thanks for joining me for the ride!
Carol
Congratulations on your blogaversary! Doesn’t the year go by fast? It was great to finally meet you at GWA. How funny we had to travel all the way to Indianapolis to do so. I’d love to see your garden this fall & you’re welcome to see mine once the Japanese anemones start doing their thing.
My garden will be in full glory towards the end of September when the dahlias are at their best. Lets plan for then. My Japanese anenononomies are starting to bloom!
Congratulations, Carol! And here’s to many more! Good to see you again at GWA, although we didn’t get to have any one-on-one time. Maybe at the 2012 Chicago Flower & Garden Show? Keep on blogging! 🙂
Always LOVE what you do my friend – happy anniversary!!!!
xoxo
Addiz