2021, The Year in Review - Part 2

 According to my blog

I will pick up from where I left off last time and finish the second half of the year.

July - 9 posts

This month saw me celebrating two birthdays. First was my father's when I posted about things I had learned from him. Next was my birthday when I paid tribute to my mother because I was not an easy baby. We were still looking for outdoor things to do and went to a bluegrass concert on a local farm where there was plenty of room to spread out. Despite the weather being very hot, I posted pictures of several flowers that were thriving. Also, I took a break from my attempts at being positive and did a post about things that were annoying me, primarily changes in our bank's software. And this was the month that I started answering prompts from Tuesday 4 and discussed blogging, movies, and a visit from the future.

Besides flowers, I shared a picture of one of the baby bunnies around our yard.

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August - 13 posts

During August, we took two trips - one to research Ward's genealogy in Pennsylvania and one to West Virginia for a family reunion. The hot weather continued with frequent afternoon thunderstorms. In the garden, tomatoes and basil were producing, and I made several batches of tomato sauce and pesto. For my Tuesday 4 posts, I discussed my personal characteristics, books and movies, cooking, and my wedding.

We found the church where Ward's grandfather was baptized during our genealogy trip.

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September - 7 posts

The garden was winding down in September, but I still harvested basil, tomatoes, beets, and carrots. I shared the story of how we got our current two cats to celebrate their birthday, and I posted about the ribbons we won at the local fair. During my Tuesday 4 posts, I talked about my home and the Wild West. This month, my blog also documented wooly worm activity, but the real wildlife story was about a snake that got taped to a wall in our house.

The Wild West post featured a picture of Theo getting ready
for Rodeo Days when we lived in Texas.

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October - 11 posts

This month found us on another short getaway to Pennsylvania but in a different area than in August. Like most of our getaways, we enjoyed visiting historical sites along with parks. We also spent a day in Annapolis, getting an overview of the city for a return visit. Again, I was in a complaining mood and mentioned a few of my pet peeves, including too many moving graphics on the TV news. I answered Tuesday 4 questions about October as well as remembered Halloween traditions from my childhood. With fall in full swing, there was not much talk of harvest except for a few apples I made into an apple crisp.

One of the pictures from our Annapolis trip.

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November  - 6 posts

In November, Ward and I took an anniversary trip to WV where we hiked in the ice and snow. I answered Tuesday 4 questions about my hometown and the month of November, and Theo gave me his own version of Tuesday 4 that resulted in two posts about seeing situations from two sides. Also, I talked about our Thanksgiving preparations and a busy grocery store trip.

We were surprised with our first camellia blooms this month.

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December - -9 posts

I began the month with more details about the anniversary trip we took at the end of November, but most of the month discussed holiday preparations and plans. These were mostly positive, but I did do one post about the melancholy feeling that I was having. I did a post on my mother's birthday about how she changed the date she celebrated it so it wouldn't always be lumped in with Christmas. In the Tuesday 4 posts, I discussed my name and books and movies.

We had a very warm December and there were still a few flowers in the yard.

So there you have it. My year in review or at least a review of what I had time (or the inclination) to post about. I was more active in 2021 than I was the year before. In 2021, I averaged 2.5 posts/week and in 2020, I averaged 1.5 posts/week. The increased numbers were in part because of participation in the Tuesday 4 questions. 

Who knows what 2022 will bring? And who knows what I will choose to post about? I have great ideas, and you may see some of them when blogging moves further up on my priority list. Those darn things like work and chores keep getting in the way. :)

Until next time...