June Almost Gone

Garden of Wildflowers and Dragonflies

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/garden-wildflowers-dragonflies/

It has been over a month since I have checked in. This summer is going way too fast for me. I have heard others say the same thing. It is late in the day so don't know how much I will get written, but I will return. Almost time to prepare dinner for my hard working husband.

I have really enjoyed hearing from so many new people from all over the world. This technology that makes it so I can design something on my computer and share it with the world is pretty cool. I could never have imagined this twenty years ago. Fact of the matter is, 20 years ago I was heard saying, "I will never have a computer in my house!" I thought it was the beginning of the end! Then a friend brought an old one of his and hooked us up to a free internet, that was never working! But it got me hooked.

I really like the look of the design I used for today's header. I can practically hear the bees buzzing when I look at it. So I hope you guys will like it, too. The wallpaper to match it is on line also and the link to it is at the Theme description.

We had a really nice Father's Day. We went to our son's house and it is so much fun with little ones running around. We lucked out and it was a nice, warm sunny day northwest Washington. Hard to believe the 4th of July is next week. I haven't made many designs for the 4th. 

I have to start dinner so may get back to write more, but if I don't, I don't. I know I won't tonight.

Frustrated with Mozilla

Corner of the Garden

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/corner-of-the-garden/ 

 I am frustrated with Mozilla so decided I would quit designing for a bit and work on my blog. None of the designs that we have submitted since March28th (when they closed the site for submissions until they migrated the themes to the new site) show any users and we all know that is wrong. I have posted on the forum about it and others have also but apparently we don't speak "techy" well enough to make them understand. I just posted again on it, so hopefully someone will look into it. It has been almost 2 months. You take hours working on designs and then it looks like no one is using them. It is kind of disheartening. Oh, well, enough rant!

I wrote about my high school girlfriend who's husband was diagnosed with cancer a few posts ago. Well, he didn't make it. I feel so badly for her. I have no idea what she is going through. I am thankful she has lots of good friends, family and her church so I am sure she will be well loved and looked after. But I wish I could be there for for her for a bit, anyway.  I can't because she lives a long ways from me, but K, I hope you know I am thinking about you and wish I could give you a big hug. And I know you will get through this bad time.

We got the first cutting of our rhubarb Saturday. We got 194# and I thought we would never get done cutting it. A local company, Honey Moon uses it to make rhubarb mead. This will be the first year they will be able to bottle it. Before they only had it on tap at their tasting room/bar/club. They make meads, wines and ciders. They use all local products so we feel like we are taking part in Use Local, Buy Local. If you have never tasted mead you should give it a try sometime.

I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day. I sure did. Got to see or talk to our kids and even some of the grandkids and great grandkids. I feel so thankful for our family.  We used to have Mother's Day dinners at our house for years and years until my Mother passed away. It was always a big celebration with lots of family members and I realize how much I miss the good old days sometimes. My Mom has been gone for 11 years and I still miss her. I guess you never get too old to miss Mama!

Well, will get back to work, but first gotta have my afternoon cup of coffee and handful of peanuts!

Have a great week end, all. Thanks for stopping in.

 

 

User Count

Book of Nature

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/book_of_nature/

Thought I would pop in real quickly and let you know the user count is down and has been down for awhile on Mozialla Add Ons.

I have been making a few designs for spring and summer, but haven't been submitting as many. But I have taken quite a bit of time to get My Collections updated, which I will never get them all, I know. So now when a new one is on line I will add it to a collection and you can check out the latest ones I have available. 

It is time to clean the computer up and put it away for the night! And my body away for the night!

Have a good evening.

Theme Site Up and Running

Sweet Ladybug

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sweet_ladybug/

Thought I would stop in and let you all know the Mozilla theme site is up and running. I don't think it is perfected yet and I know the number counts are wrong, but we are submitting again and not too many glitches.

So far we don't have a page for each designer, but I am going to add each new design to my profile page so you will be able to find my latest designs without hunting for them. I am trying to put some of the older ones on also but since I have over 8,000 designs on I will never be able to get them all on my own page by doing it myself. Right now you can go to: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/MaDonna/ and I am adding categories to My Collections to make it easier. I should have made one just Flowers and Butterflies, but I put them under Nature.

Glories of Summer

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/glories-of-summer/

So check it out and see if you like the new site. Some of you may have been using this site for awhile.

