A Blessed Mess

A Chronicle: The All-Nighter of Oh-Nine a.k.a. Itchypalooza

See for yourselves . . . 

Still playing around with watermarks.  I think if I can make them interesting in and of themselves, then they won't be annoying and no one can steal my work in this big mean world of the internets.

Huge nest of chiggers devoured each leg and poison ivy sprang up on my wrist, hence the itchy factor.  That's what happens when you drop a city girl in the country for a few hours!

Just how itchy was it?  Look for Carman in an earlier post for an idea of how itchy it was.

For more photos of the great All-Nighter of Oh-Nine, click the continue link below or see the set on flickr.

To Watermark or Not to Watermark, That is the Question

For the most part I am bugged by watermarks on digital photos posted to the web. BUT - I think it's finally time that I should start doing so. My new question is:

What do you think of this?

Thanks for the feedback.

My whole web presence is in transition, so your feedback now helps me give you what you want later.

:-D

iPhone and iLove Squarespace!

After years of resisting an iPhone because of my fierce loyalty to Verizon (we're talking 14 years or so) and fierce dislike of AT&T (the biz phone years caused that), I am finally getting an iPhone.  And it's free because I won it from Squarespace in a contest on twitter.  

As soon as I entered that contest, I knew I was going to win one.  Irony works that way!  Well, after much thought and consideration and itching to have that phone I've always wanted, I'm going to get the iPhone, I'm going to leave Verizon (any hints from anyone on how best to do that are appreciated!), I'm going to get a pocket protector and I hope that I don't go bankrupt from buying apps.

Can you see my excitement through these words?  I am grinning like a child on Christmas morning!

Now, about Squarespace.  I'm not just saying any of this because they sent me an iPhone (well a card to trade in for an iPhone at the Apple store).  I'm saying this because not only are the folks that work there very nice (we've tweeted back and forth) but because I am seriously considering using them as this blog goes through its mid-life transition.  (There seem to be a lot of those mid-life transitions going on lately so I figured why not include the blog!).  

Check out this review of  Squarespace and some of the sites that use it.  I think it is seriously GOOD STUFF by good people.  What more could I want for an amazing blog?