Friendship

On the first day of a New Year, I usually write a résumé of the previous year, but that will have to wait until tomorrow.
 
Today’s blip is of a beautiful Christmas tree decoration taken against an entry, for blip and blipping taken from the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Why this picture?
 
This Christmas tree decoration was sent to me by a fellow blipper and depicts part of what Blip means to me, friendship with people from all over the world. The verse that came with decoration states, ‘Friends are like stars, you don’t always see them, but you know they are there’; this sums up what Blip means to thousands of us.
 
I have been blipping for almost five years and my journal has become part of my daily life; it is a journal of pictures and words, which describe my day. FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, as well as all of the other social media sites out there do not come close to what blipfoto provides and what it means to me and thousands of other blippers. I can smile and enjoy their happy occasions, watch babies grow and ‘take part’ in their family occasions. I cry buckets when a four-legged friend is no longer with us and drool over tasty cakes and bakes. I can share their holidays, visiting many places I would never be able to visit. I have met some blippers over the years and encouraged one of two to join, but in general, Blip means recording my daily life as well as taking a brief look at other blippers lives through their journal.
 
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