The Creative Exchange, January 2nd - 6th

Sharing with "Show Off Your Shot," at And Then She Snapped

Welcome back Dear Friends, and Happy New Year!  It seems like I've been away from here for a long time.  My Christmas was wonderful, with my very favorite people around me.  I am continually reminded of just how very lucky I am.  I spent much of last week just kind of taking it easy, and one of the absolute highlights of the week was being able to visit each blog in my blogroll/reader at least once, and some twice.  I used to be able to do this on a regular basis but the list has grown, quite simply because all of you have such wonderful blogs, and I love to visit you.  I just wish I could go through the entire list more often.

Now begins a brand new year.  I see the beginning of each New Year much the same as I see a beautiful new journal full of blank pages just waiting to be filled.  I am not, and never have been one to make New Years resolutions, so I cannot tell you anything exciting about that.  You see for me, I seem to make resolutions as each day passes.  For example, as Daryl so hilariously stated on her blog, I too consumed way too much sugar over the Holidays, so I decide to stop doing that (for awhile!!), and that's what I do.  I may handle a situation in a way that retrospectively I know I could have handled differently/better, so the next time it occurs, I try to do so, and of course the list goes on.

You see if you stop to think about it, I think many of us probably do much the same thing.  We are always trying to "better" ourselves, and for me, if I do this as I go along in life, I am rarely disappointed, and when I am, I find that I can always change that too, since most of my disappointment is of my own doing.  I like it this way, and in all honesty if I were to begin making a list of my "resolutions," I would not know where to begin, and I am sure it would never end!  And so as we begin a new year, I find myself most grateful for the ability to make the changes I may want to make, but most of all for not knowing what these changes might be!  It is definitely an exciting time.

I hope you are beginning 2012 with a sense of wonder and excitement, and I wish for each of you, all you might wish for yourself in the coming year.

Remember that for this week only, we have a theme of sorts:  “Your Favorite Photograph of 2011.”  Also, remember that this is not mandatory.  It is just something I thought you might like to do.  So, my favorite photograph of 2011?  Yup, definitely this one.  Taken with my iPhone, technically pretty bad, but I am quite sure that driving through a rainbow is a once-in-lifetime thing, so there you have it, my favorite for 2011!

Have a wonderful start to your week!