MaMo and PoPo’s Pride
Like most older people, I love my grandchildren dearly. Occasionally l like to catch some of their character traits in writing. This is a poem I wrote a couple of years ago describing them at that time. Of course they have changed considerably since that time, but I captured my thoughts at the time. Write down some of your thoughts as you get older. It’s fun to go back and read them later. Continue reading
I use the Safari Web Browser daily for all the usual reasons, but probably the thing I do most on the Internet is shop. I am a member of Amazon Prime so I get free shipping on most things I get from Amazon. This makes the prices very competitive with local retail stores. I don’t get around so good anymore, so shopping from my recliner is of considerable value to me. I have found Amazon to be totally reliable and they nearly always deliver to my front porch on time. Continue reading
My wife owns a Kindle and we have purchased a lot of books for her to read of her Kindle. I ran across the Kindle App when app surfing in the Apple App Store and down loaded it. All of the books that I had previously purchased from Amazon miraculously appeared on the Kindle App on my iPad. Also, each time I purchase Continue reading
I prefer Games that challenge your intelligence a little. Although I have tried many of the game apps available, I prefer the Zynga Poker app for daily play. I play the play money version of Texas Hold Em. I started out with 4000 free chips and have played my way up to 10,000,000 chips. Generally, I play at least an hour a day. It’s fun and I get to play with real people from all over the world. The orientals play nearly every hand going “all in”,
I can hear you now, how can a senior citizen derive enjoyment from Notes on the iPad? I find that my creative juices flow better if I am sitting in my big boy recliner with my feet up and my iPad sitting on my stomach. So when I’m feeling like I want to generate something that might be worth sharing, I turn on the iPad and begin to write.
AirPlay on the iPad allows you to stream videos and music directly from the iPad to your big screen TV and surround sound system through the Apple TV. One of my favorite things to do is to start the iCloud photos on a slideshow and start one of my country music playlists on Spotify ( to be discussed later) from the iPad and switch it to AirPlay. This puts the music on the TV sound system. This puts my favorite photos and my favorite country music playing together. I grab a six pack
For fun, I dressed up like a frontiersman (Grizzly Bill) and took a picture of myself and shared it with my family on the iCloud. I got an almost immediate written comment back from my brother in law Bob ( we call him Buffalo). This resulted in several days of back and forth colorful comments which was a lot of fun and was enjoyed by the whole family!
I love to create character doodles as a form of original art. I will share some of my characters to spice up the blog and maybe make it a little more interesting. I have enjoyed creating these characters since my early years. My friends and family seem to enjoy it and maybe you will too.
The enjoyment I have received from the iCloud is described more fully in the Christmas Poem 2013 I wrote. My wife and I have enjoyed more outings this year than we have since we were much younger! Here’s a copy of the poem:
Photo sharing on the iCloud is one of my favorite features of the iPad. Both of my daughters have iPhones and iPads as do my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. Both the iPad and iPhone have excellent cameras and any photos taken go to their camera roll. The iCloud allows you to instantly share selected photos to willing participants.