{TIP: How to make your blog's hyperlinks open in a new window}

As I am making my rounds to other bloggers, I frequently come across several posts with hyperlinks. When clicking on them, I leave the actual blog post and have to use the ← Back button in my browser, for getting back again. That could mean too much trouble and a visitor does not return.  So how to avoid loosing your visitors? Let me show you how in Blogger, you easily can create how to open a link in a new window...

Building in a hyperlink, you do by highlighting the word, and than clicking on 'Link' = marked in yellow.

See the yellow marking 'Open this link in a new window'? That is where and how you need to mark!

Than click OK

You also can change any existing link by clicking 'Change' = yellow marked.

Than again you proceed by marking 'Open this link in a new window' and click OK.

The top one is a regular link

The bottom one is a link that opens in a new window

Below I show you the difference in HTML

If checked in HTML, the difference between the Normal Link and the Link that opens in New Window is: target="_blank"

Hope this was helpful!

{My White Schwinn Bike}

For Mother's Day, Pieter did buy me this nice white 7 speed Schwinn Bike. It works so much better than our heavy old 3 speed Dutch bikes. Georgia is hilly and those hills kill you when going uphill... In The Netherlands it is real easy as the country is as flat as a pancake, except for a little part in the very deep south.

November 4, nice and sunny, like today.

Next to our magnolia tree on the driveway.

Perfect weather for a spin on the bike...

Come up partner...

Let's roll!

Pieter often goes by bike to the store; his way of exercising.

Together we bike in our Holly Hills area...

{French Vintage Emile Monier Angels Brooch Plated Bronze}

For YOU I found a rare French Vintage Emile Monier (1883-1970) Angels Brooch in Plated Bronze. It is rather large with 3.2 cm or 1.3 inch and it does have the cornucopia hallmark in the back, next to the letters BR, indicating that it is silver over bronze. The perfectly working pin has a unique safety catch. As usual, this piece is available at my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics. 

Lovely Angels!

Emile Monier (1883-1970) was a great artist.

His signature on top of the Angels' heads and next to their wings...

Perfect working order pin with unique safety catch.

French Cornucopia (horn of plenty) hallmark with letters BR meaning it is silver over bronze.

Below I show you an identical French vintage silver plated bronze medal from a different artist.

Just came across this one, when doing some research on mine...

Ruby Lane.com
Just click on the above hyperlink for checking out the exact same cornucopia hallmark.
They do list it as being from 1930.

Sorry Sold out...

Does any of you have some silver plated bronze brooches?