“Art is a process of delivering or arranging elements that appeal to the emotions of a person looking at it. It's what you feel.” ~ Shaquille O'Neal

Every trip to the beach requires a rearranging of my collections! There are far fewer shelling opportunities on this side (the Atlantic side) of Florida as opposed to the gulf side, but that doesn’t mean I don’t try! I always manage to come home with new treasures and then set about trying to find a place for them. For my most recent display, I went with “like” and “size”, hence the neat row of “olives” from largest to smallest. Other times, I will have them willy-nilly over a surface as it suits my fancy. Grown up toys! I love each and every one of them.

As I have mentioned before, I am finding it challenging to continue my blog in Blogger and have looked at migrating to WordPress. Well, I am encountering some problems with that as well, most significantly being able to keep the name “My Retiring Life”. It seems that someone began a blog of the same name in WordPress back in 2014, three years after I began mine in Blogger. This individual has not posted since 2015, but the name remains hers. In looking at my choices, I can start a new blog in WordPress under a new title, or I can continue to work in Blogger for the time being. Any of the names that I have considered are also taken, and I kind of like the one I’m using. I have found a way around some of the Blogger challenges, so for now, I will continue as I have.

The time has come for some changes however. Awhile back, I cut back from posting twice a week to just once, on Wednesday’s. That has been fine, but I am finding that sticking to a certain day of the week has it’s limitations. I will sometimes find something interesting to blog about on Wednesday evening, or perhaps sometime on Thursday, and by the time a week has rolled around, it has lost its timeliness. From this point forward, I will post when I have something to write about. It may be once a week, or every other week, or twice a week! This will be much more enjoyable for me. I am also trying to do more on Instagram, and can be found there under the same name. At some point I will put a link on this page to that account. 

So, until next time - I wish you well!