Saturday, January 3, 2015

New Blog Pages for 2015!

I have finally got myself organized to add some new pages to my blog, an expanded 'About Me' section, a place for just Fhotography, a page on Scotland, and a place for 'Reflections'.  It's taken me months to decide what I wanted to do, weeks to develop some content, and a lot of days to screw up my courage and finally hit the 'Publish' button.  No new post today, but I invite you to check out the new pages.

Another shot of those Lavender fields in the Cotswolds, just for fun.

I have to first give credit to all of you bloggers out there whose blogs give me ideas, inspire me to try new things, to set goals, and to do some more writing.  You are far too many to list, but I've gathered many ideas as I decided on what I wanted to do.  My first 'Reflection' is on finding so many on-line 'friends' through blogging.

You may wonder why I have a page devoted to Scotland.  Well, we've visited there several times, several of my ancestors are Scottish, and I start teaching a distance education on-line course on the 'Landscape of Scotland' tomorrow.  I'm also giving some Life Long Learning lectures this winter on the topic.  So this will be a place I can draw information together, and maybe post some photos.

I'm excited that these pages will open up new writing and photo opportunities for me, as I expand them with more content.  I may add another page or two, and I may even make the Fhotography page a seperate blog.

I'm a bit of a dunce when it comes to technical stuff, so there was a bit of trial and error in getting here.  You'll see I've reformatted the blog a bit too, a few weeks ago.  And I will still be stumbling through as I figure out the best way to continue adding content, and let you know it's here for reading.  Advice is welcome. But I feel like I've opened a big new door for writing and photography in 2015, a good way to start the year.

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I could just say 'the weather up here is frightful', but it's really not that bad.  We have a good foot of snow now, and as I was walking through the storm this afternoon, the snow gradually turned to ice pellets.  You could hear it tinkling against the trees as it fell.  But the freezing rain is supposed to stay further south.

Our last Christmas/New Year's guests, our daughter, her husband and our precocious 4 year old grandson went home today, so all the rush is over.  Our oldest son called from Haida Gwaii where he's spending the winter, and our second son who lives a lot further north, dropped in for an overnight visit, so it's been a good Christmas for family.  Now it's back to the regular routine, and eventually the decorations will come down and be packed away.


19 comments:

  1. Looking forward to cruising around your new blogs. Our decorations are still up as there is still one more exchange to be done. Our grandsons have been skiing the slopes in Colorado with their mother and her family. Now they will be spending a couple of days with their dad, our son. So gifts will be shuffled to his place tomorrow for the last round of gifts.

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  2. Your Scotland section's certainly intrigued me. I could be quite happy spending a couple of months travelling through the British isles.

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  3. You have been working hard. It all looks really good.

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  4. Wow! You have done a ton of work here, and I am still reeling from the overdose of lavender in that picture. Is it a hallucinogen? :-)

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    1. I've no idea, but you should know that your 'Eye on the Edge' blog was the main inspiration for my new 'Reflections' page. Thanks for the great example. Hope I can match some of your very thoughtful posts.

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  5. Your changes are great. I'm sure it was a goodly amount of work, but I'm sure your readers will be glad you did it, I know I am. Thank you and please keep up the great work.

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  6. I enjoyed reading your new pages and finding out a bit more about you! I had guessed that you were involved with botany and it seems I wasn't to far off the mark!

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  7. I like your blog "makeover!" Yep, I just added tabs to my blog a couple of weeks ago. Trying to think of ideas for other tabs.

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  8. You did great with your blog makeover. Sounds like you had an awesome Christmas with your family together.. I love the lavender photo, just beautiful. I will be checking out your Scotland pages.. Have a happy Sunday and week ahead!

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  9. Hello. From your comment on Loose and Leafy I understand you are joining in with following the progress of a tree for a year. (I hope that's right!) So I've added your name and a link to this blog on the Tree Following Page http://tinyurl.com/bv6pzt5 and look forward to adding details of your chosen tree. The next link box will be opening at 7am (UK time) on the 7th and closing at 7pm on the 14th. Lucy

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  10. Christmas with children and grandchildren is the best. As are your photos. This is such a delightful blog to visit.

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  11. I'll be visiting Scotland in July. I'll have to keep an eye on your blog.

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  12. I haven't added tabs yet, maybe that will end up being a "cabin fever" project this winter. When I do now I know where to go for advice! I, for one, am certainly glad you added a Scotland tab though I'm afraid to look since I've already got a loose plan going and only have 4 days in the Edinburgh area to work with. As I gave a quick glance to outdoors sites about Scotland I soon developed the feeling I might go back for a separate Highlands trip sometime in the future if the area speaks to me. Then again if I get across the ocean again I'll probably need to explore some new places....

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  13. Happy New Year! It's fun to do something new at the beginning of a fresh year - helps knocks out the cobwebs, inspires the Muses get busy! I should probably do something new to my blog, but am putting my energy and attention in revamping other areas of life (like my boxes of photos!), and learning Italian! :-)

    Love the beautiful photo of the lavender field! The Cotswolds are so beautiful even without the lavender, but what a breathtaking scene - I can almost smell that wonderful scent all the way from here.

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  14. good for you.....I love "pages" and look forward to reading yours. I took the purple field of flowers as a personal thank you ;)

    hehehehe

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    1. Yes, the purple lavender would suit you! And yours was one of those blogs with 'pages' that I was inspired by!

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  15. Looks great! We just HAVE to meet some day.

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  16. That field is balm for my wintery eyes:)

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  17. What a stunning picture that is. I love the deep intensity of the blue and purple and even how the purple stands out agains the grass and the dirt. I love fields of flowers. There is nothing more peaceful or serene. And it does not matter if it is sunny or rainy or cloudy or what the weather is like.

    Steven @ Cambridge Local Marketing

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