We have several newer exchangers. Often times the new people have a style that will stick in my head. Jacqueline is an excellent illustrator. I know she's east of the Mississippi but not in the south. And I'm not sure if she lives in Richmond VA. She's done characters that I recognize - like Wilbur the pig from Charlotte's Web. I feel like this is a character - but I do not recognize them. I do not know if Jacqueline reads the blog daily - but if you do - maybe you'd enjoy knowing that people have commented to me about how nice your envelopes are.
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Most of us have probably experienced that thing that happens when something that came up during an in-person conversation starts popping up on one's phone - and we all know that our devices listen to us and offer suggestions.
This free blog service that I have been using for 15 years has taken *listening* to a new level. They have a thing that has a name - but I do not remember the name. It put a blue polka dot on this page where I am typing. The blue polka dot has a little pencil and then another little emblem that I can't figure out. It might be an X or square tipped onto the diagonal. It suggests *magic* - maybe?
I do not know what I did to activate it - but something popped up that said something along these lines:
Hi. I'm a new feature. I will pay attention to what you are writing and if I see something that I think your readers might want to know more about - I will just go ahead and make the words blue and underline them and then link to more information.
Yikes.
The last thing I need is something that is not an actual person - inserting things into my blog posts. How will you know if a link is something that I intended or something that *Google* want to put up there to distract you.
I do read the blog. I enjoy seeing everyone's envelopes. The little witch is not any character in particular. I did several different versions for the swap. I live in Norfolk, VA about 1.5 hours from Richmond. All our mail goes through there since they shut down the main hub here several years back. Thanks for letting me play along.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the AI push from Google is an opt-out service. There are a few tutorials floating around how to turn it off in your settings. I wish it was something not being forced on us. No one wants it.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy her cute illustrations. I received one of hers in October and it was similar but my witch was flying. I also love her stamp choices and how they compliment the design
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