is like a brilliant field of new spring flowers,
filled with creative, talented, intelligent people, with open, searching minds, who are kind and supportive, rooting for each other.
A field chock full of productive people who use their unique talents in individual ways to contribute, to try and make a better world.
A community that spans countries, continents, religions and viewpoints, composed of individuals adding their light to an often dark world.
You are a blessing everyday to so many, including me. It was time to pause, and express my gratitude for being part of you.
Non-bloggers may not understand the depth of our individual and community connection. Hopefully, they might start a blog and find out for themselves, if not, it is their loss.
I picked these photos and flowers in honor of you, and our community.
Thank you for being you! Cheers to you and long may you blog~
You always seem to recognize the right moment to make me smile Cindy! The gems you share can leave one breathless! Hugs and blessings my !
The feeling is, as you well know Wendell, more than mutual. Be well my dear friend~ <3
Wow … I’m early. The flowers are a great sign of spring for all. For us, we saw 1 daffodil opened today … and one tree full of blooms. It’s coming!
It is! It is! And we have actually had rain! 🙂 <3
Cheers to your rain!
It’s been raining here cats, dogs, goats and elephants!!! We surely need it here in Calif., huh Cindy???
Yes. I have never just stood under a patio cover watching the rain for so long!! Wonderful!
Your words and pictures are beautiful Cindy! It’s wonderful to read your posts and see the world through your eyes. Blessings for a continuing rich experience with your writing and the many friendships you have nurtured through your sharing and receiving of kindness and support.
Your friend,
Jan♡
Friends like you are the reason blogging has become a piece of my <3. Hugs to you my friend~
This is a superbly beautiful salute to and embrace of this amazing WP family we’ve all come to love. Their r such wonderful spirits here and we all give and learn so much from each other. These pics express these feelings far better than words ever could..but I truly love both mediums..goddess bless u all🙏🏼😇👼🏼
Yes!! I truly never in my wildest imagination could have ever have pictured the beauty of this international blogging community. Such kindred souls reaching out to each across distance and culture, finding deep communion and support for each other. Truly a beautiful community that I feel so fortunate to have stumbled on. Hugs to you my friend~
I’m right on your page sister!! And bigger hugs to u, my sweet friend
<3 <3
Beautiful post… thank you…
(However, no flower for me 🙁 the rafflesia … in honour of my ability to stink up the blogosphere.. hehe)…
I see flowers springing up all around you, nodding their faces towards yours~
Prophecy or curse.. that remains to be seen :D.. will they stand up and accuse me of being outre.. or will they even think I am sacrificing them so that I can grow myself… or will it be a true spring… ? One in which everyone will bloom equally…
I am so confused.. I don’t know what kind of flower I am anymore.. and you know, Cindy, never mind this faux-philosophy 😀 I am just being incoherent…
Let us hope that this spring brings hope for us all.. I hope, sincerely..
Thank you for your kindness and the warmth of your words.. I truly appreciate it.. maybe I do not do justice to them either by replying flippantly. Just feeling a little more worthless than I was before.. haha…
You do justice to yourself whenever you speak your truth, even more so when it is complicated or confusing, what you refer to as incoherent. People’s truth has a ring to it, the flippancy, the anger, all the surface stuff falls away, when the truth comes out. Nothing wrong with flippancy, anger, it’s just the stuff below it is more real. I hope that there is a hopeful spring for all of us, but like you, I see the world, and doubt it too.
Thank you for responding with your honest confusion. I appreciate your courage and intelligence, and your worth and dignity.
Keep on shining~
Hear Hear Cindy > Great post. I think the feeling of togetherness on WP is awesome. Oh and thanks for starting my Sunday off with such colour. 🙂
Who knew? Certainly not me, that one could get to know people so well, and become so connected to this unexpected community. It is a life force of it’s own. Happy Sunday Andy~
Cheers Cindy. For years I always felt that the internet was a dangerous and negative place. How wrong I was 🙂
I was just like you, and so many parts of it are, but not our community! <3
Just amazing precision,Cindy !!!
Beautiful color and beautiful shots
Awww, thank you my dear friend and be well~
Wow! Thank you Cindy. You are an amazing part of this community. Thank you for being you!
Visa versa 2 U!
Cool! Be blessed!
Beautiful, kind, and true!
Yes!! We are blessed~
Cindy,
You are what makes a community. You take us to unique places in Europe and in ‘The Holler.’ I also see that you take the time to answer each and every comment on your blog. That takes a lot of time and (I was going to say a lot of effort, but no) a lot of dedication to your readers. You are one in a million. I hope we never lose you from the blogosphere. Be good and feed a few critters for my sweetheart and I.
