It’s that time of year again when everyone makes lists. Unfair to stop at 10, and even 12 leaves out blogs I visit regularly. But I had to stop somewhere, and 12 fits in with 2012, opening up the possibility of 13 in 2013, and so on. Until I run out of room on the flag. I left out some excellent blogs that only publish sporadically, some that are no longer active, and some for which there is no room this year. As you might expect, my list has a lot of photography and art blogs. In alphabetical order.
biblioklept: As the title suggests, a compendious collection of art, writing, music and film clips, all of it surprising and unexpected. A reflection of the written word in different genres.
Chicquero: An art, design, fashion, and photography blog, with stunning photos.
ciapannaphoto: An Italian photography blog, mostly street photography, which catches scenes and moments to perfection.
Expressions of my life – An evolution of art: An American painter’s personal blog, detailing the work in progress, the painter’s thoughts and poetry, even the music he plays while painting.
Fear No Weebles: Madame Weebles is funny, fearless, and thoroughly opinionated. Splendid rants.
GingerFightBack: Inspired and hilarious comic characters from a founder member of the Ginger Resistance. He’ll photoshop a ginger wig on you at the drop of a hat.
Leanne Cole Photography: Tutorials in digital manipulation. If that sounds dry, it’s not, because she illustrates them with her own superb photos of the Melbourne area and gives you the background story to each shot. I visit to gawp, since I don’t have any of this new-fangled software, but you’ll learn something if you do.
northierthanthou: Thoughtful essays from a native of Alaska, complete with photos of a land most of us can only imagine.
Ooggetuige: Brilliant portrait photography in this Dutch blog. He brings out the character of his subjects to such an extent that they look right back and say, “Who are you looking at?”
The Accidental Cootchie Mama: Warm, sly, engaging stories from the American South, some made up, some real. Always worth reading.
The Bookhound: Prolific, thoughtful book reviews from a dog-loving librarian.
WISIWIS (What I See Is What I Shoot): Photography blog from Moscow. Daily life in the street as lived by ordinary Russians.
Thanks for all the good stuff!
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay 
Thank you sir for the mention I greatly appreciate your viewership and feedback. I’ll be in the UK mid-late June I’ll post my whereabouts should a bit of libation be in order. May the new year bring you health and happiness.
Namaste
Benjamin
A libation is definitely in order, if I’m still living in the UK inJune. I plan to move, not sure where. I hope your new year is everything you want it to be.
Many thanks for the mention. Please forgive my tardy reply. The fictional series I have been writing on my blog is really autobiographical with embellishments. I always appreciate being recognized by other bloggers. Lucky 2013 to you.
And to you. I’ve aways liked the number 13.
Looks like I picked a good day to come back, after some holiday away from the blogging. Thank you so much for the mention, Poet McGonagall! I enjoy your blog very much as well. I’ll have to peruse the other blogs you listed as well, to see what I’ve missed out on. I hope you and yours have a very Happy 2013!
Thanks! And I hope 2013 is Weeblicious for you.
Oooo – I only just realised that Bookhound got a mention. I missed this post. Many thanks, most kind.