“The RoseBouquet”

Besides our garden, which is turning into a waist-high green jungle, and the need to find people we can share our bounty with (raspberries, lettuce, potatoes, beets, and soon, cucumbers, zucchini, etc.) I’ve been grateful for our comfortable house with the window A/C box and some fans, and the hours I can spend in front of this computer.

I’ve always been interested in many things, and my secret to doing them all at once is to allot each project some time in my daily or weekly schedule. That way I don’t proceed very fast in any one thing, but I make slow progress on most or all of them. Lately I’ve begun to wonder if I’ve spread myself too thin. Sort of like the fisherman with 8 or 9 lines cast and the rods planted in the sand. Suddenly he has bites on all of them, and he’s busy trying to tend them, and pull them all in at the same time. Looks impossible, doesn’t it?

My method is very educational, but some lessons take longer than others. They can hold you up. Yesterday I was determined to get a Google sitemap created for my BouquetofEnterprises.biz site. I followed the steps carefully and came along fine until I got to the step about using SSH. Now what on earth is that? I had to stop and do some research. That means reading time. And a few more sessions or hours will need to be spent on it. I suspect I have this on my computer, but is it activated, and how do I use it? When I’ve learned this I’ll be able to apply it to many other situations, including sitemaps for all the other sites. Meantime, that sitemap is delayed.

I’ve also resolved that by the end of this month I will have a new author photo to put on all my sites. I’ve been taking photos of myself with Dad’s digital camera using the timer setting I told you about a few weeks ago. I’ve taken whole batches of photos in different settings and outfits and poses. All I really want is a good head-shot that will look winsome and friendly. However, I’ve become very discerning about flaws. Sometimes I look too cross-eyed, sometimes too shy, sometimes there are shadows on half my face, or behind my head. Sometimes my shoulders look hunched forward, (which happens when I want to be friendly into your face), sometimes there are other objects too close and distracting. I’m amazed at how many “looks” I’ve got.

Anyway, I must’ve taken at least 100 shots, and this week I’ve been whittling those down to 16 favourites with potential. Then I narrowed that list down to 7, and yesterday I got it down to four. There are two outdoor ones that might look okay for the Ruthes-SecretRoses.com site, and I might persuade myself to use the other two on the business and the genealogy site, but I want to try them out first. I guess they don’t all have to be the same one, right?

If I’m still not happy, I’ll take some more on this weekend, but then - it is time to STOP FUSS’N! Just choose already!