Oh Sugar! :'(
I'm now too late to vote cos I've only just got back from hol. but my vote would have been, without a moment's hesitation, for a return to the tried-and-tested format of 'Any' - which would have brought the Poll to level pegging.
Two points I'd like to make, please, in support of the Open Monthly competition which Dan had running all that time ago when we Beeb gardeners came over here:-
I don't post pix, ever, but for all the time that the Monthly Comp. was running I never missed a month's vote (OK, except for when I was away and had no Internet access :-[) I loved the variety of pictures posted and still can bring to mind some memorable ones, random pix taken during the previous month.....there was Robert Benchley's picture of the lane leading to his allotment site in winter; there was (I think) Heldi(?)s pic taken on a windy day of her children 'flying' with their coats as wings, down a hillside - and who doesn't remember doing the same when we were young? That was a glorious moment captured. Then there was a summer picture I loved - the essence of rural France to me.....baking hot sleepy day, an old bike with the pannier planted out with flowers, leaning against a dry-stone wall...and then there are others I can still recall.....skies, seas, birds and animals...random snaps, all lovely, all taken during the previous month. And I wonder if these would have been shown when Ken introduced his 'themed' categories?
My second point I'd like to make, please, is that, fair do's to Ken for trying something different, but....entries dropped off and so did votes during that time. I'm on record here for asking Ken to audit numbers (surely the only judge of popularity?) and he said that he would, but they never materialized :-\
For me, Ken's format didn't work and I didn't even bother to look at the Competition entries.
I look forward to seeing the random pictures posted this month - and I'll be voting 8)
Happy snapping everyone!
Lishka
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