Did You Enjoy the 4th of July?

Wow...It's Been Months!

Does this mean I haven't been frustrated for months? Nah....just no time to try out new stuff, leading to frustration. Now, that's really frustrating.

Happy St. Pat's!

I'm Back! And Really Frustrated!

It's been a long time -- almost two months. It's not that I haven't been frustrated with blogging, I just haven't had time to experiment with possible fixes. For some reason, I cannot download photos unless I use "Blog This." Mozilla doesn't show up, and I can't use AOL to e-mail photos from the blog. Just a few time-killing problems. I made a few changes to "Set Program Access & Defaults - custom. I didn't restart the PC, so perhaps it won't work, but let's give it a try.
NOTHING HAPPENED. This new blog doesn't show up except in the Edit post mode, and of course, no photo! I'll try publishing again to see if at least the text updates.

OK, I got the text to show up when I go directly into "Utter Frustration." Now I'll try downloading a photo again!

Hey....It showed up! Not where I wanted it -- at the end of the text, but this is progress (I think). Now'll I'll Publish the Post and see what happens!

P.S. That's the rainbow that greeted us in front of our hotel in Ouro Preto Brazil the morning we were leaving for Rio. A nice farewell!

Pretty In Pink!

Da-n Uploading!

Just when I thought I had it down pat--first I uploaded a photo using "Google This." I've learned from past experience it only works for one picture. Then I did my usual download to the C-drive, back into the blog, and tried to upload 2 additional photos. Didn't work. So I thought well, we are back to doing one at a time---still didn't work. Now I'll try uploading the photos to this blog; if it works, I can copy the Html and paste it into the other blog. WHAT A PAIN!

No pictures. I get as far as the notice that the photos are uploading, then "Done" in the lower left....but NO PHOTOS. Where in cyber space are they??? Let's see if I can use Blogger Blot.

If this works...what a treat!

Once you have the picture, scroll the side bar down and then move the bottom scroll bar slowly by putting your curser on the right ">" and hold down the mouse key for a wrap around view of Paris.

Click on the link below & scroll horizontally: http://framboise781.free.fr/Paris.htm

Of course, this makes me sad thinking of last New Year's Eve on the Seine, and the "hanging around the house" plans for this New Year's Eve!

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

Calm Down -- They're Back!

All I had to do was delete the Smiley Program, restart the PC, and download the Smiley's again!

Guess what we'll all be doing on Thursday!

Have a Happy!

Where Have All The Smileys Gone?

No---they are not here. "An error has occurred in the script on this page." ???? I get the same message if I try to add a Smiley to an e-mail I'm writing, or to any of the other blogs. Here we go again! It seems this happened after I added a photo by going thru "Blog This" and Mozilla Firefox came up. What a pain!

Up on the Roof - Kimmel Center

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Garden on top of the Perelman Theater

Kimmel Center - Philadelphia

Another experiment -- if you download a black & white photo onto a black blog background (say that fast!) it looks like it's a collage in 2 pieces. What water colorists call "a happy accident."
Now let's see if I can copy this onto my other blog.

There's always one photo that gives me a problem. I've tried to download a photo taken on the roof garden at the Kimmel Center & both this site, and "Room With Another View" come up with "Web Site Not Responding." I'll try going back into Picasa & do "Blog This" which goes through Mozilla Foxfire. For some reason that seems to work, but you have to open a new post to download it. Why? Who knows! Well, here goes.

Newark Mansion

Tried numerous times to download this photo on "A Room With Another View." While other photos from the same album on the C-drive worked, this one wouldn't. So in keeping with the use of this blog for experimenting, I've downloaded it using "Blog This." Let's see what happens. OK, it worked. But why here, and not there? I'll try copying the HTML and pasting it into the other blog site. Sure beats doing the stuff I have to do today, like errands and more co-op bill paying!

Good enough to eat!

In case you're wondering where I've been for a week...well, hanging out with the fashionistas at the Chocolate Show! Actually I've been on my main blog, "A Room With Another View." I even experimented with using "cut" and "paste" Html to move photos around, and it worked. I found out that I can ignore messages about missing end or begin horizontal carets, and still get the blog to publish. It's fun ignoring highlighted remarks that don't make sense to me!

Time for a Change

That nasty Dragon was getting tiresome, so I thought I'd update the blog, and add this abstract painting and maybe experiment a little. Like can I add another "blog this" photo while this screen is open? Let's see. Just looking for a little frustration this morning!

HAH! Tried to open up Picasa to download another photo..it shows up as a blurry screen behind this one. Guess that "experiment" didn't work. I'll just publish this blog as is, and see if I can add another photo later. 

Just An Opinion...

About trying to download photos to this website!

Here I Go Again!

Friday evening - across the green mall from the Manchester Inn
Let's see what happens if you try to download 2 pictures before you publish your post.
I got the message "Web site not responding." I'll publish with just one photo & try again. Tried again--same message. Now I'll re-publish and Try Again! Try #3 - Same message. I'm outa here. I'll go read a book--at least I can turn the pages whenever I want to.

If at first you don't succeed...

Just testing my theory...first download the photo, then add the comments.

Pots outside a Crafts Museum & Market - India 2005. Someone actually bid for this photo at a White Elephant Benefit for the NMVO.

Now to see if part 2 of my theory works..can the photo be enlarged?

What do you know--it worked. But there is weird spacing on the comments. Lets see if I can mess around with the HTML. If I only knew what all that "span, strong, strong," stuff meant. I think I'll leave it alone and see if it self adjusts.

I Should Have Known....

Checked Amazon, and of course...there are Dummy Books out there for blogging & HTML'ing. Before I get more books I don't use, I'm going to try out my theory of photo enlarging. Here goes. First, I download a photo (or 2)--

Silly me...First I tried to download 2 photos. Got the message "Web site not responding." Went back and tried to download just 1 photo. Got the message "Web site may be experiencing difficulty." Not the only one, webbie! Who needs this first thing in the a.m.! Utter Frustration...isn't this an aptly named blog.

I Think I've Got It!

I think I've discovered why some photos can be enlarged and others not. If I download the photo and leave it in place, it can be enlarged. If I drag it to another spot (let's say under the words), once it's dragged, it only shows up under Html in the small size. Why? Who the HTML knows! Is there a book out there called "HTML For Dummies?" or "Blogging For Dummies?" Shall I shall check out Amazon.com? No matter where you put the cursor, a photo always jumps to the top of the page. OK, Dummy--just download the pictures; add the text later. Maybe. Or maybe I'll just take a nap!