WordlessWednesday: 12-Year Blogoversary Celebrating Images that Ignited My #Photography Passion

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For Wordless Wednesday, let your images tell the story.

Water fall on the Feather River
Autumn at Feather River, northern California, originally taken in 2010

“Autumn is serenity, an old soul’s passage to deep dreams.”
~ Angie Weiland-Crosby

a long walk up from Lake Tahoe shore
Long Walk Up. One of my first “good images”
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Shared for Cee’s FOTD and Dawn’s Festival of Leaves

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90 responses to “WordlessWednesday: 12-Year Blogoversary Celebrating Images that Ignited My #Photography Passion”

  1. Happy Blogiversary Terri!

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    1. Thank you, Cindy–I appreciate you stopping by some of my posts!

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  2. Thrifty Traveling Duo: MJ & Frank Avatar
    Thrifty Traveling Duo: MJ & Frank

    Congratulations! Loved the colors on that first image.
    I used to blog about running a few years back and stopped and now started this blog with my partner about our travels and hope to continue it for a long time. At least to hold a record of where we go.
    Congratulations and many more!

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    1. Thank you, and blogging about your travels is a great endeavor!

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  3. Congratulations Terri, so glad I found your blog 😊

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    1. Thanks so much, Ali! Back atcha!

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  4. Happy anniversary with your blog. That’s a huge achievement. You must have posted hundreds, if not thousands of photos, over the years!

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    1. Thank you, Debra! My WP media file has a lot of images for sure. 1000s I about right 😁

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  5. Wow. You are quite the talented and passionate Blogger. 10 years is a long long time🙌🙌💯

    Anyway, congrats on your anniversary💯👌

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    1. Thank you, you are very kind.

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  6. Congratulations, Terri! I’m glad to have met you via blogging. I passed my 7th year blogging milestone last month.

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    1. Thank you, Natalie! 7 years of blogging is an awesome achievement, congrats!

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  7. Congratulations, Terri – it’s amazing to think you’ve been blogging for twelve years. Toni xx

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    1. Thank you, Toni. It’s been a journey with a few twists and turns.

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  8. Congratulations on your blogoversary. It takes a lot of persistence to stick it out.

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    1. Thank you for your kind comment!

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  9. Congrats on your Blogoshphere anniversary, Terri. I enjoy your stunning photography and I am glad to have met you. 💖

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    1. Thank you, Eugi! I’m glad to have met you as well! The blogosphere is full of wonderful friends!

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      1. You’re welcome, Terri.

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  10. Congratulations Terri – 12 years is quite an achievement!

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    1. Thank you, Sarah. The time sure seemed to fly by!

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  11. 12 years! Wow! Congratulations, Terri. People say it’s not good looking back, but I refuse to believe that. Your first photos are great. And look how far you’ve come since then.
    Ten years for me in February 2024!

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    1. Thank you, Hugh! Blogging has certainly improved my skills in both photography and writing. It was in late 2014, almost 10 years ago when I met you and a few other bloggers who are still active. How far we’ve all come with our blogs.

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  12. Congrats on your anniversary. It feels good, doesn’t it, to have found a community to connect with?

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    1. Thank you, Bernie, I think that’s the best part of blogging.

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  13. Happy anniversary Terri. 12 years is an impressive amount of time. I’m glad you’re still enjoying sharing your images.

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    1. Thank you, Graham! It’s probably really 10 years with the early stops and starts. You post every day and have done so for ages. Good for you!

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      1. Coming up to 8 years soon. Wow, is it really that long!

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  14. Congratulations, Terri! January 1 will be my 8-year blogiversary. That means I have been following you for just over 7 years. ❤

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    1. Thank you, Donna! And you’ve kept things fresh with your various challenges too.

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  15. Congrats! I imagine the average is still around 18 months. Those of us who have stayed around have discovered the many gifts that blogging can bring to our lives. Happy 12th, my friend.

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    1. Thank you, Janis! I’m glad you are still blogging as well and that you have moved into writing fiction!

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  16. Well congrats are in order Terri – Happy Blogoversary! Those were great photographs all those years ago and you’re churning out great photographs now! I am just two years behind you for my blog. May we both have many more posts to write and share through the years!

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    1. Thank you, Linda, we will, I’m sure! I posted sporadically for 2 years before I got more serious. Photography has been very gratifying, I’m sure you agree.

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      1. I am sure we will Terri. I wrote an extremely long introductory post when I began my blog, then we had crummy weather, I didn’t walk and was at a loss for what to say. 🙂 I have said in many ways that walking was the best thing I ever did for myself, because it led to blogging and a renewed interest in photography.

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      2. Walking and capturing subjects with our lenses is truly inspiring. I get my best ideas for blogging from both 😁

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      3. The brain gears are always churning while walking and taking photos – I sure agree with you!

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  17. Happy blogoversary, Terri. I think I’ve been blogging about that long as well. I don’t remember exactly when I started but my blog has certainly changed over the years. I hope you continue to enjoy blogging for a very long time yet, as we enjoy your blog.

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    1. Thank you, Janet! I think when we’re at it this long, changes are inevitable. Blogging really opened the door to photography for me.

