Tuesday 11 June 2013

Green...

...with a hint of blue.


My favorite tree ready for plenty of Summer sunshine.  
Hopefully!

Participating in Our World Tuesday.

I am going to take a leap and sign up for Google+ so that I can use that location for storage of my zillions of photographs.  I have been using Picasa Web Album but I understand that that may be phased out. (I also store on an external hard drive and on my laptop.)  Not being a geek - things may go wrong.  Fingers crossed.  


18 comments:

Chrissy Brand said...

That is so simple and so effective Lauren. Wishing you a green summer!

LONDONLULU said...

I needed that dose of sunny green, thanks! Our sun finally came peeping out after torrential rain. It's still playing hide and seek though:) I did not know that about Picasa possibly being phased out, but I'm not surprised - you are inspiring me to look for better photo organizing solutions!

Stefan Jansson said...

Looks great. A really good composition it is.

Deb said...

Lovely pastoral scene, nicely framed.

Gemma Wiseman said...

A wonderful rural scene drenched in glorious peace!

-K- said...

Lush!

And I agree with the others about the excellent compostion/framing.

Unknown said...

I thought Picasa ended about a year ago when it was taken over by Google. It was a nice little program & had some useful tools. I use Lightroom now

Unknown said...

What a lovely and tranquil scenery!

Anonymous said...

what a great photo! I love that tree too. so peaceful!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

This is the perfect rural English rural scene LOL..um what exactly do you mean Picasa will be winding down, quelle horreur! Now what :)

Daryl said...

every time i see a tree like that I am reminded of Longfellow's Under A Spreading Chestnut Tree .. at least thats what i think its called

LOLfromPasa said...

Thank you so much for your comments on my tree. You can picture me and Mr LOL sitting at a picnic bench, having hot chocolate and looking at this view after we go for a walk around Coombe.

Now to the Google+ issue - You will see that Stefan and Christopher (both who commented today) have the G+ next to their names. The only problem is that I CAN'T comment on Christopher's photo unless I am in Google+ but I can on Stefan's. Confusing - Yes! Must have to do with the way they have set up their comments on their blog/Google+. Nora (also commenting today) confirms that she has heard about problems with Google+ comments and moderation. That really worries me.

Picasa Web Albums - At the moment our blog photos are copied and stored in Picasa Web Album. It is still there but google has been added to the URL!!! Since Picasa is a Google product and I am thinking Blogger is too...that is where I get confused and very concerned. There is gossip that Picasa photos are to be absorbed into Google+.

Please just be aware and watchful. Carry on with what you are doing and enjoy blogging. I will try out Google+ and report back in a future blog. I hate not being a 'geek' :).



PerthDailyPhoto said...

I'm going to take your advice LOL and just continue on my merry way and just hope that one day when I click on it hasn't all disappeared on moi :) surely not hey!

LOLfromPasa said...

Grace - I can see me doing the same but I will have a little explore into G+ world over the weekend :).

TheChieftess said...

What a lovely summer pic!!! Looks like a nice day to be in Coventry!!!
At the photography program that I took classes at, they recommended no less than 3 back ups for your photography!!! I have two external hard drives, and keep my memory cards!!! And I've still lost photos!!! I should have an off site back up too, but because I store my pics on the external instead of on my computer, I can't back them up offline. Maybe for more money...but not the program I have!!!

LOLfromPasa said...

Good points, Chieftess! I find it all helpful and sadly it is raining right now...ha ha!

LOLfromPasa said...

Daryl - Not far away is a Sweet Chestnut Tree which is fenced off because it is very old to promote any new shoots. I will think of you when I see it next. Anyone can sing along if they follow the link - http://www.englishvideolesson.com/4735-under-the-spreading-chestnut-tree-nursery-rhymes-and-children-songs-with-lyrics-muffin-songs.html

Misty said...

Such a peaceful looking photo. Lovely.