Post Hiatus

The Middlebury River
Acrylic on canvas 2022
M.Flannery

Post hiatus (hi ay tus). Projects are lined up along with canvases. I feel refreshed. I am especially pleased the comments to my political post are positive. 

Art. Remember the painting series posted last year for the artwork in the photograph above? Well, I will be starting another series from a different photo as yet to be taken. Once again, the series is for an impressionism landscape. 

Internet. In my travels, checking this blog's name on Google, I learned a website that promoted blogs for free, (send in email and URL), has changed to a free plus paid service. It is good to have a plan to promote your blog if you are in business or want to increase traffic to your website for advertising income. That is beyond my small blog world, but other's might consider such a plan.

I believe it is a good idea to Google  your name as well as your blog's name on a regular basis. You never know what might be out there. 

Cereal. Instead of sugary snacks, I treated myself to a box of Special K Blueberry cereal. Breaking up the monotony of oatmeal feels great. Besides, I sometimes like to have cereal for dinner. 

October. Starting this month felt to me like walking into a twilight zone. October 7 actual date. My brain date, September 30th. It is a good thing I had to grocery shop or else I would have missed the oranges of the distant mountains. The trees nearby are just beginning to turn color. When they are at peak foliage, the mountains are past peak foliage.

Over the long weekend, on Route 7, Saturday morning I saw long lines of vehicles traveling south where the foliage and mountains are poplar drives. There was also a quilt show in Middlebury that day. My mask and I stayed home.

Shots. The senior flu shot, done deal, I got it. Arm was sore going in from wrestling with an Ocean Spray juice bottle. (Even after cutting the plastic connectors to the cap, I struggled to get the bottle open.) My arm is tender two hours after the shot. When I lift my arm, I feel the injection site. No redness or swelling. An ice bag later will help keep it that way.

Please read the CDC, and other sources about covid, flu, RSV shots and decide for yourself to get injected.

Remember, being healthy decreases the burden on the health care system as well as your income.

Google Blogger Archive Album Photos

Does anyone know how to edit the Google Archive photos from Blogger?

I can go into Blogger to access Google Archive

I can pick a pumpkin.

Find an edit button, I have yet to locate. 

I Googled how to, but still nothing. There is one of the albums with 137 pictures, dozens of the same pumpkin because any time you upload an image into a post, that image is duplicated in the Blogger photo album.

I want to transfer the pictures to a memory stick after deleting all the dozens of duplicates.

Thank you for any help

Happy Blogaversary!

 

Thank You!

Every visitor is greatly appreciated. Your wonderful contributions have enriched my life through this fascinating writing journey.

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My summer hat is a photo taken in my early days of blogging*, used as a profile picture. 

This blog began April 2012, 11 short years ago under a different name. Two or three title changes since, Salty Pumpkin Studio is the last name this blog will have. 

Besides, Google's number of blogs allowed per account is 100 blogs.

Last I counted, I have created over the years an estimated couple of dozen. Many were never published or lasted a short time. At present, the new blog I posted about last year, had to be put on hold in order for me to deal with life events.

When the day is right, the day will be right to take the project forward.

*I first began blogging in 2008, I think in December, on another website.