tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post3537501467917563477..comments2023-10-28T04:58:22.246-04:00Comments on Crystal Coast Gardener: I Was Ally Sheedy in 'The Breakfast Club'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-10683464177945151082010-04-30T05:37:13.905-04:002010-04-30T05:37:13.905-04:00Hi Kyna, I almost missed this wonderful heartfelt ...Hi Kyna, I almost missed this wonderful heartfelt post because your blog is still dropping off my faves list :( I swear I'm going to have to go and find something to nail it down with! I read every word because it was engaging and rung true. I'm not keen on ratings myself - I'd much rather make a comment to say why a post has really moved me than press a button that gives a judgement with no context.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-86891297750315980582010-04-26T22:59:07.650-04:002010-04-26T22:59:07.650-04:00Kyna - your posts have a voice that is very you. ...Kyna - your posts have a voice that is very you. If we took 20 posts on blotanical took out the author and the pictures I'd still know it was you. I am more of a word reader than a picture looker anyway, but I like all different kinds of posts and yes, my favorites, the ones I read nearly every week, tend to be the ones where I feel like I get to know the authors.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-53502613437798754132010-04-26T22:10:32.589-04:002010-04-26T22:10:32.589-04:00Hi. I'm glad I stumbled in. I normally have a ...Hi. I'm glad I stumbled in. I normally have a short attention span, and require eye-candy to hold my attention, but your post really captivated me. Maybe because there was a lot of me in there. Same, but different. Except for the part of being picked first in gym class. I was picked almost-last for that--not because they didn't like me, but because I was tiny and and non-athletic. But Nancy's post made me think about high school too (and even junior high).Deborah Verhoevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-21754263097753317282010-04-26T21:19:34.277-04:002010-04-26T21:19:34.277-04:00Kyna, like the others who have commented here befo...Kyna, like the others who have commented here before me - I read your post entirely too - even though there were no pictures! I agree completely with you that laughter is the best medicine, cure-all for all problems - more so if the joke is on us! I enjoyed reading your post!wannabegardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04712620253444939326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-16770017129874359552010-04-26T15:20:48.629-04:002010-04-26T15:20:48.629-04:00This is my first time to your blog. Write what you...This is my first time to your blog. Write what you did, do not need any image, it comes in our heads as we read your article.<br />So just one word. Bravo.Elladahttp://plaisirsjardin.blog4ever.com/blog/index-386776.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-6825126687592587742010-04-26T11:24:16.937-04:002010-04-26T11:24:16.937-04:00Wow, did we have the same art teacher? This is a ...Wow, did we have the same art teacher? This is a fantastic post, thanks for writing it. I'm just starting out blogging and worry a lot whether I use enough pictures because I tend to rattle on. I wonder sometimes if people still read. Soliloquy's post really hit home - you can only judge for yourself. Let others do what makes them happy. MargueriteMargueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-79968504088085044492010-04-26T09:11:54.877-04:002010-04-26T09:11:54.877-04:00Sex + football = gardening!
I like that; I might ...Sex + football = gardening!<br /><br />I like that; I might paint it on the side of my wheelbarrow, alongside the "My Other Slug is a Snail" bumper sticker.<br /><br />I'll tell you something else: Clara was blowing the teacher!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-45091395452337867782010-04-26T04:09:55.995-04:002010-04-26T04:09:55.995-04:00Hi Kyna,
With regards to the picking system… It i...Hi Kyna,<br /><br />With regards to the picking system… It is a tough one and personally I wouldn’t miss it if it wasn’t there, however at the same time I use it to show I have visited the blog and enjoyed the photos or content without perhaps the time to make comments. I don’t pick every single post I look at, some for various reasons – usually that something has offended me about the blog, it may just be a small thing, or a big one such as; I really dislike blogs that have adverts all over them, I don’t feel a blog is the place to try to earn money – so this usually turns me away.<br /><br />(unless the blog is for a company, then obviously adverts are expected)<br /><br />Sadly popularity is hard work, some people just seem to ‘have it’, but the rest of us have to work very hard at getting our blogs noticed – I know I do. I have no idea why it bothers me, perhaps it’s that competitive side coming out once again!<br />This is the very reason I never went into freelance illustration as I had trained at University to do – I am not one for tooting my own horn nor pestering agencies to get me work!!!