BLOGGER VS FACEBOOK

Nowadays people have a variety of ways to keep in touch with each other and to share their daily experiences. Personally I don't use Twitter or TikTok at all, but I do look at Facebook almost every day. For me it is a way to keep in touch with friends, family, and a few groups I belong to. But, for me, it is not a satisfying way to record and share our travels or pictures we take.

Black Swallowtail at McConnell Arboretum and Garden

In my eye, this blog is more like a diary or a series of travel articles. It gives us a place to share our photography. A single picture on Facebook works, but adding several becomes a mismash. When I create a post on Blogger, I try to look at it as if I was creating a magazine page layout. 

A feature of the Blogger platform I really like is the ability to go back and see what I wrote in past years.  I don't know how many times I have used the SEARCH function on my blog to verify when we went to a particular location. 

Try that with Facebook!  

I do put links for my Blog posts on Facebook,  so my friends there know when I write a new one. 

 

For now, I want to say thank you, and welcome aboard, to my friends who commented on my first blog of the year and wrote they would be "traveling with me". It makes me feel like I am writing a letter to each of you when I do a post. 

 

 

The pictures in this post were all taken Monday at the McConnell Arboretum and Gardens. It is located in the same park area as the Sundial Bridge.  These orchid-like flowers grew on a tree!

We walked 2.4 miles,  just a little farther than on Sunday. Monday was quite warm, but some clouds kept it from getting as hot as the day before. 

 

 

 

 

 

Splish splash, I'm takin' a bath.

 

Not all interesting things in nature are "pretty". I find the vast range of textures in both living and dead plants to be like eye candy.

This fallen log definitely says: "don't sit on me!"

We will still be in Redding, CA on Tuesday, but do not plan on any outdoor activity. Predicted temperatures are over 100°. There is a bowling alley just around the corner from the RV park we are at. We haven't bowled for 40 years.  It might be fun if our old backs and knees feel up to it. 

Check back for the rest of the story.

 

Who Else am I Missing

I know some bloggers just stop posting for one reason or another. 


There are some who post just about every day and I'm used to seeing their posts pop up on my reading list.  If I don't see them for a couple of days I might wonder, but figure they just were busy or in a place where the internet isn't very good.


If someone decides to stop posting, they don't "owe" anyone any explanation,  but it is nice when someone does write something to let their followers know they are taking a break.


I hadn't seen a new post from Me and My Dog for a while, but didn't think much of it. Gypsy did, and mentioned it in her post, so I checked and the most recent post I had by Barbra was 5 weeks ago.  


Now I'm wondering about who else I'm missing.  How would I know if someone was still posting if it doesn't show up.  Need I click on each of the 100 or so blogs on my list?  


Who do I complain to?