Today I Am 5!!

Today I'm celebrating the 5th birthday of this Nature Knitter Blog! Wow! Isn't that amazing?

My first blog post way back in 2007 also featured a single bird picture -- a Cedar Waxwing photographed right outside my dining room window. I had to travel a bit farther to capture this Bald Eagle photo, but I think it's a good correlation also with how far I've come on this blog. I like to think I've become a better writer and definitely a better picture taker (of course, that nice Canon EOS Rebel camera Mr. Johnson gifted me with a couple Christmases ago helps a lot too!)

I'm grateful to all of you who are faithful followers, even though I've become less than faithful about posting regularly. Thank you for sharing in all of the joys and sadnesses that have occurred in the last 5 years. I'm especially thankful for all the wonderful friendships I've made with bloggers all around the world. I've had the chance to meet so many of you and look forward to meeting more of you in my birding adventures around the U.S.

Happy Blog Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the Nature Knitter Blog -- 3 years old today!

In honor of this special event, we shall eat chocolate cake!

Many thanks to all of you, my followers, fans, family and friends for spending a little bit of time with me and my blog. I've enjoyed sharing my stories and pictures with you for the last 3 years. It's been an amazing adventure and I've been blessed to meet so many new friends who share my love of birds, nature, and knitting. Looking forward to (at least) 3 more years and especially the chance to meet more of you in person.

Blogger Life List 2007 - 2010

Lynne (Hasty Brook)

Richard (At the Water)

Laura H (Somewhere in NJ)

Dee (Crane Lake Nature Blog)

Dawn (Dawn's Bloggy Blog)

Mike & Lizette (Mike & Lizette's Travel & Thoughts)

Penny (Penelopedia)

Sharon (Birdchick Blog)

Julie (Julie Zickefoose)

Bill (Bill of the Birds)

Emily (Dolendae Knits)

Virginia (Bees in the City)

Deb (Sand Creek Almanac)

Roger (Minnesota Birdnerd)

Mary (Mary's Corner of the World)

Heidi (MMATM Blog)

Steph (KTTC Weather Blog)

Mike (Colder By The Lake Birding)

Ray (Troutbirder)

Hap from New Hope (who's not a blogger, but a long-time

follower I was privileged to meet last summer!)

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to my Blog.....1 year old today!

On March 6th of 2007, I posted my first blog entry. You can see it here. No title, a couple pictures and only a few lines of text. I was a complete Blogger idiot! I was inspired by reading Julie's blogs (can't even remember how I discovered her blog in the first place, only know that it was during a boring day at work and I had no other real work to keep me busy). My main reason for starting my blog was to keep my family members entertained and so they could keep tabs on what I was up to (since I'm not very good at calling on the phone or other normal ways most people use to stay in touch).

Looking back to a year ago, I had no idea what challenges, opportunities, knowledge, and new friendships blogging would bring to me. But here I am one year later, still pecking away. I am now (mostly) proficient at posting, adding pictures and even downloading movies. Overcoming the initial frustration of figuring out what I can do with Blogger and getting around its "quirks" has been enough to keep me challenged and wanting to learn more.

An added benefit has been getting my mom involved in my blog too. My friends have become her friends and I'm so thankful she's enjoying this and becoming more familiar and proficient in her computer skills. One of these days, I need to go down to her house and spend a couple of intensive hours giving her some Blogger lessons and getting her a Google ID so she doesn't have to post "anonymous" comments anymore. Maybe I should find out if she would like access privileges so she can be a guest blogger for me.....

Thanks blogging friends for sharing this past year with me and I look forward to spending the next year with you!