Have you got a word for me?

If you have a spare minute I'd love you to pop over and visit my latest creation on Wordpress. Yes, I have decided that it's time to become competent on that platform too.

I am hoping that my geneablogging friends and genimates will contribute words, pictures and stories to the GeneaDictionary, a blog that will allow us to discuss the history and origins of the original and funky words we have coined while dealing with our geneaffliction on and offline.

http://geneadictionary.wordpress.com

Sharing an Invitation

I picked up this pretty document at a meeting I attended yesterday.I know that most of my readers will not be able to take up this invitation but I am sharing it for several reasons.

1. On a table that had several fliers available for the taking this pretty one stood out and asked to be taken.  Take note those who are creating promotional material for their societies or groups.

2. I had never heard of the group hosting the event and want to find out more about them.

3. I thought a High Tea was a good idea for a fundraiser.

4. I love the theme and activity for the day - an idea for #NFHM2015 perhaps.

NB I erased Joy's and Carolynne's phone numbers from the document but if you want further info I am happy to share.

Wordless Wednesday - Congratulations Red Cross

On this the Centenary of the founding of the Australian Red Cross I am sharing this photo of my grandparents with my mother and her four sisters who were members of the Junior Red Cross in Cobar NSW.

The Duncan girls. Cobar c 1935

Tarting up the Template

Having recently looked at lots of blogs and noted some of their design features I am attempting to tart up my blog template.

I like my header image but am not fond of the header font I have been using so I will experiment with a more contemporary looking font. The font in the blog description is hard to read and needs to be heavier but I can't seem to do this in Blogger unless I get into the html and I'm not going there right now. I really need to devote some time to creating a custom header in a a graphics program but this will have to suffice for the time being. \I think that the pale blue border background I have is a bit daggy so will go back to the white background I had before the blue and green before that.

I may move some of the older badges from the sidebar to a separate page in an attempt to declutter that area. I realise that I need to add some social media sharing buttons to this area so will explore some widgets for that purpose.

I am off to check my static pages and make sure that the information there is correct. Watch out for some changes.

How often do you give your blog layout and design a health check?