Preparing for a Slide Show

Recently I went on some garden tours and will be sharing some photos of the beautiful flowers with my Master Gardener group at our montly meeting tomorrow.


In order for everybody to be able to see the photos I have on my computer, I saved them to a Power Point Presentation CD which I put together this afternoon. I will put the CD in my laptop computer and hook it up to my projector, and project the photos to a large screen. Learning to do all of this has not been easy for someone who does not understand high technology. I have great difficulty coping with change when my computer decides to update programs that I have finally mastered, and people come up with new ideas and update things and I have to start all over learning how to use the new technology. Jim laughs at me because I get so frustrated and throw up my hands, exclaiming "I do not like change". I want things to stay the same so I don't have to learn something new. After reviewing the manual, I finally remembered how to project the images on the screen. Now if I can just remember which cable or cord goes to the right port to hook the laptop computer to the projector, I'll be ready to start the show.

The first tour photos I will be showing are from a Garden Tour I went on in Charlotte, NC in April when I visited my sister Alice one week-end. We went to several homes on the tour and all of the gardens were different. One of my favorites had a lot of fun things mixed in with the flowers. This sign was attached to an old bird house: Fixer Upper -- Available for a Song!

Our Master Gardener group went on a tour of a couple of gardens
in Hartford, AL a couple of weeks ago.

The first stop was a Prayer Garden at Hartford Baptist church. You enter the garden through a nice arbor where a sign hangs that says "Garden of Eden". The garden was started in 2005 and several members of the church work in the garden. We enjoyed the engraved plaques and sculptures. Many of the plants are mentioned in the Bible and scriptures were on the plant identification marker. This garden is so relaxing and there are many places to sit and look at all the beauty.  

The next stop was out in the country at the home of Buddy and

Patricia Guilford. Their huge yard is filled with many kinds of roses, and other flowers. One of the highlights of this tour was near the end of the walk around the big yard and you look over into a field and see the most wonderful wildflower display. It almost took my breath away! 

I also included in my slide show presentation some suggestions on landscaping - mainly things NOT to plant too close to the house. I

included some of my "mistakes".

I'm all set to go to the meeting tomorrow and plug in the computer and projector and take a deep breath, and pray that everything works as it should and the pictures will shine on the big screen so they can be enjoyed by all. And I do hope some of this modern technology will either slow down or get easier to use........