Spring is indeed here with a brand new, my very first slideshow on blogger.

One of my favorite bloggers Angel inspired me once again to open up my world to the spring fresh air. Thank you so much! You didn't worry about not having a current or edited pic, you just blogged it.
I have been so busy trying to catch up with school before we leave to KY for a wedding the week after the official spring break that I totally left all my spring pics on the back burner. I worried about how we are going to take 2 weeks off. But, no more worries. School will get done! We were all getting cranky and it is time to say ENOUGH! TImE for a break!
With first sball and bball practices starting this week I realized how much busier life will be in the next few weeks. It is always a challenge for me to get something planned after schooling and carpooling kids to their extracurricular activities. But, I am taking a break this week to regroup, rethink , replan, recoup, etc.
So, before it gets really busy and games start I am hoping to enjoy this week. First step is almost over with -post some pics and a long overdue blog. I'd love to make some handmade cards for an upcoming wedding and maybe even get the kids started on a lapbook of a country! Grand plans but it's all Lord willing.
So, here is a slideshow of spring pics I took a few weekends ago while biking at Calloway Gardens. I am infamous at procrastinating to edit and post pics. I have fun taking pics but do not care for editing too much. But I really tried hard on these pics but some of them are still very grainy, please, forgive me. I am in the process of learning all the ISO and noise and other photo terms.
Hope you enjoy the pics. I am learning new things every day!. I finally learned how to make thumbnails with a free download program called Easy thumbnails after wasting a few hours trying a useless, confusing program that came with my Canon. After 3 phone calls to my devoted and patient photographer friend Amanda (and a bike ride to get rid of my frustration) I was able to thumbnail a whole folder of pics in a matter of minutes. (thank you so very much, friend, for your patience with me while I persevred) Same for downloading them to Picasa and creating a slideshow! Easy with Picasa. She's been telling me about Picasa all along! But I didn't even have to download it on my comp. I just made a folder on line and embedded the code into the slideshow! How fun! Wow! That's what I call efficiency! Go thumbnails! No more long waiting for downloading them. No more huge pics sent to friends, no more embarassment! Hope you find the blogging and pic uploading easy! It paid off to persevere. I am wiped out but I feel like I;ve got something accomplished.


Blessings.