1000~ Merci Mille Fois~

I did something fun last night..with my daughters..but I'll post about it next time because I had prepared this note..and it wouldn't be the same if I waited:)

Merci Mille Fois..Means thanks a thousand times..but in English..we say Thanks a Million:)

Hmm..we've had tea..we've had coffee...we have gardened..and painted..we've baked..and read..and written and e~mailed..shared recipes and stories..photos,photo tips.. and events..seeds ,gardens and dishes..and cookie cutters and snail mail..birthdays ,Thanksgiving, Christmas,Easter,Valentines,Hanukkah,Fathers Day,Mother's Day..New Years..weddings,births,trips close by and trips far away..places and spaces and art tutorials..the weather ,the joys,health issues,sorrows,,inspiration,motivation..companionship...children,Littles..antiques..and collectables..crafts..book reviews and suggestions..Downton Abby and Call The Midwife..movies and tv series..and chefs..the list goes on and on....

I have loved blogging..as I saw number 1000 approach..(number of posts I have posted)..I could not believe I had.
Hard to fathom actually sitting down in front of my computer to type out 1000 posts.


Before blogging..I thought even one post would be hard..but we had Lucas:) so I knew I could write about our first angel on earth.. he was my second post ever in 2008.

 My first post.. was the ocean.

I think I was AT the ocean when my friend suggested I blog.

The power of persuasion:)

And then I realized I loved this thing called Blogging.


It is clearly evident that I am not a tecchie..or my blog look would change..I don't even know where to begin..I know what I love..but I can't get my head around starting over..LOL.


I am such a creature of habit..

that..


I have the same bedspread since we moved here..my duvet cover for winter is even older.
I don't change things a lot.Except boots and coats and scarves it seems..my daughter has rubbed off on me;)

I get into something..settle in..and stay..the same..

 I have learned so much from all the blogs I follow and all the comments I have been happy to read.

You have no idea how some days..that little comment..or post..or tutorial..or recipe..or e-mail..
was all I needed to get going:)

THANK YOU.

And some of you are from day one.I cannot believe we are 8 +yrs older;)

I read a book I enjoyed..My name Is Lucy Barton..there are a few sentences I loved....the author is Elizabeth Strout ..I  had just read another of her books..The Burgess Boys..and I had read  Olive Kitteridge..Frances McDormand is just great in the movie version.
Back to the book..

This is the excerpt from the book..I wanted to share here..

There is a line Tennessee Williams wrote for Blanche Dubois..:"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers".
Many of us have been saved many times by the kindness of strangers,but after a while..it sounds trite,like a bumper sticker.
And that's what made Lucy sad,that a beautiful and true line comes to be used so often that it takes on the sound of a bumper sticker.

I sure hope my saying thank you..does not sound trite..because I mean it.
I am grateful that we visit and share..always.