It’s hardly surprising that by the end of April the only reflection I saw in the mirror was not of me but my friend Rosey! Writing 26 stories about her was not the easiest of challenges but fun just the same.
One thing I had to bear in mind was that whilst Rosey is very English, the majority of readers were not. In fact, a massive 72% were from India, followed way behind in second place by my American friends. The UK lot trailed at a lowly 7%! There are certain words and phrases she regularly uses which wouldn’t make sense to those of other nationalities (they don’t always make sense to me!) and many activities she engages in are terribly British! This restricted me somewhat.
This year my hit rate was drastically down on 2017. I received a total of 3.8K visits compared with 5.9K. As previously, one in six readers left a comment. When I went back to check on last years regular commentees (is that a word?) I found almost half of them didn’t take part this time around which goes some way to explaining it I guess.
As usual, I mainly stalked fellow flash fictioneers. As a rule and because of time restraints, I stuck to reading short pieces, preferably ones of 250 words or less. There were, however, a few exceptions, notably Iain and Varad whose writings verged on addictive! I must also give a shout out to Hilary who’s daily pieces about Canada were both interesting and informative,
Will I take part next year? The jury’s out on that one!
Thank you so much to everyone who followed me during the challenge. Your comments, critiques and suggestions were very much appreciated.
Tap tap tap!![zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.jpgz (125x125)[181]](https://keithsramblings.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-125x125181.jpg?w=994)
It’s only me, Rosey Pee!
Thanks for reading about me, but please don’t believe everything Keefie said. A lot of it, well, some of it was exaggerated…..a bit! We had fun though, didn’t we?
Anyway, I’ve got a joke for you. I need to concentrate to get it right. Ready?
A chicken saw a duck about to cross a road. ‘Don’t do it’ the chicken said, ‘You’ll never hear the last of it!’
Bye x
PS. I’m still with Gareth!
Twenty-six slices of Rosey’s life!
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Post 1670
Keith's Ramblings 
Well, I enjoyed your posts. I am glad I did not do the challenge this year and I’ve noticed that several of the bloggers I follow also bowed out this year. I always said I didn’t want my blog to feel like a job.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Some days it felt like that and others it didn’t! I must admit though, it was a relief when it was over. Cheers Denise.
LikeLike
Thanks also Denise for sticking with me throughout the month, and always being the first to leave a comment!
LikeLike
Ha Ha to Rosy’s joke. I wonder if visits to my A to Z were down this year. I will have to check. I’m just getting ready to do my reflections post.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Kristin, 686 of us signed up this time. I just looked back to 2016 and there were over 1900 of us!
There was no list in 2017 but I’m sure we numbered four figures. I’m sure that affected our visitor numbers. See you later for your reflections!
LikeLike
I enjoyed your stories about Rosie! Your humor kept me coming back for more! Jury’s our for me too as far as next year. It may take that long to recover 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
I really appreciated your daily visits, thank you. I wonder if we’ll both be there next year!
LikeLike
Hiya Keith- well done on completing the challenge. I really enjoyed your funny tales about Rosie and even wondered if she was real 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Even I was wondering by the end! Thanks so much.
LikeLike
Thanks Keith, I enjoyed your posts. Well done Rosey!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I couldn’t have done it without her! Cheers.
LikeLike
Congratulations on your massive popularity in India, Keith and Rosey! I am guessing Ecuador was in the “others receiving votes” category. Thank you for entertaining me through the month and helping us get to know Rosey.
Love Rosey’s joke – good advice by that chicken.
Emily In Ecuador | Puerto Lopez, Ecuador A to Z Summary and Reflections
LikeLiked by 1 person
It was odd! Whilst I always get plenty of visitors from India, it’s not normally anything like that! I did have one wonderful visitor from Equador.Thanks so much for tagging along.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I didn’t get here as much as I’d have liked to during April, but I enjoyed each of the stories that I did read… Congratulations on finishing with such style!
This was a very quiet A-Z and April.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Like you I couldn’t visit everyone every day! Thanks so much for your dropping by so many times during April.
LikeLike
Though I didn’t drop by as much as I would’ve liked, I did enjoy Rosey’s stories. I’ll catch up soon 🙂
As the month moved on, it got very quiet on my blog and some of the bloggers whose A-Z I enjoyed, just stopped blogging. I think there might be a bit of a social media burnout going around.
Ronel from Ronel the Mythmaker checking out A-Z Reflections: Expectations and Realisations
LikeLiked by 1 person
I too was unable to drop in daily, This year A-Z was noticeably quieter than previous ones and my comments got less day by day. Thanks, Ronel.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Rosey is wonderful, i hope we get to hear about her occasionally through the year. Great job on the A to Z!
LikeLiked by 1 person
She will make sure of it, that’s for sure! Cheers, Mimi.
LikeLike
Hi Keith – yes the limitations of language – c’est la vie!! Mind you Rosey could learn French … or one of the Asian languages … perhaps that’s stretching it too far!! Loved her stories though … take care and enjoy some sunshine – congratulations on finishing and cheers Hilary
LikeLike
She speaks a special language called Rosish! I’m thoroughly enjoying the sunshine right now thanks, Hilary!
LikeLike
I suspect Rosey helped keep a smile on a lot of faces during April’s hectic pace. The challenge is always great fun, but I’m always glad when May arrives and offers a lot more breathing space.
LikeLike
I know exactly how you feel Deborah! Thanks so much for following Rosey during April.
LikeLike
Interesting about your stats as compared to last year. I enjoyed your posts and wish I would have had time to visit more frequently! You had a great theme. Cheers!
LikeLiked by 1 person
There are so many sites to visit and only so much time to do it! Thanks so much Jenny.
LikeLike
Thank you Keith and Rosey for hilarity in April.
Considering your Indian following, perhaps a Bollywood adaptation of Rosey’s Ramblings may be the next (logical) step. What say? Do remember this Doha-ite when the money starts rolling in;)
Cheers.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha! You may just have come up with a plan! I’ll remember, don’t worry!
LikeLike
Enjoyed reading about Rosey’s adventures Keith 🙂 I’ve always smiled whenever I stopped by your posts. Congrats on completing the challenge.
Wishing you the very best. Happy blogging!!
BTW, you are nominated for the mystery blogger award – https://lonelycanopyblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/12/the-mystery-mania/
Do check out and keep the chain going!! ❤ ❤
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you for your kind words and for the nomination!
LikeLiked by 1 person
My views were way down on previous years too. I thought it was just me but the more of the reflections posts I read, the more I’m seeing others saying the same.
Debbie
LikeLike