As another small chapter in my life draws to an end I sit here at 4.30am completing the final task, the downloading of images to my foto site.
I have been as serendipitous on the web as I have been in the real world, through a combination of sound direction and a lot of searching I now have a web presence that I am happy with for the moment, it was a little complicated to set up with several sites that provide links to the others, my social network (facebook) providing both contact with friends and supporters and a link to my Blog.
I have been as serendipitous on the web as I have been in the real world, through a combination of sound direction and a lot of searching I now have a web presence that I am happy with for the moment, it was a little complicated to set up with several sites that provide links to the others, my social network (facebook) providing both contact with friends and supporters and a link to my Blog.
Penny deep in vocation
My blog in turn links directly to various foto album pages that provide invaluable supporting material related both to my blog and my facebook contacts. Finally I have a web site that aligns with my 2014 project in the form of proactive research and information to charities and funders alike, this links back to my blog, as I said, it is a little complicated attempting to maintain them all however as the creases iron out it is well worth the £20 or £30 per year that by far competes with an official one click reaches all web-site, that will have to await the penny jar.
This evening has been spent doing just that, pre holiday maintenance, uploading fotos, organising albums, making out a things to do list, stringing up the paintworks for hanging Sunday, editing the exhibition paperwork, a couple of hours with Sheila and took her a gift as a congratulations on getting her new work, a bracelet, necklace and earings set made by a young and knowledgeable artist on the market who even wrote down the names of the stones from the top of her head for me, as it turned out the properties of the Rhodonite , a calming stone with effects on anxiety, attention to detail, helps with self esteem and restoring physical energy after a trauma, so, perfect.
I have dug out my hammer and spirit level, written a letter to Dan and Patti, a couple of e-mails added more to my ‘things to do’ ,and that is it, only time now to finish the image download and this blog post, a final check on all web links and then call time-out.
It is planned for next week that I just relax, spend time with Sheila and the dogs, take loads of fotos and generally take it easy so that I am psychologically ready to maximise on the support at Combat Stress, if I arrive there still with unfinished business here then I shall be distracted and my time there does not allow for a lack of attention if I am to participate and contribute in a manner that only the issues that specifically effect my forward motion in life are of concern.
The only outstanding problem I have at present that has to be sorted sooner rather than later is the viewing of images on my fotosite (link on right hand site of my blog start-up page)
There is no problem viewing the entire album as a single page however, when you click to view a larger one it doesn’t show just a visible larger image it shows the image 10 times bigger than my screen, you also have to scroll to the bottom of the page even to find the viewer, from the point of view that you are immediately able to start examining the prints and images in the tiniest detail it is fantastic, but for those who just want to see a large overall view it is of no use; until then you will just have to enjoy the music that plays during the slideshow, I know they say you should not have music on your site as it effects the download speed, I shall await feed back on that score, images and music have gone together since time in memoriam who am I to argue with a time tested tradition.
This evening has been spent doing just that, pre holiday maintenance, uploading fotos, organising albums, making out a things to do list, stringing up the paintworks for hanging Sunday, editing the exhibition paperwork, a couple of hours with Sheila and took her a gift as a congratulations on getting her new work, a bracelet, necklace and earings set made by a young and knowledgeable artist on the market who even wrote down the names of the stones from the top of her head for me, as it turned out the properties of the Rhodonite , a calming stone with effects on anxiety, attention to detail, helps with self esteem and restoring physical energy after a trauma, so, perfect.
I have dug out my hammer and spirit level, written a letter to Dan and Patti, a couple of e-mails added more to my ‘things to do’ ,and that is it, only time now to finish the image download and this blog post, a final check on all web links and then call time-out.
It is planned for next week that I just relax, spend time with Sheila and the dogs, take loads of fotos and generally take it easy so that I am psychologically ready to maximise on the support at Combat Stress, if I arrive there still with unfinished business here then I shall be distracted and my time there does not allow for a lack of attention if I am to participate and contribute in a manner that only the issues that specifically effect my forward motion in life are of concern.
The only outstanding problem I have at present that has to be sorted sooner rather than later is the viewing of images on my fotosite (link on right hand site of my blog start-up page)
There is no problem viewing the entire album as a single page however, when you click to view a larger one it doesn’t show just a visible larger image it shows the image 10 times bigger than my screen, you also have to scroll to the bottom of the page even to find the viewer, from the point of view that you are immediately able to start examining the prints and images in the tiniest detail it is fantastic, but for those who just want to see a large overall view it is of no use; until then you will just have to enjoy the music that plays during the slideshow, I know they say you should not have music on your site as it effects the download speed, I shall await feed back on that score, images and music have gone together since time in memoriam who am I to argue with a time tested tradition.
So, fantastic project and good results in the end, a lot of good contacts made, a lot of good work available as inspiration toward the next project, off to Scotland in 7 days and little admin in-between (including my blog! Too many words of late and not enough images by far) my prayers to all who pop in here now and again to see how I am getting on, before then however it is 7.45am and time for 40 winks.
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parting thoughts of the day
I cant remember where to find out who said these but they fit together nicely,
in celebration of today;
"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'"
Enjoyment is not a goal but a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity as as long as we complete what we are doing we continue to enjoy that upon which we are occupied, Stress comes, not from having too much work but from not finishing what we have started,
And for me, an affirmation;
I have no stress, I have reached the end of the beginning and have finished.
