Buttons! Buttons! Buttons!

For the past 6 months I’ve been limping along with a wordpress that suddenly stopped doing everything It reliably did. And I’ve had to use html code commands to access even the simplest functions. (Which I’m sure is fine if you have that kind of brain, but not if you’re ME, with this kind of brain.) I can never tell where the <marks go and which way the / is facing.  I’m soooooooooooo happy not to look like this anymore.

My new dashboard does even MORE things than my old one! Complete with drop down menus and acres of choices – including emoticons! I can’t wait to try them all out! There’s even the hugely dangerous “Insert read more tag” which is a button I can only caution you from ever pushing.

The one thing I lost and have to try and replace is the “Like button” for facebook. Hmm I will hunt around for the right fix. In the meantime, let’s just admire the view!

Two wonderful surprises yesterday in my begging excavations. One was the generous response from Summer ties who said they love beavers and would be happy to send a couple of these my way. (I can’t tell you wistfully admiring Ian Timothy was to see such a bowtie of beavers! When I mentioned they donated to the auction he thought maybe this was the year he’d have to come to the festival!)

The second find is even rarer. It’s the usual historic image of a beaver who’s implausibly bitten off his own testicles to discourage the hunter, but look at his FACE. This must be the very rare puma beaver! I’m thinking that we spend a lot of time praising the naturalists of the 1800’s for admiring and understanding wildlife – but you’d think an artist of any worth could tell the difference between a mountain lion and a beaver?