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Do you want to know what reader's think about your blog posts? Do they like it or not?

Not many readers may bother to leave a comment on your blog. However there is another way to know how readers liike your article. It can be through a rating on a scale of 1-5.

I have written an article about how to install this feature on your blog using a free service. Feel free to read and use it.

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As I've written about before, I have a weakness for haircolor. Why? I don't know exactly. I do know there is something in me that I can't seem to express without "becoming a different person". There ya go. Hair dye is method acting for the soul.

So what color am I now? What was I? Who am I with this hair color?

It's black. Temporary, so it will probably fade badly, but I could stand going permanent. Not with black, and not just because it is so hard to get lighter. I can't stand it because it is a hard color to live with on a daily basis.

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My name is IntricateGirl, and I am a hairdye addict. No, seriously. My mom began dyeing hers when I was 12, and I was allowed to do mine at the same time. Since then, I have had every single naturally occurring color, and quite a few unnatural colors. And yes, I mean EVERY color.

My hair has been blue-black, Ronald McDonald red, blue, green, orange, and my favorite- grey. Now, with all this coloring, you would think I am afraid of going grey. I'm not. I'm really looking forward to it. I think grey hair on a young face looks really dignified.

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I got a present.

A day before Mother's Day my husband gave me a sturdy little Rhododendron Tigerstedtii 'St Michel'. Well, it had to be planted as soon as possible. We placed it among other rhodos under the big aspen trees in half shade.

Now, I know that under the aspen trees is not the best possible place for that plant. That is why we bought a bale of bog peat and gave a special rhododendron fertilizer to all of them. If it is true that the dead leaves of aspens make the soil limy, we will be in trouble.

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