This is my very first year-end retrospective post! 2016 was the first year I began taking my blogging more seriously, posting on a regular basis with more scheduled posts. I’ve still got plenty to learn as I go forward, but I think I’m off to a promising start.

And much thanks goes to you, my fellow bloggers and readers, for your wonderful blogs and your words of encouragement.

I’ve spent the morning looking back through everything I’ve written this year and found that the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenges seem to be the most popular. Here are 2016’s five most viewed posts:

WPC: Vibrant from January had the most views of the year

I posted WPC: Details in mid July

Another Weekly Photo Challenge was Abstract, posted in April

WPC: Fun in August and WPC: Harmony in March had an equal number of views

WPC: Life Imitates Art from February got quite a number of views

Finally, here are a few of my favorite images from 2016:

North Fork American River

Red sky at night

Proud sparrow

On the old truss bridge

Redwood tree, Negro Bar

From the top of the Drum Bridge, Japanese Tea Garden

Hollyhocks in the SF Botanical Garden

Coral reef aquarium, Academy of Sciences, SF

Autumnal pools, Mississippi Bar

Best wishes to everyone for a happy, healthy, and blessed 2017!