Wally
You were one of my first blogging friends Wally and you are one of my dearest still. We have been through some good and some sad times together my friend. I send you and your beautiful wife my love and friendship, always. <3
Thank you, Cindy, for all the beauty you bring to our world 🙂
And visa versa 2 U X 2! <3
You outdid yourself here Cindy. In this case a picture of flowers is worth one thousand words. Our community is as unique as each blossom, but together the garden we create is even lovelier than the sum of its parts.
Cheers to WordPress and the magic of blogging.
much love,
Linda
So very true Linda, and I know you, as a clinician like myself, have been surprised by this incredible community we have lucked on to. Sometimes life and people can be so good! Love to you Linda and all the best my friend~
thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures and very kind words, and you are exactly the kind of person our community loves )
That is because it is an awesome community composed of incredible people who would never have met each other in everyday life. It’s like we tossed our selves into the cybersphere with our fingers crosses, and untold wonders came flying back at us! I am so grateful. Hugs to you~
Great photographs of a much greater work!
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Darwin, could you explain the origin of that beauty?
Some questions are unanswerable and some things unknowable. All I know is that all of us together are a force for good and I am so fortunate to be a part of it. <3 <3
I heartily second what Wally said above! You are one of a kind and bring such beauty and joy to our lives, Cindy! <3
It is a fully mutual, reinforcing phenomona, I send back what I receive from friends like you Teresa.! <3
If only the real world can be as lovely and harmonious as the one we inhabit here in our little blogging world.
I so agree with you, but least we make our own harmonious world and we both get to be part of it!
Yes!
Thank you for the beautiful words and pictures Cindy!
Thank you for being such a beautiful part of our community of blogging friends Maiko~ <3
What a remarkable and lovely expression of gratitude for this WP community we have all come to love. You always do this with grace, style and beauty. Thanks for that, Cindy. 💕
You inspire me and I feel the mutual regard and affection flying over space right into my heart~ <3
Beautiful post and photographs. I do love irises. They are my favorite flowers. I have around 125 different colors and varieties on my property. Thanks for the memory
They are exquisite aren’t they. I love them and they multiply which I love even more!
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Our world, our lives, would be more beautiful if more people saw the beauty possible in the world and not so often just seeking something to hate.
Very beautiful pictures, thank you for posting them up for the rest of us to get a chance to see this beauty also. Hope you don’t mind but I just re-blogged it, give others a chance to see that prettiness also.
I am honored and touched. Thank you. It took a long time for me to articulate my feelings, but my feelings for our community and the good that I see here everyday, finally had to be expressed. It is a wonderful world to be a part of. Thank you my friend and cheers to you~
These are very pretty flowers Cindy. 🙂
Thank you dear Ranu and cheers too~
Thank you, Cindy, for this beautiful tribute to our collective community. I have to agree, non-bloggers don’t know what they are missing! <3
They don’t. It’s like Pythagorus trying explain the world is round to the flat earth society. They think it isn’t real because they haven’t experienced it. It’s kind of nice. It makes it our unique world.
You’re probably right. Even among blogs, I think WP is the best of the best!
What a lovely post. Thank you and I too am so grateful to have you and your spectacular photography as part of the blogging community. 🙂
We are blessed, us bloggers! 🙂
Your flower photos bring Spring, almost overwhelmingly. And what you say about blogging is so true. I sit and wonder, sometimes, just why…how can it be that human connection with persons you’ve never actually met can be so intense and gratifying? Are we after all more spirit than body? At any rate, I am like you, every day glad for all of us who have found each other in this special way!
Yes, you are poet. You understand well that deep human connection can occur solely through the written word, but you can’t actually interact with the poets you read, unless of course, you both happen to blog! <3
There are many aspects unique to blogging that make for a deeper connection than you have with someone you may see regularly but superficially, in the non-virtual world, in that bloggers share with each other the deep creative aspects of themselves. Out of this grows conversation, discussions about thoughts, feelings, life events, whatever is on someone's mind. You do this over time, and you get to know a different side of people. They become your virtual friends and I posit that these friendships although different than what we are used to, can be as rewarding as any friendship.
It is a new virtual world and I embrace it because it builds connections and bonds between people across all sorts of previously unsurmountable divides. You and I for example, would never have met, or made a connection were it not for blogging.
Long may you blog Cynthia~
PS- I had to come back later and add, yes miraculously we are all essentially spirit, something that was never acknowledged in the smart family I grew up in.
