How difficult it is to pick highlights out of a packed year. So many places big and small. Countless seemingly inconsequential moments of happiness. What I see is not a destination but a detail – a colour, a shape, an expression. Housesitting interspersed with trips to far flung lands. Animals. People. Friends. Food. Joy. Learning, always learning. I give thanks for it all. 2017 was a fabulous year. May 2018 bring more of the same.
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, wonderful year.
Wondering Woman 
Great photos Tracey, as usual. Where is the Castle? And is the lake as it was before we arrived but which we never saw? Similar weather here in France since we arrived but here’s hoping 2018 is as good as 2017.
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It is Carreg Cennen Castle – one of those imposing Welsh fortresses in Carmarthenshire. Absolutely beautiful. And yes it was ‘our’ lake in a nano second of sunshine. Greetings and good year wishes to you all there in Normandy. Enjoy!
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Happy New Year! Your photos are wonderful. I really like the sumo wrestlers, and that little bird.
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Thank you! The sumo was one of my real highlights of the year, but that little bird is so cute. There was a bird table in front of the kitchen window and I could stand and wash up and watch him.
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Happy New Year ! Beautiful clicks !!
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Thank you Megala!
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What a marvellous set of images! Each one had me looking twice. All the best for 2018!
Alison
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That’s a real complement coming from you Alison – your photos are always fantastic. Thank you. And wishing you a happy and healthy 2018.
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Happy belated New Year My friend. I hope it’s not too late since it’s still January
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Good wishes are never too late Nurul! Thank you!
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