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Sunspot storms

Here’s a cool video from Vimeo of the Aurora on Lake Superior.

A brilliant flare up of northern lights. Taken March 7, 2012 under a nearly full moon on the icy shores of Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Photography: Shawn Malone

The recent Sunspot storms are creating great shows. The big one hitting earth today may cause some electrical interference.

If your out looking at the night sky, three planets are showing up good after Sunset. Mars is very low in the East, and Jupitor and Venus appear close to each other.

 

WordPress

Well I think I am going to stay with WordPress. I started out using iWeb in 2009. It gave me a good looking site, but I wanted more. In 2010 I learned to use Rapidweaver, and used it to build my website, some for family and some for business’s.  I also took online courses for HTML and CSS. I even took a Dreamweaver course.

 

I still have alot to learn about WordPress. The biggest advantage is setting up other people’s sites so they can update them. I like the simplicity and layout. It has a great support group, and online help. New side products are constantly being added for it.

 

I am still doing major tweaks to my site, and have many pages to add.

Photos

OctopusI have not had time to add pages telling about and showing photos of the trips I have done. So, here is a sample. I photographed this octopus at the Indians in the British Virgin Islands a few years ago. It was our fifth sailing trip, our fourth to the BVI’s. The BVI’s are simple place to bareboat. It is like KOA camping on some islands, and the other islands are like dry camping with no facilities, except the boat. The navigation is line of sight. Most islands are in sight of each other, except for Anegada, which is barely above sea level. We had spent the night at the Bight in Norman Island, a very cool place to stay. The first time we ever anchored in the Bight, there was nothing on the island but goats, though there was a boat bar, the Willie T. Now there is a restaurant bar, Pirates Bight, on the beach. We have bareboated several times, about ten, in different spots around the Caribbean.

 

I was snorkeling around the submerged reefs when I came up on him (actually I don’t know the sex). The fish life was great that day. I also saw an Eagle Ray, in about 30 feet of water. It took off immediately to deeper water.

Blogger

Now I tried to import the blogger post i have, but they will not load. Cut and paste is not in the books right now.

Importing Old Post

Well the first trick I tried was to import old blog post from iWeb, a Mac program to create a Website. It did not completely work. It imported a limited number of post, and with no pictures. Oh well, I can update them or not.

New Site using WordPress

I’ve destroyed the old web site. It’s time to update. I have started using WordPress. It is a easier way to update your website, without any special programs. I can easily enter and change anything from any computer. I just need to log on to my website. Well here we go.