Oh, my bloggy friends......Merry Christmas to you!

I wish I had that time and the energy to visit each and every 

blog that I cherish....

there are so many of you!

I am honored to have found many women 

who seem to see the world in ways 

that I admire and concur....

So many of you take wonderful images....

I have to admit,

by the time I get around to 

posting or reading blogs

I am weary of my camera.

I have found the iPhone to be the most wonderful of tools.....

This image quickly snapped with said iPhone....

as well as this one.....

When you go to a party and find the food is worth the 

trouble of taking a photo!

don't you love these cute little ornament place card holders?

you simply cannot allow me to sit this close to the cheese.....as you can plainly see....

Oh yes, 

I have friends.....

friends that cook!

and I mean COOK!

I am stuffed better than the turkey this year.

Gratitude.

much gratitude.....

I celebrated a 20 year anniversary this year that reminds me

I am fortunate beyond words....

Thank you all for your words...

I feel privileged to have shared your moments of joy

of fear....

of angst...

of creativity...

of concern...

of patriotism...

and 

most 

importantly,

Love.

of course the greatest of these is love....

thank you.

smiles.

Awards gladly accepted.....

I love surprises...

and so today as I checked in to see what was 

happenin' in bloggin' land...

I was pleasantly surprised to see that 

MICHELLE My Belle

at the 

"Ramblings of a Peacock"

had left me a 

unexpected treat....

I have done 

not a single thing to 

be worthy...

But I like it anyway....

I am to pass it along to 15 

"newly discovered"

blogs....

Whoa!

that meant I needed to put on my 

reading glasses and 

hike around blogland for some 

undiscovered treasures...

So, off I've gone...

and come back with the 

goods...

1. WindLost

2. Wanna Buy A Duck?

3. Yeah, But Houdini didn't have these hips.

4. The World According to Isa

5. The Second Half of My Life

6. The Pink Peony of Le Jardin

7. The Paris Market

8. The Fifty Factor

9. Stuff No One Told Me (but I learned anyway)

10. Seens from the backs of my eyelids

11. Recycled Interiors

12. Older and Wisor

13. Inventing Weddings

14. Dwellers Without Decorators

15. Bless Their Hearts Mom

Admittedly,

there are some of my faves that I have been following 

for quite awhile....not really newly discovered, but 

honestly, as I went through the list I just couldn't 

pass them by....love them all...

hope I'm forgiven...

Go by and check them out!

All are worth the effort and you might just be surprised too!

smiles