A Look Back at 2023

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Our year was filled with some wandering, some quality time at home, and good times with family and friends.

January

A week long getaway to the Florida Gulf Coast was just what we needed to start the year. The week was filled with beautiful sunrises, bird watching, swimming with manatees, and a Mermaid show at Weeki Watchee Springs State Park.

February

February was a quiet month at home with porch sitting when the weather was nice, a trip to the Ships of the Sea Museum in Savannah with friends, attending the Livestrong program two days a week, and watching the camellias bloom.

March

We stayed home for the month. The azaleas were blooming and the days were filled with St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations with the Junkanoo band from the Bahamas.

April

We took a road trip to do some wandering in middle Georgia, enjoyed the spring flowers in our garden, and watched a few backyard birds.

May

We celebrated Henry’s birthday at a Savannah Bananas game and made a trip to Virginia to visit family.

June

We celebrated my birthday with a road trip to Orlando where we had a delicious birthday lunch at Sanaa at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge and spent a day at the Animal Kingdom theme park.

July

July brought a gorgeous full moon, a double rainbow and a trip to the Georgia mountains to celebrate our anniversary.

August

The weather was hot but the flowers in the garden were blooming at home. We made another trip to middle Georgia where we wandered around Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch.

September

There were walks on the beach and gorgeous sunrises.

Tybee Island Sunrise

October

I made a trip to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Back at home we wandered around Ft. Pulaski National Monument one day.

November

We flew to Ft. Lauderdale to begin our long awaited Panama Canal and Central America Cruise. Watch for another post about this adventure coming soon.

December

We celebrated the holidays with friends and family at home. Some mornings I woke up to a brilliant orange sky at sunrise.

Coastal Georgia Sunrise

There were also many events with no photos to share. In March I completed a three month Livestrong program for cancer survivors at our local YMCA and I still continue to stay fit with water aerobics and other classes at the gym. We had some long delayed home home improvements taken care of. We cheered on our 13 year old granddaughter at a few middle school volleyball and basketball games. We were safe and dry in our home as we watched and heard the rain and wind from hurricane Idelia passed by in August.

Wandering Dawgs celebrated 10 years of blogging in March. I appreciate all of you who read and follow my posts. I’m looking forward to keep this up for a while.

Wishing you good health, happiness and much joy in 2024!

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills

26 thoughts on “A Look Back at 2023”

  6. Looks like you had a fabulous 2023, Beth! Visiting family and travel is always a wonderful combination. Love the mermaid pic and the images of all those hot air balloons! Congrats on 10 years in March and I’m glad you link to Sunday Stills when you can! Hope your new year is starting like you expect!

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  12. Well Happy Blogaversary Beth! Loved your annual review – looks like some fun travels surrounded by the natural beauty of Georgia. Wishing you all the best in 2024

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