See Ya..

I am going to give up blogging for awhile, if not permanently, for several reasons..
The first is that I'm really busy with making stuff for my online shops and my weekly market..don't know why I bother with the online, they sure don't sell there, whereas I sell hats every weekend here on my little Island..weird, that..
The second reason is that I feel as though I'm wasting my time..In two years the same three or four people have done what little commenting has been done on my site, and not much, at that. Don't get me wrong, I've "met" some nice folks and had some good emails back and forth with a few, but when you write and you get just a few readers and virtually no comments in many of my posts, it seems rather unfulfilling to continue.
The only time I ever have more than one or two comments (or none) is when I've had giveaways..to be expected I guess, but it is rather disappointing, all the same.
I'll miss certain folks (and you know who you are) but right now I just feel like I'm (proverbially) spittin' in the wind...

My Visitors...

"My father always promised us
That we would live in France
We'd go boating on the Seine
And I would learn to dance..."
-Judy Collins, "My Father"

Although I have never done any travelling outside of North America, it certainly isn't because of a lack of desire..I always wanted to travel, most especially to the UK and Europe, and as I got older my fantasies broadened to include vast swathes of Asia, and Ankor Wat as well as the jungle temples in Bali beckoned...alas, none of it was to be..
But at least now I get to travel vicariously through other bloggers, and my little sideboard gadgets for viewing my readers..
It's amazing, and delightful to me, that I have blog visitors from Ho Chi Minh City, Istanbul and Norway, all in the same week..
Not to neglect to mention all the places in the US that I've never been, from Nebraska to New York...
I would like to say hello, and thanks, to all of you, who put a big smile on my face each morning when I look to see who has visited (although I do wish you would comment more, even if it's just to say hello!)~ welcome to my scribbling, and please come back again!

Giveaway!!! My First!!! Big Whoop!!!

I was trying to think of a reason to celebrate the coming summer, when my sales traditionally are almost nonexistent, but the weather is great, so who cares! Right? Well, maybe not...

Whatever, I noticed that I am closing in on 5,000 page views..lol..now, most of you have giveaways for various reasons other than page views, but since I can't exactly celebrate my 5,000th Follower (not that the 14 who are there aren't fabulous, gorgeous, talented, wonderful people) so I decided that, when my 5,000th view comes up (or as soon thereafter that I turn on my computer for the day) I will have a draw, and anyone who leaves a comment after this is eligible..if you mention this giveaway on your blog and link back to it, you'll get a second chance at the giveaway. You are not required to become a Follower, just to comment...although I'd love it if you decided to...
What will the prize be? How about a custom hat..you pick one from my vast selection, or send your colour preferences and measurements and I'll make one for you, or the child of your choice..you can look through the array of moving hats from my Etsy mini, go right to Etsy itself, or make up an idea of your own..it's that wide-open!

I get the feeling, quite strongly, that there is still another OCD person, this time from Nanaimo, the closest city to me, who drives the numbers up on my counter, since they seem to 'view' my blog several times every day...it used to be a 'viewer' from Aldergrove, a small town on the Mainland, which I blogged about..that 'reader' plugged in at least ten times a day..so I would guess that without these enthusiastic extra 'views' my numbers would be a whole bunch lower, but I'm gonna do this anyway..so..carry on, folks..don't know how long it will take to reach 5,000 views, but please only enter once, or twice if you blog (remember to include the link)
Thanks in advance to all of you who have been actually reading my blog, and entertaining me with yours...good luck!