tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.comments2023-07-09T08:15:52.839-07:00The Curious CatThe Curious Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16920550974303475865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2537125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-18577275911927455592017-05-24T04:40:12.982-07:002017-05-24T04:40:12.982-07:00I'm considering the move at the moment and thi...I'm considering the move at the moment and this is really helping me get a good idea of what it might be like. There's a healthy job market over there and a whole world of wonder for the adventurous soul!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929717097771156077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-65454778961970003392017-03-12T05:24:23.652-07:002017-03-12T05:24:23.652-07:00You have a wonderful way of finding beauty in time...You have a wonderful way of finding beauty in time of sadness. This is a great gift to have. Watching you grow up on Facebook has been a joy and wonder. It reminds me of the happiness I've had seeing my own children grow into adults. You are a beautiful soul and I feel very lucky to know you. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593159113453318784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-44047285884740497612017-03-06T13:23:54.035-08:002017-03-06T13:23:54.035-08:00So sorry to hear about your loss, Lauren. Take car...So sorry to hear about your loss, Lauren. Take care of yourself... Sending you hugs xxxDebbie Vilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08761868099618769434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-87578627358458387012017-03-06T13:22:48.623-08:002017-03-06T13:22:48.623-08:00So sorry to read about your loss Lauren, take care...So sorry to read about your loss Lauren, take care.. Sending hugs xxx<br />Debbie Vilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08761868099618769434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-85309082986148702402015-11-06T09:23:57.248-08:002015-11-06T09:23:57.248-08:00Just browsing to see who is still around - glad to...Just browsing to see who is still around - glad to see you!!! I hope you'll blog about life in your new home - I'm sure there's loads to show us. Take care and be happy xxxx Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269721218424514656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-53485700306367275902015-10-14T00:31:40.608-07:002015-10-14T00:31:40.608-07:00I had these very same thought recently and it'...I had these very same thought recently and it's something I'm still considering. When I began blogging, things were so different and the community seemed much friendlier. I haven't really got any answers. http://www.trexesandtiaras.com/2015/10/extant.html charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424341312136077664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-34733516688084444232014-12-17T22:18:43.741-08:002014-12-17T22:18:43.741-08:00I hope all went well with the exams and you are no...I hope all went well with the exams and you are now home and ready to celebrate Christmas with your family.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09132687955890418093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-84772927955745254832014-09-17T00:01:20.531-07:002014-09-17T00:01:20.531-07:00Nice blogging + pictures of Tarragona it helped me...Nice blogging + pictures of Tarragona it helped me a lot (cherry picking). I was there 20 years ago and I will return soon (next week).<br />Good job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-85256959470405948352014-09-08T22:14:12.356-07:002014-09-08T22:14:12.356-07:00Yes I agree, some bloggers have fallen off the fac...Yes I agree, some bloggers have fallen off the face of the planet.<br />I am more of a once or twice a week blogger but I look at some blogs and they haven't posted since 2012.<br /><br />I am glad you had the inspiration to blog again. I have not caught up with everyone in a while so it is good to read some current posts.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09132687955890418093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-38956476612929058782014-08-28T14:24:04.576-07:002014-08-28T14:24:04.576-07:00You take care too x x You take care too x x Sue @ Smiffy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125790906528534016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-66411445572635242102014-08-03T08:16:52.529-07:002014-08-03T08:16:52.529-07:00Aaaaah, not sure why it's taken me so long to ...Aaaaah, not sure why it's taken me so long to find this post of yours but it's right on the money, lady! <br /><br />Not to make this about me (heehee!) but a friend and I have been discussing at great length recently the effect of FB on people's self-centredness and self-worth. We too are both childless and it seems that everyone's lives are filled/fulfilled with the children we ourselves may never have. Likewise, everyone's having the best fun at the party we're not at, and getting married... etc!<br /><br />But we do have to claw back our resentment and remember, it's not about us. There are bound to be elements of our lives that our friends covet, too.