It’s so good not to be limited by the past…or our memories of it. We have today… in whatever its richness,…and maybe tomorrow, too!
Wow awesome flowers!!! I especially love the one with the Bee! Hello Spring! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Hugz back to you two and I hope Bear is being careful not to step on your sore foot~
Beautiful photos and lovely words. I have felt the same way about the blogging community. Kind people pursuing some very interesting interests!
Yes a wonderful gift for those of us lucky enough to join in!
It is a lovely bouquet indeed, Cindy.
Leslie
So deserved by such a special community~
We are a great community, aren’t we?
Leslie
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Fabulous Cindy – my sentiments exactly!
It’s hard to articulate it isn’t it, especially when there are nattering non-blogging nabobs about, saying virtual connections are dangerous or “not real.” They really don’t know what they are talking about.
Very well said, Cindy. And everyone blooms, each in their own way. 🙂
They do indeed and bloggers are finding their way!
Well done and said Cindy! It seems you and I were on a similar wavelength tonight. I’m just so thrilled and thankful for all the amazing people I’ve come to know through my blog. Thank you so much for being one of them! Your photos are always amazing and bless me so much with their beauty and your caring and compassion do the same. Love and hugs, Natalie 🙂 <3
Yep, I hear the truth resonating from you Natalie, and it doesn’t suprise me at all that we are on the same wave length. We are all blessed to have the opportunity to know each other. You suprise and impress me at times with the depth, courage and sensitivity of your postings. You keep on shining Natalie. <3
Awwww how sweet of you Cindy! We shall shine on together my friend! 😊❤️😘
We do indeed and trust you to understand. <3
How radiant! Where is that flower shop (2nd one from the top)? I’ve never seen one that’s literally covered with flowers everywhere (overhanging, etc.) before.
This is a beautiful tribute to all the various bloggers out there – unique in style and personality. What a wonderful thought. Thank you Cindy! <3
You are example of a person I feel closely connected to Lynn, so thank you my friend. That second photo was an outdoor flower shop in Amsterdam. I was going to do a whole post on Amsterdam Flower shops, but I stole some of the photos for this post. The Dutch do their flowers like no one else in the world. Be well my friend~
Gorgeous pictures, Cindy. Long may you blog too. 🙂
Blessings ~ Wendy
Visa versa 2 U X 2!
awesome pictures Cindy…:-)
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
Beautiful post and the pictures make me yearn for blooming flowers now.
I can well imagine. Hold on, they are on their way!
beautiful Cindy, lovely!!!!
Mille grazie~
So beautiful. The catching of the bee flying is so stunning.
He is a bee on a mission!! 😉
Oh, Cindy. This post is so beautiful. Thank you, my dear blogger-friend. I am glad we are part of the same community.
Yes, I am too. Grateful~ <3
Gorgeous, Cindy. Love the photos and the note.
So glad you do and cheers too!
This is so sweet. I feel like a flower 🙂 Beautiful sentiments and photos, Cindy. It is an amazing community. I had no idea when I started that I would feel connected to people all around the world, some whose names I don’t even know.
You are a beautiful flower in our blogging garden. I had no idea at all that blogging would open the door to such an incredible group of people, as you say from all over the world. What a wonderful gift~
I had no idea either. It was a wonderful surprise 🙂
<3
Oh, this is beautiful Cindy. Not just the gorgeous flowers but the sentiment behind it. I love being part of this wonderful community 🙂
Yes! I know exactly how you feel! We are lucky~ <3
Your wording is wonderful and the photographs are perfect Cindy. It’s a fantastic community full of new growth all the time but which grows closer with each passing season.
Wishing you a wonderful new week.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
Being part of it all is a wonderful life suprise and you are so right, continuous growth. Thanks for understanding David~
Well said. Flowers are beautiful, as are your photographs of them.
You are a lovely virtual friend John~
Gorgeous pics! OMG😍😍
Intended for your kind heart! <3
I’m bedazzled! ♡ლ❀‿❀ლ♡
I am so happy to make you smile! 🙂 ♡ლ❀‿❀ლ♡ 🙂
Thank you for your generosity and warm feelings, Cindy. ^-^
Thank you for being part of the caring community & happy Sunday my friend~
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Cindy Knoke with a wonderful array of floral images in celebration of our blogging community. Thanks Cindy and delighted to be part of your United Nations.
