The Daily Post’s one word prompt for today was Muse .
And if you take a peek here , you will be able to read very interesting takes on this theme .
But as some of you are already tired of knowing by now , I have this switch button on my head where a word prompts a song , and to the word muse this is what came up
which is totally appropriate as madness is what abounds around here and what has been going on for a year now .
Yes TheTurtleWay is one year old today 🙂
It was on the distant Aug.03rd of 2015 that I “attended” my first lesson on Blogging 101 , and really it still amazes me how I managed to put out that first post .
More amazing yet was : that post was read and had 1 like on its first day 😉 and I went : “oh! it’s real , it’s out there , people can read me” 😉
Did I believe I would still be around here one year later ? I did hope I would be , but I doubted it , I thought this would prove such a difficult task for tech-challenged me that I would have to give it up .
Did I learn to write well , to take and post amazing photographs , to have a beautiful blog like those that inspired me to start blogging ? (like I wrote on it) . No , I did not , yet .
I’m still learning and probably the thrill of learning is one of the reasons that I’m still here , even if I am evolving at a much slower pace than I imagined I would .
So what ? it’s my Turtle pace 🙂
The other reason I’m still here ?
You my dear Turtlies .
Without your support and your friendship I would probably have called it quits a long time ago .
But you help me in so many ways that you have no idea , and you teach me and make me think and make me laugh .
And reading all of you is like taking a trip around the world , meeting so many fantastic yous , and learning about different ways of living and approaching life’s challenges .
So thank you all for walking (slowly) along with me throughout this first blogging year .
Let’s see if you can get me running next 🙂
Thank You and Turtle Hugs ❤
PS : this post almost didn’t happen today because I couldn’t make it “the perfect bloganniversary post” but Never a Dull Bling just posted something today that was just what I needed (as I have this tendency of not doing if I can’t do it “right” 😦 ) to hear 🙂
PS 2 : not a perfect post , but the best I could today , and the anniversary is today , not when I have the “perfect” conditions . The Turtle is learning 🙂
I love Muse! And I love Madness 🙂 Thank you for this post.
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Thank you for visiting the Turtle and for your comment 🙂
Glad you liked it
Turtle Hugs
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Congrats dear Turtle!
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Thank you 🙂
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Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Congratulations and I think your blog is very beautiful, just like its author. here’s to another successful year ahead! 🐢 Love, Clare
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Oh! Turtle blushing here 😉
Thank you very very much Clare
Turtle Hugs 🙂
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Happy Blog-a-versary!
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Thank You Sarah and Choppy 🙂
Turtle Hugs
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Happy anniversary 😊🎉🎊🌌🎇 x
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Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! 🙂
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Happy Turtleversary … 🐢slowly suits me just fine x
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Turtleversary 🙂 loved it 🙂
Thank you !
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I just wanted to apologize for accidentally erasing a comment that you left on my post yesterday. I should know better than to try to comment back on my iPhone. It just doesn’t work! I appreciated your comment, so in essence…thanks for stopping by:-).
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Ah! just like me with my crazy oldish Tablet , I should have learned by now 🙂
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Happy bloganniversary my dear turtle, I am very glad you are here! Hope your day is happy – I appreciate you! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 for your kind words , hope you’ll be able to enjoy a de-stressing day 😉
Turtle Hugs
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Thank you, it has started with a crazy thunderstorm! It is all good! 🙂
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Oh Good ! I like the energy a storm releases 🙂 my dogs not so much , they’re terribly afraid of thunder , hope dear Roxy is cool about it 🙂
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Roxy is handling it very well! Thanks dear.
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Glad I found you, it’s fun hearing from someone from my land of my fathers! You’re doing beautifully and yes, one year does almost feel miraculous after the doubts of even setting out on blogland. I loved the clip, specially as the stadium is in my neighbourhood, just a short walk away 🙂
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Funny to think we “met” in Greece through M.L.Kappa 🙂 it’s a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong sings into my ears 😉 )
You have great gigs close to you in that stadium 🙂
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Yes, real life events (not just the Coliseum et al) and real local neighbourhoods are a better way of visiting: and if you or any of your friends come to town, I rent for short stays 🙂
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Nice to know 🙂
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Happy blogiversary, Turtle… 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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So glad I’ve connected with you Turtle and as far as I can tell the Turtle has come a long way in a year. Congrats to you and happy blogging to you as we continue this journey together … whether we’re plodding, walking or running. Love the song too. Hugs 🙂
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Thank you Miriam 🙂
I’m very happy too to have your company while we plod , walk, run , surf and so on 😉
Turtle Hugs
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All of that sounds good to me … 🙂
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I like this song very much 🙂
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Why wait for perfect, when it’s good enough? 😊
Happy blogaversary! Lots of love!
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Ah! Thank you so much 🙂
that is what I’m learning 😉
Turtle Hugs
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Happy One Year Turtleversary! 🙂
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Oh Jodi Thank You 🙂
And One Year Turtleversary is fantastic 🙂 maybe we should start registering these amazing words we come up with around here 😉
Turtle Hugs
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LOL! It has a great ring to it! 🙂
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Happy Anniversary!! And it was a PERFECT post! ❤️u🐢!!
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Thank you so much 🙂
And I love the turtles 😉 one day when I grow up and buy myself a proper computer and a proper phone I’ll have Perfect Turtles and Emoticons too 😀
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I couldn’t live without my dang phone, it’s truly sad…lol
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Once you have one … hard to go without 🙂 my daughter went berserk when hers started acting weird 😉
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Happy first year! How wonderful 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Yay! Happy Blogiversary!! I’m so happy I found you and The Turtle Way!! Wanna hear something funny? My post today was a total, last-minute post, not planned at all. I’m so glad it reached out to you, especially as I don’t believe in coincidences, ;). Anyway, you need a piece of cake and some ice cream to celebrate! Go get a treat… you deserve it!!
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Thank you 🙂
And thanks for your post 🙂
And I did 🙂 Coffee Ice Cream 😀
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Awesome!!
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Many congratulations on sticking with it! Here’s to many more years of blogging 😊🍾👏🏼
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Thank you Haylee 🙂 And yes to that !
Maybe in many many years I’ll be able to put out a fantabulous blogiversary like the one you did 😉
Turtle Hugs
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Yay! I would love to see Turtle peek out from her shell, sometime in the future when she’s ready!
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I’m glad you’re still here… and you should learn at whatever pace works for you! We can’t all be ridiculously nerdy. 😀 Ha! And I believe to get you running, perhaps you need to be chased. 😛
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Thank you Sandra 🙂
Umm … who’s coming after me ???
Turtle Hugs
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Hmm.. Not sure. Can’t be a surfer though… Then you’d slow right down. 😀
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Maybe that would depend on his board 😉
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Ahahahaa… oh, that was a very good one. He definitely needs to have the right board. And technique.
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😉
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You’re doing great! Happy Blogversary 🎂🍾🍹🎉🌹🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
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Efharisto´poli´
Turtle Hugs (and please do correct my attempts at thanking you in Greek 😉 )
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Very correct
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Woohoo, congratulations!!!!
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Thank you 🙂
The Turtle made it this far 🙂
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Slow and steady wins the race. 🙂
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So they say 🙂
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Happy Blogiversary!
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Thank you ! and thanks for the word Blogiversary 🙂
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Not my word, darling, I got it from someone else!
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Happy Anniversary
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Thank you 🙂
and thanks for popping in !
Turtle Hugs
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