Near the bottom of every page of this blog is a link to
Older Posts. It's just above the
Navigating this Blog section that I wrote to help readers find their way past the first page. And since many people come to this blog when googling a particular topic, I wanted to be sure they could find more than just one post.
I noticed some time ago that the Older Posts link was easy to miss and I wanted to make it larger. Yesterday I finally did. This won't interest you unless you're a blogger, but in case you are, here's the process:
After signing in, I went into Design and clicked on the Edit HTML tab. This displays the template. It took a little searching to find the style code for the Older Posts link. It starts out like this:
#blog-pager-older-link {
I experimented a little bit and wound up choosing 108% for the size of the font. Here's the line I inserted on the template:
Once I felt satisfied with the size, I changed it on the other links that appear on the same line,
Home and
Newer Posts. The latter only shows up if you have already gone to
Older Posts.
And yes, I downloaded a copy of my template so I could restore it if I made some kind of a mess playing with it. I'm not an expert with style sheets because I learned HTML in the "old days" before CSS, so I proceed cautiously. I did take a CSS course at
VU a few years ago so I have a basic knowledge of how it works. (After all, you can't keep up unless you keep learning!)
This squirrel must have been hungry. He made his way to our deck, a story above the ground, to scavenge a little scattering of seed that fell from our new bird feeder.
This picture is from a week ago, when we still had icicles hanging from the eaves. Recent rains have cleared the roof, although we still see patches of snow in the yard. 
During the summer we can't see the homes next door to ours. But when the leaves are off the trees, we can glimpse them through the woods. The bright trim on this a-frame makes it easy to spot.
These girls are going uphill while standing on a "carpet lift," which is like a moving sidewalk on an incline. At the top of the lift they will take their turn sliding down the "snow lanes."
The tubing run is free of obstructions and engineered for an easy stop at the bottom, so it should be a lot safer than tubing on just any hill, which I recently read is more dangerous than sledding because tubes tend to spin around, making control just about impossible.
I took this picture in Winchester in October. The duck is so bright that the squirrel almost disappears by comparison.
I moved our green-roofed suet feeder into the backyard because it doesn't seem too susceptible to squirrel raids. I suspended this new one off the deck where the squirrels rarely visit. The birds like it just fine!
That's "Monty" the Montero. We don't use him a lot because the car is more comfortable and easier on gas, but Monty has been invaluable in the snow.
Today was the "ribbon cutting" for the new room at the Basye-Orkney Springs Community Library. Mona Wolf brought this fancy cake decorated with books and a yellow bow.
Cardinals are beautiful birds! And the male with his bright red feathers is so colorful - a wonderful contrast to a white snowy background.
This morning we were pleasantly surprised to find our driveway had been plowed before we took the dogs out at 9 o'clock. At least, it was partially cleared. Perhaps the guys had an equipment problem — it looks like they got one lane cleared almost to the top. A little work with the shovel will get the car out tomorrow. 
Our little library has an addition! Steven Custer Construction built it and it looks great!
October was a beautiful month! I miss the sunshine and warm days!
This past autumn was so pretty I took hundreds of photos. I still have more to post!
The North River flows to Port Republic where it joins the South River to form the South Fork of the Shenandoah.