<br /><br />Well said, anyway! :)<br /><br />xxthe quirky brunettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951584363302496259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-12448751525950363402014-07-11T05:48:13.866-07:002014-07-11T05:48:13.866-07:00ouch!! that must have hurt! :( ouch!! that must have hurt! :( tinsi.birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035443972516056501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-24346035341868530942014-07-11T05:46:04.073-07:002014-07-11T05:46:04.073-07:00i love reading your blogs xoxoi love reading your blogs xoxotinsi.birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035443972516056501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-75957792847733430042014-07-11T05:44:23.393-07:002014-07-11T05:44:23.393-07:00what a great post! :) xoxowhat a great post! :) xoxotinsi.birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035443972516056501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-81594693282364251962014-06-05T23:08:28.925-07:002014-06-05T23:08:28.925-07:00very well written... I can understand and relate t...very well written... I can understand and relate to itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-59750358278240027982014-06-05T08:29:26.557-07:002014-06-05T08:29:26.557-07:00I liked this post a lot. I mean not in a "Yay...I liked this post a lot. I mean not in a "Yay you've lost a friend way" but in a "I've never thought about it like that before" way.<br /><br />I have recently had an absolutely horrible "falling out" with someone I thought was my best friend (inverted commas because I don't really think it's falling out if only one of you does the falling out) and having read your words I think you're right - if you are fundamentally two different people then this ending was probably inevitable. You can tick along and get by for so long but eventually the other shoe has to drop.<br /><br />Sad. But...life, I guess?The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550480429586819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-75200507873290554412014-05-26T02:28:05.736-07:002014-05-26T02:28:05.736-07:00Linked here from The Girl and I agree. I used to f...Linked here from The Girl and I agree. I used to feel like my blog was just for me and people to see about what I thought or did and now I feel like I have to make it snazzier. It's not jazzy, it's not got a wider appeal, but I have made some solid connections, dare I say, friends, off the back of my original blog and that's the part I don't want to give up.Flitterbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245078798373902528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-90829923963878727832014-05-22T12:40:57.796-07:002014-05-22T12:40:57.796-07:00I don't think that saying blogging is on the d...I don't think that saying blogging is on the decli ne is fair. Yes, blogging as you knew it but that's because there were much fewer in the past.<br /><br />Yes, there are a lot of blogs that use advertising and that's why they started and they're not really the kind of blogs I read but I can assure you that genuine blogging is still totally practised- they're just somewhat harder to find in a sea of digital people.<br /><br />Comments have declined not only because people are accessing information faster but because, in the past, commenting and leaving the link to your blog gave you greater SEO power and was a tactic to make your blog more visible on the google search, to other bloggers and people looking. <br /><br />There's definitely still a community, it's just evolved to places like Twitter, where you'll find most of your engagement these days in great blogger hosted chatss (some not so great).<br /><br />I would probably say that this evolution has made me more friends in real life and given me amazing access to community. From blogging and other social platforms, I've been lucky enough to make amazing new pals AND meet them in person. It's given me work opportunities and it's also opened doors to the actual communities I have lived in and other people invested in the area of Barcelona/Kent/Holloway.<br /><br />Blogging has certainly changed. Everything changes. Move with it. There's still some amazing stuff to be read out there and please don't stop writing - you do lend a totally different sound in an area that can seem saturated with blogger reviews. <br /><br />thecafecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-39708953513602908032014-05-22T02:43:01.458-07:002014-05-22T02:43:01.458-07:00I think I agree with you that blogging is on the d...I think I agree with you that blogging is on the decline - what I mean is that blogging as I knew it when I started to blog a few years ago, is on the decline. There is no longer the sense of community that there seemed to be at the time. I think that the rise of PRs and "free things" as TG mentions above is a factor, as they have brought with them the glolryhunter-bloggers who begin blogging in search of free stuff. It seems very high school / popularity contest these days instead of being about the things which used to be nice about blogging - connecting over the things which interested you enough to write about.charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424341312136077664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-59482384890603624402014-05-21T19:20:50.949-07:002014-05-21T19:20:50.949-07:00Oh, that's exactly it. I feel it. I just want ...Oh, that's exactly it. I feel it. I just want to flick the off switch and hear the engine die down, and to just enjoy life. You know very well I tried to experiment with this "PR" idea, but that didn't take off. On hindsight, I am so relieved about that because the so-called blogs that I used to enjoy following have become self-proclaimed online celebraties and that makes me sad. But, at the end of the day, this blog is yours and I always like to take the time to see what you've been up to.<br /><br />P.S. Maybe it was a bad idea telling my mum about my blog... Now she reads it daily and I find myself censoring a lot to avoid upsetting her :/JuanitaTortillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918884565822681674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-58338065506084128342014-05-21T04:53:47.095-07:002014-05-21T04:53:47.095-07:00Yeah I've felt this and talked about this.
