Okay . . . from yesterday, my picture of spider lily (imported from Google images) showed up fine on computer that I was posting from. Today, it shows up as link, not picture. I guess I should have saved to my desktop and then imported it, rather than importing directly from web??
And why aren't my labels automatically showing? Things to check on. Perhaps I should actually read the Help screens.
Also I've decided I should have given more thought to what I want to cover in this blog. I seem to have a third interest to add -- food & health, specifically my plan now to feed us as much low sodium, low sugar, low fat food as possible for health reasons (diabetes, blood pressure for my husband).
I'm also much more conscious now of how time people must spend on their blogs -- the ones I read sound polished and organized and much more focused than I seem to be.
I wonder how often blogs are abandoned? I came across a charming one yesterday that popped up on Google blog search when I was checking my own name -- but it only had one post, done back in August 2009. I can see all sorts of research projects that could be done about blogging.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Rainy Monday
Remembering yet one more log in is proving difficult! I know I'm not suppose to have a cheat sheet of log ins and passwords but how else does one keep them all straight? Probably "suppose to" have them all in a very secure online account instead of in a little notebook, right?
So wonderful to have a rainy Sunday after weeks of relentless sun. (And in the South, the sun is strong many months of the year.) Looks like rain will continue on for a while today.
So far I haven't been able to find my own blog doing searches on Google Blog finder so I definitely have the anonymity that I wanted for this project. One thing I've already discovered -- spell check isn't happening automatically as it does in Word and my spelling has definitely gotten worse as my reliance on spell check has gotten better. Nowadays I just try to get close enough for Word to figure spelling out for me.
I've come across some beautiful and thoughtful blogs just from doing random searches on books and nature -- outlets for real creativity. I especially liked the one about noticing something from nature every day:http://centria.wordpress.com/2009 -- I'd like to find a similar one that is within 100 miles of my home, to make me more aware of what I should be noticing in nature. So . . . maybe a search project for myself.
Crape myrtles fading here but no fall color signs yet. Normally, we have hurricane lilies (also called spider lilies and naked ladies) blooming now but I've seen very few this year. Most are red and look like this -- no leaves at all, just thin stem and dramatic flower -- wish the world had more flowers and birds and fewer stores.
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So wonderful to have a rainy Sunday after weeks of relentless sun. (And in the South, the sun is strong many months of the year.) Looks like rain will continue on for a while today.
So far I haven't been able to find my own blog doing searches on Google Blog finder so I definitely have the anonymity that I wanted for this project. One thing I've already discovered -- spell check isn't happening automatically as it does in Word and my spelling has definitely gotten worse as my reliance on spell check has gotten better. Nowadays I just try to get close enough for Word to figure spelling out for me.
I've come across some beautiful and thoughtful blogs just from doing random searches on books and nature -- outlets for real creativity. I especially liked the one about noticing something from nature every day:http://centria.wordpress.com/2009 -- I'd like to find a similar one that is within 100 miles of my home, to make me more aware of what I should be noticing in nature. So . . . maybe a search project for myself.
Crape myrtles fading here but no fall color signs yet. Normally, we have hurricane lilies (also called spider lilies and naked ladies) blooming now but I've seen very few this year. Most are red and look like this -- no leaves at all, just thin stem and dramatic flower -- wish the world had more flowers and birds and fewer stores.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
First Post
Just wanted a place to record thoughts and happenings before they disappear from my memory . . . what I'm reading at the moment, the beauty of the moon (with Jupiter surprisingly bright next to it) last night.
I also want a place to experiment -- I've been enjoying popping in on other blogs, mostly ones related to books and nature. I'm very much a text person in what I produce but I enjoy and appreciate visual images. So let me see what happens with this. The picture below is from my last big trip(way back in January), to Cayo Costa State Park in south Florida, where my husband and I "camped" in a primitive cabin.
I also want a place to experiment -- I've been enjoying popping in on other blogs, mostly ones related to books and nature. I'm very much a text person in what I produce but I enjoy and appreciate visual images. So let me see what happens with this. The picture below is from my last big trip(way back in January), to Cayo Costa State Park in south Florida, where my husband and I "camped" in a primitive cabin.
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