I haven’t yet decided what type of blog or site to put up. We used to have a family blog that its sole purpose was to deliver pictures of our kids to their grandparents. We have lived far away outside of the country and that was fun for them and it solved the problem for many years – But now the kids have most grown and the grandparents have all passed away.

For the domain registered to my name, I imagined a personal blog but when I first got this domain years ago.  It was essentially going to be an online resume or portfolio of CV for a job search and detailing my professional interests and a may a little opinion writing.

But I worked in slightly sensitive areas with the government – nothing super delicate but where we were still discouraged from sharing too many details about our personal lives or locations and especially political opinion were not allowed.

There was so not much in the way the social media then and there was a su-trend for these little vanity or personal portfolio sites. But I never was on the job market very long and rarely left government employment.  I just never saw the new to set up the site and was discouraged from doing so.

I suppose like other large employers someone occasionally monitors even your social media — and you may occasionally have to answer for a fact based post because the facts point toward expressing an opinion for a Twitter or Facwbook post. It just just seemed like a nameplate blog and I’d  find myself in some trouble or getting exposed for identity theft of something.

Now, I am not working and not looking for work. While I was working, however,  I had started posting bird photos.  I was the most amatuer secret (to my family) birder.  I was posting photos because  it was the most non controversial think I could post.  It wasn’t active resistance but I did think it was kind entertaining that someone when I was coming up for a renewal of a security clearance would have to scour my bird photos.  The joke was on on me, however, because I really started to enjoy and obsess about bird photos.

Enough that I was thinking of posting bird photos … hence the first themed template was for the birds that I picked (don’t know what it might be by the time you are reading this).  Anyway, I could could post these old photos, but where I live now doesn’t provided much opportunity for new bird photos.

Other topic – I don’t have big piles of money but I do think about money and investing a lot now that my/our active working days are drawing to a close – but I still work about actually posting anything too revealing  – but I have learned some things of value and and learning more everyday.  There used to be other blogs that I followed and learned from.  They were always right but but I learned sometimes from their mistakes. They are all pretty much defunct.

Likewise, I am interested in aquaponics and self sufficiency kinds of gardening. I have a couple ideas and experiments I’d like to try. I keep finding old forums and such but no one has posted things in years and most of their experiments were more extensive than what I have in mind.  I know people are still active on YouTube in all these areas I mentioned I certain appreciate watching their videos but I don’t think the video podcast world is for me as a produce of content. Anyway, I am no expert on any othe these topic but this little web log is primarily for just for me.  I pretty sure even if I paid my family they wouldn’t read it

So, this I am going to start posting whatever crosses my mind – I am not giving advice on what I recommend you do. I likely don’t know your or your situation, but if you see me heading down a dead end or making some obvious mistake, please let me know. It is probably too late me or I will find some reason not to listen but you will have all the satisfaction of being right and maybe helping someone else out.

If this turns out do be a little fun and I get a reader or two –  I may go back to proof read and reorganize this and other pages, but right now I am just figuring it out as I go.