
Own up. As I cried into my plasticine models who knew about free photos? I had no idea about the world of copyright free images and Creative Commons images which are okay to use as long as nobody’s faces are in them??? I thought I had to take photos myself or buy photos or hope that the Guardian didn’t notice or care. I like to think I’m smart but I can be slow to catch on – I didn’t realise that raisins are shrivelled up grapes until well into my twenties. Apparently everyone knows this?? Anyway….
I’m now officially good to go, every post now has a legit image – take a look! And if you like the plasticine images here’s another one! Thanks for keeping my blog quiet but I’m now ready to go viral. Share, share, share.
The more sensitive of you will have by now worked out that my poor mini me is a little sad because her services are no longer needed. Don’t worry I will make sure that she is better off out of it. Modelling with a potato and falling over onto your nose every 10 seconds while I mutter swear words and reshape it can’t have been much fun anyway.
So my new, fun and slightly introverted (the way I do it anyway) hobby continues. How I blog reminds me of those grumpy shopkeepers who don’t like it when customers unintentionally mess up their tidy shelves by buying stuff. Me the blogger, being the grumpy shopkeeper and the customer being anybody in my life (normally my husband in an evening when peace finally descends). The irony hasn’t escaped me; the life you’re blogging about getting in the way of the blog you’re writing. I know I must work on that. Like seriously. Less sleep? Or maybe you get quicker at forming sentences??
The first time I pressed publish, I cringed as what I thought was now out there. Then there was nothing….no visits (virtual or otherwise), no controversy (I think I’m more mundane than controversial anyway). It was just quiet. Really quiet. Rather than disappointment I happily realised I could chat away and people wouldn’t really notice. And then a couple of weeks later a follower…thanks Noor.
After those first couple of weeks I guess it dawns on most people that you aren’t going to be on morning television the very next week talking about your blog and how hard it was to take the decision to stop the day job. But who cares? You’re enjoying it. You’ve got your own little space. And there are fab blogs out there that show you things can grow and you also realise that being small is fun too. If only because nobody really notices you and the people who do are very kind. Plus its different to facebook; it doesn’t feel like showing off, it just feels like sharing, chatting and organising your thoughts. And talking to yourself.
So I forgive you about the whole pixabay / free images thing and I’m sticking around. But please tell me about anything else you guys are doing that I need to know about!