The first weekend of this month saw Jeannie and me in Chicago. Then back home in Merlin, earlier this week, half-an-inch of rain fell to break a long spell of dry weather. I went out last Thursday morning to capture some sights of the first misty morning of Autumn. The contrast between our rural home and Chicago was dramatic; to say the least! Enjoy!
(P.S. I sensed there was no need to describe each photograph in terms of which one was taken in Merlin or in Chicago!)
The first post in this blog was published on the 15th July 2009, now more than 8 years ago. In my wildest imagination, I would not have predicted that I would still be publishing posts today. Or, indeed, that more than 3,300 posts have been published since that day, that the blog has received more than 1.3 million viewings in that time, and that over 2,500 good people now follow this place.
But what that does say to me that it is about time that I listened to what you like and, better still, how this blog could even better communicate with you.
So here’s a short survey that I would dearly love for you to complete. No personal details are being asked for or recorded and the results of the survey will be shared with you all in this place.
By the way, these polls (I’m using PollDaddy via WordPress) will expire in seven days time.
Question One
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Question Four
Please indicate to what extent having a dog improves your life? (Please answer even if you currently do not have a dog in your life but, nonetheless, have a view.)
Question Five
On the ‘About’ page of the blog, it is stated that:
The underlying theme of Learning from Dogs is about truth, integrity, honesty and trust in every way. We use the life of dogs as a metaphor.
Question Six
Not infrequently blog posts are published that do not refer to dogs. Please indicate your views on these other ‘non-dog’ posts?
Question Seven
Please read the following statement and then record your reaction to it:
“Having one or more dogs in my life allows me a much better connection with and awareness of my inner self.”
Question Eight
Please indicate, by ticking the relevant boxes, which dog and animal topics you would like to read more of on Learning from Dogs.
Question Nine
Please indicate, by ticking the relevant boxes, which non-animal topics you would like to read more of on Learning from Dogs.
Question Ten
Do you believe the Learning from Dogs blog could be improved for you?
Finally, if you answered “Yes” to this last question do please explain how it could be improved via a reply to this post.
I going to leave this as the current post right through to Friday for two reasons:
Your views and opinions are really important and not every reader and follower comes here every day, and,
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