I’m linking up today with Kim and Zenaida for their Tuesday Topics!
This week’s topic is “The Year in Photos.” 2020 was a year like no other, but here we go: 2020 in photos!
January:
- A NYE party.
- Followed by a bit of a New Year’s Day hangover.
- Who knew what a hangover the rest of 2020 would be?
February:
- A dog-sitting party.
- A night at the Walker Art Museum.
- The Luminary Loppet at Lake of the Isles.
March:
- Cheering at the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta.
- Completing my 34th marathon (and only marathon of 2020) the next day.
- Then…Covid-19.
- Working from home, naively thinking it will only be for a few weeks. Social distancing and zoom quickly become the norm.
April:
- Lost my grandfather to Covid-19.
- Running “with” friends turns into randomly running into a friend and keeping our distance.
- “I can’t wait 2 hug U.”
May:
- Ruth turns 1.
- Ruth becomes a runner!
- The murder of George Floyd…There’s no good way to transition from that one, but it must be recognized. So tragic.
June:
- A camping trip on Madeline Island
- A McKirdy Trained 1-mile race series
July:
- A long weekend at Dustin’s family cabin
- Dustin’s birthday and one of our only restaurant meals of the pandemic (outdoors, of course)
- 300 + miles in one month! My biggest month ever.
August:
- The official end of the Calhoun Beach Running Club.
- An amazing canoe trip to the Boundary Waters
September:
- A weekend on a houseboat on the Mississippi with my sister and her family!
- Camping with friends in Itasca
October:
- Morning runs to the “VOTE” sign
- My birthday
- Dustin and my wedding anniversary
- An in-person Halloween 10k!
November:
- The election.
- The election RESULTS!
December:
Here we are! Almost to the end of 2020. It was not the year I expected- I thought I’d be running marathons in Bhutan and Patagonia; I thought I’d be adding several more states to my 50-state marathon quest. Alas, I added one.
But there were still some positives of the year, and I’m happy to have this blog to document it all and to share this unique year on my little space here on the internet.
Thanks for sticking with me and following along and cheers to a much different 2021!
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When I saw your NYE photo, my first thought was “Wow, having fun without masks – will we ever get back to that?” I hate that my first thought goes to masks – ugh!
I love all your photos from the year. You found so many ways to still have fun this year, despite everything. i love that you were able to do a few weekend getaways and enjoy activities with friends.
I know, any unmasked photo feels so long ago and so foreign!
Thanks for hosting the link-up!
Lots of great memories! I used to scrapbook everything, but as the kids got older that ended (too many activities to stay on top of all the pics/layouts/journaling). Then, the blog was born, and I now have a record of some stuff (at least most of the running LOL). I love all your camping pics…I’m definitely not a camper, but the wilderness is so beautiful, especially the lakes.
I agree Kim, a blog is our current scrapbook! If I ever stop blogging, I want to download it all into a book to have a record of life essentially!
Loved this! I especially love the angel rays you saw after your grandfather’s passing, which I’m sending you condolences for again.
Yes, despite everything 2020 brought us, for almost all of us, there was some good to be found. Although quite frankly I didn’t really feel the need to walk down memory lane this year!
Thank you Judy, I appreciate that.
It did feel weird looking back through this wild year…
I think it’s great that we are able to look back on the year and find so many positive memories even if they were not the ones we intended them to be. Happy holidays to you!
Thanks Deborah- exactly, not the year we expected, but it still had some positives!
Wow, what a great year…yes I’m talking about 2020! You made the most of it. Ruth officially gets Best Dressed Dog of the Year for her November picture;-)
Haha, yes, best-dressed! Most political little pup 🙂
As you said and photographed, there were a lot of good times. Sorry to hear about the loss of your grandmother.
Hope 2021 is an even better for you – with in-person races and more states added.
Thanks Darlene.
I love this! It is kind of what I had in mind of doing for next week too. 🙂 Even with the pandemic, you have many great memories for 2020.
Thank you for linking up with us!
Haha, yeah, I was a week ahead. I look forward to reading everyone’s post this week!
Jessie! What a fantastic way to summarise 2020!
I love all your photos, but I especially like your anniversary one. Such a nice idea to have the same pose for each year. I wish I had thought of that earlier. Now it’s too late (married 27 years).
2021 will be better – it’s only a matter of time until you will be travelling again.
Thank you Catrina!
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