I hit 410 watchers today.
About a year ago I would never have expected to have so many of you. At about that time I was still faithful exploring most of my new watchers pages, picking out one or two pieces to comment on as a sort of thanks for your support (and it was constantly a privilege to do so, I found many a inspiring thing among your galleries). Its a habit Unfortunately I have had to drop of late, as within the last half year there was a point where I was getting one or two new watchers a day.

I suspect a great many of you are mass effect fans and a few more of you wonderful people I know i have met from the hetherev group.

It saddens me that I can no longer let it be as well shown how much I appreciate you guys. I still attempt to respond to all of my new commentators, and respond to all of you who have comments or thoughts beyond the simple 'this is great' (which is always appreciated regardless). I want to you all to know that just because from the cold surface of the computer screen I do not appear to respond when you throw one of my works into one of your folders, does not mean that I do not notice. I love to read over the list of favourites, browsing to see when my new works seem to appeal to my older watchers, who among you follows me into my silly moods, and who is intrigued when I depart from my usual paths and enter unclear waters.

Art is after all, just a form of communication. Numbers, they don't mean so much, but seeing evidence of every one of those successful personal connections to my work is ultimately why I spend all my waking hours at this craft, and it does not seem to have diminished in its value even now, with four hundred watchers from that day (not so long ago it feels) when I had just fourteen.

To misquote Juvenal, who watches the watchers?
I do, very carefully, I may not be always able to show it, but I wanted you to know that my most sincere gratitude extends to you all.