Well here I am in readiment for my big adventure. The Bluetooth keyboard came in the post last week and here I am checking out how it works with my phone. It does. Very well indeed!
Others things I’ve been doing in readiment include:
OK.... perhaps I should buy a tiny laptop and be done with it?
Anyway... what was a talking about? Oh yes! Preparations!
Once I have finished the story of Michaelangelo, I'll read the new Leonardo Di Vinci biography by Walter Isaacson. Read the Michael White one years ago, but don't get much time to read paper these days. My two hours in the car each day mean I plow through audio books like a... big plow-ey thing... like...a plow, possibly.
When I get over there, I'll know the back stories and it makes it a more exciting experience. I'll see nearly all of Michelangelo's remaining work in Paris, Bruges, Florence and Rome. I'll see most of Leonardo's work, but I'll be missing out on Milan, which is a shame, I'll see if I can pop over if I have time.
It is important to be well prepared. Before I get my pencils and brushes out in Paris and Florence, I must practice! Here are two examples: The David's hand... look at the weird finger! and The Pieta. She's a bit wooden, but hopefully I'll get better.
OK.
Had enough of this for today.
Better do some housework or something useful.
PART TWO: Resolving the iPhone Photo Issue:
Others things I’ve been doing in readiment include:
- Buying expensive clothing
- Booking a cat sitter because I couldn’t find a house sitter
- French lessons
- Practising walking in my boots
- Trying to get well so I don’t get sick on holiday
- Practising drawing technique so I don’t end up looking like a nong.
I am also reading this:
It is a biography of Michaelangelo - 34 hours long audio book. I have 11 hours left and he's only just started the Sistine Chapel.
I would just like to say, at this point, that I have just spend the best part of an hour getting this image off my phone. Apparently my choice of phone (iPhone) is not supported by Google's Blogger.
I have created the following infographic to help you understand my situation.
I would just like to say, at this point, that I have just spend the best part of an hour getting this image off my phone. Apparently my choice of phone (iPhone) is not supported by Google's Blogger.
I have created the following infographic to help you understand my situation.
OK.... perhaps I should buy a tiny laptop and be done with it?
Anyway... what was a talking about? Oh yes! Preparations!
Once I have finished the story of Michaelangelo, I'll read the new Leonardo Di Vinci biography by Walter Isaacson. Read the Michael White one years ago, but don't get much time to read paper these days. My two hours in the car each day mean I plow through audio books like a... big plow-ey thing... like...a plow, possibly.
When I get over there, I'll know the back stories and it makes it a more exciting experience. I'll see nearly all of Michelangelo's remaining work in Paris, Bruges, Florence and Rome. I'll see most of Leonardo's work, but I'll be missing out on Milan, which is a shame, I'll see if I can pop over if I have time.
It is important to be well prepared. Before I get my pencils and brushes out in Paris and Florence, I must practice! Here are two examples: The David's hand... look at the weird finger! and The Pieta. She's a bit wooden, but hopefully I'll get better.
Had enough of this for today.
Better do some housework or something useful.
PART TWO: Resolving the iPhone Photo Issue:
Omg. I did it!
For people who have a Blogger account and an iPhone and want to use your iPhone to blog your life away.. it's taken the past 105 minutes to work it out...
BlogTouch Pro is a great app for editing your Blogger account, but it won't let you add images. So you need to use Safari to log into your blogger account to upload your images. BUT! Google hates Apple and since the Picasaweb purchase in 2016 they don't support mobile apple products to upload photos. SO... you get Google Photos (a free app from the App store) and it automatically uploads all your photos to Google for their "safe" keeping and monitoring of all aspects of your life because, well, they really are just that interested....then once you access blogger through Safari and you select "Add images from Phone" they will appear. and evidence is supplied above of my widdle girl.
Hey Vic! Very exciting you are hitting Europa! When in Paris the Rodin museum is well worth a visit, and in Florence fiesole is a nice bus trip up to the hills....those are my favourites anyway, make your own dreaming trail ha ha...fg
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Thanks!!
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