As the ship sails on my Home Sweet Home series, I would like to thank all of you who have commented, rated, and/or voted on my attempt at photography. I've truly enjoyed my Summer here in Renderosity and have been so fortunate to meet such a wonderfully creative group of friends. Now, looking forward to a new season, it amazes me how much I have learned in these few short months. :-) I'm not going anywhere ...lol, but feel it's time to move on from my series. I'll still be posting a lot of pics of this beautiful area I live in of course. Getting closer to nature is another part of photography that I've come to love. There are 3 special friends who had birthdays in the short time I was away. I felt badly for missing those birthdays so I hope they, and all of you, will humor me (LOL) and allow me to post my belated greetings. I am going to be working on them next and plan to post in the order in which they were celebrated. :-) Hugs to you all and I thank you again so much for your encouragement and advice! ~*~maggie~*~