10 December 2021

Planning a collective greeting card for 2022

I first tried this in December of 2009 as a Christmas card, then revived the concept in 2017 and again in 2018 as a New Year's endeavor, which is what it will be this year.

Here are the instructions on how to participate:

1) In the comment section of THIS post, give me a LINK to a photo (or a bit of artwork or other image) that you have in your blog, or in your Flickr photostream or in some other online storage site that I can access. I'd prefer that you not email me the photo - just give the link and I'll go there and copy/paste it.* (but see addendum)

The picture can be of you, or your family, or your computer, or your cat, or whatever - it doesn't matter.  It should belong to you (not a commercial image with copyright issues).

2) With the photo link send a brief (~25 words) greeting, directed to the other readers and visitors.  This is to be a greeting to other readers, not a comment to me or about TYWKIWDBI.

3) Sign with the avatar name you use in commenting here, or in your blog, or your real name if you wish. This is not a venue to be used to say "Hi from anon."  I recognize that a number of readers here prefer to leave comments anonymously - which is fine - but this greeting card is for identifiable people.

Note - as various trolls have realized, for TYWKIWDBI I am the "autocrat at the breakfast table" and reserve absolute right to control the content.  For this venture I may edit comments for length and trim pictures if they are too big.  I may limit the number of entries if there are too many, and I will absolutely vaporize anything that hints of spam or might be offensive to other readers.

And it doesn't need to be "Christmasy" - this will be posted after Christmas as a New Year's greeting, so it can celebrate the end of the past year or express hope about the one to come.  But mostly it's just to say "hi" to other readers whose names you have seen in the comments.

*Addendum: I realize that not everyone has online places to store photos, so once again I will let you email me a photo/text/name if you have no other option.  You can send it to the blog's address: retag4726(at)mypacks.net.  But please send smallish pix (compress them with JPEG if needed).  I don't want to have ten people send 5 MB photos and thus have my emailbox overfull so that I can't conduct my regular life.  Thanks.  

I'm looking forward to seeing what arrives.  This was last year's collective greeting.

16 comments:

  1. Link: https://delagar.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-kitten-trap.html

    Greeting: Hoping for the best for everything in 2022!

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    1. Thank you. Do you have a preference as to which photo I use?

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  2. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o7DaH53aU2Y/YQWfMZO7N7I/AAAAAAAAdqo/A3M35-ntw-gzyCP1oIjlL85E1G9krPJuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/BW%2B0.jpg

    Seasons Greetings from Professor Batty at Flippism is the Key

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  3. Hold fast to those you love. https://flic.kr/p/2kLFfyH

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  4. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PfMnpEF8qNk/YX0arWPmRNI/AAAAAAAAUXg/pMQ7i2mLjPATJIlZ0_vkpeK4xvFrN0nAACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/4858.jpg
    "2021 - Reminding us why nostalgia is great!" Greetings from The Slide Guy.

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  5. link: https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/2021/12/all-by-myself-too.html All by myself

    greeting: Wishing all readers a wonderful upcoming year!

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    1. Do you have a preference as to which photo I use?

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    2. Whatta screw up by me. Please use:

      greeting: Wishing all readers a wonderful upcoming year!

      link (photo is on the blog page): https://skeetmotis.blogspot.com/2021/12/all-by-myself.html All by myself

      And, thanks!

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  6. https://bardiac.blogspot.com/2021/12/remember-when.html

    Wishing all a good year to come! Peace and grace to all!

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  7. https://bardiac.blogspot.com/2021/12/remember-when.html

    Wishing all a better year to come: peace and good will to all

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  8. https://misscellania.blogspot.com/2021/06/me-and-lily.html

    Wishing you all the best year ever in 2022! We can hope, can't we?

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  9. https://blobthescientist.blogspot.com/2014/11/splitters.html
    A positive message from ~2022 BCE from The Earth Mother and BobTheScientist

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  10. Happy xMas everybody, & a MERRY Gnu Year!

    https://flic.kr/p/Cnzqsr

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  11. Good Yule, and a sincere wish for a normalish 2022! (I'm the guy on the bottom of the pic.)

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/nataraj_hauser/11207829643/in/album-72157594160620115/lightbox/

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  12. https://www.dropbox.com/preview/2021-10-11%2014.52.02.heic?role=personal

    Look for beauty and you'll find it. Peace.

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  13. https://jaboart.com/#jp-carousel-3707

    Season’s Greetings. May your skies be filled with wonderful clouds and your sunsets bright and long.

    Jabo

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