It is our United Nations and we all do a rocking job! Cheers to you my very dear Sally~ <3
Dear Cindy, your blog brought me great joy. What beautiful floral pictures. We are living in such a beautiful world. You truly take the best pictures. Hugs! Veraiconica
Your presence always makes me smile Veraiconica. Be well my friend~
Thank you Cindy, wishing you a nice sunday, we are having spring rain. A nice reading day! Hugs! Veraiconica
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Ah, that’s so lovely Cindy, such stunning flowers, my favourite is the last one with the bee… long may you blog too …. wherever would we be without our blogs?
It would be a loss for us wouldn’t it. Blogging is a communication enhancer and for this alone it is invaluable. Happy Sunday!
Yes so true. Happy Sunday to you too Cindy. 🙂
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Very well said Cindy! And the photos are wonderful.
So pleased you enjoyed & cheers!
Cindy, you light up my life! Thank you so much for you and thank all other blogger friends in our marvellous community for all. 🙂 <3
We are a rocking group I am lucky to be a part of, and you are a wonderful friend~ <3
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Beautiful post, Cindy! I am grateful for all the blogger community, for creative people who make this world a better place.
Yes, exactly my feelings. Getting to know you has been a gift!
Oh I can say the same about you, Cindy!
Wonderful post and photos, Cindy 🙂
Flowers bring us peace, tranquility and beauty wherever we are or who are.
Have a nice Sunday, Cindy!
<3
Yes, “Man shall not live by bread alone…” We all need beauty, peace and love. Happy Sunday~
You, too, Cindy <3
Lovely photos, Cindy. Very colourful!
And I agree with your words also – thank you!
Ahhhh, thank you Tom for being a important part of our wonderful community.
So beautiful and so right too. Thanks, Cindy
We are lucky aren’t we, to get a chance to know each other! Cheers to you Olga~
“long may you blog”
Mille grazie` <3
All of the flowers are beautiful. My Botanical Gardens Orchid Festival is next weekend and I can’t wait to see all of the beautiful orchids (I’m volunteering too).
Orchid festivals are incredible. Lucky you, I would love to go with my camera!
lost for words, please take me there 🙂
Close you eyes and think of the flowers and you may just start to smell them. <3
Your photos amaze me.
You are a kind friend~ <3
From that angle it looks so majestic… I love the redness
The only thing I have seen that outdoes the ranuncula fields is the Kuekenhof tulips in the Netherlands.
Beautiful and thank you for all you share Cindy.
Visa versa 2UX2!
🙂
This post has brightened my day, Cindy.I’m thankful I’ve crossed paths with you. I smile each time you post any of your photos which are cheering, calming and delightful. <3 <3 <3
Your comment, and your posts have the same effect on me. I am lucky to know you. <3
Beautiful photos and post. The blogging family is a wondrous thing indeed. Thanks for reminding me what a gift it is.
Yep, I know you feel about it as I do. Be well Colleen and cheers my friend~
Thanks, Cindy! It’s true this is a surprising blogging community–in its diversity, its creativity, and its commitment to sharing and expanding our worlds. I hope the connections we make last a very long time!
I share your feelings precisely and your hope too. Long may we blog! <3
What a lovely post, Cindy! You’ve just gladdened my Sunday afternoon and said it so much better than I ever could. 🙂 It’s a joy to be part of your world.
It is a joy for me to be part of yours. We understand each others restless hearts. <3
How beautiful! These flower captures are stunning, Cindy. Thank you for bringing nature beauties to us! 🙂 <3
Thank you Amy for doing the same! <3
Gorgeous floral beauties…
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
Beautiful. All of it.
Thank you & cheers too!
Wow to nature’s best! <3
She cannot be out done!
What gorgeous photographs! Are those recent? Here, spring had not really sprung yet unfortunately.
Spring is peeking around the corner though, she will be there soon to cheer you!
The perfect way to start the week – the glamorous and stunning elements of flowers. Thank you Cindy, you bring an immense amount of joy through your photographs and generous spirit of sharing – it wouldn’t be the same without seeing your posts and spectacular visuals. Thank you as well for always being present no my blog and for your continued encouragement and support – yes there is something very special about the blogging world.
As there is something very special about you and your substantial artistic gifts Mary. You are a joy to know~ <3
Thank you Cindy – your compliment means a lot.
Holler is not only bird paradise but flower too!
Yes, the flowers bring the birds and the bees and the butterflies. Cheers to you Alexander and be well my friend~
Thank you, Cindy. Till we have bees on Earth human is safe.
Yes. I want this too.
What a beautiful post, both in the pics and the sentiment.
Suitable for a lovely person like you!
