Crickets

That’s what I hear sometimes when I make a new blog post. It leaves me wondering whether or not my blog posts are enticing enough to get people to respond. Considering the amount of comments I do get, I would have to err on the side of “not intriguing enough”.

I know I’m not the only other blogger who feels this way. I just happened to read a very engaging post on The Switchboards forums about this same thing…a new blogger was wondering if anyone was reading her blog. She saw people hit the blog, but with no comments, she was getting very discouraged.

So, after taking a look at my blog, I do realize that there are things I can improve. One of them was the comment leaving process. For a while I was getting sooo much spam that I felt the need for a trip to Las Vegas to gamble! I installed a CAPTCHA module (a random number verifying system, for those not familiar with that term), but even I was having a hard time reading the numbers. It’s my blog and I will persevere in trying to leave a post, but I’m sure others would not do the same.

Say “bye! bye!” to those annoying numbers! With a little bit of searching, I’ve installed a new spam filtering module. Yay! I hope you will all join me in commenting now.

Oh, and since I like pictures in my blogs, here’s a quick picture of three pairs of custom earrings I made for a friend of mine. She likes dainty drops and I think these are about as dainty as you can get.