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640322232670777125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-32736445015359468112010-04-26T00:14:48.921-04:002010-04-26T00:14:48.921-04:00Kyna - it's always a treat to visit your blog;...Kyna - it's always a treat to visit your blog; your train of thought is always fresh and humorous - and your use of all "tools": words, your digital pictures or internet pix/videos appeal to all types of garden bloggers (evident by all the comments!). <br /><br />Great post - honest comments: all good! :) --ShyrleneShyrlenehttp://thebunniesbuffet.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-17972019477759738882010-04-25T21:47:43.572-04:002010-04-25T21:47:43.572-04:00I had to comment on Nancy's post too, because ...I had to comment on Nancy's post too, because the pick system makes me also feel like I am in high school vying for popularity! Some of my personal favorite posts only got a few picks, then I didn't know what to think. So I stopped worrying about, and I just blog for my own enjoyment. I'd much rather get nice comments. My crabapple trees will have tiny apples that even the birds barely eat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-68421126254902293842010-04-25T21:25:56.846-04:002010-04-25T21:25:56.846-04:00Hi Kyna, What a wonderful post. A persons blog is ...Hi Kyna, What a wonderful post. A persons blog is a reflection of themselves.Every post is a new creation. Some stories don't need pics. Some only need pics. I often sit back and think how I would like to write as good as this or that blogger, but I shouldn't. My posts tend to be pic heavy because I want the pics to tell the story. Pat says that she hears my voice in my writting. That, I think is all any blogger needs to hope for.<br />I read your blog and and hear you and enjoy them for that. My mind is not so good with canadian accents, but I have a ton of relatives from Minnesota. jimJim Groblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027723131261970051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-80813065815398632872010-04-25T18:22:22.242-04:002010-04-25T18:22:22.242-04:00Excellent post Kyna, I agree with you completely. ...Excellent post Kyna, I agree with you completely. I have mixed feelings about 'picks', but am not sitting on the fence about the new rating system. 'Legitimately good' is, subjective, offensive & unnecessary. I blog for fun, and mostly for myself. My garden isn't spectacular, I don't have wonderful photography skills, nor do I have a background in writing. I'm happy if my words & pictures are pleasing to a few people, and I enjoy reading & writing comments. It is enough for me, I do not want to be rated.Rebecca @ In The Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17513002032328432666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-7046654606019147432010-04-25T13:37:22.445-04:002010-04-25T13:37:22.445-04:00Hi, Kyna, just stopping in again to let you know I...Hi, Kyna, just stopping in again to let you know I've given you the Honest Scrap award over at my blog and can't wait to find out ten new things about you. ;)Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454557080455458675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-39070093705189762222010-04-25T11:24:46.856-04:002010-04-25T11:24:46.856-04:00Hi Kyna I read the whole thing and didn't nee...Hi Kyna I read the whole thing and didn't need a picture to help me along. I do love pics in my blog posts as I love photography and I do ask the odd question as I love the interaction - I'm hoping for lots of interaction in my next blog post soon to be published!<br /><br /><br />I rarely visit the page on Blotanical that shows who's blogs are the most popular - it must be months since I ventured there - I'm in the dark in that respect. I'm not even interested in that side of Blotanical - but its a great place to meet fellow bloggers and thats primarily why I am there. <br /><br />I never even realised about the picks at first when I joined Blotanical - I don't like the new system but am willing to give it a go - but I don't think I will ever award anyone 1 heart!<br /><br />I can't get to comment on all the blogs I read and sometimes I've nothing further to add to the conversation - I'm a quiet type of gall at the best of times - but I'll give them a pick to let them know that I've been around.Rosie leavesnbloomhttp://www.leavesnbloom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-15018702080641858842010-04-25T08:00:49.672-04:002010-04-25T08:00:49.672-04:00RG: Thanks for your kind comment :D Being informat...RG: Thanks for your kind comment :D Being informative is nothing to be guilty about, I wish I was more that way. I love learning facts about things, I'm just bad at providing them. Maybe it's a lack of confidence on my own part in my gardening abilities. :P<br /><br />Meredith: You're right, I don't think that everyone goes out of their way to create a work of art when they write a post, but that's what it is. Look at the painting world...some artists throw a splatter of paint on a canvas, and it could sell for *Dr. Evil voice* One MEElion dollars. Is that art? The art world thinks it is. Usually it depends on who the artist is.