It is that time of year when some fellow bloggers put a lot of effort into creating a competition. A competition between bloggers, some of whom have become friends. A competition that sends some bloggers into a vote-recruiting frenzy, asking anyone who reads their blog to ‘help them win’. It has very little to do with the real jewels in the sand.
We are grateful to have been nominated for the second year running. The intent behind the nomination we are sure, came from a good place. However, we do not believe in the circus this competition creates. Like we have said many times before, your love, comments and smiles across the miles are more than reward enough.
see these waves
channel a lagoon of dreams
when the gorse blooms
© Xenia Tran
To us, the notion that one blogger is better than another is absurd. We are all winners.
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, settings: iA, 1/200 s and Action, 1/800 s.
Daily Prompt: Farce
dVerse Poets: Open Link Night #196
Good post, and I just have to say, that first photo is absolutely amazing! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words – we were blessed with another beautiful morning here today :o) xxx
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Wow… Aesthetic photos, superb photographing skills, loving the shots taken. Wonderful, splendid, just inexplicably magnificent. Great layout. Loving the few words, a tiny yet suiting description about the pictures. Short and sweet. Have hope, write on! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words. We wish you hope too and many blessings :o)
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You are welcome! 🙂
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Smiles across the miles 🙂 I like it. A thought provoking post 💕 Lovely pose fro Eivor in the first photo 💕 Much love to you all xxx
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*from* 😉
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Thank you Cathy, Eivor knew what you meant ;o) xxx
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😄 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Cathy and much love to you and Finn :o) xxx
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❤ xxx
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Great image & post 😀
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Thank you for your kind words Deborah :o) xxx
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Well said!
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Thank you Alanna :o) xxx
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I agree. To me, the blogosphere is all about sharing. To be able to share and connect render much joy! 🙂
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Thank you Amy, the sharing is what makes it so special for us too :o) xxx
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Well said, Xenia. Blogging, like life, is there to be cherished and enjoyed. Neither is a competition. But, congrats, anyway… 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words Liesbet, love is all that matters ;o) xxx
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Love the haiku.
I must be off in my own little bit of the blogosphere because I didn’t know that there was such a competition. But I agree with your sentiment. My competitions are always with myself. 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words Sascha 💖It is the Annual Bloggers Bash Award where nominated bloggers ‘compete’ within designated categories. The ‘competitors’ do not enter the competition themselves, they are nominated.
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oh, it’s kind of like the awards but with a lot of work. 🙂
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😉 xxx
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Τhe first photo is superb, as many on this blog as well of course.
I m a part of a very competitive community,as dancers community is,and I always felt weird with this.
My thought always is, you gonna find your own place in the world,not looking on others but within your self.
I created my own blog in the first place, just to have my most beloved photos some where else in the case that my hard disk will blow up some day! So,the up coming likes from other bloggers were a surprise and welcomed of course, but not my prime goal!
So I m out of competitive feelings as a dancer and as a blogger.
I m with you on this.
If we match,we match,if we don’t, there is a big world out there, every one can find something different who likes.
Competition,in blogging, and in many aspects of life, for me is just wasted energy and loss of point.
Just my personal opinion.
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Thank you dear Rodo for sharing this and I totally agree with you. I too believe that competition is a waste of energy, especially in the blogosphere where so many share their personal images and stories. Everything here is special in its own way and we can all find our own place in the world from within ourselves and those we connect and resonate with. Thank you for your kind words and much love to you from all of us here 💖🐾🐾
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Love the rippled sand photo, Eivor looks so bright and alert 😺 and lovely words too 😺💕 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Samantha, lots of love to you all ☺💖 xxx
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I totally agree with you. Competitive blogging really upsets me. I blog to communicate and for personal expression. Life is competitive enough without making blogging into a contest.
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Thank you for your kind words Suzanne :o) Personal expression and communication is what it is all about for many of us and that is what always sparkles in your blog too xxx
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totally agree, and love the haiku
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Thank you so much Maureen :o) xxx
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Couldn’t agree more with you on this. No need for scarcity and division or comparison in our happy blogging world 🌎 😎😇
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Thank you Sherif, wishing you a wonderful and blessed day :o) xxx
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Thank you!! Same to you and the pooches! Give them some smooches hahaha
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Thank you Sherif, Eivor and Pearl say thank you too!☺🐾🐾
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Hey Xenia, not sure if you do awards or not, so don’t feel obligated, but I just recommended you for one 🙂
https://iampharaohmaktuk.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/real-neat-blog-award/
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Thank you so much Sherif, that is very kind of you. We are an award free blog since last October, so please feel free to pass it on to someone else. Your smiles and visits are more than award enough ;o)
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Love the blooming gorse haiku, Xenia!
