Thank you!

Thanks to all my blog followers, I noticed my sitemeter is going to hit the 150,000 mark today! I've shared over 1500 posts about Pensacola Beach - almost all with photos - since I started my blog in April 2005. Can you believe it! Does that win me a Guinness Book World Record award of some type? ;-)

Some of my blog followers have even moved to the area! Sagar Raste and his beautiful wife, Vijaya, moved here from India! Who knew I had followers halfway around the world!

Judy Kuhn and her family very recently relocated to Gulf Breeze from Indiana. It was fun to read their enthusiasm about the move in her e-mails.

- Mary in California started following my blog when a family member moved here.

- Mary Lou in Missouri visits here with her family of 'Froot Loops' every year.

- Scottie & the Dougal in Atlanta {{{hugs to Doogie}}}

- My friend, Nancy, in Newnan, Georgia.

- Sweet, poetic Lou in Denver, Colorado - formerly from Pensacola, who is currently married to a former flight surgeon for the Blue Angels! Wow! And a great photographer, too!

- Dale and Bonnie Taylor from Minnesota! Their grandson, Ryan, would go out in the yard to blow south and help keep the hurricanes away from us last year!

- Annie Patterson in Barrow, Alaska, who used some of my photos of sea turtle hatchlings to help with her illustrations! [I'll be sure to tell you when the book is released next year and you can see her exquisite illustrations!]

There are so many more - some like 'Everyday Gautier' Sylvia that I've never even met but get used to seeing their location on a regular basis. I truly enjoy all the comments and e-mails that come my way, the friends I've made, and the loyalty to my blog.

But whether local or far away, the common thread for us all is our love of this beautiful island and a positive spirit. I hope you enjoy my blog as much as I enjoy sharing this little piece of paradise with you! Let's go for another 150,000!

DJ