Y is for YOU

About a decade ago, TIME magazine named YOU as the Person of the Year. "In 2006, the World Wide Web became a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter." And as true as it was then, it's far more true now.

And YOU continue to matter to us at ABC Wednesday. Round 20 is ending under the direction of Leslie and me, and before that, Denise Nesbitt. Round 21 is about to begin at https://abcwednesday.wordpress.com/ under Melody's tutelage.

But it means nothing, NOTHING without YOU. Without YOU, there's frankly no point to it all.

The very first Bob Dylan song I ever owned was on a compilation album called The Best of '66. That was 1966, BTW, NOT 1866. The song was I WANT YOU [listen]. Somehow seems appropriate.
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ABC Wednesday 20Y

1. 20-Y – Melody Music	2. Ramblin with Roger: Y is for the Yardbirds	3. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC Wednesday: Y	4. Reader Wil	5. The Pedalogue: Y is for YORK	6. Yaganti	7. photowannabe
8. daybyday: Y for Yanni	9. Exquisite Italian food from Naples by Chef Nicola	10. Summer simplicity - Jesh StG	11. A Creative Harbor : A SHUTTERBUG EXPLORES ~ 90	12. Yellow	13. Lea's Menagerie: Yellow	14. Island Rambles: Young Hawk Wins Food War
15. The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b.	16. Yosemite Falls	17. Youth Motocross | ZONGRIK	18. alexa in nyc, usa	19. Indrani	20. Kołobrzeg County Photo, Poland	21. KEYHOLE PICTURES: ABC WEDNESDAY - Z
22. A Yankee-in-Belgrade: ABC WEDNESDAY--"X" is for "D	23. How to plan a Summer Road Trip - Y for Year	24. nature tales and camera trails: Y is for Yellow fo	25. objectif regarder: Y is for Yao Yai	26. YAK AND YETI	27. Something to Chew On: Yummy	28. Adventures in Weseland:Pine Avenue Pier and Yachts
29. YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUMS	30. valokuvia - φωτογραφία: Sunshine	31. YARRA RIVER SUNRISE	32. YELLOW YARN	33. The View from the Top of the Ladder	34. tin and sparkle: Yarrow	35. Y is for Henry Yule
36. Dina, Israel	37. hapzydeco	38. ann	39. Jaipur Garden : Yellow lilies	40. JUNK BOAT TRAVELS	41. Yatch ride - Mumbai - Random Photography

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20 - X

Hello and good morning, -afternoon, -evening, dear people who all participate is this wonderful photo-meme, which is a joy to me, week after week, after week.

I’m always curious to what you come up with!

 The challenging letter of this week is X and I've chosen for the word: X-tension

 Today in 3 weeks... this photo-meme, some 10 years ago started by (Denise) Mrs. Nesbitt will come to an end in the way we have known it thus far. The url: http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com will stay online for a while but the url on which you can leave the link to you participation will, starting july 12th, be: http://abcwednesday.wordpress.com

So please note this so your entry will not get 'lost' and worse, missed by other participants.

 In X-tra I want to  say THANK YOU to not only Mrs.Nesbitt ofcourse, but also to Roger and Leslie who have worked very hard since they took over from Mrs. Nesbitt after she announced to have less time for the challenge. Last but not least all the other bloggers who did their part in visiting participants and ofcourse all the bloggers from all over the world who in total kept this challenge running for already 10+ years.

Besides that I want to X-press my gratitude also to all of those participants who created all the logo's which have been used in these past 20 rounds. (Want to see them? Click Here!)

 With the start of the X-tended version of ABC-Wednesday on july 12th I also want to introduce to you the new team of participants who will assist me and together with me have the sincere wish to keep the ABC-ball rolling. Looking very much forward to see you in:  http://abcwednesday.wordpress.com, especially starting July 12th with your entry for round 21-A
   
 Have an X-traordinary ABC-Wednesday-day / - week ~
♫ M e l o d y ♫ (ABC-W-team)
 (preview Round 21)
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ABC Wednesday 20X

1. Melody	2. Xavier	3. eXtending one's vocabulary	4. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC Wednesday: X	5. daybyday: X for eXhaustiond	6. photowannabe	7. Island Rambles: Hawk raised by Eagle
8. Ramblin with Roger - X is for excellence: KCH	9. A Creative Harbor ~ 89	10. Xmas Trees - Jesh StG	11. X is for Xenophon	12. Portrait of Xander | ZONGRIK	13. Kołobrzeg County Photo : X for Xanthic	14. nature tales and camera trails: X isfor Xanthotype
15. alexa	16. XOLMIS	17. XYLOKASTRO	18. XEROCAMPOS	19. The View from the Top of the Ladder: Xyst	20. Bev, Canada	21. Goutami News Diary: ABC Wednesday
22. hapzydeco	23. Gattina	24. ann

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W is for Wisdom

My grandfather wasn't much for borrowing money.
He kind of believed that you should only get what you can afford, that you should pay your own way in the world, and that you shouldn't be beholden to anyone.

He had a saying he used to use from time to time. He'd  tell us "You can't raise this year's crops with next year's rain."

Another saying he used a lot,  when we suggested,  attempted,  or wished for something futile,  he would say "Might as well try and hold back the wind with a pitchfork. "

He'd  use this line frequently when somebody would say something like they wished their puppies would stay little forever or they hope that winter would not come so fast.