Thank you! 😊
Beautiful! Thank you Cindy! <3
Visa versa 2UX2! <3
Thank you, Cindy! Beautiful vibrant photos!
You are most welcome and Happy Sunday! <3
Cheers, Cindy! Great photos and post.
Very happy you enjoyed and cheers to you~
I love your description of the blogging community, Cindy. I love your photos even more, they have so much depth and colour. I could almost smell the flowers.
Ahhhh, so thoughtful and so appreciated!
Gorgeous Cindy! So bright and vibrant.
Spring is in the air!
True thoughts Cindy. I feel the same way. Gorgeous flowers and thoughts. BTW, I here Death Valley is really packed with wild flowers this year. I’ll be there in a couple of weeks. Hope they are still blooming. –Curt
Yes, they are calling it a super-bloom. Borrego is blooming too, but we haven’t had as much rain so no super-bloom. I love Death Valley and look forward to your photos.
Hoping I’m not too late…
I know, exactly what I thought. These wildflower desert blooms are so ephemeral, and when they bloom like this, in a super-bloom which I have seen once in my life, it is very hard to doubt the existance of a God who loves flowers.
Bloggers are indeed supportive and encouraging. Thank YOU, Cindy, for your lovely photos!
Back 2UX2 Debbie~ <3
Bonsoir BELLE JEUNE FILLE CINDY
Le Bonheur est une plume
La plus légère qui soit
Jamais assez belle pour toi
Ma Plume je la partage avec toi
Le Bonheur se cueille comme une fleur
Il faut prendre soin avec précaution
Il faut attention que celui-ci ne se fane pas
Par ces petits mots de Bonheur
Passe une agréable soirée
Prends bien soin de toi
Bises , Bernard
Je t’offre un petit café ou tisane
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Merci beaucoup mon cher ami! Vous etes une personne merceilleuse Bernard et vos mots me vendent heureux. <3 <3 :star:
This is wonderful – I really appreciate our blogging community
It is a very special group of people.<3
I couldn’t agree with you more Cindy and your beautiful, diverse flower photos illustrate it perfectly.
So pleased and happy that you understand. <3
A beautiful tribute to our blogging community; so proud to be a part of something so special.
Exactly my feelings and cheers to you my friend!
Absolutely beautiful photographs and very meaningful words. Thanks for touching the hearts of many, mine included.
If I touched your heart Belinda, then this was a very good day. <3 <3
You did and it is truly a beautiful day. Huge hugs
And thank you for letting me be a small part of your blogging community I do understand!
Of course you do, and thank you for letting me be a small part of your community. It is fully mutual my friend. <3
Cindy, this is a very beautiful presentation of your stunning flower shots. Thank you for the wonderful tribute to our WP family. _Resa
I couldn’t find my comment, but it doesn’t matter if I’m commenting twice. This post deserves double Kudos!
Beautiful Resa, who turns everything she touches into works of art. A privelege to know you. <3
I feel the same! {{hugs}}
…About you… I feel the same about you.!!! lol
Well said, Cindy! You could not have chosen a better photographic display of the beauty and diversity of our blogging community 🙂
Thank you. I knew you all deserved only my very best, so I picked with great care. <3
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This is a beautiful sentiment that I heartily share…thank you, Cindy!
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Thank you for being you. You rock! <3
Stunning show and tribute to our blogging community, Cindy! All over the world…we support each other, learn from each other and enjoy one another. This could not have been done in a better way – thank you for the privilege of belonging to such a beautiful community.
You expressed my precise feelings as well so beautifully! It is a privelege to know Leya. Be well my friend~ <3
Lovely, Cindy! Blessings to you and yours. <3
And to you dear Bette. This year, God willing, we will celebrate our fourth Christmas together. I look forward to it. Be well my friend~
Thanks for the great combination of uplifting photos and words. I had no idea that this wonderful community would have such an uplifting effect on my perception of the world and myself 🙂
Neither did I! Could you have even imagined such a thing? I certainly couldn’t. We are equally suprised, but a chance to get to know you Nick, clarifies why blogging is so important. Be well my friend~
Ha ha. THIS highlights why it’s absolutely incredibly! I have LITERALLY just hung up the phone with my mum, where we’ve had an in depth conversation about this. Specifically you and this post. It is a privilege to know you. You take care to my friend 😀
Such a lovely and timely reminder of why I value this community of bloggers so much and how sad it was to be plagued with bloggers block and not be able to dream up even a small post with which to contribute to this community. Beautiful flowers and gorgeous photos 🙂 Wolfie hugs 🙂
Oh my God! You don’t have to be so incredibly, brilliantly, wonderful all the time, to weigh in here. I just want to hear from you. You posts are truly remarkably exceptional, so I understand why you hold yourself to such a high standard and wait for inspiration. I anticipate your posts eagerly.
