I remember back some almost 4 years ago, when i first started my blog here at Secrets. I was initially inspired by Jane's typepad blog called Posy, and she and some other lovely girls ( Julie of Little cotton Rabbits, and Meliss, Ez and Holly) showed me such kindness in those early months when i didn't know many bloggers. I felt so welcome and valued as part of a community that i had only just uncovered via flickr.
Blogging is first and foremost built upon reaching out to others who we have a connection with and who share the same passions we do. Its important to me to strike a balance between spending time on my own posts and also partaking in what others have to say and share, around my "blog village".
I find its nice to have a selection of different types of bloggers to call in on, say hello, have a cuppa with, while catching up on their latest news and finding shared inspirations. I have a core selection of blogs i visit regularly and a scattering of blogs i visit maybe 2 or 3 times a month. Then there are the new blogs that may get discovered and added into my list week to week.
I tend to visit sites through my iphone so i have these little boxes (see left) on my homescreen and can click them to get straight to each blog in no time. This is just one page, i have about 3 full screen pages like this {smile}
This has helped me no end with leaving comments. If i had to rely on being online at a computer to comment, then i wouldnt be able to do half as many as i do.
As you'd expect this list of blogs, tends to get rather long, so i have lately started a little note book to jot down who i know and what their blogs are named so that i don't carry too much of this information in my head.
I know there are sites such as bloglovin to help with this sort of dilema but sometimes its just nice to return to pen and paper and have a little book to refer to.
After starting my blog back in 2007, I vowed to pass on the same type of kindness i was shown. Simple things like leaving a comment for a new blogger. Or listing a regular visitor to my blog upon my sidebar, to spread the word on theirs.
Julie (top photo) is one such new blogger i have had the great pleasure to "meet" recently.
Her blog Ruby Blooms has just begun, but i can tell she is going to continue to have such wonderful things to share there. I'd encourage you to take a peek if you have a moment. Julie's style is very much "my thing", plenty of flowers and vintage interiors, including these pages she shared from a magazine,in a post named My heart is vintage
She also did a post for me "Step into her secret world" on my birthday! in which she shared a series of beautiful hydrangea and butterfly shots that she styled.
Thank you for this Julie xox
Enjoy scattering a little Love and kindness wherever you go in your blog village or world today,
It's so great to hear about those who've been blogging for a long time taking time to discover new blogs. Gives me hope for my very own blog!
Posted by: Eva @ Four Leaf Clover | January 28, 2011 at 01:55 AM
Kat - u r so beautiful - thank u for sharing my blog with the world !!xxx
Posted by: Julie | January 28, 2011 at 05:05 AM
Thank you to you Kat because I know that whenever you visit my little blogging house, you always leave the sweetest comment.
Take care and happy Friday!
xx
Posted by: Cassie | January 28, 2011 at 01:21 PM
This is such a beautiful post Kat and a wonderful way to introduce us to new blogs, I will pop over to say hello.
Have a beautiful weekend. xxx
Posted by: Foxglove Spires | January 29, 2011 at 01:00 PM
What is the name of the iPhone app that lets you follow blogs? I bet that would be good while trekking to work on the DLR. I'm getting an iPhone today!
Posted by: jen | January 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Oh, Kat, thanks ever so much for introducing us to Julie - I'm now her 5th happy follower. You're a treasure to do this. J x
Posted by: Jane | February 01, 2011 at 11:01 AM