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Thank you Kim, have a wonderful weekend! :o) xxx
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You too, Xenia! I’m running a Chatterbooks session at the library tomorrow morning and storytelling at the Cromer Crab and Lobster festival on Sunday, so it’ll be a busy one! 😊 xxx
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That sounds mega-busy! Have fun! ;o) xxx
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Here are more smiles across more miles….🙂
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Hear, hear! What I love so much about blogging is the community of friends I have met across the country, across the sea. Being competitive would just ruin things.
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Thank you Laurie, I totally agree. We do not need this kind of energy in what is meant to be a fun, spontaneous and friendly community :o) xxx
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I have found so many kindred spirits through blogging. So lovely!
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It truly is so lovely and we are very grateful for all the wonderful people we have met here and are still to meet here, your good self and Cliff included! Who else could ever teach me how to say and spell Wowsah! Thank you for stopping by Laurie and we wish you both a very happy weekend! :o) xxx
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Awww, so nice to read. And ’tis my pleasure to teach a little Maine lingo along the way 😉
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:o) xxx
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Indeed, it’s about relating, after all.
Good neighbors are a blessing.
Seek peace,
Paz
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Thank you Paz, it truly is. So good to have met you here too. Peace to you too and have a blessed weekend xxx
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I’m happy far away from any competition… not really needed I think
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Thank you Bjorn, it is not really needed ☺
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Smiles across the miles! That is such a lovely concept and one I would like to adhere to. So here is a big smile from me. 😀
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Thank you for your big smile Anne, here is a big one for you and Biasini from all of us here ☺💖 xxx
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You’ve already won. Votes or no vote.
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Thank you for your kind words Rommel, a big smile for you from all of us here ☺🐾🐾
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I am in full agreement. My business runs on co-operative principles and not competitive ones. Sadly much of our education system and the world of work rely on ladder climbing and competition.
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Thank you kindly Paul, I truly believe that any endeavour that runs on co-operative principles has the kind of heart and value that brings rewards way beyond the material ;o)
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I have heard about this. I’ve heard that companies like this are getting more productive and effective results than the usual corporate structures.
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Competitions can distort the purpose the artist intended. I’m on one other blog that has a continual competition going on. One day I had overy 500 visitors to my blog but no one actually read anything, harumph!
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Haha, I think the Universe was trying to tell you something there Walter ;o)
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Yup
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;o)
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So much wisdom here Xenia, in the haiku, the images and the thoughts about what blogging is and is not.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Denis ☺
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I couldn’t agree more with you on the idea of competitions…I’d rather ‘channel a lagoon of dreams’ – wonderful!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Helen and for sharing your wonderful blog with us about life with your amazing bird ‘family’ :o) I hope the osprey chick continues to do well and wish you a wonderful rest of the day :o) xxx
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SMiLes.. my FriEnd
i played Tennis over
A Decade and before
i played a game for points
My favorite pArt was iS when
mE the racquet and the backboard
BecAMe a force of one iN FLoW iN ZoNe
iN Transcendent Ecstatic Experience oF LiFe
FloW iN ZoNe self found self less following Bliss
And never
Leading
Anything
But folloWinG
A Wed oF LiFE Free..
Now i Spiral Dance and SinG
as reward iN itsELf.. Be yOur dReAM..
No Checks
For
Approval..;)
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Thank you my FRiEnD, IN FLoW IN ZoNe is the best place for heART 💓 Many blessings for you, Katrina and your feline angels in these sMILEs across the Miles ☺💖 xxx
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As ‘they’ say too.. follow your bliss as blissings
coMe wiTh Will of Chi Force Energy Love
with no
thing
necessary
aT aLL mY friEnd..:)
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☺💃💜🎶 xxx
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:)!!!
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I love how the sea has sculpted the sand in the first picture! Who needs competition, when you are already a winner?
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Thank you so much for your kind words. We feel truly blessed each day when we can experience the natural beauty around us without the need to take part in all the hoopla of a competition ;o) xxx
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