Flickr was fun/ rss isn't

Why couldn't it be as easy to upload the feeds on my blog as it was to get them on myyahoo page? I am not sure if the connection was slow or I didn't' copy the right address, but I added and deleted 7 or 8 times until the feed opened correctly. I never had that problem on yahoo.

The feeds are fantastic way to keep interests front and center. I have feeds for children's books and environmental sites selected on the other page. The 'Just One More Book' podcast was forwarded to me me by a writer friend. It is entertaining to drop in for a listen sometimes. I will definitely find the feeds to library related sites I use frequently and add them to the blog.

Now I have to learn how to add other staff members to me blog.

To be fair to rss, once the feeds are operational they work seamlesly so I won't whine amymore.

Flickr fun

I posted pix of my new garden awhile ago and just got back to add a few tags. That was so easy! No wonder everyone is talking about tagging everything. Word clouds look cool. This feature will be extremely useful as I build a photo gallery of the garden each season. No more smeary pencil sketches! I'll have crisp, beautifully tagged photos to help me remeber exactly what grew where.
My brother-in-law posts pictures of bike rides he takes so other bikers will become familiar with trails. I like that--an up-to-the-minute travel guide.

The photos in the LOC files were interesting. I followed the comment trial of the Einstein photo and learned alot about how viewers can help identify people/objects in photos. The fact checking and historical perspective increased the time I spent looking at the files.
Without a doubt there is too much to try and do now that I am digging around. I am glad it is ONLY a few things for Web2.0. I'm so slow the upgrades will catch me, wait a minute, that means I'll be learning from the up grades and will have skipped a version. Hmmm. Honestly, this is fascinating and much easier than I expected. So much of life is exactly the same.

Easier to use than my universal remote

I selected Blogger after looking at the other choices mentioned on Web 2.0. Happily, I've been able to do whatever I've wanted quickly. Now I am going to try adding a webcam of the osprey nest at Blackwater Sawmp. After that the rss feed from Green Planet and some pics from the Hydrogen Car tour going on right now.



I'm still not sure anyone would want to follow my meadering trail through cyberspace but I'm enjoying gathering interests into one place.

Look at what crawled by me at Quiet Waters

I believe I knocked him off his perch while working at the native plant garden at Quiet Waters. This is my first sighting of this caterpillar species.

This little guy is the Phoebis sennae or Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar. He eats wild senna which is a Mid-Atlantic native perennial. And there is a healthy wild senna growing in the sun garden. If I'd had my butterfly book with me to identify it while working, I'd have known to look around for more caterpillars or eggs.

The small bright yellow butterfly it becomes is a familiar visitor to my garden and along the roadside. Maybe you've noticed it too.

new direction

off we go into cyberspace. I expect a bumpy ride.