... Here comes 2024!! I vaguely recall this time last year, thinking what a tough year 2022 had been, and that there was no way to go but up for 2023. My expectations were high, and if I'm honest, I think 2023 only partly met my expectations. It seems as if humanity is still on a self destructive pathway, and in some ways, getting even worse.
Thanks for stopping by, and wishing you a very happy & healthy 2024!!
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Thank you very much for this positive and uplifting post because yes, we all need it. Wishing you the very best we were ahead. Aloha
ReplyDeleteWish you a very good 2024 too. The sunset in the park is looking incredible
ReplyDeleteNice collection of photos! Yes, I try to look on the bright side of life and hope for good things in 2024. Happy New year!
ReplyDelete...I try to be optimistic and some days that's difficult to say the least. Keep putting one foot in front of the other and taking me along to see such gorgeous sights! Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteDearest Peter,
ReplyDeleteHappy and healthy 2024 to you and yours!
The year 2023 was one out of hell, when somebody nearly killed me as I was on my E–bike. Grateful for being able to walk again and for having gained weight from my low of 88 pounds to 98.5 pounds. Still need to gain more! The extreme pain near stent–graft (for tear in aorta) is less and less and I am enjoying pain free days!
There is HOPE.
Hugs,
Mariette
I love that moon pic. Yeah, it's been a rough few years here. Hopefully things'll get better.
ReplyDeleteThe year may not have been what you planned, but your photos each post are amazing. Today's are wonderful with all the various skies and clouds. Happy New Year!
ReplyDelete2023 wasn't all fun for me either, Peter, let's hope 2024 brings more fun and sun.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a happy, healthy and peacful New Year.
- Greetings from the Netherlands.
And a Very Happy New Year to you and yours. I too hit this point too many times when you said: It seems as if humanity is still on a self destructive pathway, and in some ways, getting even worse. I am in accord and hope soon things will look UP and do a 180. As always like the shots, but did smile at Sunrise and Sunset!
ReplyDeleteBTW that shot under the street signs is fantastic, so busy I had to stop and study it. Amazing focus at the distance and I about missed big heavenly ball peeking out!
Great stuff and keep on keeping on, love it!
Beautiful photos to end 2023 and to welcome 2024!
ReplyDeleteThere is always a hope that a new year will be better than the last one - and, who knows, maybe sometimes it is (I'm hoping!). Wishing you and your family a great 2024 :)
ReplyDeleteSunrise and Sunset is the perfect year ending photo! Great moon, I like the bit of branch.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful skies there and photos.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year and may it be a good one.
Sunrise, sunset, I remember that song.
ReplyDeleteFor me, 2023 was not so great in terms of travel and birding. Hope to make up in next year. That was crisp rewind of yours!
ReplyDeleteWonderful skies and the moon was very beautiful
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year
Not much else we can do, Peter. for most of the last 80 years I've seen things generally getting better--- two steps forward, one step back, perhaps, but still better. Since these past few years seem like two steps back, and a wish forward. Happy New Year. I'm grateful for your posts.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just have to remind yourself that, for all the troubles in the world, it's still a rather wonderful place. Lets all hope for great things in 2024. With the world leaders we have in office it's difficult to see how anything can go wrong!
ReplyDeleteAs you said, we are in a self-destructive pathway. And most of us haven't chosen to be there...
ReplyDeleteHope still remains. Gratitude for what we have and hope to be able to preserve it.
Happy and healthy New Year to you too and thanks! 😊🎁
Great post. We must look forward. Put#n must give up, he and Ham#s are barely in the news no more, but alas. If ... no, WHEN peace returns, oh. All destroyed. 2024 will hopefully be an expensive year where everything can be rebuild. People can go home. Resume work. Get a normal life. Sunrise and sunset must become a joy again!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots.
ReplyDeleteSome are, rightfully, quite depressed about our current state and where we are headed. I wonder what the future will be. Whatever it is, I won't be here for it, or not for long.
ReplyDeleteNice collection.all the best in 2024 to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteStunning clicks, Best wishes for 2024, Greetings
ReplyDeleteIt's been a hard year in the world, that's true, and a focus on the here and now with an appreciation of that may be the only way through.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, great moon shot. All the very best to you and your family for 2024.
ReplyDeleteI think of the poem "Hope is the thing with Feathers". Maybe 2024 will be better....we can only hope. For me, it was mixed. However, I think of the bloggers who bring me joy and you are one of them, with your hikes and sunsets. Happy New Year to you and may 2024 be kinder to all of us on Earth.
ReplyDeleteMeet you on the corner of 2023 and 2024, which is somewhere beyond the corner of Sunrise and Sunset. :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely post. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI hear you! Some of the things my eyes and ears have heard this past year are very shocking. I hope 2024 will be a good one. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, humanity's path can be rough, but let's not forget the sunrises and sunsets, the tiny joys that keep us hopeful. I'll keep looking up with you, friend. Happy healthy 2024!
ReplyDeleteYour sunrise and sunset photos have been beautiful! As the sun rises we hope for a good day and then find something to be thankful for when the sun sets. Best wishes for 2024!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! Happy New Year to you and your family! I have the same hopes for 2024.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree with you more. I am seeing glimpses of common sense, but the media and the election are going to fight us all the way to normalcy.
ReplyDeleteStunning photographs! All the best for 2024!
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful photos are a great start to the new year! Wishing you all the best in 2024. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI wish you better year to come Peter!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo's again. May many more follow in the new year.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. I'll keep looking up and be grateful for all the beauty in the world. Wishing you and your family a peaceful, healthy and happy 2024!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I too am concerned about mankind and it seems like things are getting worse but I still have optimism also.
ReplyDeleteWishing you and your family a happy and healty New Year!!
I agree with you. Wishing you a Happy New Year. A year with more kindness and love and less hate.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular photos!
ReplyDeleteI also fear that humanity is becoming more and more irrational and greedy for power and actually all weapons of war must be banned worldwide in order to protect the planet.
I will make in 2024 every day a sky photo here from my small place under the sky and publish them all on sunday... will be not spectacular, only an alldays skywatch.
Happy healthy New Year
Your words very much resonate with my thoughts. Your photos resonate your words. Wishing you the best possible 2024.
ReplyDeleteI love the positivity too. I'm hoping to live with the same goal in 2024.
ReplyDeleteStunning sky's but what else can I expect when I visit your blog. I hope you have a happy and healthy new year
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots!
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