Snowy Trees on North Eighth Avenue in Highland Park

On My Blog

• Favorite Reds of 2009
• Favorite Images of 2009

On “Websites for Small Biz” blog, Twitter Landing Pages was my most popular post of 2009.

Around the Blogosphere

• Jack posts his 2009 Favorites. I liked his Ikea post.
• Ilana-Davita: German Jews After World War II
• Mimi: For ALL Nature Lovers
• James: WordPress Exploration

Question: can you name any famous scenes of father blessing a child? In history or literature?

Does anyone know what kind of tree this is? I photographed this bud on the day we went sledding in Donaldson Park. I’ll go back to Donaldson in the spring to photograph it again with leaves. Below is a shot of more of the buds.

A few selections of Nature Notes from 2009:

• Carver: Photos from 2009
• Michelle: Robins with a Lemony Snicket Quote
• Stine: Woodpecker
• Gemma: Petals of Spring
• Arija: Goslings
• Nicole: Pond Turtle
• Hagemor: Little Brat-Frida Goes on a Hike
• Eileen: Brown Headed Nuthatch
• Caron: Leeks, Chives and Rhubarb
• Maria: Butterfly
• Julia: Deer
• Flamingo: Mockingbird
• Jill: Texas Birds 2009
• Leora: Butterfly

If I missed selecting a Nature Notes from your blog, kindly put your favorite from 2009 in the comments, and I will happily include it with the others.

I would greatly enjoying reading which of these images strikes your fancy. Thank you!

Upcoming on Thursday: A Selection of Nature Notes Posts from around the Nature-Loving
Blogosphere. Nature Notes is a meme brought to us by Rambling Woods. Here are some of her favorite images of 2009.

Mushroom Barley Soup - my soup post is featured on Kosher Cooking Carnival

Not one but TWO friends started blogs recently:

• Ima 2 Seven
• Heller Doesn’t Go Down Without a Fight

Please visit and leave a comment. Both sound like they could use some support.

And Kosher Cooking Carnival #49 is on Kosher.Com.

I decided to pick some of my favorite Ruby Tuesday posts to feature in this last Ruby Tuesday of 2009. Click on any of the photos below or the link underneath to revisit the 2009 post.

Snowgirl, January 2009, built by two offspring of mine and a friend

Barnum Bailey Ringling Brothers Circus in New York City

Uncle Sam at Israel Day Parade

Chickens at Howell Living History Farm in Mercer County, New Jersey

One of the Houses of Cape May, New Jersey

Allaire State Park - Re-enactment of vote of 1836

Belle the Therapy Dog Helps Children Learn to Read

Dragon hanging at the Highland Park Public Library

It wasn’t easy to choose. Clearly, I had a fun year putting up posts for Ruby Tuesday.

I am working on a post of Favorite Images of 2009. If you have a post of favorite images, if you leave the link in the comments, I will include in a post later this week.

Follow the Signs to Baila's House

I started working on a post of favorite images of 2009 – if you have a similar one, I would be happy to link to it later this week. I would like to do favorite recipes of 2009, also; but first, let me see if I can finish the images post. I am up to May 2009.