You could just weigh in with a photo of a nebula or something and say your’re thinking……
Or you could do what you are doing, and we will wait for you.
You are so worth it and you are always in my heart. <3
Beautiful!!!!
Danke schoen~
Cindy you have uncovered the beating heart of this wonderful blogging community in these glorious and uplifting photographs. I treasure the connection with you through WP posts. Travelling the world with you in your cyber suitcase and through your beautiful photos. The many and varied blogging buddies I look forward to “chatting” with and sharing our worlds, our activities and the millions of bloggers out there are an inspiration and hopefully it will keep spreading to create a world of friends who share love and peace. Now if only all politicians and world leaders could share in this community spirit known as blogging it could maybe save the world.
Yes!!! I agree wholeheartedly with everything you say! This quote from you sumsup our community perfectly, ” The many and varied blogging buddies I look forward to “chatting” with and sharing our worlds, our activities and the millions of bloggers out there are an inspiration and hopefully it will keep spreading to create a world of friends who share love and peace. Now if only all politicians and world leaders could share in this community spirit known as blogging it could maybe save the world.”
All I can add is amen, and thank you for being such a lovely friend Pauline~
Long live blogging and the friends we make… 🙂
<3 🙂
:star:
Lovely words and photos!
Very happy it resonated~
So pretty
And thank you Cindy for sharing your wonderful adventures with us!
Thank you for being an awesome travel partner!
Cindy, you never cease to amaze me with your gorgeous photography, and these stunning displays of flowers are breathtaking. Thank you for all that you share. I am so blessed to have met you and so many other wonderful friends in our blogging community. (((HUGS))), my dear friend.
We are fortunate. In our community we have built a better world, one in which people from all over the world form connections free of conflict.
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Great photo display of flowers with incredibe words of wisdom.
Cindy these are a great photo display of flowers, and incredible words of wisdom. 🙂
Thank you for your kind thougthfulness my friend and long may you blog!
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Beautiful flowers and tribute Cindy! I feel the same way about you, blogging and the great community we have. 🙂 Thanks, Brad
Blog on Brad! You rock~
lol, thanks Cindy! 🙂
Oh sweet Cindy! Thank you for such a beautiful post that features amazing flowers that symbolize the relationships between bloggers. The community is priceless and stunning, indeed! Sending love <3
Yes our community of bloggers builds faith in the potential of people to be a force for good in a world that desperately needs good people. Good people like you Christy~ <3
Aw, Cindy… Your words humble me. Thank you for all of the kindness you bring to the world xx
Visa versa 2U! <3
Thank you for this bright and warm post, Cindy. It is such a pleasure to blog with you. I, too, am repeatedly delighted with the people we mingle with in this community. The flowers here are awesome, I love that crinkly orange poppy. Have a great week, my friend~~
Some people, like flowers just seem to be put here to bring happiness to others, people like you! <3
And you! 😀
That’s beautiful, Cindy, your words and how you’ve illustrated them with those wonderful flowers. Thank you. Your message has left me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside 🙂
You lift people up Sarah with your thoughful nature, so warm-fuzzies are what you deserve in return~ <3
Awww 🙂
<3
An unexpected community of ants has moved in here.
Well, look at the bright side, you’re the ant king.
So many beautiful flowers!!! Lovely!
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
I thought you were going to talk about a community near you, maybe a gardening community, based on your first few photos, but surprise, I find you talking about bloggers. And that includes me!! Thank you for you!
You are a true joy and honor to know Brenda. I really can’t accurately express how much I like and value you. You are the sunshine, the gentle rain and the beautiful flowers, all in one lovely person~
It’s so rare I hear such lovely words, especially now that my kids are getting older. 😉 I love your joyful and supportive presence in the blogosphere, and I often see your smiling gravatar preceding me places. I love knowing your world blooms with beauty and that you plan to share that here. Somehow, that gives me hope about human nature and our world. Long may you travel, capture our unique world with your lens and share your thoughts here. XOXO
Beautiful flowers!
Danke schoen~
Welcome!
<3
Nice post and photos, Cindy! Thank you for letting me see them and hope you’re doing well !
Thank U & visa versa 2UX2!
It is a wonderful community of people out there! Beautiful, bright flowers to grace my day here, and thank you for being a part of our community.
