As you might recall, there was a bit of a re-org here last week. Sheep #2 was fired, but he had it coming. Duncan was promoted but lost one of his ears on the Photoshop cutting floor. Duncan taught the other two sheep how to meow, albeit with Norwegian accents.* There was quite a cacaphony echoing all the way down to the comments.
Not everybody liked having Duncan up there in the header. There were aesthetic objections and concerns about things like scale, proportion, Duncan’s dignity and possible infractions of labour legislation with respect to the displaced sheep (I’ll say it again: he had it coming).
In my typical indecisive Libra style, I’ve decided to put the header up to a vote. You tell me which header you like best. You can elaborate in the comments if you like.
Here are the two three choices:
1) Three Sheep
2) Duncan and Two Sheep
3) Something else
The polling booth is now open for voting.
*For those of you who are relatively new to this blog, Duncan is a Norwegian Forest Cat. (But he insists I refer to him as “a Norwegian Forest Cat of some considerable substance,” so there you go.)
The sharp division in this header is distracting.
I liked the previous one better.
I am still finding it very slow.I think Dunc deserves a spot here, but maybe not with the sheep.
I love Duncan, but his face amongst the sheep herd was creeping me out.
Those were sheep? I thought they were funny-looking cats.
Blogs are so personal, Zoom…It’s like commenting on your hair style or something. I don’t think you should have to change anything for anyone.
But I’ll vote anyway.
For Duncan & the sheep.
although i love that kitty i really loved just the sheeps. i think i got used to them…
Now see if Duncan was an angora cat of substance then he’d fit better in a Knitnut header.
I’d like to see Duncan driving a motorcycle, with a sidecar full of sheep.
just Duncan! Although the sheep are fine, it’s just that Duncan rocks!
I can see after I voted for Duncan and two sheep that I (we) am losing. With that prospect in mind, could Duncan perhaps appear in the header once a month? Or even at holidays?
People don’t like change, Zoom. Statistics prove that the majority of people will almost never vote for something new unless the old thing is really, really horrible. So, either you’re stuck with the 3 sheep forever or you have to make an executive decision and use your professional artist skills to design something new despite the poll.
XUP is right. It’s your blog. Make it the way you like it. But since you asked, I don’t think you should mess with the sheep.
XUP is right. I like the old three sheep because I’m used to them. But it IS your blog and you CAN make the command decision so do whatever you like! Then people will get used to that too.
The sheep are great and Duncan is great, not necessarily in that order, and definitely not in close proximity. Maybe Duncan could hang out below the search box or someplace similar “above the fold.”
I would love there to be a way to bet both the 3 sheep, AND duncan (seperately) otherwise I’d be torn between duncan and the sheep. I just don’t think the combo quite worked visually, though I liked the idea! lol
The first time I visited, I fell in love with the sheep. Duncan is wonderful, but the sheep have first place in my heart…