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experimental posting

2010-04-26T23:37:00.000-07:00

It's 11:36 pm, April 26. When will this show up in my Google Reader?

You're invited to a social/biz event at High Hand Nursery - 9/29

2009-09-23T23:13:00.000-07:00

The cafe at High Hand Nursery has been open for a year and is now one of the most popular destinations in the Loomis area. But, Wait! that's not all. The nursery is gorgeous... The old fruit shed harboring pots, fountains and garden sculpture, divine! Did I mention the art gallery? (sigh) Well, some things you'll just have to find out about for yourself! I love introducing people to High

The Experimental "Jump Post"

2009-09-09T19:51:00.000-07:00

Today is the 10th anniversary of Blogger! Yep. That's right! And the birthday present from Blogger to its Blog-gers and their Blogs is the ... Jump Post! Happy Birthday, Blogger...thank you for the presentto learn all about it, go to Garden Bloggers and follow the link, "You Might as Well Jump"! Blogging Help For Beginners... Blogging is fun! It's creative, it's smarty-pants exhilarating,

Twitter...be there or be square

2009-08-17T09:57:00.000-07:00

Ok...you have a blog and you're wanting to branch out...try FaceBook...maybe Twitter. Jump in all the way...swim with the sharks. Like your blog, these "social media" sites can be used for personal reasons, or business. According to an article in eMarketer, Twitter is the current big cheese of the social media channels when it comes to marketing. Getting a Twitter account takes about 3 minutes...

When people search for businesses do they find you?

2009-04-09T10:13:00.000-07:00

According to GetFave.com, an online marketing site, "A recent study conducted by ComScore, Inc., a global leader in online marketing intelligence, found that local search (the practice of using online search tools to find local businesses, products, or services) grew 58% in 2008!The study also found that most people are not looking for a specific brand or company when they begin searching.

Inside Red Studio

2009-03-07T23:31:00.000-08:00

I helped my friend, Lynn, get her blog started and it's exciting to see what she's doing. She's a fellow garden designer and an artist...loves to mix it up with recycled materials. Check it out!

I've been having fun...

2008-12-19T08:53:00.000-08:00

I've been working on a blog for a friend who owns Exotic Plants, a retail store and a indoor plant maintenance/rental business). She gets most excited about the prospect of a virtual store where she could carry art and artifacts (what does that mean? see bottom of this post), and even plants from around the world. She loves to travel, loves to shop, loves photography and loves plants...but

Blogging Experiment #4: A visual on Blogger's picture sizes and placement

2008-11-03T11:41:00.000-08:00

Many thanks to my model, Liesel!

Blogging Experiment # 3: Linking to Someone Else's Blog Post

2008-10-31T10:32:00.001-07:00

Here's a picture of Ryder Green's pumpkin harvest, and below that, a link to more pumpkin pictures and a yummy recipe for baked pumpkin, apples and cranberry, with ginger and Cointreau. Today we're having our first showers of the season in the valley and it's sweet! THE VILLAGE VOICE: 'CORNUCOPIA OF REDS and ORANGES' ~ GINGER PUMPKIN, CRANBERRY & APPLES

Blogging Experiment # 2: The Picasa Collage

2008-10-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

Blogging Experiment # 1: The Pictobrowser Flickr Slideshow

2008-10-12T09:59:00.000-07:00

Blogging is so much fun...no small part of which is learning all the tech of how to do all sorts of amazing things seen on other people's web pages. If you haven't blogged, I'll tell you this...you can go to the "View" setting of your browser tool bar, click on "source" and see the code that was used to do all manner of nifty things on someone else's website. You need some idea of code (duh), but

Welcome to the blogosphere

2008-10-12T09:56:00.000-07:00

Blogging is fun! It's creative, it's smarty-pants exhilarating, and it's all about communication.