Friday-Ness

Yep.  It’s Friday.
My to-do list is long, my house is dirty, my Christmas cards are unmailed, and exactly 1/2 of one percent of my Christmas shopping has been done.
Thankfully my back is doing a whole lot better, which will enable me to work fast and efficiently and get done all the things that I have left undone due to the fact that I was feeling undone by my back’s unhappy state of being.   (Did you get all that?)
And so today instead of writing long-ly and lengthily, I will send you off on your weekend with some glimpses of Outer Banks loveliness to bring a smile to heart and peace to your soul.
Because in this busy season?  Smiles and peace are a really good thing.

I Miss My Memory The Most. And Some Waterfront Photos.

You know how they say that when you get a little older (like almost fifty. like me.) your memory becomes a little less than . . . shall we say . . . stellar?

Well, I think I’m there. 

How do I know that?  Let me count the ways.

Well, actually, let me count just one way.  

This morning I saw some pictures in a folder on my computer and despite staring at them for the better part of a few minutes, I could not for the life of me recall if I had already posted them.  Part of my diminishing brain thought that I had posted them, but when I scrolled through some recent entries I didn’t see them.

And since the part of my (diminishing) brain that said I had not posted them won out, I am hereby posting them forthwith.

If you’ve already seen these pictures and it turns out that the confused part of my brain won this particular memory clash?  Please don’t mention it.  Just let me stay blissfully unaware and ignorant of the fact that I’m re-posting pre-posted pictures.

Or not.



















Here’s that same picture (one of my favorite ones I’ve ever taken) with a little extra editing.

Manteo Morningscape.

Before showing the morningscape of Manteo (for new readers, Manteo is the town in North Carolina where I live), let me just mention that I'm linking up today with Kelly at Kelly's Korner who is featuring "older bloggers."  


And that's really sort of funny because just a couple days ago, I was mentioned on the wonderful Pennington Point as being an older blogger.  Lisa Pennington is one of my favorite bloggers so if you haven't been by her blog, you need to do so.  


(But please finish reading this post before you go.  Thank you.)


But since being dead is the only alternative to being older, I am more than happy to be residing in these middle-aged years. (I'll be fifty in March, if anyone is wondering.)


Alrighty then. If you're a new reader from Kelly's Korner or The Pennington Point, it's nice to meet you.  I hope you stop by again soon and hear all about what it's like to be . . . um . . .  older.   


Now if you'll excuse me, I have a gray hair to pluck.  (From my chin, not my head.)











































I hope you enjoyed your peaceful tour through a Manteo Morningscape.

Let me just mention one other thing . . .

You may remember me writing a few weeks ago about installing a new commenting system.   As you may have noticed, it did get installed (and is fully functional) at the bottom of the blog; however, it has not yet successfully been installed where it’s supposed to be, which is under each post. 
The blog designer who was working on it for me ran into some technical glitches having to do with the template I’m using. Then her sister was put in the hospital and then her whole family got the flu. 
So.  We continue to wait.  (And waiting is not one of my gifts.)
It could be possible that she won’t be able to get it installed the way it should be, in which case I may have to make a few changes (possibly switch to Wordpress from Blogger) to facilitate having this particular commenting system up and running.  It’s a system which I know we all love because it provides the chance to not just comment on my posts but also comment on each others’ comments as well which is a really cool way to build on the wonderful Smithellaneous community we already have.
As always, thank you for stopping by here today; I appreciate my wonderful readers more than you can ever know.