Menopdurating; Blog Admin

Phew! A new year, a new blog banner, and a new FFF badge for those participating. What's that, do I hear you ask? There are a few new readers here who may be wondering. 

It's my little prompt to get creative on your own blogs. You can see the guidelines for participation on the FFF Rulez tab above (or click here today). The badge will sit on that page permanently, but for today only, you can also download it here... You can resize it to suit your own page dimensions; I'm just using the original sizing for that big splash 'pay attention' effect 🤩

Each January, I opt to leave one day without a post just to give myself a teeny-tiny break. This year, that day is going to be Saturday. I am doing this mainly because I need to get more recordings done for the Saturday Sounds feature I started in the summer of last year, which has proven quite popular. The fallow day may drift into February, as I won't be back on the road until the third weekend of this month to capture anything of interest.

I continue to check the spam folder in comments regularly because Blogger really is a bit random with that. There are a few of you that it really doesn't like, and I regularly have to override the bot. Don't fret if your comment seems to disappear; I'll find it and get it back on the blog again. It might be worth restating that if you comment on any post over three weeks old, it will go to moderation, but again, be assured I check regularly. 

It is also worth reiterating that my blog is not contemporaneous. On average, all posts pertaining to my travels and happenings are about 10-14 days behind. This is to allow me time to process info and images - but also to build a degree of travel security. It is also occasionally true that posts may not always be in contiguous time.

New Blog Alert... you may recall that I met up with Amanda and her dogs recently at New Berwick and that she was thinking about restarting her own blogging habit. Well... it's happened! You can visit her at Climbing Mandy and see lovely photos of the boys. I must amend the Viszla's names here; I mistakenly remembered him as being another Harris (after the first one), but he is, in fact, called Hamish! Shame on YAM-aunty for getting that wrong.

If you dropped by yesterday, you would have seen and heard the first of a series of guest choices for the midweek music filler. It's the first time I've done this, and it was fun having musical choices put in my direction for a change. This weekly feature was begun to share some of my own eclectic tastes with a view to bringing things to your ears you may not have previously considered. Not everything is liked by everybody, but that doesn't matter. Giving things a chance is what matters. Being open to choices and seeking the bits that do sit well. For my part, I am not a fan of jazz by any stretch of the imagination, and yet there are some pieces that do sit well when the mood takes me. This is why I was excited when Joni came on board and responded to my request that she select a variety for us all to listen to this month.

NOW - I hope you also paid attention to my call to each of you to think about what you might like to share. I would be thrilled if I could fill this whole year with other folks' music selections! Hang together a minimum of five and up to eight pieces of music (it doesn't all have to be the same genre), and send me links to them via email. (If you don't already have my addy, you can use the contact link from my Linktree account.)

... I think that's it. 2025...crikey... Onward!