Thank you.
Thanks to all of you who took time to leave me your
thoughts, your insights, your well wishes and compliments. These were more than simple comments. These were whole sentences, paragraphs. Thought was given, time was spent. It was dialogue. Some of
you thought I was asking how to increase my readership and my comments. The numbers,
though fun to watch, are not that important to me. Dialogue is what I’m looking for. I am interested in what you think of my
work, of my pictures, of my thoughts. If
something strikes home, I’d like to hear it. I was asking for your critique. Is there something that I could do that would make my blog more
interesting, more pleasing to the eye, more whatever. I am not thinking about leaving the blog
world. I enjoy it. I wrote in yesterday’s post, I blog for “BOTH”
(myself and everyone else). It is a
creative process. For all of you who
said that you enjoy it just the way it is, I am so happy that you do. For those that gave suggestions, thank
you. As a number of you pointed out, it isn’t possible to comment on every blog we read. Most of the time, I have to skim through my blogroll and/ or read the Bloglines version. If something stands out, I go to the blog and
leave a comment. We all know that it is
time consuming, more so everyday as the number of blogs increases. That makes the comments that we DO get all
the more important to us. It means,
hopefully, that something you have said, or shown has some importance to
someone else. What a grand thought. The most wonderful thing about all the
comments I received yesterday , was that many of them were from people I have
never read, who have never before left a comment and who up until now were
nameless to me. It made my day. So, thanks again… and from time to time, let
me know how I’m doing.
(I tried to answer everyone as I got your messages. It was diffficult as the phone line here continues to cut in and out. I hope I didn’t miss anyone.)
Today was colorful. The weather has broken and with the cool temps, I’m back to dyeing.
Comments
19 responses to “dialogue”
Your pictures today are outstanding! I love the purple coneflower and the clothelines of colorful drying yarn.
i love the pictures too. that clothesline photo made me smile
Oh, that clothesline photo is the best. A rainbow on a clothesline!
I really enjoy reading your blog – I love your pictures and the ‘New England’ness of what you write, say and do. I live in Arizona and I guess a part of me has always longed to be back east where I started out many years ago. I guess I’m just along for the ride and don’t have suggestions because it’s fine the way it is. When you talk about it being 45 degrees in the evenings, I can fantasize about cooler weather even though I’m dripping with sweat from the Arizona monsoon. When it’s winter, I can think about what it would be like to be where it gets really cold and can use all the items I knit. So, just keep writing and I’ll keep reading.
Thanks!
I like the perspective you shot on the clothesline yarn. Can’t wait to see them skeined up. Making progress (S L O W L Y) on my Blueberry Leaf Lace. (The slowness has to do with indecision over gauge, ripping back for forgotten YO, etc.)
Both photo’s in this post are wonderful…but the dye picture really speaks to me. Those skeins make me think of flags and banners.
As always, I love your pictures AND your words. Both are thoroughly enjoyable–always.
That second photo made me gasp it was so pretty! So lovely and such a great angle.
Loved reading your post today. I’ll try to comment when something strikes me!
You’ve done it again. The pictures are fabulous and the drying dyed yarn is a very cool shot! I see so much knitting potential!
I see my yarn, I see MY yarn!!!!
That yarn shot is beautiful.
Love the pictures especially the one of all the dye yarns!
Comments *are* great. But entertaining the vast majority of visitors who, for whatever reason, don’t comment is just fine too, I think.
Personally, I don’t see any way that this blog could improve. Its fabulous as it is.
I love the clothesline picture. I don’t have a clothesline, but I would put one up if I thought it would look like that!
Love the dyed yarn photo! Oh the color!
And btw, Happy Blogiversary!
I do love this blog.
It has become one of my favorites.Just from reading it already,the pictures and your projects and everything,anything youd do to the blog would be great.
If you left it the way it is
its great.
Ill keep reading.
Mary Ellen
Your clothesline full of color makes me want to get the dye pots simmering! You are an inspiration…
The way those skeins are hanging reminds me of Buddhist prayer flags on Everest (not, of course, that I’ve ever been to Everest. But I have seen photos . . .). A lovely shot.
Gorgeous yarn as always, Judy! Inspiring. I may have to do up a bit more silk roving this weekend!
I started my Scotland Journal, but am doing it on my own website rather than on blogspot. Seems that I can’t upload pics on blogspot at the moment. Not sure why. Perhaps I have exceeded my quota. Being loath to ditch any of my archives, I decided to build elsewhere.
http://www.mad-angel.com/scotland/scotland_index.html
I figure if I make short, somewhat regular entries, I’ll eventually cover everything I feel the need to say, and include pics that bring it all alive. The trip was supposed to be about knitting, spinning, and dyeing, but ended up being so much more. The journal will be what it will be. I trust the Muse to guide me. Hope you’ll enjoy it.
Hugs, P.
P.S. — Wow, I wish I could zap myself to your place and have a handful of those awesome blackberries!!!!!