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Between the Lines Blogging at +50: Last Week!

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Have you been following this Between the Lines series about Women bloggers over the age of 50? This is week 9, the final week! To read interesting trivia about each of this weeks featured Bloggers, go here , to their interviews! Scroll to the bottom for the link list to all their individual blog posts on how and why they got into blogging! No favorites this week, though I always find it amazing how many clever names people come up with for blogs! I, too, participated in this series and if you missed my article on how and why I got into blogging,  read it here! *** Be sure to stop back for my regular Garden Pics featured every Wednesday! This week I've got a good shot of a tree a recent wind storm knocked over!

Between the Lines: Women Blogging Over Age 50!

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The Between the Lines series is still on going! So, if you want to read the various profiles of June's +50 Women Bloggers, here's the link to the profile interview page!  If you scroll down to the bottom there's a clickable list to their individual posts on how and why they got in blogging at an older age!  Week 7 +50 Bloggers Equine Guided Growth was my favorite!  A horse farm retreat in France? Who wouldn't love that? Many featured Bloggers are international! And since I missed posting Week 6 because I had other things going on here's the Week 6 +50 Bloggers , too! To catch up with all the Between the Lines featured Bloggers, go to Katherine's Corner for full the list of links! **** I'll be posting links for the series here on Tuesdays till the end of June! See you for Garden Pic Wednesday!

Between The Lines Choice Morsels: Blogging After 50

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I was recently invited to be a guest blogger for Katherine's Corner for her "Between the Lines" series featuring "Women Bloggers Over the Age of 50" and how they got involved in blogging. To share my story, I've created an interview: When did you start blogging? I've been writing online since 2001 when I started posting fan fiction I was writing to a website. I also started a free "online journal" via Bravenet, since that was what blogging was called at the time. Back then, blogging was more about personal expression and less about marketing, so I just blogged about whatever I felt like writing whenever I felt like writing it.  The companies providing new free "easy-to-build" websites, like Yahoo and Bravenet, also provided online social communities for their members, so it was much easier to connect with people with shared interests.  This was before social media really took off. Why did you start blogging? I've always ...

Garden Pic Wednesday: Garden Views

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Welcome!  It's the 3rd week of "Between the Lines" featuring lady Bloggers age 50 or older sharing about how & why they got into blogging! Katherine has created special photo collages about each bloggers along with a short interview about each that you can read here. Plus here's 3 of the featured Blogger posts that I liked: Amy's Creative Pursuits Redo It Yourself Inspirations Back Porchervations Remember, it will be my turn on May 10th! **** Today I had breakfast at the new Panera Bread that's close to us now, then went over to a Nail Spa in the nearby plaza to get a Pedicure. I like to do that in spring at the start of sandal season, then do my own pedi's after that.  My flower beds are fairly exploding with spring bloom--especially since the orange native Day Lilies have started!  So today's Garden Pics are views from around the Garden: My Front Flower Bed I've done shots of pieces of it, but this is the whole t...