January 21, 2010

one + one = 1027


600
posts
~~
there it was in black and white
and
I had failed to pay any attention to it
until yesterday
~~
but
the more I thought about it
and
then about all of the
living and love and experiences and friends and dreams and inspiration and support
that have wrapped themselves around me
during the past four years
I felt that I had left out a very important part of my life
~~
my very first blog
a baby of sorts
~~
when I first decided to blog
in december of 2005
it was on the heels of another one of our moves
and
I wanted to keep our friends and family up to date
with all of our life changes
~~
but
it quickly became much more than that
~~
it became a huge part of my daily life
for two years
~~
but
then one morning I woke up
and
knew that something had to change
~~
like a favorite sweater shrinking in the dryer
just wasn't fitting me anymore
~~
it was filled with art
that I was no longer working on
and
many photos from flickr
that weren't mine
because
at that time
photography wasn't important to me
and
I knew in my heart
that I needed something new
something fresh
~~
so
"more doors"
~be yourself...everyone else is taken~
was born
representing all the homes I have lived in
while
cherishing the fact that there will be
more doors
I'll open in the future
~~
and
it's been here
on this blog
where
I've learned to fly
~~
where
my photography
that I didn't fall in love with
until
I went to squam in september of 2008
has a home
~~
where
my words
that so often seem jumbled up in my mind
somehow make sense when I see them written here
~~
so
I decided I couldn't leave out my first blog
because
all of us have someone or something
we need to give credit to
for a starting point
with something special in our lives
~~
so here's to my old blog
who helped me get here
~~
1027
posts
*
and
to those of you who mentioned it
by all means
if you win the drawing
and
want the truck photo
from yesterday
instead of a winter scene
it's all yours
*






26 comments:

  1. I had to go back and catch up to see what I have missed. Your frost photos were stunning! I had no idea they could be so pretty despite how grey the sky was... but you proved me wrong :)

    You are going to make someone smile so big come Saturday :)

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  2. What I like the best is how blogging helps us to evolve as artists. Congrats on yours! Love your photo!!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  3. Oh Beth...just beautiful! I loved your more doors blog and I love this one. You are such an inspiration and a joyous part of my day. Here's to more doors and being ourselves! xoxo

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  4. it's hard to imagine that you haven't "always" been a photographer ... your heart sees so much

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  5. <3 you woman. and happy 1,037.

    i wonder how many post my old myspace blog had before i shut it down? i wonder how many i've pulled from my current site that i had started right after mother's death. ones so filled with pain that i couldn't breathe.

    i haven't looked. i need to look.

    i'm so thrilled to know you.

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  6. I have only been visiting here a few months and enjoy both the writing and the photography... it is inspiring to read how much blogging and photography has meant to you and how your blog has evolved...may you continue to grow and inspire!

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  7. congrats my friend. you have an amazing blog, and i enjoy every visit here.
    xoxo

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  8. Congrats on a great blog....hard to believe you have not been taking these amazing photos your whole life...I love your work both in photos and words you have a great talent!

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  9. love your photos and your words!!!!!

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  10. Wonderful and so inspiring your post.
    It is strange how our blogs become important to us.
    Thank you for your wonderful photos and words.
    Katelen

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  11. And YOU are the someone or something special that has stirred something in all of us...i look through your photo's and I'd like to believe that I can see a smidgen of what you see when you took the shot and I SO want that from my photo's...

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  12. Very interesting, You know I love your blog, your way of looking at things and your kindness and the way you jump! Thank you.

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  13. That's a lot of posts! And, they're all great! I love your photographs and your words. Here's to 1027 more!

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  14. You are such an inspiration.
    And I so want to take the time to read and look through.
    As someone at the beginning of a journey... beautiful people like you are gifts.
    And I hope you keep inspiring yourself, because you deserve the very beauty you capture held inside yourself always.

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  15. i just have to say that your photography is wonderful! i always love to visit your blog.

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  16. i am glad for your evelotion, because i benefit from it. I am glad you write. I love it.
    And your photos are better than anything you could "google."

    You are awesome.

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  17. What I love about blogging is it reminds us of who we were, where we are, and where we want to be! Again- can't wait to purchase the book that you have written (all your posts)~ I'm just saying...

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  18. It's amazing how a blog can bring out the inner us! Here's to another 1027 posts!

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  19. I am rather new to your blog - but I enjoy it so much. Your photos are so beautiful and (I believe) such a representation of you. I have been playing with the idea of changing my blog name and URL etc... still thinking about it - but this inspired me!

    Have a wonderful day,
    Lori

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  20. Many many many congrats on you Beth. Flying is so nice isn't? I'm so gladd you did find your wings in blogland and beyond it. It's showing in all your pictures and your stories. Keep up the good spirit and thanks many thanks for sharing your wonderful you with all of us.
    Happy more times opening doors my friend.
    Hugs Dagmar

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  21. 1027 Posts! AWE-SOME and congratulations. That's huge.

    More please!
    xo

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  22. I love your blog for many reasons, but the title was what initially pulled me here. 'Be yourself, everyone else is taken' Brilliant!

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  23. It must feel so rewarding to see where you have been and how much you have grown over the last few years.

    You've been blogging for 4 years congratulations.

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  24. beautiful photo here, my dear! award-winning!

    congrats on 600 posts! i just reached 500 recently. it goes by so fast, no?

    hope you are well. thanks for stopping by. i always love to see you smiling name and comments.

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  25. Congratulations on 600 posts. I am so new here, I've got tons to catch up on. Right now I'm just trying to stay current...

    I have an old blog, too, but on my 'new' one, I just reached 100 posts. It'd be nice if I posted more than 12 times a year! I keep telling myself that 'when I get my life together...blogging will come more easily.' It's not happening. Anyway...

    I enjoy stopping by here. I love your photos, and your words. I want to go to Squam. It's my goal. Someday!!

    Again, congrats to you,
    ~Cindy

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  26. Your wings are so beautiful.
    xo

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth