A Visit with Dear DeDe!
Oh Dog! It’s Sunday, so that means it’s time for another visit with Dear DeDe. Hey, that’s ME!!!
Today my theme is THREE. I have three comments to make with some short follow-up to each.
1) Regarding Blogspot: We’ve had problems posting comments to Blogspot blogs. We get the message that we’ve typed in the wrong Captcha! letters, but that is NOT true. Anybody got any idea what the problem is?
2) Regarding my fans: We appreciate ALL our fans, but ESPECIALLY our fellow bloggers. We love to return the favor of supporting your blog, but, to be honest, some of you are hard to find! Please do your friends a favor and update your GRAVATAR. Make your blog one of the verified services so we can get right to you!
And last, but by no means least:
3) Regarding our poetry: It’s been awhile, and Rumpy is past due for another poetry challenge, so let’s get to it! Your mission is to write a Haiku about snow. Sorry for you guys that are in summer or who never get snow, but maybe you can write of your dreams for some snow.
If you need some info on what is a haiku, you can find it here. We’re amateurs and write in the Traditional 5-7-5 form.
We don’t judge, so please don’t hesitate to join in the fun! We’ll have this challenge next Sunday- it’ll be a joint effort between me and the Rumpster.
See ya next week everybody!
January 22, 2012 at 1:16 AM
Hi DeDe! *waves paw* How’re you? You fell okay? I really hope so.
Wow! Another Haiku Challenge! We’ve just talked about it that Rumpy hasn’t done “Haiku Challenge” for a while, so I’m very excited we’ll have it next Sunday! Of course, I have NO talent to write a Haiku or poetries, but I always enjoy to come up with and post it, then to read the other furpals ones!!! Fortunately it snowed a little bit last week here, so I’m getting ready to think of my Haiku! Woo wooo wooooo~
January 22, 2012 at 11:04 AM
I know! I am so excited!!!! Get to writing Kevin!
January 22, 2012 at 2:32 AM
We have a little bit of snow here too…but we have never even heard of haiku! We will try to think up something! xoxo Chloe and LadyBug
January 22, 2012 at 11:05 AM
We just write for fun, so we hope you participate!
January 22, 2012 at 3:20 AM
Hmmmm! I saw Rumpy’s comment on CATachresis. Blogger is being a pain especially for those who use it for their blogs. I disabled captcha letters as I realised it hindered some people commenting. Another thing is how the comments are formatted. If they are embedded below the post that also can be problematical for some reason. Best thing is to check the pop up window option and not have captcha. However, that can mean more spam gets through, but to be honest Blogger usually recognises spam quite quickly! Am not sure though, why using Open ID doesn’t work??
Will get to work on Haiku
January 22, 2012 at 11:06 AM
The problem is that some blogs only allow a google account or Open ID, and when I try to use my open ID the captcha box doesn’t appear. I’m glad you disabled yours.
Looking forward to your haiku!
January 22, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Hi, DeDe and Rumpy – I am having trouble loading a WordPress blog onto my Blogger bloglist; it was there before I lost my list and had to rebuild it
. Will keep working at it. Look forward to the Haiku challenge. BTW, am here this time because of your inspirational award from Something Wagging. You rock!
January 22, 2012 at 4:29 AM
DeDe is such a charmer, just look at that lovely contented face!
January 22, 2012 at 11:07 AM
I am the bestest dog EVER! Even though Rumpy doesn’t agree…. *giggles*
January 22, 2012 at 5:56 AM
Hi DeDe – how are you feeling? Better I hope! My Mom used to write a good bit of poetry and occasionally would squeeze out a haiku or two so maybe SHE can come up with somethng “snow-related” for the challenge!
Nature’s Jewelry…….
morning sun on snow
like diamond dust on white clouds
a sparkling treasure
Ta Da!
Happy Sunday from Sammy (and his Mom)
January 22, 2012 at 9:26 AM
OOPS..sorry….I got ahead of myself with this response! It popped into my head and I posted it quickly then remembered you said NEXT Sunday’s challenge…. ;(
Pam
January 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM
WHAT? It POPPED into your head?? Just like that? What are you smoking? I want some.
January 22, 2012 at 11:08 AM
No need to be sad…. we got a great preview! I love it!
January 22, 2012 at 6:21 AM
Aha… Haiku… I love it. I’ll be back with mine. Great fun.
Sorry you’re having trouble with blogger. I’ve heard others complain as well..
Have a great day.
pawhugs, Max
January 22, 2012 at 11:08 AM
YAY!!! I can’t wait to see your poem!
January 22, 2012 at 7:27 AM
Haiku’s are difficult! Good luck everyone!
January 22, 2012 at 11:09 AM
Yes, but bad haiku is easy! I write bad ones all the time!
January 22, 2012 at 7:47 AM
Looking forward to the haiku-fest next Sunday!!
Hello Rumpy, hello De-de! Take care
x
January 22, 2012 at 11:09 AM
YAY!!!! Maybe you’ll write one too?
January 22, 2012 at 7:51 AM
Happy Zundayz! Love Willow
January 22, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Hi Willow!!!! Have a great day!
January 22, 2012 at 7:54 AM
Hi De-de… as for Blogspot I long have had a problem there signing in even though I have a Blogspot Blog,.. I was told by a friend of mine to try changing browers.. but the last week its let me in, so I dont know what the problems are.. except gremlins seem to be all over the place
Enjoy your Sunday and many thanks Rumpy for dropping by my place.. so Happy to see you there 
xx
January 22, 2012 at 11:10 AM
That hasn’t helped in our case. We use Chrome and tried Explorer- still no luck.
January 22, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Yep… Blogspot is being kinda.. MEAN lately. It doesn’t like Internet Explorer and it doesn’t like WordPress much better.
January 22, 2012 at 11:13 AM
So I’ve noticed! I used to have no problems with it but in the last two weeks it doesn’t seem to want people to visit your blogs. Makes no sense to me!
January 22, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Hi DeDe, Rumpy and June Buggie!
I’m happy to finally have some free time to read your blog posts.. Missed you all!
January 22, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Hello!!!!! It’s good to see you!
January 22, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Cute puppy. I have a husky/shephard mix and a lab/shephard mix, butyou would never know it looking at Jake. I am new to blogging so I don’t know how you get verified.
January 22, 2012 at 9:39 PM
if you have a gravatar, log into your account and check your page. There are pretty good directions there.
January 22, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Hello, Enjoy reading your blog took your advice and Gravatared today Thanks hopped bye to say HI!!
January 22, 2012 at 9:39 PM
Hey! Thanks for stopping by!
January 22, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Hi Y’all,
I was having problems posting comments. When I complained, blogger replied that they no longer support IE so some features would not perform properly. I use Chrome now for blogging only.
As for posting, I still get the 400 error sometimes and find if I reset my blog under manage blog account, then delete the one that wasn’t working, I could again post.
The first time I got errors I uninstalled and re-installed writer. I’ve since found that is not necessary.
Y’all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
January 22, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Well I use Chrome and I am having problems. *sigh*
January 22, 2012 at 1:28 PM
What a cute face you have DeDe. Commenting on blogspot has been a disaster lately–does it have something to do with how they installed a feature where you can reply to each comment individually? These things happen! No captcha on my blog; I want everyone to be able to visit and say hello quickly so they can get back to kissing their dogs!
January 22, 2012 at 9:41 PM
YAY!!!! Thanks Kirsten!
January 22, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Hey DeDe
Like yous, we has a WordPress blog and we has some Blogger Blogs we can’t even see ‘cept through Reader and some we can’t post on! We don’t knows why.
It makes us sad, cuz we really do live those blogs.
We don’t has captcha either. When wes DID has a blogger blog, it kept stopping peoples from posting.
We will think on the haiku…we is much better with limmericks.
Kisses
Nellie
January 22, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Well you write a limerick if you want to. We’d love it! woo woo woo!
January 22, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Hey Rumpy, You follow my blog! I didn`t know you had one!
- Gracie May
January 22, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Hi Gracie May! Thanks for stopping by!
January 22, 2012 at 4:32 PM
Hi Dede!
You are so beautiful and we will have a Haiku.. we love haiku! We do it badly, but we love it!
Lots of Collie Hugs!!!
The Collies and Chuck
January 22, 2012 at 9:43 PM
We don’t care….. Rumpy writes bad haiku all the time!
January 22, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Hey Rumpy, have you tried Firefox? Seems to work well for us.
