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downhill and not any semblence of its former glory
another great magazine lost its zing. I couldn't renew for 2014 because I use to enjoy this magazine. The photos were gorgeous and it was a nice get away from the hustle and bustle. My BIGGEST pet peeve is the ads, omg, their choice of subject material BUGS me...it is bad enough that they have included ads, but the stuff promoted, well, can I say NO ONE wants to see that stuff stuck between beautiful landscapes. I realize the need for person products, but HELLO, wrong VENUE for that type of ad. It use to be a family friendly mag, I think having ads for highly personal products splattered in a family type mag is HIGHLY inappropriate, c'mon now. Nothing is sacred or personal anymore, and that is a shame. But then all mags these days are just pages and pages of ads, and zero interesting content, and with all those ads, WHY did the subscription price of so many mags soar. Advertising is suppose to OFFSET publishing costs, or it use to...but instead mags are just ad booklets these days, nothing worth spending $ on. Why pay for anything that has no valuable content! I no longer get Birds and Blooms either because the placement of the ads, just killed the beauty it as well. It use to be such a keeper and not having a commercial slant, but whoever is in charge now doesn't have any notion on previous quality and standards. Another beauty bit the dust.
