I started writing these pages in July
so I am just thrilled to bits by your response. And would like to say thank you for getting me this far. 
Now, as you know, I am going to produce a collection of POSTCARDS from your suggestions on this page, tomorrows page, or facebook or email. 
All countries are welcome to enter so do not be shy. I will start collating this coming Saturday so you have a few days. I shall draw the winners on Sunday. And let you know on Monday. 
The Matriarch and Our John have each offered to sponsor a winner too. So I shall be giving away THREE sets of postcards.
I think there was conspiracy when you chose Postcards. They will be printed as a run, so there will be a small number of packages left over. 
I will put my thinking cap on and work out how to sell a few of this limited edition to those people who express their interest. Time enough for that though.
Here are a few of my suggestions for your consideration and I am SO looking forward to yours. We all have different, individual, special eyes. So I need your choices to round the work out. 
Oh no, I just realised that there is no Daisy or Mama here or TonTon for that matter. oops. I bet you will have something to say about that. I shall pop a few of your suggestions up tomorrow if their dimensions are such that they can be turned into successful postcards.
Your ideas can be as vague or as specific as you like. We are all most delightfully busy! All comments from this post or tomorrow’s go into the draw for a package. Each package will have Eight Postcards, with doubles. So there will Sixteen Postcards in all.
We had a little dusting of snow in the night. Some added crunch to our footsteps! The whole house smells like chicken soup as I have had a pot of chicken stock sitting on the woodstove all night!
What an exciting day! When I started writing this, in the dark, early this morning, the kitchen’s garden had 40,241 HITS! You are so cool.
Good morning!!
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
106 responses to “Congratulations to you all: 40,000 hits!: lets choose our postcard giveaway pics”
Congratulations on hitting 40,000 but it is no surprise to me at all! I love coming here and reading your blog:) Which photo… it would be impossible to choose but I love this kitty one right here! xo Smidge
Only 40,000? We need to get the word out about your blog. 100,000 by July 4th, that’s the goal! 🙂
Congrats, Celi, and, honestly, how am I supposed to choose? This is a Sophie’s Choice kind of deal, if ever there was one. I think Ill have a nap and come back to this…
Definitely the bee shot Celi! And I love the tunnel through the corn too! Must have at least one of Daisy, and maybe even Hairy MacLairy and Mia. I also love the one where Ton Ton and Big Dog are waiting patiently for their morning walk with you. So precious!!! So many fabulous photos you have posted!!! I’ll keep reviewing and come back with more suggestions! xo
What a lovely enterprise! Do you have a company in mind for producing the cards? I have been planing to make birthday cards with some of my images and would be interested to know how this works out 🙂
Congrats!
Congratulations on hitting the magic number. You have readers all over the world, so it is obvious that you touch us all with basic, human and good values and spirit.
Your pictures are all wonderful, and I like the cat with the profile illumination coming throughout the window. The frog is wonderful too. They warm my heart.
Ronnie
now i am going to show my total ignorance but how do we know how many hits our blogs get? is it just a wordpress thing?
yes it is in the wordpress stats page, is there no way for you to track your visitors on blogspot? maybe someone else can help us.. c
They are all cool, and I know that there are so many more great photos (I have to confess: I’m here more for the great pictures than for the recipies, and your stories, of course).
Which means – I cannot make up my mind. But I’ll be working on it.
That is fine Klaus, we have a few days .. lovely to see you.. c
Congratulations on your Greatest Hits album! You take so many gorgeous photos it would be mighty tough to narrow down the list (so it’s good you’ve given a start to the process here). In addition to any of these, I would of course nominate yesterday’s Thing portrait on the coffee sacks; one of those pretty ones of Daisy curled up with the cat; that charmer (and rather surreal looking photo) of Hairy and Queenie looking so well-matched in size; the upside down tree in the wineglass . . . so much wealth, so little time! 🙂 I’m just very glad you share them all with us!
Oh dear, i do need to make a book!! thank you for your suggestions Kathryn.. into the book they go! c
Good things come to those who follow their passions 🙂
Congrats on 40k! All of these photos here are gorgeous!!! My favorites are the corn rows, Hairy, and the butterfly. Oh, the kitty too!
Thank you honey, have a great day! c
That’s a lot of hits – especially starting last July! And I know exactly why. We all feel at home on the farmy 🙂
Congratulations, Celi.
That is a really lovely thing to say, i am glad you feel at home here kate ! c
Congratulations Celi! Great milestone, but as Deb said, this is just the start, and there will be so many more hits to come!! And I adore your bee photo, both now and when you first posted it! 🙂 xx
You have been with the farmy for a long time celia! c
At a girl! 40,000 is celebration time -is it cold enough for one of your ice buckets?
So choices….. well anything with a barn is a go, and anything with daisy (just don’t tell her) and anything from the garden (I’m biaised I know), the corn shot is beautiful, oh and glasses, I seem to remember glass bottles, anything abstract. Shall I stop now?
Claire you are a darling.. you can stop now! (laughter) c
Gorgeous, Celi. Congratulations on such great success! You are a great example of how to blog!!
Morning honey, thank you so much.. i hope you have had a great day.. c
I like the buzz I get from the bee 🙂
Good choice! c