{100 COUNTRIES VISITED MY BLOG}

Well, for this Valentine's weekend, this is a very special milestone reached!

100 countries today and blog # 214.

Google Analytics tells me that since April 02, 2010 there were 51,838 Pageviews. That is quite a lot higher than my last writing on October 1, 2010 with {Blog # 100 and viewed in 65 countries} ← click it.

A total of 11,635 visits originating from 100 countries... The darker the green, the higher the number of visitors from that particular country.

As a kid I LOVED geography and while we were helping Mom & Dad in the greenhouses, picking tomatoes and such, Dad always played games with us. He would ask us to name the capital cities of numerous countries. We had to reply fast too. He loved it and it's obvious, he's rubbed off this interest on me as well. Pieter and I have worked in all continents but of course we've by far not visited all countries! But we have probably flown over most of them! Wherever we've not been, through the World Wide Web we do connect now...

To my loyal readers world wide; thank you so much for all your visits!

Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day.

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{Post # 148 and my blog is 1 year old today!}

Today marks a very special day as on November 23 of last year I did launch my very first blog-post about Romancing the Home.

At that time I was very sick, in excruciating pain and could not even get to my PC... Only a second blog-post I launched on December 13, showing: {Fragrant Paperwhite Narcissus flowers in early December}. Together with a reply to Johanna Gehrlein  from Silber-und-Rosen-Shop about her question.

By the end of the year I was walking on crutches...

On January 9 of this year I was in the hospital being almost totally paralyzed with very high fever that they couldn't knock down at first. 

It was on January 11, that I cried in my hospital bed; on the birthday of my still born sister 'Mariet' who would have been almost 13 months older than I am. 

I told her that I was NOT yet ready to see her in heaven...

After four days in the hospital they put me on Prednisone and the pain went away.

Again I could MOVE! What a joy.
Being diagnosed with a very rare auto immune disease, I was now on the mend!
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For my sister Mariet, trying to live for her as well, I've added 'TE' behind my name.
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That's the story behind my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics. 

Anyway, most people here in the US had difficulties pronouncing Mariet, so this works well.

So there came my next blog on March 21, about dear Friend Johanna Gehrlein's: {Splendid book about Silver Rose Flatware}. That is about my passion: Silver Rose Flatware.

Only since April 4, I know my statistics as I was way behind with everything and slowly did catch up on my daily life's routine.

Not bad for only seven-and-a-half month of data:
6,544 Visits
34,859 Pageviews

6,544 Visits came from 74 countries/territories

It just so happened that recently, country # 73 is Georgia! Living in Georgia/USA this is special.
The First Lady of Georgia is Dutch born Sandra Roelofs.
So this is a double-Dutch connection...

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{My Angel Sister & Mariette's Back to Basics Explained} | previous post by me