I am not big on making new plans just because the calendar says it’s a new year. But this January brought big changes to my way of thinking. I’ve neglected this blog, but now I am finding many problems with links not working, and so I apologize. I am on it! Fixing most of my older, seashell blog posts will take time, but I am doing it. I like sharing information about the seashells I find and photograph.
This blog has gone through a lot of upheavals as I try to figure out how best to create an income. I want the blog to help people find my products, if they are interested in such things. I do not want it to be a salesy, “please buy my stuff” blog, with loads of advertisements. I will be adding one page with products that link to my Zazzle store.
Seashells by Millhill began as a fun blog about my shells. As a New Hampshire resident (when I started), I no longer collected Florida seashells, but I had a collection. My job was to create photography products to sell from a print-on-demand site (Zazzle). The products would feature (and still do) my shell photography. So blogging about my shells, while selling my shell photos on postcards, stationery and ornaments, seemed like a great idea.
When I moved back to Florida, my son and I began boating. That was when I found some really wonderful wildlife to photograph and share. The saltwater Indian River is only a few miles from our house, and we boated on all the good days. Blogging about our adventures was fun, but I have always had trouble with the technology part. I made mistakes by always changing things and I think that is how my links were lost. As I said, I am not tech savvy.
The worst of it is that I never realized how many links were broken! If you have been reading my blog and encountering broken links and 404 page not found headings, I am so sorry. This mostly affects the older seashell pages.
While cleaning up my Pinterest boards, I wondered why I had so few views and link outs. Well, this is why – the links went nowhere! I’m embarrassed. The items (free coloring pages) and stories I want to share have become very hard to find. I have a lot of cleaning to do.
My time was focused elsewhere for too long. We began camping locally and did less boating. I really got into my knitting hobby and blogged a lot about that on my old New England blog. One day, a few years ago, I decided that I needed to begin growing my own food. I turned one of my other blogs into a Florida gardening blog. Yes, I have too many blogs.
I hope you will not give up on reading my posts, and one day soon they should all work correctly!
Leaving you with some photo faves from over the years. Thank you so much for reading.