Going to get back to work. Later....

Theme Site Back Up

Purity of White Appleblossoms

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/purity-of-white-apple-blossoms/ 

Well, the "Persona" theme site is up and running so we can submit designs again. But our old designer page that would have ALL of our designs on is not there anymore. I am hoping they will make that available but I kind of doubt it. So for now I will try to post more often and add more designs on the blog. 

 Butterfly Lily Valley

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/butterfly-lily-valley/ 

 Colors of Sunshine

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/colors-of-sunshine/ 

From Brand Thunder
http://gallery.brandthunder.com/en-US/theme/58c5d107-0fe9-4688-b421-b06b5528da8e 

Fine Fractal Flower

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fine-fractal-flower/ 

I have to say I kind of enjoyed the "vacation" from submitting designs. It takes quite awhile to do each one and the new system isn't any faster. 

What a cold, rainy day it is today in the Pacific Northwest. My body is so ready for some warm weather. The older I get the more I appreciate being warm. I am such a home body, though I could never move to AZ or some warm area. I love my home, having my kids, grandkids and great grandkids close. We got to spend last Sat. with our oldest son and his wonderful family. What a joy! Good food and lots of love to go around. The only bad part is that the little ones are growing up too fast. The good thing is  a little one on the way.

I have had some of you out there ask me if I would write more about my life when I was young, since most of you weren't around during that time so I think I will start doing that. I have had a wonderful, fun, full life so some of you may enjoy it and some may not. I am still in the "thinking about it/do I have time" mode, so we shall see!

Must get back to work now so enjoy the week end. 

Fools Day

Angel of Light

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/angel-of-424058-1/

Brand Thunder Angel of Light

http://gallery.brandthunder.com/en-US/theme/3dba7e9b-4d6d-4667-bd45-e280c3f83c72

April...can you imagine it is April already? March went out like a lamb here in the Pacific Northwest. What a beautiful day it was! It was warmer than it is half the time in the summer. But it is going to spoil us so badly. Because it will get cold and rainy again and I will hate it.

 

The old Persona site is down and will be gone soon. They are moving Persona themes to the Add On Mozilla site so designers  can't submit any new designs until it is set up. We have always submitted our designs to the original Persona sight so I am sure there will be a total mess when the new site is up and running. The site will be at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/themes/. Each designer is supposed to have their own page so I will post mine as soon as it is up and running. I just wanted to let you all know why there is nothing new right now. I am not submitting any wallpapers right now that I can't submit the matching Persona theme for, so there won't be as many wallpapers, either. I was notified by an administrator from Desktop Nexus that many of my wallpapers are on other sites now. Plus I have to watch that people aren't downloading my wallpaper and re-submitting it. The site is supposed to catch copies but it isn't perfect by any chance.

 

I love the Angel of Light theme I posted here today. I have always loved any angel graphics and I am sure you have noticed I have several on line.

 

I was really busy last week finishing up the two book covers I had been asked to design and I was quite happy with them. I just hope the publisher OK's them. The author I am working with, Charlotte Kendrick is a great grandmother, too! We didn't know that when we bagan working together. So all great grandmothers aren't sitting in their rocking chairs watching TV!

 

Going to get back to work now but have a great April. 

HAPPY EASTER

Rainbow Easter

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rainbow-easter/

It is a beautiful sunny day here on the west coast, but yesterday we had snow. My Mom used to say "If you don't like the weather today, wait until tomorrow." She also taught me to never leave home without a coat because you will probably need it. The way it has been lately, I would change that to never leave home without a raincoat!

 I have been really busy lately, busier than I would like. I was asked to make a design for a new soap/lotion company that is starting up and I worked a lot on it, but then they changed the name so I had to re-do and it turned out really beautiful. I hope they use it, but we shall see. If they don't I can use it as a Persona Theme anyway. After I re-do it again. I was also asked if East Coast Dye Sub could use some of my wallpaper designs for the items they make such as mouse pads, etc. and I gave my permission for one so far. I am also working on two book covers. Besides the fun work of designing to please myself!

My dear friend just got word her husband has cancer so if we could all send good thoughts and  prayers to them we can hope things turn out well. They are such good people and do such good works for their community. So all the best to you and your family K. 

I have been not turning the computer on during week ends but I decided I wanted to update the blog and wish everyone a Happy Easter. 

So Happy Easter.