The image here shows the blank start before setting up the blog. To make the blog fit my visual likings I changed the following.
I selected a travel theme for the blog in design mode. Clicking on the “Customize” button and selecting the background, I changed the background picture to a personal photo that I took in my travels to Thailand, set the alignment of the photo, and changed the main color theme. Selecting layout, I changed the body layout. The selecting advanced, I changed the font to Calibri, 14px, and the color to #ffb00. Going out of the customize, I went back to the main configuration to select a layout. There I changed the favicon to a map marker, added a Blog Search widget to the sidebar-left-1, and added a copyright footer. From language and formatting, I changed the time zone to (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time. Lastly, from Posts, comments, and sharing, I changed who can comment to only members of this blog.
