Where did a whole month go?
I am not apologizing.
I've been busy.
I've been thinking about ROBBLOG #999 and #1000.
Should I use 1000 for my yearly Christmas Greeting- or not.
I haven't decided yet.
So the Holidays are here. Fah, Lah, Lah Christmas, eh?
We have two trees up and outside the front door there's a tree with twinkling lights to the left, a lit wreath on the wall next to the twinkling tree and Mr. Bill- our lighted snowman sitting to the right.
Very festive.
Of course we don't usually have a white Christmas on Vancouver Island but then only this morning
2 cm of the white stuff fell and for a while it looked like a Christmas Card with all the trees on the mountains covered in heavy, white flakes.
It's melting now as the temperature rises and the sun comes out.
This year I bought these fancy GU10 bulbs for the lights up in the eves of the house. These bulbs change colour simply by pointing a remote at them. What doesn't work these days without a remote attached? I can choose a singular colour like red or green or change to the bulbs to revolve through 10 to 15 different colours.
It's quite pretty and many passerby's are commenting on how nice the lights look.
I had the lights all orange for Hallowe'en.
I love the blues and the mauves.
Red and Green look very Christmassy as well.
My Online stations are keeping me busy. Both Starlite and Swisssh have been all Holiday Music for a couple of weeks. Now that it's December I throw in a carol or two like "Do You Hear What I Hear?" but most of the music is secular. Listen to the stations at www.swisssh.ca
You can ask Alexa-
"Alexa, ask tunein (or Simple Radio) to play s w i s s s h (or s t a r l i t e) Radio."
Enjoy the musical Holiday Delights!
As if I'm not busy enough keeping the online radio stations flowing with Holiday Tunes, I've started a You Tube Blog.
Yes- I am what is known as a "Vlogger ".
I've recorded four or five vlogs but I have a lot to learn.
I want the vlogs to be more professional.
I need to learn editing, camera angles, lighting and how to add words across the screen. Thank Goodness all my radio years taught me how to ad-lib.
Remember, I'm an old "radio guy" not video guy!
I'd like to buy one of those flat, circular lights to keep me looking my best in the videos while recording. I think makeup- a bit, would help too. All the professional Vloggers treat the Vlogs as Television or Theatre- so why the hell not?
No one needs to see my 70 year old liver spots! A dab or two will make things look "prettier"- if that's possible. Anyhoo, watch my Vlog and "Subscribe". Search "Rob Reid Star Channel" on You Tube.
Then click on my headshot for the home page. Up aboue you'll see "videos". Click and choose. There are a couple of shows there as well including- "The Importance of Being Earnest".
I had been considering a podcast but I think this is more fun and it only take a few minutes to record and load straight onto You Tube.
I will get better at this as soon as I can find a few hours to sit down and learn editing etc. I'd like to put some non-copyrighted music on the Vlogs too. I'd like to do all this in the next week to be ready for a nice Christmas Vlog.
Have I bitten off more than I can chew?
Perhaps...
In the meantime- Happy Holidays. Be kind to each other.
This is a wonderful season to be cheerful.
I must dash though...
I have things to learn and all at the ripe old age of a septuagenarian.
