Happy New Year! Welcome, 2012!

(photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemania/4419055059/ by Xuan Che)

Year in review, resolutions, and goals. If that's what you're looking for, click the links, because that is not this post!

This post is about looking forward with happy anticipation. Here's what I look forward to in 2012 (in no particular order:

-Connecting with friends, near & far, and making new friends

(photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3210637533/, Kangaroo & girls by Sam Hood)

-Time with family

(photo http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2609711377 by Shiny Things)

-Events--concerts, plays, movies, festivals, sports, art shows, vacations, and whatever else is offered in the region

(photo © Copyright David Lally and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

-Writing and meeting with area writers

(photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliejordanscott/5945391448/ by Julie Jordan Scott)

-Reading books newly published and older ones I've missed. A link to popular authors' 2012 releases is here.

-Nature--plants, animals, landforms, climates, ecosystems, forces, wonders

(photo of Madeline Island, WI, copyright 2009, Jane Heitman Healy)


That's just for starters. 2012 looks to be full of promise!

What do you look forward to in the year ahead? I hope it is wonderful!

(photo of St. Croix Falls, WI, fireworks, copyright 2011, Jane Heitman Healy)