I usually do a few "best of" series at the end of a year, but I don't think I've done this before. I'll remind you (and me) of the best thing that happened in my life in each month of2025.
January 2025: This is the month the shingles was the worst. I actually managed to walk outside- a little bit- on the 26th.
Febrary 2025: On the 17th, I managed to walk 1.7 miles on natural surface and do a few other things too. Still not 100% well at that point, but doing pretty good.
March 2025: Philadelphia Flower Show. Of course everything about the trip was great. How to choose one picture? And time with Marie and many short hikes as I gained strength. The specialty displays always intrigue me, but I choose a picture of a riot of spring color at the Flower Show, because it's the boost of color in the March world that is so perfect.
April 2025: The rock garden was beginning to come alive. I choose this picture because the pink Lewisia turned out to be one of my best purchases of the year, and it looks great with the 'Black' sempervivum. This was the day I bought it; it filled out a lot and bloomed well into June.
May 2025: May was pretty awesome with a short backpacking trip (in the rain) and continued rock garden acquisitions and delights. But I choose the day I got to help with macroinvertebrate sampling on the Black River in Pigeon River Country State Forest. It's wasn't a lifetime first for me, but it had been decades since I'd done it.
June 2025: The hike in the Adirondacks- what else? Everything about it was perfect. The Adirondacks, collecting map data for the NCTA, time with hiking buddy Bill and other friends (Marie, Diane, Sara, meeting Will Brazil). Having the stamina to complete what we wanted to do. I think it was my biggest gift of the year. This is at West Canada Creek. Yeah, I look tired, and I was. But I was SO happy!
July 2025: It has to be the day Bill and I spent with Matt at NCTA getting all the data we collected in the Adirondacks actually into the mapping system. Knowing that what we did really will make a difference in the maps- and maybe keep someone from getting lost may be the high point of the whole year.
August 2025: On the road again to travel to North Dakota for the North Country Trail Trail Fest. Lots of hikes, friends and several new experiences. Marie, Diane and I traveled together. Several friends either fed us or put us up along the way. Afterwards, the three of us went to see "Dignity of Earth and Sky" the statue of a Native American woman. I don't know how to choose one picture. The point of the trip was NCT stuff, and that was great, but I'll probably only see the statue once, and it embodies the prairie adventure.
September 2025: I stayed home and thoroughly enjoyed how nicely my rock garden is filling in.
October 2025: The fall colors were spectacular this year, and I especially enjoyed getting out just to view them a few times.
November 2025: Many local adventures, one with the original Adventure Buddy, Ellen. I hiked in six new-to-me places and quite a few familiar ones. Picture is Ellen and me from several years ago, and all my hiking friends are awesome, but Ellen and I haven't managed to get together for years, so it was special.
December 2025: I think this month has to be about all the music. I managed to take in four concerts (two of which the bell choir participated in, but we were not the only performers). The bell choir played two additional times, and I really liked the Christmas medly we played. I have a hard time with holiday spirit, and the music helps.
I let myself have a vacation today. This post took a while to put together, and I started one of my bigger jigsaw puzzles.
Looking back at the year, I really do feel blessed to have had so many great events and so much beauty in my life!
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