Happy New Year everyone! I'm looking forward to seeing lots more of your fabulous photos in 2009!

Feel free to leave a comment and let us know what you'd like to see in the Flickr Forum in 2009.

1. So long, 2. happy new year 2009, 3. 2009 begins

4. New Year Party at Nathan Phillips Square, 5. New Year - Early Bloom - Global Climate Change, 6. New Years 2009

Merry Christmas everyone! Let's call these nine gorgeous xmas photos my gift to you. I know I didn't take them, but hey, it takes a while to scan the pool weekly, so think of my bleeding eyes at 1am as my gift to you.

Didn't get me anything? Stories about the photos from the photographers, and comments to the artist always warm my heart.

25 exceptional recent submissions to Flickr the pool for your viewing pleasure. Which is your favorite?

Here are 24 photos from the blogTO Flickr Pool that caught my eye in the last week. Enjoy!

This week the Flickr Forum brings you the best of the pool from the last two weeks. Yeah, I missed a week. But I'm making up for it with a bonus 12 panel mosaic featuring two great photographers who caught my eye repeatedly in my perusal of the pool.

Bonus mosaic, links and discussion after the jump.

I went with another "best of the pool" 24 panel mosaic this week. I hope everyone is liking is liking the increased number of photos, even if it does come at the expense of our beloved themes. We'll run a few themes over the winter, and fully bring them back in the spring.

As always, links after the jump. Discussion in encourage. And we love hearing the story behind your photos from the featured photogs.