Blog Post No. 1700

Hard to believe I've posted 1700 times since I started blogging in 2005. Someone said my blog looked "distinctive". Since the template is only slightly revised from one of the standard ones, I assume the sizing and placement of pictures may be what looks distinctive.

Generally I like photos to be large enough to show some detail, usually "medium" in Blogger terms. Still, small ones can be handy when the detail isn't important, and readers can always click on them to see a bigger version. Keeping them lined up with the text can be tricky, since different-sized monitors change the spacing. I've gotten pretty adept at inserting tables in HTML to line up pictures and text, when I take the time. Tables are fairly simple as long as you work carefully so that you don't split any code in the wrong place.

While I'm writing about the blog, here's a summary of postings for the last three months:

• December '08: Christmas, Squirrels, and our trip to Tacoma.
• November: Thanksgiving, Port Republic, Shenandoah Valley Autumn, Aerial Views of Basye, Orkney, and West Virginia.
• October: Fall color in Shenandoah, deer, Civil War Reenactors at Belle Grove, and our Carolina trip