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      1. Yes, for me too. I started out with almost all writing.

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  18. I started September 2011, Terri, with a very English blog, but then the Portuguese adventure came along and the blog became a diary. I’m not sure when our paths crossed but it’s been a while. Glad you still enjoy it.

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    1. Wow, Jo, just a a few weeks before I published my first post! Your adventures are exciting and fun to read! Mine started out a a blog to share my thoughts about work–like personality assessments and that kind of thing…boring! No wonder I quit and took a break!

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  19. Wow! Happy Blogoversary! So many beautiful images for so many years!

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    1. Thank you, Susanne! I really got into blogging in Autumn 2014 as I got ready to retire from my full time job. Blogging became a wonderful source of inspiration and friendship over the years! You and I are going to have to meet in person one of these days! 🙂

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      1. Yes indeed, Terri! We need to work that out! 😊

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  20. Congratulations, Terri! What an achievement and I know your photography has brought joy to many. xx

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    1. Thank you, Sue. I think you may have been blogging longer, am I correct? Quite amazing for any of us to get this far ❤️

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      1. No, Terri, I am only coming up to 9 years blogging in January so I’m a few years behind you. xx

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      2. I remember “Sizzlin’ Toward Sixty” with fondness, and it shows how we all morph our blogs into something a little different as we learn and grow.

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  21. Congratulations Terri and q very happy anniversary 💜💜💜

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    1. Thank you Willow! I enjoy meeting new bloggers!

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  22. Congrats on 12 years with WP! And thanks for the beautiful photos, Terri. Keep on keeping on!

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    1. Thank you so much, Diana! I’m glad we met in person. We’ll have to get together for a PNW blogger lunch in the spring!

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      1. Yes! That would be fun!

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  23. 12 years!
    Many congratulations, Terri 🙂

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  24. You started out with a color autumn and still are going strong 😀 😀

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    1. Thanks, Cee, I believe hosting challenges keep us motivated to keep blogging.

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      1. I’m having a hard time staying enthusiastic right now. But yes, I totally agree with you 😀

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    Tranature – quiet moments in nature

    Congratulations Terri and happy 12th year Blogoversary! 💜🎉

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  26. Beautiful pictures, Terri. I’m not sure I could get up those stairs. Hmm… A goal for the new year.

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    1. Thank you, Jacqui! It’s been a while since I’ve walked up those stairs myself!

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  27. the trick is not to retire from something but to retire to something!
    You joined the flock 12 years ago and we are all smiling for that Terri! You always have interesting stories and pictures!
    WP should issue special emoji’s for reaching milestones.

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    1. Thank you so much, Wayne! I’m blessed to be among such a wonderful and supportive group of bloggers!

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  28. Happy Blogiversary. I started at about that same time. So glad we have become blogging friends.Thank you for your continues suport.

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    1. Thank you, Dawn! I enjoy your posts and photography!

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  29. Congratulations on your twelve years!

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    1. Thank you, Beth! It’s been a great journey!

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  30. Congratulations!! 12 years is a long time to be blogging.

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    1. Its closer to 9.5 years really, Darlene, since I stopped and started a lot. Thank you, its had been a lot of fun–will I blog another 10 + years? Hmmm.

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  31. Happy 12th Blogiversary! 🎉

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  32. Congratulations and cheers to blog longevity that many don’t achieve.

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    1. Thanks so much, Frank! I didn’t do much for the first two years, but got serious in 2014. I almost quit in early 2018, but got re-inspired when I resurrected Sunday Stills.

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      1. Thumbs up to your persistence

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      2. I suppose I knew I would be bored when I retired in December 2014. 🙂

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  33. How cool are you? Here’s to your blogversary and MANY more!!!

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    1. Heehee, thank you, Annette! After my initial few posts in 2011, I didn’t get serious until 2014. Thank you for sharing my posts each week!

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  34. Times flies, doesn’t it?! Beautiful photo of the golden leaves by the river! Also great zigzag leading lines of the stairs over those colorful kayaks. Here’s to many more fun years of blogging.

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    1. Thank you! I had never taken a pic like that before, looking up…it was a new idea in perspective for me and I have been given great feedback over the years.

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  35. Wow! Congratulations. I have always enjoyed your unique perspectives and wonderful photos. I can’t believe I started blogging over 9 years ago, including some dormant periods.

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    1. Thank you, Doug, You and Colleen were among the first bloggers I connected with. Truthfully, although I wrote my first post 14 years ago, I was so new and so clueless that I took a 2 year break and really came back to blogging in Fall 2014–when I met you and others. I am glad you are back to sharing posts and your passion for music!

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  36. Wow! That’s awesome. I will be at 10 years in April 2024. I can’t believe it’s been that long! 🥳

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    1. Thanks, Colleen! As I mentioned to Doug, although I wrote my first post in 2011, I really didn’t get serious until Fall 2014, a few months before I retired. That’s when I met you through WP Blogging 101–remember? It’s really amazing to see how most of our blogs have changed and morphed over the years to fit our particular passions. Congrats on almost 10 years!

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      1. Wow! That’s right. We had so much fun in those classes.

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