I ...Yeah I've felt this and talked about this.<br /><br />I guess it's just what happens now that companies have worked out that bloggers will provide them with virtually free marketing. I think you'll find that most days people start blogs with the absolute focus and intent being on appealing to PR companies and getting free stuff to 'review'*<br /><br />People say they've noticed a marked decline in commenting and I think sometimes this is down to the fact that writing post after post of sponsored content doesn't really love much for people to comment on. what are you going to say? "Yeah I like that you liked this product"?! Whereas blogs that are more focused on someone's life or meanderings or wonderings invite people to comment more, they open up more discussion. As people are complaining about their comments being down I don't know that I've noticed that much change. I didn't get lots of comments before and I still don't! It's remained even.<br /><br />But as everyone starts blogs to get free stuff it creates more and more competition - people are much more out for what they can get for themselves, rather than making friends just because someone likes the same stuff that you do and posted about Marmite on toast once and now you're friends.<br /><br />Twitter plays a huge difference as well. I may tweet about a post and then get people tweeting me back with their comments about it, rather than commenting on the actual post. I guess that’s about speed. Taking the time to read and properly formulate a comment takes time and people don’t have / don’t want to take the time to do that as much any more.<br /><br />I’ve thought long and hard about packing my bags and shutting up shop, but then I still have friends whose blogs are like mine and are the blogs I like to read and I like keeping up with them and hearing what’s going on in their lives and I *think* they like hearing what’s going on in mine too. Because my blog isn’t shared publically with people I know in ‘real life’ my blog is my connection to my blog/internet friends.<br /><br />Well. This is a long comment.<br /><br /><br />* I say 'review' because pretty much any review I read on a blog is one that will make me roll my eyes. Going "Yeah I love this thing that I was sent for free" isn't really a review in my mind. No shit? I'd love something really expensive I was sent for free as well.<br />The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550480429586819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-47081765981220915782014-05-20T06:18:05.928-07:002014-05-20T06:18:05.928-07:00Argh I love him!
Your painting of the little bird...Argh I love him!<br /><br />Your painting of the little bird hangs very happily in our kitchen and he always makes me happy. <br /><br />Keep them coming!The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550480429586819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-57009342911777454622014-04-24T08:00:53.794-07:002014-04-24T08:00:53.794-07:00Souvenir tat is my all time favourite thing. Like ...Souvenir tat is my all time favourite thing. Like ALL time.<br /><br />We've recently decided to go down the magnet route & get them from places we've visited. I want to get the tackiest magnet available but try to reign myself in. For the most part.The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550480429586819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-49670197063797458592014-04-24T07:58:53.189-07:002014-04-24T07:58:53.189-07:00Dude you've made me want to go - Berlin's ...Dude you've made me want to go - Berlin's never been on my list before.<br /><br />If only because I want to check out this American tour guide....The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550480429586819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703709450026933803.post-56374812713363575682014-04-18T08:40:08.184-07:002014-04-18T08:40:08.184-07:00I've never been to Berlin, but this post was a...I've never been to Berlin, but this post was a great mini-tour! And your food photos made my mouth water. <br /><br />E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05070434431436328243noreply@blogger.com