Saturday, August 1, 2009

I Learned Something Today

My husband, Larry and I have our year and a half old grandson over most Saturdays. Today, I did a little blogging at the beginning of his nap, then Larry came upstairs so I could go out and do some deadheading. I was going to tie some things up, but couldn't find the tomato twine I just purchased because I had misplaced the other ball of twine.

When I came back in, I saw that my blog took up the whole space on the page, and the words and photos were huge and crystal clear! I asked him what he did, and he wasn't sure. He told me to go to view and see what the command was for zooming in. He said you can click on it there, or just use the command key and the plus sign. You can repeat it to get what you're reading even larger, which I did several times to get it as large as what Larry had it. To make it smaller, use command and the minus sign. We have Macintosh computers, but I'm thinking windows computers should have a zoom feature.

I tried it out on a couple blogs I read, and was tickled to be able to see the details without clicking on the photos and having to hit the "back" key. Maybe I'm the only one who didn't know that, but if you didn't, I posted some photos that are best viewed larger. When I edit the html to make photos larger, they lose clarity. Things are also larger as I'm creating the post, which is nice, because the font is normally small in the compose section.








I hope you're having a great weekend! Try zooming in on some blogs and let me know what you think, or if you already do that.

(An edit- Now that I've done the post, the photos aren't looking all that clear, but I think they are clearer than when I edit the html.)

22 comments:

  1. Hi Sue! What's that pretty yellow frilly foliage next to the liatris? It caught my eye! Your garden looks wonderful so I hope you're enjoying it!
    Lynn

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  2. It's all pretty. I like your yellow/orangy yarrow.

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  3. Hi Lynn and Missy,
    That's Amsonia hubrichtii. It's one of my favorite flowers. In fact, I have links to posts I've done on it in my sidebar. There are other kinds of amsonia I like to grow, too.

    The yarrow is paprika, and I am enjoying it next to a coneflower.

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  4. Sue,
    Yes, I have tried that Zooming in feature, it is cool! My husband showed me that too! I am glad he knows the tech-stuff.(Lets me focus on gardens!)
    Love your garden layout, how long did it take for you to get established coneflowers? Mine are as slow as molasses!
    Rosey

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  5. What wonderful shots, Sue! Your garden always seems like the perfect one that I always want in my life :D

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  6. Hi Sue! I think this is a liatris time! It is blooming in my garden, too. All pictures are great, but those with the dog have some special charm.

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  7. Oh I don't mind clicking to enlarged...your photos do look clearer to me and your gardens are beautiful.

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  8. what I love most about your garden is its tussy mussy old English fel sandy

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  9. Your garden is looking most awesome Sue. I've heard of the zoom feature but not used it-at least not on purpose:)

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  10. Sue: That was a pretty neat feature for these old eyes.

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  11. Your garden is looking just beautiful Sue. So many different colors and textures and it all goes together so well.

    Love the Paprika Yarrow. It looks great with the coneflower.

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  12. Thanks for the tip. Now I learned something new for the day.

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  13. Sue I also didn't know you could 'zoom in' I will have to explore this avenue.
    Your garden certainly is lush and lovely.

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  14. Sue, great tip and it worked very well. Your gardens are looking so ful and lush-it's a great time of the year. I see you like yarrow too. I have a couple of new varieties this year after getting Apple Blossom from Rose last year and seeing how well it does. I bought Terra Cotta and Paprika. Great colors.

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  15. You all are so nice! Thanks for the comments. When I think of zooming in, I think of one part of something getting larger, but in this case, the whole page gets larger.

    The large clump of coneflowers had been in front of my house last year, and were very wilty for awhile after I moved them the first week of June. They did fine once they came out of the slump, and ended up blooming. The Kim's Knee High and Harvest Moon, planted in July, were splurges, even on sale, purchased in large pots. They all get some afternoon shade from our tree. The space between the Kim's Knee High and the older fashioned one is much smaller this year.

    Liatris and yarrows are some of my favorite flowers to grow. I tie them up if they start sprawling. That helps keep the yarrow from spreading too far. I dry some when I remember, too.

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  16. I didn't know! And I'm so glad you pointed this out. Sometimes people use a text that is hard to read. Sometimes they have a page which doesn't fit on my screen - so being able to make things smaller is as useful as being able to make them larger. I have Windows but it works on my computer too.

    The pictures are much fuzzier when enlarged in this way, compared to clicking them, but the print stays really clear.

    Thanks a lot for this information.

    Lucy

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  17. I learned something new today too! I've never tried this and it does work! Your gardens are so pretty! They are just so full. I see we have a lot of similar things blooming now. Your liatris looks taller than mine and it's so pretty with the gold foliage next to it.

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  18. Hi Sue~~ Your garden gets lovelier with every blog post. I love the Amsonia too. The foliage is so touchable.

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  19. Your flower beds look great. I never seem to be able to adjust my browser just right. It may work well for one blog and then be all wrong for the next. I hate to keep changing it.
    Marnie

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  20. Hi Sue
    I just tried the zoom thing on your blog and hey presto !! it worked and everything was large and lovely. So thanks for the info, I never knew that before.

    Your garden look fabulous, the echinacia are favourites of mine, my own are just about to flower.

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  21. The last shots of the beds are beautiful - good job, gardener!

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  22. I'm relatively new to a Mac, but I use the square above the mouse on my laptop to zoom. 2 fingers pulled in opposite directions diagonally usually does it. It's faster than pushing any buttons.

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