1st Anniversary of Life in the Foothills!
Today is the one year anniversary of Life in the Foothills on WordPress. It has been an amazing year needless to say! A huge thanks to all of you who follow my blog and to those of you who have given me a thumbs up with the likes! This has been a truly amazing adventure and has changed my life and you, my dear readers, have been a part of that change! For that, I thank you!
Writing this blog made me discover parts of myself that have been silent for a long time. I began not really knowing what it was that I wanted to do, and I have seen myself and this blog evolve over time. I look forward every day to posting something new that mixes photography with the everyday occurrences of life.
I thought that to celebrate the day, I would share with you my top 12 posts, one for each month of the year. These are the posts most viewed by readers. So let’s start with number 12 and work our way back up to number 1.
12 – The Town of Placerville This post gave you a tour of the quaint town where I live. It certainly has charm and character as well as a lot of history!
A view of Main Street
11 – My Name is Opie This article was inspired by photos of Opie who is the proud owner of Shirley, my friend Jane’s cousin. Such a cute face! Thank you to Opie, Shirley and Jane for sharing this lovely photos with me!
Opie
10 – Yogi-isms I love the comments made by Yogi Berra and so do you!
Yogi Berra
9 – Maple Glazed Rotisserie Ham Can’t you just smell the rich aroma’s wafting off this beauty?
Start the maple syrup basting…
8 – Skinner Winery in Fairplay This quaint winery made the top 12 list! I urge you to visit Skinner should you find yourselves here in the area!
Skinner Tasting Room
7 – Back in Time – Jerome, AZ Another quaint town with many, many artists and ghosts too! If you find yourself any where near this spot, I highly recommend that you visit!
Abandoned in the ghost town
6 – Unusual BBQ’s Who doesn’t love something a bit odd? Apparently, you do and so do I!
Boat Grill – Photo by Vayzo com
5 – National Cold Cuts Day I love cold cuts! Can’t you just taste the sandwich made with these lovely meats?
Cold Cuts – Photo from Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter Blog
4 – Love in the Mist Such a beautiful flower, and you enjoyed it too!
Up close to Love in the Mist – Photo from TimeToCraft.com. uk
3 – Salmon by the Salmon Fishing Queen This was an interesting article on the differences in salmon sold at the grocery.
Wild Salmon – Photo by CaveManStrong.com
2 – Chemistry in Cooking It was interesting for me to see how many folks looked at this post. I am amazed at the interest, but you folks were curious too!
Melting butter
And now, for the number one post of this year…The envelope please?
1 – Pretty Feet Contest Winner Who knew that those beautiful toes would draw so much attention!
Pretty Feet Contest Winner – Toby!
Thank you again to all, and may the next year be just as exciting as this last! Hugs to you all!
Life in the Foothills 
Happy Anniversary!!! And many more to come! 🙂
Thanks and hugs to you Kat!
Belated congratulations Barb. It really is great fun. I am so gloat to have met you through the blogging.
Best,
Conor
Back at you Conor! Nice to know that I have a friend in Ireland!
Ta-da!! Job Well Done! I am so glad to have had the privilege of reading your blogs this past while. Here’s to another great year!
Congratulations! I love reading your blog, and now I realize how much catching up I have to do on your past posts. This was a fantastic idea to mark your anniversary. I love it!
Thank you Mandy! It is so nice to see how many people that I touch and I am glad that I have touched you!
Happy anniversary–I’ve been to Jerome, AZ, a few times (back when I lived in Phoenix). It’s a gorgeous town, but scary driving for this misplaced swamp girl!
Thank you! I have other places in AZ to feature at another date! Thank you for being one of my readers!
Hey there! I nominated you for the sunshine award. Please see your blog listing at http://thesugarlump.com/2012/06/18/the-sunshine-award/
Best wishes and congrats on 1 year of blogging!
Sugarlump
OMG – I am truly humbled! Thank you SugarLump! Thank you for being a reader!
You’re so welcome! I just love all of your posts. You have a wonderful blog 🙂
Thank you again!
Congratulations Barb. Well done. You’re a fantastic blogger.
Thank you Gary! You are too, and I am happy that I now have a friend in Australia! Can I come and visit? I just have to find someone who will let me hide in their luggage! Know anyone? Or, will you this area anytime soon? I take up very little space!
On Friday I’ll be flying Ottawa, Chicago, Los Angeles, Sydney and the Canberra. If you can find me at an airport I’ll carry 🙂
I will be sending this to you by snail mail. The cost of UPS is $115! It weighs less than one pound! I will be going to get gas tomorrow, so will post tomorrow! Not sure how long it will take. Let me know how you like this! I hope that your trip was good!
Thanks Barb. If it’s too expensive please don’t go out of your way. I really appreciate the gesture though.
Gary – I mailed this off to you yesterday! Cannot wait to see what you will do with Spike!
I have nominated you for The Lovely Blog Award! It’s OK if you do not accept this award, but I nominated you because I really like your blog. Visit my recent post if you do decide to accept this award, and nominate 15 or so fellow bloggers!
(just passing it on, i’m new at this!)
Thank you! And hugs! You are one of the people that inspire me!
Happy Anniversary! Looking forward to the next year 🙂
Happy Anniversary! Love how you picked out a post from each month! Here’s to a great new year of many more posts!!
I loved them all espeically #6! Gotta get me one of them thanaangs!
Happy Anniversary Mz. Babs. So glad we found each other (Gosh, sounds like a sappy love song!). Celebrate well! Hugs!
Thanks Christine! I am glad we found each other too! Hugs back!
congratulations 🙂
Thanks Joshi!
Happy Anniversary! Thanks to you for all the wondeful posts.
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a YEAR already!! You sure keep it interesting, AND you are making time fly! I know this year will be even more interesting as you continue to explore and discover. XoXoXo
Back at you my tumbling weeds!
Congratulations! Great retrospective of your first year! I’m proud to have this long-distance friendship and hope that one day our paths will cross! Z
Me too Z! Thank you!
btw, the chocolate cupcakes make me suddenly hungry for something chocolate.. could you send a batch fed-ex overnight to ecuador?! z
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Congrats! Keep them coming! 🙂
Mucho gracias mi amigo!
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