Fergus the Frosty Sheep – my favourite Christmas card this year, from Cancer Research UK
The festive season is a time to take stock as well as to eat, drink and be merry, so I am taking this opportunity to look through my (neglected) list of blog followers, and to acknowledge you all with thanks, if I can.
As I write, I am surprised to find that I have 99 followers! Although some of these now seem to be “ghosts”. Here I will share those I think are worth your attention for their own blogs…
Firstly I will list those bloggers I feel I “know”, whose blogs are active and interesting and who sometimes kindly leave comments. In no particular order…
Word lovers:
Shazjera – living in Dorset and blogging prolifically about books on Jera’s Jamboree
Deborah Bennison – my very first follower! At first she blogged about words on Wordwatch but now she is a book publisher on Bennison Books
Wolfsrosebud – Spiritual poetry and images Wolfsrosebud
Nature lovers:
Chris Stovell of Wincanton – a great lover of clouds and trees! chrisstov.com
Elaine Rickett – warming blog posts from the garden and the home… Ramblings from Rosebank
Wildlife news from Arkansas… Suburban Ferndale Ark
Finn Holding – nature observations from Cambridgeshire… The Naturephile
Rick Jaspers – nature discoveries with lots of insects and fungi… Btweenblinks
Nature notes from Michelle in New York State… Rambling Woods
Emily Heath – beekeeping… Adventures in Beeland
Mrs Daffodil – art and flowers… The Painting Gardener
Nature in New York City and beyond… Out Walking the Dog
One woman and her Spotty dog in Wales… Mary’s Treasure Chest
Penny’s Garden – in Australia… Harvest Beyond My Front Door
Archaeology lovers…
Rita Roberts – archaeology plus lots of other interesting stuff from a resident of Crete… Rita Roberts’s blog
Harley Slade – wonderful young flint knapper… Harley Slade – formerly the Teenage Caveman
Then there are the followers whose great blogs I have only just discovered and am now following…
Melissa Shaw Smith – A write eejit
Charlotte Hoather – Charlotte Hoather Blog
Nutsfortreasure: Living and Lovin’ blog
And there are many other followers with blogs still active and worth a look:
Raluca Stoica – A Stairway to fashion
Joe Mancini – Explorations in Spirit
Karen Ellis – Karen Ellis Blog
Kendall F Pearson – the publicblogger
Cristian Mihai – Cristian Mihai blog
Russell Deasley – The Top 10 of Anything and Everything
Patrick Latter – Hiking Photography
These followers’ blogs look a bit lapsed but still have good content:
Chaos Kay – Brink of Bedlam – but I hope she gets active again soon 🙂
Ellan Snow – The Cat That Wrote
Glenn Folkes – Glenn Folkes blog
Elizabeth Stott… To Blog or Not
Stephanie – Seriously, I’m Thrifty
Nick Pritchard – Offbeat Cardiff
Theresagreen: Everyday Nature Trails
Finally followers with no blogs (and in some cases no online identity at all):
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Anyway, thank you to all – and I will try to keep up with you in 2014!
And finally, some more Christmassy sheep for you…
Wintry sheep from an old Oxfam Christmas card…
The Squirrelbasket 
Thanks for the mention. I’ll have to look in on some of your recommended blogs. Merry Christmas and all the best in the year to come.
Happy New Year to you, too, in case I forget when the actual day comes!
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Pat, what a nice thing to do, acknowledging your blog followers. This past year has brought an unexpected turn of events which has kept me away from posting as well as checking out my favorite bloggers. When things settle down a bit, I hope to make my way through missed posts. Thanks so much for the acknowledgement! Have a Merry Christmas.
Well I’m just happy to see your posts whenever they appear – especially the fungi and lichen 🙂
Thank you so much Pat for the mention. And a very Merry Xmas to you and family. You are among my favorite bloggers. I Love this post with photo’s of those healthy looking sheep . See you in the coming New Year 20l4.
Gorgeous sheep. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
Been a bit busy – but hope you had a wonderful Christmas, too!
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Have a great Christmas Pat – looking forward to reading more of your posts in the new year – after the break I will come back to this post and check out some of your followers blogs.
Thanks for the wishes – Happy New Year, too! See you in 2014 🙂
Hope you are having a joyous Yule Pat. Thank you for the shoutout! Here’s to 2014 holding all you wish for you and yours.
Shaz
Hope all is well with you, too! What do you do to relax? Read books?
Have a lovely holiday and see you in 2014 🙂
Actually … YES! My escape 😀