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~
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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
<3
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!
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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 🙂
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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.