Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Wonderful World

Hello Lovelies,
the weather has been beautiful over the weekend and everywhere looks so pretty.
Our neighbours Magnolia tree looked  lovely in the evening sunlight yesterday.


and just this morning, when I went out for a run, I had to take my camera as I knew I would see things I wanted to photograph , like this wonderful blossom........


 I was jogging along when I saw another gorgeous tree  so I crossed the road to get a picture........



I didn't see the older  gentleman walking his dog as played about getting a better angle.... and obstructing the pavement ...."ooops sorry" I said, a bit flustered....."I bet you don't see that many runners stopping to take pictures of flowers" were my next words.
 I don't know what I expected him to reply to that but to my delight he said  "No but I would be  if I had remembered my camera"....."Yes, yes"... I agreed..... "It's so beautiful at the moment, there are wonderful pictures everywhere" . " Yes indeed" said the man "even the dandelions look lovely".

Awww, it was just a simple little conversation but it really touched me. It's great to know I'm not the only one who is literally full of the joys of spring...........


Now I wondered if I could ask you lovelies for some advice......
I have so many pictures stored on my computer and worry what would happen if it broke down. Do you know what is the best thing to do to ensure they are not all lost if this happens.
Thank you for all your comments and advice.
Jacquie x
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  1. Everydaythings7 May 2013 at 11:28

    yes... buy an external hard drive and store them and all your data on it, then you can always be sure it will all be there for you!

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    1. Unknown8 May 2013 at 06:24

      Yes, definitely back up everything on an external hard drive!

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    2. Grammy Braxton9 May 2013 at 04:51

      That was what I was going to suggest. It's the best way to keep them safe.

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  2. SaraJ7 May 2013 at 11:39

    I agree - an external hard drive is the best option - so long as you remember to back up regularly! I don't know if a PC has the same option as a Mac - but Macs have an app called "Time Machine" which automatically backs up your computer, whilst the hard drive is plugged in It doesn't need you to select files, or choose how often, it just does it! :)

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  3. Jo7 May 2013 at 11:46

    I store my photos in folders on the computer hard drive and then once a year (ish) I burn them onto CD's. One for each daughter and one of holidays. I can then reload them if I need to. It is cheap, quick and easy to do. I always have a quick sort through and burn the ones I really like and delete the others. As a side, I make them into CD scrapbooks for the girls to store the CD's in little pouches.. but that is just me! Jo x

    http://joeveryday19.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Everydaythings7 May 2013 at 11:51

      I used to do the same till one day up popped a message that the format was obsolete and would not load the images I'd saved on the cd... so I'd be wary of storing it on a cd, because this could happen. I'm not sure why it happened just putting in my 2bobs worth!(hence the conversion to an external hard drive.

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    2. Pam7 May 2013 at 12:26

      Oops mine are on cd,although I have printed off enough to fill several albums. The oldies in my family like to see a "real" photo.

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  4. JaBCreations7 May 2013 at 11:51

    There are lots of on line programs that allow you to store your data on them and you access them by a web address rather than taking up space on your computer or an external hard drive. i cloud is one of them but I am sure there are many others. Perhaps other followers will be able to give you some more options when they read this comment.

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  5. Mamadoggie7 May 2013 at 12:24

    Yes, a separate hard drive, maybe online storage. I also have booklet printed each year with the most important pictures in it, so if everything breaks down I would still have pictures to remember each year with.

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  6. Aishwarya7 May 2013 at 12:46

    Hi.. As JaBCreations has rightly mentioned, there are many online freeprograms that allow you to store pics and videos. I use dropbox.com. The advantage is you will be able to access your data from anywhere in the world. You can also set your privacy settings. And I must say. You have wonderful pics. I enjoy your pics. Be it nature, be it crochet. They are amazing.

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  7. Sandra7 May 2013 at 13:11

    I love chatting to passers by when out on a photo-shoot. It's usually the others who are intrigued and start up a conversation.

    I transfer my photos to an external hard-drive about every 2 months. Though nothing is fool-proof it seems.

    I love your photos, especially the apple blossom!

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  8. karmen7 May 2013 at 13:31

    Hola!Me encantan las fotos de la primavera! Su blog es precioso me quedo de seguidora, un saludo desde España.

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  9. Greenorchid7 May 2013 at 13:57

    Put them on a usb stick... The blossom is so beautiful at the moment here too I stopped the car earlier just to soak the beauty all up... and yes I'm loving dandelions too I've left a big patch in the back garden. Cx

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  10. redgirl7 May 2013 at 14:42

    Echoing the external hard drive, advice! Do it ASAP, as my hubby always says, it's not "if" my hard drive dies, it's "when"!!

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  11. Anonymous7 May 2013 at 15:09

    Oh Jacquie, How I enjoyed your photos today, and the tale of your chat. Sometimes the simplest conversations with strangers can really stick in your mind.

    I'd love to say I'm super organised and back up all my photos etc, but I'm Terrible! I've got an external hard drive and try and back up when I remember, but it's not very often. I'd say that would be your best bet, you can get some fairly small ones now with massive storage for not too much money.

    Jones x

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  12. Gill7 May 2013 at 15:28

    My dear Husband had the brilliant idea of putting them onto my brand new ipad- all 3000 of them!!! Now how do I get them off, or up into the icloud from there?

