The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is FAVORITES.
We have been asked to share our favorite photos from 2017. Here are the two that received the most likes and comments from you kind readers during the year:
An old fence rail in the mountains of North Carolina:
And a black snake that came out of a bush while I was pruning it.
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About johnvic8
John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014.
He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
And a black snake that came out of a bush while I was pruning it.
A Walk in the Garden 
Sorry John, that snake picture really gave me a start! I can’t say I like it – but you had to have had your wits about you to get that shot.
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It gave me a start too. My foot was only a few inches away on the ladder when I realized it was there.
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Wow! That snake photo is awesome!
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Serendipity, for sure.
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I love these responses to the “year end” challenge. I remember that snake photo. Fabulous!
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Thank you, Anne. Hope you have a blessed Christmas.
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And i wish the same for you.
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that snake is so cool… ❤
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Thanks, K.Z.
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That snake would of freaked me out!
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It got to me too.
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Well, I would have screamed and dropped any tools I had. No way I would have gotten that shot!
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I can’t say I wasn’t startled, but I did think right away to grab my phone and snap a shot.
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Happy New Year John!!!
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You are most kind. Thank you, and a Happy New Year to you and yours.
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