2011 seemed to be a year where the blogosphere slowed down. I was very sorry to see the passing of Modernity's and Renegade Eye's bogs. Ren gave this blog a big boost when the Poor Mouth was in it's early days, back when there was more politics and fewer photos.
MY general enthusiasm for blogging has fallen this year. That said 2011 saw more posts on the Poor Mouth than any other year but that is down to the sheer number of photos I've taken (more than 7,000 so far). And March saw my millionth visitor, a Dane looking for porn but finding one of my photos of lily beetles in flagrante!
Oh and I won Knatolee's Hen Haiku competition, The prize was a delightful book she illustrated called Katie of the Sonoran Desert
While I would not pretend there has been any quality writing on this blog, the output of my favourite bloggers has remained consistently high.If I had to choose my favourite blog post of the year (which I am going to do or else this post would have even less point than it does!) I would have to go for The Art Class on Adventures, Ink.
Adventures, Ink is written by Susan of Phantsythat and deals with stories from a very rich life. Back in the early sixties when Susan was just 17, she decided to make some extra money to take her to Europe by working as a life model.
Susan provides some sage advice about posing - do not stand on one leg, do not keep your arm above head height for too long and for pity's sake don't try any positions learned from calisthenics!
But perhaps the best advice is not to wander around naked in the break to see how the artists have drawn you and certainly not to take them by surprise... unless you want to see them tip back out of their chair!
It is a delightful story which is made all the richer by Susan's wonderful line drawings/It is well worth checking out if you want a smile!
MY general enthusiasm for blogging has fallen this year. That said 2011 saw more posts on the Poor Mouth than any other year but that is down to the sheer number of photos I've taken (more than 7,000 so far). And March saw my millionth visitor, a Dane looking for porn but finding one of my photos of lily beetles in flagrante!
Oh and I won Knatolee's Hen Haiku competition, The prize was a delightful book she illustrated called Katie of the Sonoran Desert
While I would not pretend there has been any quality writing on this blog, the output of my favourite bloggers has remained consistently high.If I had to choose my favourite blog post of the year (which I am going to do or else this post would have even less point than it does!) I would have to go for The Art Class on Adventures, Ink.
Adventures, Ink is written by Susan of Phantsythat and deals with stories from a very rich life. Back in the early sixties when Susan was just 17, she decided to make some extra money to take her to Europe by working as a life model.
Susan provides some sage advice about posing - do not stand on one leg, do not keep your arm above head height for too long and for pity's sake don't try any positions learned from calisthenics!
But perhaps the best advice is not to wander around naked in the break to see how the artists have drawn you and certainly not to take them by surprise... unless you want to see them tip back out of their chair!
It is a delightful story which is made all the richer by Susan's wonderful line drawings/It is well worth checking out if you want a smile!