    PS I have this wonderful image in my head of the icloud raining everybody's photos down onto the world...

    Gill:)

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  13. Vintage Sheet Addict7 May 2013 at 15:31

    Fantastic blossom, the cherry tree at the bottom of my garden is full....soon it will look like it has snowed! :) x

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  14. The Faerie Factory7 May 2013 at 15:35

    So beautiful the pink blossoms against the bright blue skies. Our pics are on a cloud, it sounds fabby but I have no idea how it works. Sarah x

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  15. Mrs. Micawber7 May 2013 at 16:46

    This is such a magical time of year. Those blossoms are lovely. I tend to haul my camera everywhere too because if I don't I'm sure to see something I want to photograph. Kudos to the dog-walking gentleman for enjoying the cheerfulness of dandelions. I am in complete agreement!

    Thanks for asking the photo-storage question - the answers have been most helpful. :)

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  16. Jo@awholeplotoflove7 May 2013 at 17:09

    I often wonder what my neighbour thinks of me taking photographs of my veg garden each day. He tends to smile to himself & shakes his head. What a lovely man you met out.

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  17. Louise7 May 2013 at 18:02

    Flickr is a good place to store them. You can choose whether everyone can see them or just family and friends. I store all mine there now.

    http://www.flickr.com

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  18. Amjaylou7 May 2013 at 20:22

    Hi Jacquie,
    if you have a really good internet connection you can create a free account with Dropbox which will automatically upload your pictures once configured after the first time (very easy to do). As long as you have less than 2GB of pictures it'll be free. If you have more you can pay for more space...which is cheap. The advantage of this is that Dropbox will back up the pictures and you would be able to access them from any computer, tablet or smartphone using your dropbox account. Google (Googledrive), Microsoft Skydrive also offer this service. Hope this helps. X

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  19. Samantha Roberts7 May 2013 at 21:11

    external hard drive (or 2!) and I just love Magnolia trees, would like one one day sigh ....

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  20. Unknown7 May 2013 at 21:27

    I use an externalhard drive as well. The easiest way.

    Gosh,your neighbour's magnolia is so beautiful and with such an abundance of flowers!!! We have a small magnolia in our garden. It only grows 2 or 3 flowers each year. Silly bugger. (I think our soil is too wet for it but then again we have about a hundred willows, they are doing really well)

    At this moment I'm giving a birthday giveway at my blog:
    http://homeiswherethedachshundis.blogspot.be/

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  21. Joy7 May 2013 at 22:30

    Hi Jacquie - your blossoms are just perfect - thank you sooooooo much for sharing them, you've lifted me right up! Such a nice man you met - I always think, in similar circumstances, 'The stranger you 'entertain' could be an angel in disguise'!
    I would advise you to 'back up' Jacquie, then you have everything saved in case of a mishap: an external drive, if you have a Mac, just plugs in and does its stuff! When I recently upgraded my Mac I just needed to plug in the little box and everything from the old was on the new. Easy peasy!
    All the best with it! Joy x

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  22. Sandra7 May 2013 at 23:22

    Beautiful photos and lovely blue skies :-) And although I'm a bit of an ignoramus on the IT front, I do shift photos periodically onto an external hard drive, partly to free up space on the laptop. Only I really wish I was a bit more organised about filing them, I know exactly what I mean when i save them but can I remember later???! Have spent ages this evening searching for photos that I just know are here somewhere!! x

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  24. Anonymous8 May 2013 at 01:51

    I wait til I have a good handful of pics then burn them to disc. That way too you can take them to photo place to have prints made. I have a huge disc case for all my photos

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  25. Ruths datter8 May 2013 at 05:12

    I have just put all my pictures on a memorystick. A lot of work for me bacause I havent done it for years. Now I will do it once a month.
    Hugs

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  26. VintageVicki8 May 2013 at 07:47

    Stunning photos :)

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  27. Gillian Roe8 May 2013 at 19:45

    Gorgeous blossom and blue sky photos.

    We have an external hard drive and every month or so back up everything on that. xx

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  28. Heather8 May 2013 at 22:24

    We subscribe to Crashplan, it's about £7 a month. You select which folders you want it to back up and it backs them up constantly. For eg, my folders "2011" "2012" and "2013" automatically back up but not anything else as anything else on my PC is not stuff that I worry about losing. It's a type of cloud storage which means it it stored online. We also back up to external harddrive but I like having both. I really recommend Crashplan, Andy sorted it all out for me and I'm sure he wouldn't mind giving you a hand via email or something if you need it x

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  29. Unknown9 May 2013 at 01:36

    I've been doing the same, taking spring pictures......it's wonderful to see some actual colour! We used to have a magnolia in our old front garden, when we moved the new people chopped it down - I was so upset, because it was seriously the best one I've ever seen! Really old too!
    Anyways......yes, I have all my pictures stored on an external hard drive, it's almost half full now, so I shall be investing in a newbie soon. You can pick them up really cheap nowadays...a 1TB one is the way to go :) Hope that helps....
    love Emma
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    Dear Thirty Blog

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  30. katysclutter9 May 2013 at 14:47

    Lovely photos! I use a external hard drive, its usb and I've had it for 3 years and is know where near full! I have used drop box for work but for personal stuff i worry about security. Having said that I do use flickr for fun but nor for storage.

    My hard drive came from dabs online and I've used them several time with on compliant :)

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