It’s been a wonder-full year for getting outdoors and learning about the natural world around Flandrum Hill. Keeping a nature journal certainly made me more aware of the seasonal changes that take place throughout the year. Writing about the plants and wild creatures I saw encouraged me to look deeper into field guides in an effort to learn more. It’s been quite an adventure in discovery.
I wrote about all kinds of things. As long as it had to do with nature in my neck of the woods in Nova Scotia, it was game. Some posts received more views than others. Two in particular, October’s Complementary Palette and December’s Days of Enchantment topped the list, as they were featured on WordPress.com’s homepage.
A few others posts were found over and over again by students doing research for projects and essays, or people wanting to find out more about an odd subject, such as whether or not it’s safe to eat slugs:
My favorite posts were those that expressed how I feel, more so than what I know about nature…
- In Praise of the Imperfect, the Ephemeral and the Incomplete
- In This My Green World
- Up Close and Personal
- Holiness at Dawn
- All Flesh is Grass
- Sunrise, Sunset
- The Earth Remembers
- The Deepest Secret
Or that gave everyone something to smile about…
A Midsummer’s Scavenger Hunt produced a great deal of excitement as readers engaged in finding images in their part of the world that interpreted nature’s shapes and elements. Posts from the beginning to the end of this hunt can be found here.
The best part of blogging in 2009 was connecting with others both locally and around the world, and sharing the excitement of discovering something new in nature that I hadn’t seen before.
With all best wishes for peace and happy trails in 2010 to everyone, and regular readers especially.
Flandrum Hill 
I’d be hard pressed to pick a favorite from this year, Amy….I always learn something new and am treated to not only beautiful photos, but thought-provoking quotes and gems of wisdom. The simplicity of nature in all its glory always shines through in your posts!
Thanks Cindy. Your regular visits have been icing on the cake 🙂 Sweet!
:0 Beautiful pictures !
Thank you Silje. Luckily, I have a lot of beautiful subject matter to choose from in my neck of the woods.
Fantastic review for the year! Your work has enriched my life this year. Thank you seems a small word to offer in response.
May 2010 fill you with delight.
You’re so welcome Dawn. We bloggers certainly inspire one another don’t we?
Since I have just discovered your blog, I am really looking forward to seeing what you discover in 2010. The last few months have been ones of discovery for me too, and I’m excited to see more of that come apparent in my days. Here’s to 2010!
Kate, we never know what’s around the corner… hopefully lots of good weather and an increased global awareness of the wonder and fragility of nature. And here’s to travelling the discovery with others 🙂
I’m so glad I found you via the Scavenger Hunt, thanks to Gerry Sell. It’s been a wonderful year of beautiful images and thought-provoking reflections. Thank you and happy new year!
Pamela, that hunt was something else wasn’t it? Everyone came up with so many unbelievably awesome images. I’ve greatly enjoyed meeting so many people from Michigan through both Gerry and Kathy.
This end of year summary is a perfect gift to yourself and your readers. Thank you for it. I look forward to visiting posts I missed.
Yousei, I think I must have looked at every post I posted this past year in compiling this summary. The review helped me define what interests me most. I hope you like what you find in the past posts 🙂
It was so much fun to take this little trip down memory lane! And I still really, really love the maple leaf mandala. (Also the Goldsworthy-worthy (so to speak) heart.)
I can hardly wait to see what wonders we’ll discover – and what mischief we’ll get up to – in 2010.
Gerry, who knows what antics (or coyotes) lie ahead of us on the trail. If things get too dull you can always hem those pants.
That maple leaf mandala is so… Canadian. Not that the rabbit pellet heart wasn’t of course 😉
Happy blogging in 2010! Hope you will continue to write the nature around you as it so inspiring to read about your adventures 🙂
Happy blogging to you too Nadezhda! It’s always a treat to have you visit from the Ukraine 🙂
My favorites are the flower photo and leaf photo below it. Great collection of best of 2009 photos.
Thank you Maggie 🙂
The pink peony was from a post called Think Pink
https://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/think-pink/
while the leaves were from
Autumn Mandalas
https://flandrumhill.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/autumn-mandalas/
Awesome pictures, i liked especially the pink flower! 🙂 the colour and the capture is awesome 🙂
Those are simply stunning photos!!! I love the leaves and the sunset!
Thank you Sakhi and RachellaEnchantd 🙂