<br />Sometimes I see a correlation with the garden blogging world. Certain bloggers are well-known, that means they're going to get a lot of readers, a lot of comments, and a lot of picks. <br />They should change that famous, four-letter word bumper sticker to 'Art Happens'<br /><br />Crafty: Thanks for your input :) I think I just try to ignore the competition, and do my thing. When I first started, I felt myself getting that way. I'd feel sad if I wasn't in the top 30 most visited blogs. Now I don't even think I'm in the top 300 LOL. I had a busy week in real life, and now I'm in garden-blog oblivion. I have to remind myself that I'm just happy to have a few readers who enjoy what I write, and forget about becoming one of those 'famous' garden bloggers that I was reffering to above. And I'm not knocking the well-known ones, I believe they've earned it. I just don't seem to have the time or the 'x-factor' to earn it :)<br /><br />Dirt Digger: Thanks for the compliment! :) No, I used to drink a lot of Coke, but I was also weird about food. I could never mix Coke and Cap'N Crunch O_O. My brother Kurt always says that I should buy myself an Army mess plate w/ dividers, because I hate when my food touches LOL. <br /><br />Deb: You're right, I hope people don't drop away from Blotanical myself. I use Blogger, and I've found that the 'Follow' button has helped me out when Blotanical's been down. But so many people don't use Blogger (like you, I think?) and I would have a hard time remembering to visit all of my favourite blogs in an easy fashion. Or to leave someone a message without having to comment on a particular post. If picks were just left the way they are, I wouldn't have a problem. If someone wants to take the time to pick their hearts out, I don't mind. I just would feel sad if there was a rating system, and someone gave me a 2-star or something. I take stupid things like that to heart, I'm such a perfectionist :P If someone just thinks my post is crap and chooses to pass it by, my ego would much prefer that.<br /><br />Joy: Well, that's the good thing about writing, it's cathartic and makes us all feel better :) There are days that I consider starting a blog just for all my daily rants LOL. I don't know if anyone would read it, and I have a hard enough time keeping up with this one, that I don't do it ;) Glad to see you stop by! :DKynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-45186337843621592682010-04-25T07:18:03.907-04:002010-04-25T07:18:03.907-04:00Kyna girl I am late trying to get to you .. go fig...Kyna girl I am late trying to get to you .. go figure I am in garden mania mode with a tiny dusting of bad typing while cramming a thousand thoughts into a few lines then ripping off to another blog .. you get the picture of me laughing like an insane idiot ? LOL<br />YES YES YES you have said it so well .. I wrote my post early morning and I'm sure I could have emphasized my points more strongly but I was so mad about the whole thing I held back a bit to keep from exploding ? a bit messy on my husband's computer .. better on my lap top ? ;-)<br />Glad you added your support girl ! every bit COUNTS for a stress free goal and if not .. away I sail ! LOL or "snowshoe" ? hahaCanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-79118529306342582172010-04-24T22:59:19.384-04:002010-04-24T22:59:19.384-04:00Kyna, I read all of your post, and I also read all...Kyna, I read all of your post, and I also read all the comments to this point. Definitely worth the time. Now, I have a confession. I love football ( but not so much the booze!) and I am very competitive. I like to win! But I did not join blotanical to play a game or compete with other gardeners. I don't want to judge another person's posts! One thing I have learned is to appreciate gardeners of all sorts with many different gardening and blogging styles. This is what makes blotanical special. The good thing about picks is that it has sometimes led me to a great blog I may have missed otherwise. I'm afraid a lot of folks will skip the picks entirely now or even drop away from blotanical. That will be sad!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-48184434980620194052010-04-24T22:27:27.731-04:002010-04-24T22:27:27.731-04:00Love your style of writing! Did you ever pour Coke...Love your style of writing! Did you ever pour Coke on your Cap'n Crunch a la Sheedy in Breakfast Club?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058818144591263827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-55371565054110423812010-04-24T19:26:18.817-04:002010-04-24T19:26:18.817-04:00Interesting read, and I did read all of it and I&#...Interesting read, and I did read all of it and I'm one that loves to see photos in posts. I'm also one that frequently asked a question at the end of my post as I love to read the answers that other bloggers leave.<br /><br />We are all individuals and our tastes are different, thank goodness for that else all the blogs would be the same.<br /><br />I'm not in favour of the picks system as it will be in the future and I've always been one to say we could do away with it totally.