New venture into glimpses

The adventures with video yesterday have brought me to an interesting enterprise. Since I accidentally started a YouTube channel, now named @ChezBoud, Glimpses of a small old life, yeah, get me, huh? I now realize a few things.

One is that I don't want to blather away about myself on video -- I tried a couple of test videos talking and though my voice sounds okay, I look so old and crumpled I can't see anyone wanting to look! Also talking heads are usually pretty dull.

And I certainly don't want to fiddle around editing and captioning and working my phone to the bone on full length videos.

The other is something I really would like -- I can create and upload brief content I like, to YouTube Shorts, just 15-20 seconds, catching a moment. 

This could be fun, not lengthy editing, just brief forays to make videolettes. I like this a lot. I'm hoping, but not promising, daily uploads, to follow the seasons.

I uploaded a second one today. Yesterday's already has nearly 700 views. I suppose it's a nice antidote to doomscrolling.

So I appear to have accidentally found a new thing to look forward to each day. Who knew.  All I intended was to upload a video to this blog now and then. What I'm in for now is so much better.

This morning I baked banana bread 

Gary missed out on this, but my local drivers will get a share.

In other exciting news I picked up tonight's DVD entertainment 

Old movie I watched years ago about the WI women creating a nude calendar as a fund raiser for cancer research.  In the comments Debra reminded me of it, and I thought, hm, why not revisit it.

And in the same trip I sent off the last socks plus weavings to the Sock 'n Glove Ministry.  Sister M was so gracious about my sock farewell, though I'll still do a bit of weaving and maybe crochet for them. 

After I got home I went out walking, a bit hot and very bitey, but I saw the first monarch on a butterfly bush this year see YouTube short ;), and a cornflower has appeared on the patio 

About nine last evening, there was a bang at  the door and suddenly Gary was in my midst. Rapid fire exchange of news, and he was off again! He says he will pick up the plants, just not yet. Right. 

Happy day everyone, hang in there.  You never know when a struggle will result in unexpected fun. Ask me how I know this.

I found a bench for Steve on Freecycle.