We don’t know how to do whatever your #2 comment means about updating a gravatar??? Sorry, we are not too savvy on this stuff.
http://yorkietails.blogspot.com/
January 22, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Oops, our bad – signoff is wrong for us:(
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
January 22, 2012 at 9:43 PM
That’s OK, I know who you are. And I visited your blog but wasn’t able to leave a comment! *pout*
January 22, 2012 at 5:48 PM
I was wondering when you were going to do another poetry challenge. I’ll get my person right on it. I’ve been having the same problems commenting on Blogspot blogs. It won’t take my WordPress account but I can usually comment with my Google account. I use Chrome. Maybe I should see what happens with Firefox.
January 22, 2012 at 9:44 PM
Well at least I know it’s not me!
January 22, 2012 at 6:40 PM
That smile… love it!
January 22, 2012 at 9:44 PM
*blush* Thank you!!!!
January 22, 2012 at 7:09 PM
I dislike captcha! I wish people would turn it off. It makes it so much harder!
January 22, 2012 at 9:45 PM
I do too. But nothing’s easy, is it?
January 22, 2012 at 9:47 PM
As far as bloggers go, sometimes toy HAVE to use Googles Chrome web app. I noticed a similiar problem when attempting to reply to comments on my blog.
Only Google Chrome will work. Google Chrome is free and works just as good as internet explorer.
January 22, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Hey Rumpy and Dede.
Why is Dede day a Sunday? Why not a Monday or a Wednesday?
Anyway, I’m not sure if I’ve deactivated captcha on my blog but I’m glad you were able to successfully comment on it.
ONE MORE THING FOR FELLOW BLOGGERS: MAKE SURE YOUR BLOGGER PROFILES ARE ON PUBLIC.
Huggies and Cheese,
Haopee
January 23, 2012 at 3:00 AM
I have attempted haiku exactly once in a comment to one of my favorite blogs, lscottthoughts.com. I am thinking I may get brave and do haiku with you guys next week. Hope you will stop by to check out our critterly friends on the epiphanl journey ever Eastward at http://granbee.wordpress.com. I must confess, I tend to just READ blogspot blogs,entering no comments.
January 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Yes, I’ve discovered as you have that captcha is capricious! Not only is it almost impossible to decipher the mere shapes of the letters on the occasional blog, but I do find several that consistently tell me I’ve recorded the wrong letters when they’re actually *dead* clear and correct. Usually, that sort of error message will not repeat if I’m offered a second (different) captcha “word” to type, but it’s mighty cumbersome all the same. I’m pretty spoiled by blogs that not only allow comments from all comers (of course I don’t mind if they’re monitored before posting) rather than just Members and *especially* prefer that I not have to enter my name, URL, mother’s underwear size, and any other rigamarole that slows down the process.
At some point, if one’s spam filter isn’t catching enough stuff (mine’s been *very* reliable thus far), then I think one ought to be considering changing host services. But I’ll also quit commenting if (a) the recipients never respond to comments (I’ll still surf their blogs but why say anything if it’s not a conversation??) or (b) they or their host services make it too laborious for me to comment. It shouldn’t be a job!!
THANKS for bringing this up!!!
January 23, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Wow! Haiku in English sounds very difficult. Even in Japanese, I’m very bad at it!lol
I’m looking forward to next Sunday to read your haiku!
January 24, 2012 at 3:30 AM
I’ll do my best to give it a shot on sunday Rumpy. Looking forward to reading everyone’s writings.
January 24, 2012 at 6:50 AM
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January 24, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Mainly what Bongo said. I think there is a wicked conspiracy to make sure that we don’t log in with our WP blogs and we are forced to use blogger. Very bad blogger. Just one of the many reasons I swapped.
Pippa. On His Soapbox.
January 24, 2012 at 4:19 PM
I hear ya! AMEN!
January 25, 2012 at 9:03 AM
You rock, DeDe!
January 26, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Can’t wait – I am so addicted to your poetry contests.
January 30, 2012 at 12:07 AM
Way to go… and I wish they would improve the commenting feature on blogspot too… I have a blog there and love many things about it but that is a peeve. Yes, update your gravatar people… and what was the third one again? Oh Yeah, snow haiku.
January 30, 2012 at 6:35 AM
Thanks!!!! woo woo woo!