Merry Christmas!!! :)

Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas to all! :)
December has been a nice DL month, I broke my old ODD record just half way through the month, and got another EL just before Christmas. In addition, I got my first sale on a new-for-me print-on-demand site - someone liked my image enough to want it on their wall - sweet! :)

Here is the EL pic from Christmas week:


I hope Santa is kind to everyone, and Holiday spirits are high :)

The Christmas month, Christember!

December aka Christember is here! :P An EL found its way to my port on the first day - awesome! Let there be MANY!

Also, I got my BigStock port started with help of SS Bridge to BigStock, and my first sale over there. Hank got the honor to be the first in his Christmas wreath outfit ;) Happy, happy month to one and all :D

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Let's make it TWO ELs for the first day -- and a big big hip hip hurray on top! :D

Disappointment!

Oh, yeah.
November has been a great disappointment.
Last year the DLs were way up in November, making it the best month I've ever had, download wise - even now, with a port three times as big I'm way down. I was hoping to get to same amount of DLs, and past it, but unless something wild happens in the last days of the month I won't be anywhere near last year's numbers.
Oh well, not much you can do!
I did get one more EL early in the month, it seemed like it went to the same place the previous law enforcement EL went.



After that, the DLs have been declining, very little Christmas DLs overall at the best Christmas selling time of the year......
*sigh*
Sometimes it just "bees" that way ;)
Maybe things will pick up after Thanksgiving and the sales are awesome all the way till Christmas...

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

November rain...

Yes, It's actually raining! After a hot summer and a long drought we're getting a little more rain, which is awesome! Just hoping for that slow soaking rain to fill in the reservoirs, ponds and creeks. Also, unexpectedly, the colors outside are magnificent! The couple of frosty nights we had have turned the leaves in the trees to a rainbow of colors, what a beautiful sight! :)

On stock side of things October totaled six ELs again, as posted below. Thank You!
 






November started out with an EL on the first day, and yet another today, on the 7th -- let them come! :)



I also ventured out to a local arts and crafts fair with my pictures, and sold a few. The main achievement for me was just to get out there, see that I can do it, and learn what I need to improve with for the next time out. Mission accomplished! :)

Let it rain, let it rain!

$3K reached - new pay level!

Reaching the next level took a couple more days than I thought it would, due to low ODDs and a sudden waning off of overall DLs. However, my goal I had set to the 10th several months ago was cleared by four days, as I arrived to the $3K earned today, so that's a plus!

Now onto new heights!! :)

Nice Going, September, Welcome October!

September ended up pretty awesome -  total of six ELs made their way in my port, and I also reached 5000 all time images sold.

The next goal is reaching my next pay raise - $3000 earned is only a few days away, and I hope I land that goal sooner than later :)

September was pretty  good with overall downloads, however the third week saw the most of them. The last week was rich in ELs (3), but not as high in DLs as the previous week. September did make it to my 2nd best month ever both in earnings and downloads, so that's all good. Now to reach for the #1 spot for both is a stretch, but one's gotta hope for best! ;)


Here are my EL images of September

September....

September is here, the summer is gone. Yesterday was the last hot summer day with 100+F degrees, today is cloudy, windy and 20 degrees colder. Brrr!! Bring my winter clothes!!

May and June were awesome EL months - four for each month which is quite GRAND for me! :)

Then July dropped down to two, and August only saw one EL - a Christmas image!!

I lost one of my cute blue tabbies to a coyote - so only one of the sisters is left. Poor baby - she was a super sweet, albeit a little shy - little kitty. Her sister's best friend and play buddy :( Rest In Peace, Sweetie.

The kids flew in in June and out again in August. Why, oh why does time fly so fast when you're having fun? And fun we had. (((HUGS))) to both of you.

So, September is here - cold and windy like falls usually are... Hummers will be gone soon, and butterflies - the very few we've had during this excruciatingly dry and hot summer - will wane off for winter.

Let's have the thumbs up for the fall - and lots of visits from the Sweet Little EL Fairy!! ;)