Hi everyone, hope you are all doing okay! To be honest, I've been feeling a little frustrated lately with blogging. I've been wanting to see more growth and at a faster speed. I hope I can say that without sounding ungrateful for all the growth I've made so far. And maybe my expectations are set [...]
Tag: site update
Blog STATS!!! (As of 2021!)

Happy new year everyone! Let's hope 2021 brings us much better new adventures!!! Let's take a look at STATS for Lotus Laura 2021! ***Users who have their cookies turned off, or who view my posts on WordPress reader, or spam-bots are NOT included in these stats!*** In 2020, Blog received 53,857 total views.22,532 of the views were from the USA.3,921 from India3,609 from [...]
Blog update — new headers
As mentioned recently: I'm aiming for more structure and consistency with my blog, in order to make it look cleaner, neater, and more organized. I also wrote on Instagram about how I'm going for a "pastel goth" theme, highlighting a pastel aesthetic while continuing to post about the deep & darker stuff. So, I've made [...]
New logo
The Original Outstanding Blogger Award

I was nominated by Wild Scared Crazy for The Original Outstanding Blogger Award! She is a talented writer with universally touching posts that we can all relate to. Rules: Provide the link to the creator’s original award post. (very important: see why in step 5)Answer the questions provided.Create 7 unique questions.Nominate 10 bloggers. Ensure that [...]
Sunshine Blogger Award #2

Thank you Wonder Diary for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award!!! This is my second nomination! Blogger awards are exciting ways to encourage other bloggers to keep on writing, and also to get to know each other better! How does it work? Once nominated for the award, in order to accept you need to [...]
THE PURPLE ALMOND HALL OF FAME
Sunshine Blogger Award!

Hey friends! I was nominated by Steve`s Country for the Sunshine Blogger award! Thanks, dude -- he is a phenomenal nature blogger who is super active on WordPress -- always pleasant, cheerful, & sunny! 🙂 The Sunshine Blogger Award Rules: Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you and provide a link back to their blogList the [...]
Blog stuff!!!
RIP to My Old Layout

I've changed the theme/layout of my blog. Say goodbye to the old style... it was nice while it lasted! It now features six posts at the top of the homepage. I chose the more recent and most popular (by most likes or views) ones. The mobile version is slightly different but still super functional. I'm [...]