Time is like the wind through the pitchfork - it just keeps going and there's nothing we can do to stop it; and so here we are at W.

This is the last time my words will appear on an intro here.

It has been wonderful working with all of you and getting to know so many amazing fascinating and talented people all over the world I'm going to miss you all.

I want to wish you all  good luck in your future endeavors.

TROY

And now it's time to go and see what words and works The Winds of time have wrought on your window of the World Wide Web this wonderful Wednesday

Note from Roger: You can follow a new iteration of ABC Wednesday after this round at https://abcwednesday.wordpress.com/>
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ABC Wednesday 20W

1. Melody	2. Rambling with Roger: W- Jr Walker & the All-Stars	3. WALES	4. photowannabe	5. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC WEDNESDAY: W	6. Seven Sisters Waterfalls	7. Indrani
8. Bhadragiri: Way to Elysian fields	9. Water - Jesh StG	10. tin and sparkle: Winky Dink and You	11. A Creative Harbor ~ 88	12. Joy, Raft of Apples: Wishes	13. Island Rambles: Eagle Raises Hawk	14. daybyday: W is for Wheelbarrow
15. W is for Nancy Wake	16. Portrait of Wayne | ZONGRIK	17. Kołobrzeg County Photo : W for Water Tower	18. Our Stay at the Hotel Asteara in Mlini - Mersad	19. W is for Workers - Greensboro Daily Photo	20. Picture Is WTW - 1 #CaptionIT	21. alexa
22. A Yankee-in-Belgrade: ABC WEDNESDAY---W is for Wal	23. WALRUS	24. WINTRY DAREBIN CREEK	25. Day One Photography: Wood Grain	26. WERRIBEE RIVER	27. WEB	28. nature tales and camera trails: W is for Winged Se
29. Bev, Canada	30. hapzydeco	31. Мелкота	32. Burger King and Pizza	33. The View from the Top of the Ladder	34. Gattina	35. Waterscape
36. YOU and I Seasonal blooms	37. ann chin	38. ann chin

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Happy Birthday tooooo

 

Hi all members of our ABC-Wednesday-family.

It took a while since the last "Happy Birthday"- post on this blog because we had nobody to congratulate.

Today... we have a Birthday Girl who goes by the name: Rose 

So let's go pay her a visit and congratulate her....

Congratulating you ROSE and wishing you all the best of Luck, Love & Happiness!!

If someone wants his/her date to be added to our Birthday-Calendar, just let me know!

♫ M e l d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

V is for vim and vigor

The vocabulary.com reads:

"Vim is energy and enthusiasm. If you've got vim, then you probably pack a little extra oomph in your life!

"Vim is an odd-looking word, but it stands for a simple concept: being ready for activity, especially vigorous activity. Someone who is always playing sports or going on trips is full of vim. Someone who lies on the couch watching TV all day shows very little vim."

I've almost never seen the word vim stand alone.

The Word Detective agrees:

"One reason we were able to get along without 'vim' until the mid-18th century is that we already had 'vigor, and the two words are considered synonyms by most dictionaries. 'Vigor' does have more elaborated meanings..., but the basic sense underlying all such specialized meanings of 'vigor' is 'physical, mental or moral strength, vitality and enthusiasm,' which is about as close to 'vim' as you can get without stepping on its toes.

"'Vigor' had quite a head start on 'vim,' however, first appearing in English around 1300, drawn, via Old French, from the Latin 'vigere,' meaning 'to be lively, to thrive.'"

I always associated the phrase "vim and vigor" with the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Indeed, from Novel Guide: Kennedy's campaign oratory, which often seemed to suggest that any problem could be solved if only enough vim and vigor were brought to bear on it.

But JFK's piece in Sports Illustrated, about fitness, mentions vigor or vigorous nine times, though vim does not appear at all.

I was thinking about JFK because May 29 would have been his 100th birthday, which I wrote about here.

I hope you have enough vim to visit a number of our participants this week, and indeed through the end of Round 20.

Then I trust you will have sufficient vigor to participate during Round 21 and beyond at ABC Wednesday's new home, which will be at https://abcwednesday.wordpress.com/
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ABC Wednesday 20V

1. The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b.	2. FRANKLY MY DEAR: ABC WEDNESDAY: V	3. VIEWS	4. Ramblin with Roger:V - victory, peace, Bobby Vee	5. Music♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫	6. Rajesh	7. Indrani
8. daybyday: V is for Veritable	9. Chefactory Experience - Biryani, Rolls and kababs	10. Vivid Colors - Jesh StG	11. photowannabe	12. Joy, Raft of Apples: Viewing Platform	13. Village	14. Island Rambles: V for Video
15. A Creative Harbor ~ 87	16. V is for Erwin Van Haarlem	17. Portrait of Victor | ZONGRIK	18. Kołobrzeg County Photo : V for Vinca minor	19. Murthy's Photo Blog: V for Visitors at Mysore Pala	20. nature tales and camera trails: V is for Violets	21. alexa
22. V is for VF Corporation - Greensboro Daily Photo	23. VULTURE	24. VOLGA RIVER	25. Bev, Canada - Voltaire	26. hapzydeco	27. tin and sparkle: Variegated	28. The View from the Top of the Ladder
29. Panoramic views of Sarajevo Valley - Mersad	30. ann chin

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