<br /><br />I love Blotanical for meeting new bloggers, all with different opinions, different styles of blogging, and different ways of expressing things. If only it would stay that way ... but it seems to be becoming a very competitive place with the rating of picks. Oh well, I won't be picking any more.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114199768103222510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-41606141442780593682010-04-24T16:01:23.709-04:002010-04-24T16:01:23.709-04:00Kyna, that was a nicely written, serious post -- a...Kyna, that was a nicely written, serious post -- and it still had some laughs, which is what I've come to expect of your posts. :) <br /><br />I don't have a problem with the idea of a ratings system, especially as there are some posts I've read that were deserving of some applause, and not just a pick. And I don't think that all blogs are being written with an artistic purpose underlying them, or that their authors will feel it's their art/heart/soul being judged if someone rates them average. I sort of don't get why it's such a big deal.<br /><br />Maybe I'm just a heartless adult. ;)Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454557080455458675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-14248414424184942652010-04-24T12:06:18.550-04:002010-04-24T12:06:18.550-04:00Of course we read the whole thing! We've seen...Of course we read the whole thing! We've seen enough from you to know its worthwhile since you have a great point of view and sense of humor. Some people are talented enough to not rely on lots of photos, colored text and questions to keep the reader going. <br />I know that I'm guilty of the informative approach myself, but only because I started my blog with that goal in mind: to show people how to push their zone through my trial and error.<br />From one artist to another, post definitely are to be seen as works of art... I give your post a 100!<br />BTW, I think that blotanical wants people to rate posts because too many people treat it like a contest instead of reading all the posts and commenting. Someone could "pick" this post right now without even reading it, which cheats the reader as well as the writer. Keep up the good work!Steve Asbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095474295719758914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-83789073939307281932010-04-24T10:49:14.272-04:002010-04-24T10:49:14.272-04:00CVF: I'm sorry, I hope you don't think I m...CVF: I'm sorry, I hope you don't think I meant the things I said about how I imagine people were in a bad way at all. I know I'm probably wrong about people. That's why I didn't mention names, I wasn't really talking about any one person (except IG, because not too many people talk about sex and football and gardening at once, I know he can take it;) )<br /><br />I'm just a people watcher, and when I don't know anything about people personally, I imagine things up about them for fun. At least this is a place you can tell me I'm dead wrong and I won't take it badly! I don't get offended by much. <br /><br />My point was saying that even informative posts are art, because they came out of your head, and you have a passion and a purpose for your ideas and the story you want to tell with them. :) The rest of my imaginings, all in fun!Kynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-22953563408702885532010-04-24T10:08:05.733-04:002010-04-24T10:08:05.733-04:00I read all your post too...sans pictures. That...I read all your post too...sans pictures. That's the problem with grading and ranking. They're subjective. I agree with Catherine, the method we have now at Blotanical works. I don't really understand why some are sure it doesn't. If I commented on every blog I read, well...I'd never get in the garden! Sometimes, depending on my caffeinated state, I just can't come up with anything original to say. If I pick a post though, I read it. My calling card of sorts. Oh, and as for informative posts. I am guilty of getting a little detailed on some of my posts...but I promise, my pantry, and my closets are FAR from organized! If I don't write things down somewhere though, I forget them...the details are as much for me as anyone else :PCurbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-82090667407343298332010-04-24T08:04:54.719-04:002010-04-24T08:04:54.719-04:00But that's my point! Nothing sounds cheesy if ...But that's my point! Nothing sounds cheesy if you mean what you're writing and you're being yourself. Not to say you're cheesy ;) Everyone has their own style! Thanks for reading :DKynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-30195367871767512812010-04-24T08:00:39.271-04:002010-04-24T08:00:39.271-04:00I liked your post, Kyna and agree! I'm the typ...I liked your post, Kyna and agree! I'm the type that could easily post a bunch pictures in a snap but when it comes to writing, a post can take me FOREVER it seems. Like this comment for example sounds cheezy... I should stop writing.Heather at Dusty Bayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565338162713435397noreply@blogger.com