It is the final day of squares and thanks to all your support and encouragement I am feeling upbeat, so much so I am sitting upright like these masts.

Squares might be nearly over but the sunrise is a reminder that there is beauty, and even silver linings, to be found in an approaching storm. And talking of beautiful moments, the final gallery with your amazing squares will appear soon.

In the meantime if you have not had a chance to join in the fun of squares, why not join us today on this final day. Everyone is always welcome. The theme is up, and the only rule is that your photographs must be square. And if you can’t join us today then no worries, Squares will be back in April!
Thank for the inspiration and encouragement Becky.
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All I can say, Becky, this square month has been stupendous. So many thanks for the uplift. Here’s some more old Africa pix: https://tishfarrell.com/2021/01/31/dreaming-upstream-zambezi/
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Stupendous is such a great word, and you are right it has been. All thanks to you and your fellow squarers 🥰
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Here is my entry for the last day of January. See you in April, Becky! https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2021/01/31/pupil-3/
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Can’t wait 😀
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Somehow I managed to publish an earlier revision so I’m editing the post while editing photos on the desktop computer. 🙄
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you’re not the first to have publication issues this month!
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I keep thinking WordPress is getting less buggy and then it gets buggy again. A week or so ago it wouldn’t let me save changes to a draft.
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I had huge issues a week ago, fortunately happiness engineers sorted it within minutes after i contacted them. They’re definitely playing behind the scenes again 😦
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I gave up on the misery engineers after changing my theme to the one I’m using now. I kept contacting them with issues only to be told they knew about the issue and it was on their list of fixes they needed to do. Maybe they shouldn’t release a new theme until they had finished debugging.
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Exactly what Cee, Debbie, Sue and i were saying yesterday to each other in a zoom call. testing these days seems to be done in real time which is just bonkers
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I think part of the problem nowadays is that a lot of companies/businesses are in a rush to launch so they’re seen as being proactive and also in case the opposition are working on something similar.
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Marketeers have too much control!
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Two types of Up for my final January Up Square:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2021/01/31/january-squares-up-31/
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ooh double the joy 🙂
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It was a great month of squares, Becky. A hard theme to beat but I’m sure you’ll manage it. I’m looking forward to April already 😀
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I think I might have beaten it – inspiration struck one day this week. Now just checking to see it is workable 😀
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It’s also what is on my mind: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/31/up-and-coming-athlete/
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😀 look out for the hints – probably in a couple of weeks.
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PS and thank you so much for being part of squares yet again. You are one of my fabulous squarers who has been with me a while now, 2018 I think you first joined us. What a superstar
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🤗 It’s always a pleasure, Becky. And like always: at the beginning I wonder if I can really manage to get 30 or 31 squares together and at the end it is a question of what to leave out. Thanks for being such a great host! You must be looking at thousand of squares any square month!
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do you know I have never counted them up, but you must be right!! No wonder I am usually squared eye by the end of the month 😀
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Your round-up after all is over is surely a good antidote, or is it?
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It is indeed 🥰
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That’s a fabulously dramatic photo – the sky is amazing.
Thank you for all your work, hosting us for another month, and for getting my little grey cells working as I looked through my archives for that could fit the theme.
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Fortunately the storm didn’t head my way!
and so pleased you have enjoyed this month as much as I have. It has kept my brain active too! Thank you also being part of the squares community, this will be your fourth year!
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My fourth year? Goodness – how time flies! It’s been such fun. 🙂
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I know! And yes it certainly is, no wonder I don’t want to stop hosting
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It must get harder every time with more people joining in. 🙂
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I certainly need to be more focused!!
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What lovely images to round off the month. Thank you Becky. It can’t be easy, keeping track of us all, but you do the job with assurance and style. I’m ending the month as I began, with a Virtual Dog: https://margaret21.com/2021/01/31/finding-another-uplifting-companion/
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I love your virtual dog, such a brilliant idea. Hope you throw them sticks!!
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No, I collect them for the woodburner 😉
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PS I now have spreadsheet to keep track as the notebook was proving impossible! I even now know who joined in which year 🙂
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You can take geekiness too far you know 😉
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Hee hee, I know 😜 just wait til you see what I have planned for my March lead ups to the next squares!
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The mind boggles …
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Meant to say, I have thoroughly enjoyed this month, can’t wait for April, wonder what you will task us with!
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awww thanks Sue, I am so glad you have enjoyed it.
I can’t wait for April either as I am even more excited about the theme than i was for up! I decided on it only this week, and so now just checking my photo archives to make sure it is workable! Expect hints by the end February 😀
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Oh, yippee!! 💕
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Upbeat you are, a good ending, Becky! Alas I’m a bit downbeat as the month ends, but WabiSabi perhaps? https://suejudd.com/2021/01/31/an-abandoned-cupboard-squareup-31/
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oh I am sorry you are feeling downbeat – at least we will have a new colour from Jude next Sunday!
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Well, it will pass
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It’s a beautiful image, Sue! 🙂 Friends to chat to today? Ann Christine among them, I think? That must be a treat.
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I’ve just had a call from am old friend ouT of the blue, made my day!
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😀
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That’s what life is all about…serendipity and connections
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That’s great to hear. Such a spirit lifter! A couple of my UK friends have birthdays this month and it always provokes more interaction. They were due to come over last September. Now who knows when? Sending hugs, Sue 🤗💕
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Better still that after a short while on the landline, we got chatting on FaceTime….much better to be able to see each other!
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🤣💕
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Fabulous effort from you this month, hon! Thanks so much for your patience and tolerance, and for being a genuinely nice lady. That last image is worthy of a place in an art gallery. Stunning! 🙂 🙂
https://restlessjo.me/2021/01/31/looking-up-and-back/
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awww thanks Jo, I don’t know what to say! Thank you and hugs . . . and also thank goodness for Algarvian sunrises – they will always inspire 🙂
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