After several attempts and at least a half hour later I have finally created a yahoo account so that I could then create a flickr account. Frankly I'm irritated. So far I have looked at all of the links re flickr, but unfortunately I didn't bring my datastick with photos on it, so I am not able to add anything at this time. I seem to be not doing my 23 things in order. It's because I had so much trouble creating the flickr account. Exploring the RSS feeds and creating the avatar were fun, sofar this part has been more difficult and very frustrating for me.

Earlier this week I explored several sites that offer avatars and created my avatar through Meez. It was a lot of fun. I especially appreciate learning new skills. Being over 50, I don't want to sit back and be complacent. I think it is important to continue to stretch your mind and learn new things. That is why I wanted to do the 23 Things, your mind is like your muscles, "use it or lose it"!!!

love my dog

I have spent a bit of time exploring RSS feeds and the links that were attached. I got frustrated and found the blogline search tool not that intuitive. Perhaps it was just me. I found the RSS feed for the Times of London, but after multiple attempts to add it to my feeds gave up. Obviously I need to spend more time. Although I can also just add it to favorites and look at it at will. I do see the appeal though of having feeds collected for me.

The attached picture has nothing to do with the RSS assignment, I just wanted to play around with adding a photo to my blog.

I've enjoyed reading about Flickr. I explored a few of the recommended sites and made a colorful flower kaleidoscope at KrazyDad games and activities. I think the photo sites will be interesting for me because I travel quite a bit and it will be nice to save the pictures in an organized manner. Also nice to be able to share with friends and relatives that do not live near.

Having lived in Europe for 8 years, we spent as much time as possible traveling the continent. I have loads of electronic pictures of many beautiful places. I associate so many happy memories with the images. Beiing able to keep them organized will be helpful. I'll just have to be careful not to bore friends and family to death . I don't want them dreading messages from me!

This is my first ever blog. What can I say on this auspicious occasion! As my URL indicates, I love reading. As my name indicates, I love my dog. In terms of reading, I prefer British police procedurals. Reginald Hill, Colin Dexter and PD James are tops in my books. For general reads I like Anne Tyler, Elizabeth Berg, and Mary Wesley to name a few.