Is Spring ever going to get here? Someday's, I think so. On other days, I think or say something different. It is April 1st, and, I am more than ready to start my warm water fishing season. It is, also, time for a new Colorado fishing license for the season which begins today and runs through March 31st, 2015.
All that aside, let me take a few moments to share what is going on around the Pond Stalker blog. It is Spring Cleaning time.I have been thinking about a re-modeling job of my blog for the new year. So, after some thought, and feedback from my fellow blogging friends, I got too work.I began with bringing back a Blog Header that I used previously and added text too it. This pond in the picture is currently one of my favorite places to fish in my area. The fish are numerous, but not big necessarily. Lot's of fun and I thought it deserved the honor of being my Blog Header for the new look.
Next, I redesigned the layout. I will be using the full page look to my blog, without the use of sidebars to clutter the place up. I will be using one post per page. Following the post are graphic links to some of the good folks and organizations that have supported my blogging fun for all these years. They deserve a shout out!
I have also added a few new pages to my blog which will encompass some of the materials that used to be in my sidebars with a few changes. Let's begin with my About Mel page. I have written a brief update on what my current focus is on my blog efforts that should help my readers better understand where I am going forward here on the blog. Take a minute to do a quick read.
Next is my BlogBuddy Community page. After giving it a lot of thought, from all the feedback on a recent post on my blog, I have decided to use a page on my blog for the purpose of giving my BlogBuddies a shout out. I am currently in the process of constructing this page. So at this point, it reads like a general blog list. However, I will be updating it in a day or two to something I really good that I have in mind. Not different, but, different for me.
While you are browsing around on my new look format, please take a minute and check out my other pages which include my From My Vise page, and, my Blog Post Archive page.
P.S., before I forget to do it, I want to add a link to my Other Brother's blog over at Windknots and Tangled Lines. Yes, I finally met up with Howard! No, we didn't fish together, but made plans to do so. See what we were up too this past weekend!
No! It will not be done! A few weeks ago, I needed a significant break from all things Google and from the blogging scene. Why, you might ask?
Well, I think I had pushed the "Limit" long enough. I was totally exhausted, emotionally and physically, and my brain and heart unitedly said, "Mel stop what you are doing. You won't be able to maintain at the level you are going. Besides, this summer has been especially busy for me and my family. We have done a number of fun things, unusual things, and some serious bonding. Believe me it was all needed. Blogging just was not going to get any time from me. So, in the end, I deleted everything "Google" oriented and called it a day.
Here is an example of what I have been doing while I have been unwinding you might say. Hope you enjoy this unusual look at my life. All in the name of fun and getting totally away from things "Google".
Now, as soon as you all quit laughing, I must say check out the "DAME" I have been blessed with for (40) years now! She is also the only "Counselor" I have ever listened too.
That being said, "She asked the other day when I was going to start blogging again. Trying to be cool, I calmly stated, oh, maybe sometime." She said, "No, you need to start blogging again, Go, blog, and don't ever turn back". She continued, "You have to be a writer!" I reminded her that being a blogger and being a writer are not really included in the same paragraph of life. She continued, "You will not be Muzzled! You have a very strong personality characteristic. You must express yourself or you are never happy."
So, here lies the un-muzzling of my blogging career. Hope to re-establish all my blogging friends as I move forward with a new Blog, and, a focused direction that should meet all of my blogging needs, fishing needs, and family bonding time all in one. Look forward to all the support I can get from my bogging friends and any new friends that come along.
I will not be Muzzled! Welcome to the Pond Stalker blog. Thanks for being there for me.