Cindy I am just back from Australia and Fiji and what a delight to return to find this post. I couldn’t agree more about the supportive network and community in blogging. We had the good fortune to visit 6 bloggers in Australia who we had only met virtually before. The warmth, kindness and connection once in person strengthened our belief in this wonder world wide group.
Something to focus on. 🙂 . Nicely done. 🙂
Thank you Cindy for the lovely gifts. 🙂
You of course, so deserve them. <3
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Breathtaking photography, as always! <3
Ahhh, people like you are why I blog! Be well~ <3
Thank-you so much for the appreciation Cindy. Need that t’day. 🙂 Be well as well..
<3 <3
Beautiful!
Muchas gracias~
Thank you Cindy for being you and for your beautiful blog. The photo of the iris is exquisite.
Alison <3
You know of course why I follow you. I so look forward to one of your carefully thought through posts of places far and farther. I am reading about Turkey learning from you for my trip there in 2017. I finally saw your photos on San Miguel on facebook. I am really looking forward to your posts on Allende.
This is who you are. A person who people eagerly await to hear from.
Be well Alison.
Thanks Cindy <3
Wow – beautiful! Love the colors, composition and depth-of-field as well as the bee-butt photo! Thank you for the post… =0)
Anyone who loves a bee butt is a true friend of mine!
Beautiful flowers!!! I am very blessed to call you my friend. What a wonderful community we have here on WP 💖
We are fortunate indeed!
It is a wonderful tribute of photos Cindy. We are a community of many colours!
We are and I love them all, diversity = beauty!
La primavera está aquí. Preciosas fotos y preciosas flores. Felicidades, Cindy.
Felicidades mi amiga mia y brazos by besos~ <3
What a wonderful joy to see beautiful flowers in the middle of snowy winter.
I just picked a . I wish I could give it to you~
I am in awe! I love, love, love colors! 🙂
Sweet Fae, of course you do and it so wonderful to hear from you! <3
So true!
<3
Ah, Cuz, all of this beautiful color and it isn’t even Easter yet ! Speaking of color, I know Spring is just around the corner here…, the crocus are in bloom and the daffodils are budding. Warmth is on its way…, Yay !!!!! 🙂
Yes spring is springing here as well. I am waiting for the orioles to arrive! Can’t wait for them. I know you step lightly as the spring comes cuz~
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What a beautiful post. What a beautiful way to express your thoughts. So glad Judy shared your post on her blog!
Well I am most pleased to meet you and appreciate your thoughtful comments!
Thank you 🙂 Likewise
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You expresss just how I feel about this very special comunity, thank you. 👏 ❤️ 👌 💜 👍 💚
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I found you via Edwina’s Episodes. Such a heartfel post. ❤️
It is a delight to meet you and thank Edwina for me! I never could have imagined when I started blogging, that it would enable me to make friendships with incredible people all over this beautiful world. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and welcome! <3
I add fresh flowers inside my house every day. In the dead of winter in NE, they bring spring and joy into my heart. Always, they remind me of the beauty and wonder of life.
These are all lovely Cindy. I am so ready for everything to be blooming now. Some of the flowering trees are beginning– mainly the locust trees, shedding over everything in the way, but others are beginning now. And real green stuff out my window. YAY!
I love so much it!!! I love, love, love it! Your flowers look like watercolor paintings!!! You are a great artist!!!! Thanks for sharing with us this treasure!!!! All the best for you Cindy! Bravo!
I read this on http://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/ and had to say, Thanks for sharing your lovely sentiment with these beautiful photos. So blessed to be connected within this world.
Long live the community! Thank you, Cindy, these flowers are stunning.
And long may you blog as I am addicted to your posts! 😉
Thank you Cindy for another brilliant post– it is a joy to find blog-buddies that send out beautiful images and ideas like yours…
The wonderful things about bloggers is that you get back much more than what you give! <3
These are wonderful Pictures and more wonderful are your sayings.
Yes! What a loss to Non Bloggers as you say.
Most time they do not understand or may be misunderstand a lot.
There is something for you in my Blog, come and read my Quotes and the latest Poem Open the door…..
Hats Off to You Maam!
Shiva
And to you dear Shiva! Thank you my friend and I am off now to read your poem. Be well & cheers to you~
Beautiful thoughts paired with beautiful photos.
