Once again, I’m borrowing Vicki’s idea (Thank you, Vicki!) for an end of year post. The idea is to share the first line of the first blog post of each month and a favorite photo from that month’s posts. The words and photos are most likely not related.
January
Happy New Year! It was a quiet weekend around here. 
February
Hello February, I am glad to see you!
March
Hello! We had a wonderful vacation, but it feels good to be back here (finally!)
April
Sometimes Mondays … …begin with a few quiet moments and a heart full of gratitude.
May
It’s 80 degrees today …. with blue skies, sunshine and low humidity.
June
I’ve been a long-time fan of #blueskyblooms … I think I’m going to start #rainwashedblooms (which apparently is not a thing already … how can that be given the “spring” we’ve had?!)
July
My knitting projects haven’t changed much since last week, not only because I’ve been sewing, but also because I’ve been reading.
August
Joining in with Kat and friends today to talk about knitting and reading.
September
Those three photos I shared on Thursday gave you a pretty good idea what the rest of our “long weekend” looked like.
October
Re-entry has been challenging … a six hour time difference and two little boys … well …. I felt a bit more like myself last night (and then the Braves lost – gah!!!) but hopefully … I’ll be back tomorrow with an Unraveled story 🙂
November
It’s been a while since I said “hello” to a new month from this most comfortable perch at my kitchen counter (and with both feet resting on the rungs of the stool 😉 ).
December
Sometimes Mondays … build confidence.
What a year! I’m incredibly grateful for the blessings of family & friends and the opportunity to share my story here with all of you. Thank you!
mere-et-filles 
What a year is right! I am enjoying these looking back posts.
This was a great look back on your year, so many happy moments with your family and friends!
What a wonderful recap! It’s so fun to take a quick look back at this time of year!!
I really LOVE these posts! It is great to go back and see how full the year was! And, yours was so full of love, and happiness, and joy, and YOU! XO
Beautiful people in ALL your photos! I forgot about your weeks in a boot, but you certainly made the best of a bad situation. Even though I’ve been here reading all year long it’s wonderful to re-remember the highlights of your life!
What a great look back!
DO SO LOVE this recap (and reminder; thanks loads Vicki and Mary!) Yours has been a blessed life, for sure, despite the ” foot in boot” … I especially liked October’s words + photo pairing … tough life indeed! So thankful that we got to share your 2018 and here’s to a great 2019!
Cheers~
Your recap, wrap-up, end-of-the-year is summarized just wonderfully.
Thanks for your blogging this 2018 !!
Looks like you had a pretty great year.
A great re-cap of a great year! Thank-you for sharing and bringing lots to enjoy and think about to our world. Here’s to a great 2019 Mary!
I forgot about your foot, what an ordeal 🙂 Your 2018 looked blest and wonderful may your 2019 be doubly so!
A great way to wrap up the year; 2019 will have some great adventures as well.
Just lovely to be reminded of all your doings in 2018! Such happy photos, and joyful smiles. I am admiring the new haircut :). May there be many happy times ahead in 2019 for you and the family.