I'd like a little visual symmetry when talking about Flickr, but I can't decide which I prefer: Foto Flickr or Photo Phlickr. Obviously, Yahoo has decided to go with the letter F. Me? Upon reflection--at least 5 seconds of it--I'm partial to the Ph. It looks more absurd and, dare I say, cutting edge and pretentious.
But on to the quest at hand: I've decided on completing Option A as it seems most easily doable from my desk right now. I'll just borrow a photo from someone I know who won't mind, ask permission in an email after the fact, and move on! I'll gain the experience of adding a graphic element to this blog, which should be a useful and satisfying accomplishment. I have been known to admire photos in the blogs of others...
So here's the photograph that I will write a few lines about. In order to be able admire it immediately to the right of this paragraph instead of at the top of the page, I ventured into a Blogger help group, which was a new blogging experience for me. Having to take this step, though, can also be viewed as another example of how something that should be easy, obvious, and seamless (placing a photo part way down a blog entry) isn't. Guess my take on this depends on whether my mood is glass-half-empty or glass-half-full.
But on to the quest at hand: I've decided on completing Option A as it seems most easily doable from my desk right now. I'll just borrow a photo from someone I know who won't mind, ask permission in an email after the fact, and move on! I'll gain the experience of adding a graphic element to this blog, which should be a useful and satisfying accomplishment. I have been known to admire photos in the blogs of others...
So here's the photograph that I will write a few lines about. In order to be able admire it immediately to the right of this paragraph instead of at the top of the page, I ventured into a Blogger help group, which was a new blogging experience for me. Having to take this step, though, can also be viewed as another example of how something that should be easy, obvious, and seamless (placing a photo part way down a blog entry) isn't. Guess my take on this depends on whether my mood is glass-half-empty or glass-half-full.Anyway, to the photograph I've posted: I've been thinking about Ireland lately because I recently viewed some photographs that a very nice colleague of mine shared with me. They were from a recent trip of hers to Ireland. The one to the right--not borrowed from her but taken by one of my children--was taken near the Hill of Tara. Lots of real history there and many personal memories of good visits with lovely people--and children running all over the landscape chasing sheep.
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