The first and last photo

Goodbye to all you wonderful contributors

                                                                                              

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been involved in BW. I started it in June 2010 just on a whim, never thinking that people would really want to be part of it with me. Over the 18 months 56 people have been contributors although we have always stayed around the 27/28 mark at any one time.

I would love the give a huge hug to the people who came across from my other blog, Firebyrd, my personal friends Trousers, Paula and Zan, and long time blog mates, Mel and Nitebyrd and thanks for sticking it out guys.
To the people who joined up at the beginning, Lindy, Diane, Marilyn and Malcom, you are heroes for signing up and hanging about all this time.
To all the other people who make up or have made up the list of contributors for BW thank you for your time and effort. And particularly the people who post every day, even if that's only for a short time, so Kim, Gail, , and April the recent daily gang, thanks a bunch.
A big hug must got to Richard, for his help and support when I've been stuck on a computer issue, for setting up his techno blog that ran alongside BW for a while, and now for his new blog, http://enjoythisimage.blogspot.com which is a wonderful new resource for people who don't want to stop playing!

Just a few completely nerdy facts as I write this;
There have been 3843 blogs posted.
There have been 18465 comments.
The blog has been viewed 102,795 times, from the USA- 33,860; from the UK-25,049; Romania -7,967; NZ-6,545; Italy-4016; France-2,796; Germany-2,168; Qatar-1,838; Malaysia-1,550 and Thailand- 1,303
The single most popular photograph prize goes to Lindy for her recent Wild Clematis, second is also Lindy with Sunset Lago Di Bolsena back in June  2010. Third is Victor's recent sleepy cat, this is taken from the statistic of how many page views they have had.
We have 221 followers.
So all in all a pile of statistics to be proud of!

So not bad for my little whim. I don't know whether I'll ever restart this or whether I'll join Richards new blog, but I have kept all your email addresses and so will try and visit you in your other blogs by and by. Although I am trying to walk away, at least from for a while from jolly blogging and going to try and do some work on my two books that I've got lurking in blogland somewhere, as the damned things aren't writing themselves!

I wish you all good luck and happieness in all your adventures. Pop round and see me sometime.
It's been a blast and I couldn't have done it without you.
Lots of love

mandyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx !

woman's best friend!

my favourite- crocus after the rain.

My favourite - Rudyard Lake

my favourite- snow picture from last winter.

what's going to happen....

Just to reassure all of you.... I will take you all off as contributors but leave myself on so that  the blog stays here, with not only the blog archive but also your name on the list cloud. So if you want to check out the individual work or a months archive it will be available. And who know I may miss it so much that I might return  sometime.

My favourite- St James's Park, London

My favourite - River Bovey, Devon

my favourite bluebell picture

This time last year!

A British Robin for contrast

Roaches rocks

Mist on the Roaches

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you across the pond!

BW is closing

Beautiful World Blog is closing, the last day will be 8th December.
I would like to thank everyone who has ever contributed, particularly all those who have stayed the course since I started this in June 2009.
I couldn't have done it without you!
It has been an amazing journey around the world of mainly beautiful pictures seen through our eyes as we photograph. I've loved every single nature shot. I have hated it when we have had 'art' shots as this was never the blog for such pictures. I have hated it when we've  got in the realm of how big my camera is.
I only ever wanted people to put up their natural world.

I will not hand this blog over to anyone else to run, I believe it's run it's course and someone else ideas wouldn't be mine. And it's been a fair amount of work to keep this going the way I want it. Feel free to set your own up!
So in this last couple of weeks I'm going to repeat my favourite pictures, so feel free to join in with doing the same.

Peculiarities of English Weather

 Friday night in East Sussex in April

 Saturday lunch time three miles from beach on the Sussex Downs

Sunday morning view out of the window same weekend at the base of the Downs

November light

sky light ll

sky light