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Sep
20
Vintage! This is a random post. The year was 2007...
... He would probably have written something like this:
« In spring the crabapple exploded into burgundy bloom and the air buzzed with its bees. The dusky sweet smell filled the whole garden. The willow tree turned chartreuse, then yellow with fuzzy lime catkins and even louder bees, until its structure seemed to vibrate. The old, fragile lilac tree at the front door held pale pink, loose, graceful flower clusters, with old-fashioned dark purple violets at its feet. I would crouch with my face near their leaves, picking their long stems one by one to make a posy, oblivious of the romance of it, of the ritual repeated in all countries where violets grow. I loved them - their full fat petals, their fragile white hearts, their scent. That early season was one of fragrance: the cascading bunches of wisteria over the heavy wooden doors in the high white wall; the simple, single white hyacinths growing outside the walls under the ornamental peach trees that lined the street. I wanted to squeeze them to make perfume, and my mother told me that in France there were fields of flowers for just that purpose. When I am big, I will make perfume in France, I said. I could imagine nothing better. »
[Written some time ago by Marie, who incidentally is now reading Marcel Pagnol.]
« Je venais de surprendre mon père en flagrant délit d’humanité. Je sentis que je l’en aimais davantage. »
Marcel Pagnol - La gloire de mon père
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We now go back to current chronological entries:
Nov
23
5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - Ignition!
Well, so to speak. The fireworks are inner ones. There’s really nothing to brag about but I hope you’ll enjoy the new look and streamlined interface. I certainly have learned a great deal and for that reason alone, it was worth it!
Please post any comments, typos, feedback, bug reports (are you still seeing the blog in blue, Gitte?), constructive criticism and blown away exclamation marks either in here or even better, in the guestbook accessible directly from the main gallery. I’ll be very curious to hear about loading speed, functionality, interface, etc.
There remain kinks to be ironed, of course and bits and pieces to be glued together. But you shouldn’t notice them too much.
Known issues:
- There is a major glitch with gallery centering in Opera, which I just discovered. If you are using Opera, have patience, or consider Firefox or Chrome...
- At this stage, all prior dates of guestbook comments are stamped 1969. Why then? Why not.
- Most photo captions haven’t been written, nor the final sequence of photo albums decided; however neither should matter much because the captions are only turned on manually and definitively aren’t necessary, and since albums play at random by default, again the sequence isn’t quintessential.
- I am still deciding what to do with the full screen mode; improvements may follow.
- Too many pictures remain in the galleries, and some are not yet scaled to fit the screen. I should be removing at least 30% of what’s currently online and will be adjusting sizes when time allows.
And now, I’m going to.... bed! 
P.S. Oh yes, how do you get there? With the link above or here. And don’t forget to update your bookmarks!
Updates:
- Blue text and background issues in Safari fixed, thanks to Gitte. CSS was the culprit, I hadn’t linked to a couple of files. I’ll have to centralize all that CSS.
- Centering fixed in Opera, and while I was at it, I reverted to a much more simple CSS centring code; God only knows how I’d ended up using negative margins when I just had to use 2 margin:auto’s and 100% width... Again, CSS issue.
« Have a safe and sweet journey, Vince... »
Date of comment: 2007-09-20 21:02 •« Very nice text indeed.... »
Date of comment: 2007-09-22 03:19 •« I knew it... I knew it since August 25 (see my comment !)
Date of comment: 2007-09-27 23:31 •so nice, two talented, one story.
please... do a book.
all the best
Brigit (or Brigitte but the other one)
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