Very thoughtful, thank you & cheers too~
Thank you for blogging and bringing such beauty and smiles into my life. Wishing you a wonderful week and long line of blog posts! 😀
You are one of my special blogging friends Linda. It is a joy to have the chance to know you. Kiss your critters for me! <3
Thank you, my friend. And all the critters have been kissed — repeatedly, I might add! 😆
I have no doubt of this whatsoever! <3
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Dear Cindy, so sorry haven’t been over to see you ..I have been so busy, but I wanted you to know that I put you beautiful head on the above link to…I love these beautiful flowers..
hope all is well…a share dear friend, miss you photography is so beautiful…
huggs
Sherri
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You are a thoughtful and kind person Sherri. Thank you my friend! I love your art work and wish you the very best with your new endeavor. It looks exciting. Be well & cheers and blessings to you~ <3
This is such a perfect post in so many ways, it expresses beautifully and imaginatively the connectivity of blogging, I just wish I had more time but my final year has been very challenging. It’s so nice to stop and see these beautiful images even if I can’t smell them I can imagine.
You are doing what you were made to do and I am just very honored you take the time to stop by and say hi! Be well Charlotte and Happiest Easter my friend~ <3
Beautiful 🙂
You are a sweetheart Margaret! Thank you~
What lovely joy! I am so blessed. You take me to so many places I cannot go. The photo story is simply breathtaking and cheery. Thank you Cindy!
It’s the other way around I hope you know. Knowing you is the best gift to me. Be well and thank you. You are why I love to blog! <3 <3
Your blog brings light to my world every day. Thank you.
Awwww, I feel the same about you! Thank you & cheers my friend~ <3
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Magnificent!
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Fantastic tribute to the blogging community
Your thoughtfulness is very much appreciated. We are so lucky to have found this supportive community of talented people! Be well my my friend~
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Beautiful flowers and sentiment. I love pictures of flowers because I am allergic to the real ones and this way I can enjoy them without sneezing! I just found your blog tonight and am looking forward to following you.
Pleasure to meet you and so very pleased I could offer you some non-allergenic flowers! Cheers to you and welcome too~
Hi Cindy what a beautiful tribute to our Community! I am totally agree with you! I came across amazing interesting people here and as an artist I found great love and support. Just follow your Blog let’s stay connected 🙂
Yes lets. A community like ours couldn’t happen withouth the world wide web. We cast our nets into the web and catch incredible people who are simply a joy and privelege to know. I feel blessed being part of this~ <3
I truly feel the same Cindy during my year blogging I meet wonderful people otherwise impossible. It’s precious! Thank you to you too for being part of this and thanks for the Follow <3 now we are connected! Looking forward to your future posts! And I hope to see you at my Fridays weekly Meet and Greet event! 😉
<3 <3. Thank you for knowing~
U R a shining star in this blogger community whose presence radiates wherever you appear. Your posts are lovely and soothing. Your comments to others filled with kindness and compassion. I feel lucky our paths have crossed and I get to be a tiny fly on your wall. It really soothes my heart. Love, Paulette <3
Okay, you just made my day. You already know how I feel about you and all you do. I am blessed to know you and all your beautiful doggies. Thank you my friend and be well~
You speak for so many of us in your appreciation of this wonderful community, Cindy. Thank you for expressing it so well, and for the always amazing photo images. ❤️ 💛 💙 💜
Thank you and I am so glad I speak for our community. I am so lucky to be a part of it! <3 <3
You are a bouquet of blessings. Thank you for gifting us.
The truth is that this community gives back more to me than I can ever hope to return. What an amazing surprise!
I think I could have set up a tent in the middle of your first photo and stayed there for as long as the colors would have me. This shot would look great hanging up in my place, especially after the greyish winter experienced. Cheers to a great spring.
Ahhh, you are such a good virtual friend Randall. I turned this shot into one of those photo boards and my friend has it hanging in her entry way. I must say it looks very nice there. Thank you Randall, for your thoughtfulness~
Very vivid! loved that bee on flower picture 🙂
So pleased you did and have a wonderful weekend!
T learned the parts of a flower this yr so I had to show him. Just beautiful.
Awwwww, make me happy to think of this! Thank you for sharing and tell him I am impressed he knows the parts of a flower!
Thank you💚 Lovely words about blogging, connection, love, nature and creating. Have a beautiful day😊🌾💕
I feel blessed to be part of such a vibrant and supportive community. It enhances my life. Thank you for understanding and cheers to you~ <3 :star:
I’m very happy to have connected to your blog, and feel that I can escape to beautiful places through your awesome photos!!
Your comment makes me so happy. Hugs to you~ <3
Gorgeous pictures! Omg incredible 😊💖💖