{"id":3828,"date":"2017-12-28T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2019-05-02T23:17:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T23:17:20","slug":"year-in-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/year-in-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Year in Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Year-In-Review-Main-img_REV-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Year-In-Review-Main-img_REV-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Year-In-Review-Main-img_REV-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Year-In-Review-Main-img_REV-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Year-In-Review-Main-img_REV-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Year-In-Review-Main-img_REV.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>The best moments, the triumphs, and the milestones are captured by our cell phones. Instagram has made it easy to celebrate our lives. So, as we say good-bye to 2017, we thought it would be fun to take a look at our favourite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/geraniumhomes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> moments of 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1. Here&#8217;s to 40 Years<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nAs Geranium celebrated 40 years, we gathered our Geranium family together for a fun post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BRV53GQD7Pg\/?taken-by=geraniumhomes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unveiling our new look<\/a> and kicking off our 40 Year Anniversary celebration.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2. Geranium Hockey Night<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nOur Geranium family showed off their team spirit and teamwork at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BTLAjNcDcSC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annual hockey night<\/a>. What a blast!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3865\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeraniumHockey-Night-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeraniumHockey-Night-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeraniumHockey-Night-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeraniumHockey-Night-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeraniumHockey-Night-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3. #TakeoverTuesday<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nAs part of our 40 Years Of Giving, we gave our charities the opportunity to take over our page for the day. Thanks to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wateraidcanada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WaterAid<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sketchtoronto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sketch Toronto<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Amicicharity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amici Camping Charity<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/SpecialOlympicsOntario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Olympics Ontario<\/a>&nbsp;for taking part in the fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4936 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4. Happy Birthday Canada<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\nIn honour of Canada&#8217;s 150th birthday we launched our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/canada-150-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SHOWYOURREDANDWHITE<\/a> contest and invited everyone to share their Canada 150 moments. We received many photos it was hard to choose, but our Grand Prize winner Julie was kind enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcStGPDBwPV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">send us a photo<\/a> of her family enjoying their new Muskoka Chairs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3873\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3873\" class=\"wp-image-3873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals4-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had lots of fun with our #showyourredandwhite contest<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5. Summertime Fun<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\nOur Instagram page lit up with smiling faces as we shared our memories of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZCHK_2jCI9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10th Annual Community BBQ<\/a> in the Neighbourhoods of Cardinal Point. Soon after the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville kept the community fun going with a glimpse at the Food Truck Frenzy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Reviewa_Post.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4938 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Reviewa_Post-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Reviewa_Post-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Reviewa_Post-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Reviewa_Post-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Reviewa_Post-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">6. This is Allegro<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nWe were excited to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BTrLENZDPSM\/?taken-by=geraniumhomes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launch&nbsp;<\/a>our stunning new master-planned community&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/aurora-allegro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allegro<\/a>&nbsp;in downtown Aurora this spring. It is the epitome of luxury and location in perfect harmony.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3875\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3875\" class=\"wp-image-3875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals8-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our opening event for Allegro was definitely a hit!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">7. Keeping Up The Pace<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\nExcitement is building as we kept our Instagram family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BY6Gj-xDQRX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">up to date <\/a>on the construction of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/pace-on-main\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pace on Main<\/a>. The first boutique style condominium for downtown Stouffville.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3874\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3874\" class=\"wp-image-3874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals6-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals6-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals6-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals6-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals6-1-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excitement continues to build over our Pace On Main construction!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">8. Awards Night<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\nWe were honoured to be recognized and awarded Best New Homes Sales Office for Vista Flats and Towns by the Ontario Home Builders Association this year and Project of the Year by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZjBw_GBDEQ\/?taken-by=geraniumhomes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;37th annual BILD Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4940\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4940\" class=\"wp-image-4940 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-7-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honoured to be recognized at the BILDgta Awards<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">9. Charity Begins at Home<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\nThanks to our homeowners, partners and trades, once again we were able to help the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsfoodbank.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stouffville Food Bank<\/a> in time for Thanksgiving.Geranium!=<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals9-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">10. Looking Back and Looking Ahead<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nOne of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcKomezhfXI\/?taken-by=geraniumhomes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most popular posts <\/a>of the year, was a look at one of our homes in Forest Trail Estates. As we look ahead to all that&#8217;s in store for 2018, it&#8217;s nice to look back at the beautiful homes, the friendly neighbourhoods, and the good people that make it all part of Geranium!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Instagram-Year-In-Review_Post-Visuals10-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>We&#8217;re looking forward to what 2018 has in store for us. Happy New Year to you and your family from Geranium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best moments, the triumphs, and the milestones are captured by our cell phones. Instagram has made it easy to celebrate our lives. So, as we say good-bye to 2017, we thought it would be fun to take a look at our favourite Instagram moments of 2017. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/year-in-instagram\/\">READ MORE ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[530,596,695,635,694,14,588,87,133,238,558,643,701],"class_list":["post-3828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-geranium","category-lifestyle","tag-530","tag-40-years-of-giving","tag-40th-anniversary","tag-allegro","tag-forty-years","tag-geranium","tag-geranium-40th-anniversary","tag-geranium-homes","tag-holidays","tag-instagram","tag-new-year","tag-showyourredandwhite","tag-year-in-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3828"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4941,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions\/4941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}