Friday, October 8, 2010

Tricks for Me...Treats for You!

Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold.

~ A Children's Song of the 1880's

Well...it appears that I am starting the weekend off with all Tricks and no Treats from Blogger! Apparently there are some nasty ghosts in the machinery here, and they are wreaking all kinds of havoc on my Dashboard area, specifically my Blog Reader. Don't know if any of the rest of you are having these issues, but today when I logged in, my Blog Reader area was HUGE! I can see all of maybe 10 blogs that I follow in the reader because the images are GIGANTIC! Not only can I see you in your cute Halloween Costume, but I am almost able to count the pores on your face....that's how monstrously large the images are. And I'm getting 'scroller's elbow' from having to scroll over for 15 minutes just to see all the words, which seemingly stretch into the neighboring town. WTH?!!!

I posted a help comment, only to learn that there are lots of others experiencing the same insanity inducing issues....so at least I can take some twisted comfort in knowing that I am not alone in my frustration and misery! Are any of you having
the same problems?

So what this all means is....I cannot see anymore than 10 blog posts on the page, and there is no means for scrolling down to see more....just over, and over and over to see the entirety of the 10 that I can view. So....until this issue gets fixed, I may not be commenting on your blog for an unspecified amount of time. I'll try to access them in other ways, but just in case....you all know now why I'm MIA.


So I'll leave you with a couple of Treats, some colo
rful Autumn images that represent where I'd REALLY like to be right about now! The top one I shot in North Georgia, and the bottom one I took in New Hampshire. Hope it is starting to look like this for you lucky folks who live north of Florida! Have a great weekend!
All Photography © Wendy A. (All Rights Reserved)

14 comments:

BleuMoon said...

I am having the same issues - finally I tried that read in google reader button at the bottom and it took all my viewing to a whole new place and it seemed to work out fine there, but I want blogger back the way it was -

bleumoon

The Traveler said...

I'm having the same problem, but it just magically cleared up, so wohoo, hope it stays working!

Jeanne said...

What incredible color in those pictures! Beautiful!

I had the same problems this morning and went through Google Reader to catch up on my blog stalking. But it seems to be back to normal now.

Wings1295 said...

Hope the issues work out soon, but in the meantime, thanks for the pics & the poem!

Guillaume said...

Sad, I hope I can get you commenting soonish. Oh, and lovely pictures.

Dark Squirrel Victoria said...

Hee hee Wendy, I like twisted comfort. i was reading blogs last night when it changed, thought my limping laptop had changed a setting. No wonder I couldn't get it back. The pictures are beautiful. We took a 4 wheeler ride through our town today and marveled at the color.

Victoria ♥

Erick said...

My Dashboard was screwy this morning too. But it's all better now.

AkasaWolfSong said...

The same thing happened to me this morning Wendy as well as not being able to leave comments so I quickly gave it up...I wanted to let you know I loved the video you posted. The Band Rocks!! And how cool is that you got a shout out from the guys on the CD! You Go Woman! :)

The colors in my neck of the woods are starting to change ... I made a beautiful wreath this week from some grapevine growing out back and hung it on my front door...the leaves on it were touched by the frost that come through earlier this week and struck them a beautiful wine color. I wish I had a good camera to show everyone...I love your photo's as always, even tho I sometimes don't comment. I do really love your blog all the way around!
Have a Stellar Weekend!
Blessings of Peace to You!

Heathen said...

Sorry to hear about your Blogger issues. Mine seems to be running okay, but I was at work all day so maybe I got lucky and missed it.

Those pictures make me miss Fall up north! :-( They are beautiful though, thanks for sharing! :-)

suzanne said...

That sounds scary. I've fortunately been spared (so far). Hope it's resolved soon.

Great photos! And yes, it is beginning to look like that around here. :D

Wendy said...

One of the reasons I quit blogger, I think there are some imps playing around. A really good blog reader is
http://www.feedly.com
I love the pictures though, gorgeous!

The Artful Gypsy aka Wendy the Very Good Witch said...

Well thanks for keeping in the loop. After you all started posting that your own issues had resolved, I checked in later and mine had too...thank goodness!

And thank you so much for your kind words Alaska Wolf Song, much appreciated! And I'm glad you liked the music too. :o)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! :o)

Vivien said...

I've read your blog quietly a while now, but I had to comment. I love the verse you quoted! My grandmother used to say that as a poem all the time, and she remembered it from her own school days.

Anonymous said...

I had that 100x magnification thing going the other day too. It's gone now. Today I'm getting error messages saying there's a virus coming from Blogger.

Someone spiked Bloggers Halloween punch methinks.