Today is my 6th Blogiversary

Over the last 6 years I've written 3274 posts.  This one, #3275, will be my last.  It has been apparent to me, and probably to you, that in the last year or two I've lost my enthusiasm for blogging.  Occasionally I have something to say but most of the time I've been filling space with pet and backyard wildlife photos.  I recently heard someone say, "If it isn't fun, why are you doing it?"  That pretty much sums it up.  Why, indeed?

I'll still be reading your blogs, and I may even leave more comments now than I have been.  In the unlikely event that I return to blogging I'll tell two people and the next day they'll each tell two people and the day after that they'll each tell two people...  At that rate after a month over 1 billion bloggers will know that Mike is back.

In the meantime if anything interesting happens in my life I'll post it on my Facebook page, although you'll need to be my "friend" to read about it.  (I won't turn out the lights here until everyone has had a chance to read this.)

Happy Trails!

P.S. Many thanks to Teresa for all of her design work over these last six years.

Comments

[carla]

You all will be missed!!!!!!

[pops]

Oh lordy lord - now I have to send you a friend request with a lengthy explanation that my FB page is under my real name and how it sucks to have stuff under your real name and on and on...

But more importantly thank you for being there 3274 times.

And thank you for being a top notch blog pal.

[Beverly]

Wow, I knew you had mentioned this on occasion, but I didn't think you'd actually do it. Your blog is the only one I read! Heck, before you, I had no idea what a blog was. Fortunately for you and the rest of the world, I won't volunteer to take up the slack! I guess this means I'll have to figure out that facebook page I have. You don't twitter, do you? LOL ;-) Just kidding!

[Mike]

Beverly, there are two things in life more certain than death and taxes. I'll never Tweet and I'll never visit South of the Border. LOL.

[Allan]

Aw, shit.

[Alison]

Well, hell.

[Mike]

Aw, well, shucks.

[Susan]

But I read it all the time!
Sorry to see it go - it's been great!

[Audra]

See ya on FB! Thank goodness I'm already a "friend"!

[Margaret]

I don't like this ONE LITTLE BIT. You may not think you have anything to say, but we're still all hanging on your every word. FB is good, but not the same as a blog post. But I'll accept the crumbs.

[Mike]

Margaret, I can say things on FB that are Twitter-short without actually being on Twitter.

[Pam]

Well, I for one will miss photos of Champ sleeping on a bed. They always made me feel a bit less weird.

I don't do Facebook, and I don't Tweet (and really doubt if I ever wil). But I must confess to stopping at South of the Border with my lab recently on the way up and back from Philadelphia. It was just too irresistible.

Have fun!

[Sharon]

I really hate to see you go but I do understand how something once enjoyable can become a chore. I check your blog and one other (but that one's family). I have requested to be your friend on Facebook. I do have one other request: please post your photos on FB. Champ and Psycho are my vicarious pets :-)

[Da Goddess]

Wait...what??

Not. possible.

I know I don't comment as much as I should, but the blogosphere without the nicest man on earth is like a day without sunshine.

Noooooo!

How else am I going to remind you about Coronado? How else will I get to see your adorable fuzzies?

Fine.

Fine.

I'll do the FB thing. Reluctantly. First Smash and now you. I may actually have to use my account.

[Carrie]

I think we've been blogging the same amount of time almost. Like you, I can't do it anymore. I looked you up on FB :-)

[Kathryn]

We share a TypePad blogiversary together, which means we go way back! You were one of my first blog buddies and I'm sad to see you go, though I completely understand. I hope you'll keep in touch via my blog; your comments are always a welcome addition to the conversation.