We have a new feature on the blog from today. There’s a thing called ‘Lightbox’ (thank you Allan) installed, you can’t see it but you can see it working. Click on the first image (or any image) on the posts and a pop-up image should appear (you may be asked if you want to allow this for this site, in which case you do; or you may not, but if you don’t then there’s not much point reading this…). This should be the most recently added image and it will open to a certain size. You can then click through all the images on the posts without having to open and close a new window; and I’ve just added a slideshow function too so you can watch ‘hands free.’ That should make it easier for you to browse the pictures. To change images simply click the picture or the navigation buttons you will see, and to close the thing just click the X in the bottom right corner.
And talking of images, there’s a new gallery up at the old-look Symi Dream site where we still have all our image galleries. This one relates to the weeks’ posts of Walking through the Kato Meria area of Symi and has photos I’ve not put up on the blog; it can be found here.
While you are browsing images, and talking about walks, I have used some of Neil’s images from our recent walk to add to the post today. You can use the new lightbox feature simply by clicking the first image, and test it out. Let me know if there are any bugs, our email address is at the very bottom of the page.
So, what’s been going on during this week, while we were wandering the hills? (Which we only did last Sunday, it’s just taken me a week to get through the event. And we may be walking again this Sunday, so watch out!) Well, the weather has warmed up and we had a slight sprinkling of rain, not enough to dampen the kitchen, though things have been humid and the house is already getting that damp-wall look. The Symi cinema has been playing films on a Sunday night, at Mandeio’s, and the crossword team have been doing crosswords on a Saturday.
We’ve been working at home, as we now do, and have been ordering Christmas presents like mad. Which reminds me, you can probably still get a calendar delivered in time, check the links to the right and order now! The Alarm Cat has been a bit grumpy as next door’s tom has been in and he tends to spray a bit; Jack lacks the internal combustion to be able to spray back. While he is outside on the path keeping watch on the roof and preparing for battle, I am on hands and knees sniffing washing machines and doors with a disinfectant spray in one hand, a roll of kitchen paper in the other and an equally grumpy look on my face. We have to keep the bathroom window open you see, to help reduce the black mould the grows due to condensation. Ah, the joys of living on Symi in the winter.
Neil’s also been to his Pilates and Zumba classes (separately), we’ve both started on tap and have been doing the weights, and the only thing missing at the moment is the early morning jog routine; it’s just too dark and cold at 6.30 these days. So, walks and dance instead, with maybe the occasional run if we can. That’s the way to go.
So, enjoy your weekend, try out the lightbox (I am thinking of upgrading so I can make images bigger and do other fancy stuff with this plugin) and enjoy the photos.
