Whew! It feels great to get out and breathe fresh air!
I am happy to embrace the month of October, as I leave a nasty respiratory illness behind in September! The drafts section of my WordPress dashboard holds an eclectic assortment of posts that have been patiently waiting in limbo; I am much better, but fatigue still plagues my days and nights. I have done little except focus on getting well and am pleased to be back in the sunshine of life!
Word Press just updated new methods for sharing images and asked us to try out the new gallery options. After a few tweaks to the media settings, I opened a random post in the drafts setting, which happened to be the one for Ailsa’s photo challenge for last week. When it popped up in the rectangular format, a big smile crossed my face, and I was happy to see the sleek presentation of belated foliage images!
I am happy for this week’s WordPress challenge for photos that make me smile, and I am happy to share this sleek presentation of belated foliage images for Ailsa’s Where’s My Backback challenge.
I am happy to be almost well; I am happy to have pulled this out of limbo and present it in the clean sleek new image format, and I am happy for this week’s multi-photo challenge.
A proper submission for this week’s challenge of HAPPY will surely follow soon!
z
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Welcome back. 🙂
thank you so much! you two are the best! z
I’m happy you’re feeling better, as well. Great shots!
Hugs,
Kathy
Thanks! This feels like recovering from dengue! It takes a while, but that’s life’s way of slowing me down! 🙂 z
Know exactly what you mean! Glad you’re getting better!
Thank you! I always forget how perpetual coughing can leave one exhausted! It feels great to be better. Z
I like this format – your pictures look great! Thanks too for the heads up as I was wondering what tool was need for this display!
So glad to hear you are feeling better. That makes me happy! 🙂
Thank you! My friends in the Nicoya Penisula said that they finally received some much-needed rainfall. I hope all’s ok there as well. Z
yes.. go to settings, media, then select ‘display all gallery pictures in cool mosaic’ … and remember to hit ‘save’ which i forgot to do on the first attempt!
thanks, z
Thanks for explaining how to do the photo mosaic -I didn’t see the WP announcement. I really like it and will try it.
You’re welcome. It’s great for a focus on images. z
I’m happy you’re on the mend. RIs are horrible to get rid of and can be dangerous! I’m also happy to see all your lovely photograps too.
~ Lynda
Thank you so much! Yes, this RI kicked me down and trampled on me, though I had to fight to remain upright or risk it kicking me again!
z
I can remember a few times when sleeping sitting up was the only way to breathe… Scary.
Si, three weeks of poor sleep makes for an exhausted zeebra! Nothing helped except to sit or stand upright, stay mute and drink lots of warm teas. I am lucky that fresh mint, ginger, lemon grass and hibiscus are within reach daily! Am sipping ginger tea right now! Thanks, Z
I am glad that you are on the mend. Welcome back. Love your photos. Thank you for sharing 😉
You are so kind! Thank you; it feels good to be getting stronger! Z
We miss you when you’re gone, but absence, as they say, makes the heart grow fonder – and in this case, absence helped you become stronger!
I’m just delighted by your photos, and grateful for your hints about the gallery possibilities. I’ll probably not make use of it much, but I’ll make a point of exploring what’s possible. It’s much easier than creating a collage with one of the programs like PicMonkey, I think.
The mantis made me smile!
How do you get the large photos at the top and bottom?
i inserted them manually like a normal post.. then when i finished uploading the other images to the gallery, i gave it the prompt to insert the gallery. you have to upload new images – i could not find a way to use images from the media library and have them included in the gallery.
Thanks so much.
I just played with my images on an old post -of the Space Shuttle fly-by. I changed the Slide Show to the gallery. It looks really nice.
Great! When we learn new tricks, our brains stay strong! Z
One more post is heading out in a few minutes. I’ve been experimenting with the circle option.
z
so glad you’re feeling better. I had whooping cough for months and remember all too well the feeling of not being able to breathe well
Wow! I’ve never heard of anyone who has had whooping cough! Asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema were all possible diagnoses, though I will see a specialist later this month and hopefully find out why this happened and how to keep it from happening again! Z
It wasn’t fun…went on for about 5 months. I had to use a nebuliser for most of it. At times I thought I would never stop coughing…or be able to breathe properly ever again, but I am happy to know I am probably immune for years now. i was studying at the time for my Bachelors of Communications…made it hard to study somewhat.
You poor thing… that’s a long time to have a chronic cough, especially when trying to study. Long ago I had a perpetual cough that started each November and lasted until March. (cold weather) When I moved to Central America, the cough stayed behind in the ‘states. I had forgotten how tiring the cough can be, and how one loses the energy to eat. Yes, at least you’re immune now. I suspect that a recent trip to Guayaquil triggered my illness, and pollution will always be a threat to my respiratory system. z
That really sucks.
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The butterfly is amazing!
Thanks! They love the ripe bananas, as do many species of birds and insects. People are often baffled why I leave fruit to rot on the stalk/tree/ground or why I allow ‘ escapes’ to grow in the garden. It’s a no brainer for me.. if one wants nature, one needs to cultivate a hotel for nature!
z
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Thanks to you I wrote a post for the Weekly Photo Challenge on Happy. 🙂
While I like the way the mosaic looks I didn’t like the lack of control i.e there are some photos I wanted to make bigger but I don’t think we have that kind of authority? It made a photo of me the largest in the whole mosaic when I wanted the ones of my daughter to be large….
New gallery options? I missed a meeting!
Proper and happy enough:-).
Be well.
Si.. I shared the link (to the WordPress post) with several others and ended up with my comments going into spam! There’s also a link in each of my posts. Good luck – you’ll make a great one for sure! Z
Welcome back and sending you healing love and light… 🙂
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Thanks for the pingback!
z
Exciting images that jumps to life. Beautiful. I’m glad to know you are feeling better. Me and my wife got sick early October as ragweed pollens dominate the Fall air. But we are better now and glad it’s all over and we get to enjoy the season’s changes.
ragweed! how i remember ragweed being an october pest! i am glad you’re better and hopefully allergen free for another year!
z
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