Thing #6- More Fllickr



Ok - - - explored - found where I could order some really cool tiny photo calling cards - - I've received a few of these in the last few months so NOW I know where they come from. Found I can make a book with my own text and photos. Sure wish I'd known about this when my friend Pam was sick this spring. I made one for her on the Wal-Gren's website only to have my connection "time out" after spending about 2 hours working on it and having to start all over again. Probably would have been easier AND more expensive from here. Posters, calendars, postcards--we could make a few of those from our excellent postcard collection to sell......I FINALLY found the fun free tools - the group of librarians with librarian trading cards - - scrolled through and found a couple of OPL's very own librarian's with trading cards, and discovered that the "travelin librarian" at the Nebraska Library Commission is one of the leaders in number of librarian trading cards posted - - uploaded a picture of me reading to my GRAND nephew, Tyler, and made my own card - - saved, posted to my blog. My hour to dedicate to this "thing" has come and gone! You can really get sucked in if you aren't careful --- but an aching butt and numb limbs usually remind you .......Now - off to do something physically active!

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