
Snowy Trees on North Eighth Avenue in Highland Park
On My Blog

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


Mushroom Barley Soup - my soup post is featured on Kosher Cooking Carnival
Not one but TWO friends started blogs recently:
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
Ruby Tuesday with a Heart

Barnum Bailey Ringling Brothers Circus in New York City
Ruby Tuesday at the Circus

Uncle Sam at Israel Day Parade
Ruby Tuesday Red White and Blue

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

One of the Houses of Cape May, New Jersey
Reds of Cape May

Allaire State Park - Re-enactment of vote of 1836
Should Women Vote?

Belle the Therapy Dog Helps Children Learn to Read
Belle the Therapy Dog

Dragon hanging at the Highland Park Public Library
Dragon of Highland Park
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
Baila (who lives in Modi’in) hosted
Haveil Havalim, the Jewish blog carnival: the Welcome 2010 and Israeli Bloggers’ Edition.
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.