UPDATE 07/16/2022: I think this is where we’ll pause in the theme modifications; we now have a color scheme similar to the Stars and Stripes Theme and the sidebar links are available. This will be it for a while until I figure out how to get my graphics and some of my coded gadgets imported.
Since the patio thermometer reads 112° in the shade today, it seemed like some indoor activities might be in order, so I decided to start monkeying around (a technical term) with the WordPress Themes. What you’re seeing now is some of the first modifications to the “Classic” theme, one of the WP defaults. It will be uphill from here, but I started by removing a bunch of the sidebar entries because there was just too much unneeded stuff. Remaining are the links (Blog Roll), the search form and “Meta” or what I will call “Access” in the future. The order of those will likely be changed.
The “Classic” theme has some good points and some undesirable (to me) characteristics, most of which I will try to convert to how I would like for them to look. My first undertakings will not be too much as in the sidebar mods I made. I mostly did away with code (commented out with notes and date). I am going to try and use some of the original Stars and Stripes code as adapted to the Classic format. One step at a time.
In the (clickable) image above, I took a photo of a couple of new trees that the landscape crew put in down by the road in front of the house. They’re still small, but will grow to be a nice addition to that part of the property.
Let me know if you are having any problems with the theme as the work progresses.
Looks OK here!
Those are neat little trees. What kind are they? One of the things that surprised me about living here, besides the arid conditions, are that we have a lot of native flora that look like “desert” plants. We have things that look like yuccas, others that look like succulents, and others that don’t like they should be growing here, but they are.
And once you get above ~7500′ or so, everything changes again, except in the “Alpine Valleys” we have here.
Thanks for the Looksee, Jim.
Those are both Palo Verde “Blue” trees. Very nice flowers in springtime, but not a whole lot of shade.
Damsel and I are always surprised and delighted by the flora we see in our travels. We don’t always document them, but we take a lot of photos and keep them in the 2 terabyte drive archives. We see some of the darnedest plant types like ice plant in Utah and conifers in the low deserts.
We’ll be back in Colorado one of these days. We’re going to be fixing up the RV over the next few weeks. We have some maintenance issues that require attention.
Be sure and let us know. SLW would love to meet you two.
BTW…The guy I gave your old Yaesu HF rig to is now the Station Manager at NI6BB on the Iowa!
OK will do when and if we get underway. I trust your contact info is same as last time.
That’s cool about the NI6BB guy. That FT-301 was always a sweet little rig.