Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Reality Shot Thursday #3

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Hello everyone! Welcome to Reality Shot Thursday, where we take our cameras, move them just a bit to the left or right of our pretty staged photos and share the results.

This week: an area of my home that has been the focus of a few pretty photos in the past. Here’s what it looks like now:

Let’s look a little closer. And bear in mind, this is a dark corner, so the photos are a tad grainy.

This desk has become a catch-all for receipts, mail, pieces of paper that we don’t know what to do with, and spare change. And, apparently, a used kleenex (I’m the guilty party.)

Above the desk:

My filing system. Every piece of mail or paperwork that eventually has to go upstairs is shoved here. And it stays there until I can’t stand it anymore. Since I’m in the midst of this awful cold, the mess will stay there a while longer.

As you can see, I have made a few changes on the blog – a new banner and a new background. My blog designer is no longer in business and I have been craving a lighter look. So I took the reins. I hope you like it.

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An Anniversary

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Happy Anniversary, sweetheart. It’s been 13 years since we tied the knot in the little town of Nevada City, California. The best day of my life.

Truly, we have a happy marriage. Oh, we can argue with the best of them, but we laugh even harder. We decided at the beginning of our relationship that we were going to break our previous destructive patterns and we did. And we knew that we had to have a strong and true trust in each other. And we do.

My friends, if you want to hear my favorite of all the songs Don has written, go over to my sidebar, scroll down until you see the Don Sparks at Reverb Nation widget and click on it. When you see the list of his songs, click on ‘see all 23 songs.’ Then scroll down until you get to the second to the last: I’d Sing You. Give it a listen. It will only take a few minutes. You’ll hear and experience the depth of feeling that this man is capable of expressing. And then, if you have the time, scroll up and listen to either I’ve Got a Love or Don’t Tell Me Heart.

You just may swoon. I know I do.

So Happy Anniversary, beloved. I’ve got your back.
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Don’t forget Reality Shot Thursday! I’ll have the post and links up at midnight.

You may have noticed my new banner. My blog designer is no longer in business, so I decided to design something myself. That way I have a bit more control over the design. Hope you like it.

Whoops! Now, I’ve also changed the background. See what happens when you’re home sick?

Blog Problems?

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Do you think I need to start raking?

Cough. Sneeze. Blow nose. Cough. Sneeze. Blow nose.

And again. And again.

Unfortunately, I have sensitive skin and within… oh, say 5 minutes…of starting to blow my nose frequently, redness occurs. I look terrible. Oh, and my eyes get glassy. I’m looking good here at MHC, just in time for our 13th wedding anniversary, which is tomorrow. If I continue at my current pace, I will barely remember to fling a “Happy Anniversary” in Don’s direction.

Is anyone else having problems with blogs loading slowly? Mine, in particular? At times, my blog takes forever to load. And others? In a second. I can’t figure out the culprit, though I am leaning more and more toward Google Chrome. Chrome is already irritating me because I can’t get Picnik to work in Chrome. Out of the blue last week, I could no longer save a photo to my computer after I’d finished editing it. Many emails back and forth to Google/Blogger/Chrome help and I still have the problem. I uninstalled it. I installed a new version. Still, I get a message that “Flash Shockwave” has crashed. So now I’m using Firefox, which I already had installed, to use Picnik. And this crashing problem? Lots and lots of posts about it not working in Chrome.

Today, as I was noodling about trying to figure out why my blog was loading slowly in Chrome, I tried loading it in Firefox. No problem – fast, easy. So that leads me to wonder about Chrome…

I’ve also heard about a lot of problems leaving comments and one of my readers, Lucille, wrote me today to say she couldn’t leave comments and that sometimes she has a problem opening blogs, including mine.

That’s not good. I suppose it could be due to slow internet connections. I have a high speed connection and Wi-Fi here and I have to think the connection speed isn’t always consistent.

Any thoughts or wisdom to pass on would be greatly appreciated.

Go ahead. I’m a captive audience, sitting here in my flannel pajamas and blowing my nose.

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