I'm posting this on January something, 2011

but dating it December 31, 2010.

How did the year end?

Some comments and photos follow.

I think I've determined the reason this blog

gets so many hits on the September 20th post.

I named my bendable car companion "Bob",

but there is also a Sponge Bob which is bendable.

So, searches on "Bendable Bob" list that post.

I read a total of 53 books in 2010.

The book count isn't particularly important,

but since I've been logging my books since 1986,

it's easy to make a count at the end of the year.

This is a fairly typical count;

my highest is somewhere over 100,

my lowest is in the 20s.

I've given myself permission to

end my Blessing cards project.

Very freeing;

it was becoming a chore, not a pleasure.

Instead of 100, I have 75.

An acceptable number.

I didn't post to this blog every day of 2010 as planned.

I quit on December 19th.

Just quit.

And didn't miss it.

Also, I've almost totally quit taking photographs.

I think I will resume; I just need a break.

I got my ears pierced on December 30th

(my first and probably last piercings)

Anne and I got tattoos on December 27th,

her third, my second.

We have identical tattoos

and we can add accessories with marker as the mood strikes.

Happy faces, anyone?

( Jan ???? )

Most everything else that's happened this year

was posted as it happened.

Here is a final "You are here" . . .

and a close-up of the oil spot . . .

A reflected good-bye to 2010 . . .

The end.

Thanks for reading.