After a decade of blogging it’s time to redecorate Outside My Window.  Tomorrow morning, October 21, I’ll change my blog’s design by switching the WordPress Theme.

Switching the “theme” is like painting the walls a new color, installing new carpet and rearranging the furniture.  All the furniture will be the same.  It’s not a radical change so you might not notice when it’s done.

Why am I bothering?

Screen formats have changed since I started writing in 2007.  They are many screen sizes now, from wide desktops to tablets to cellphones, but my old design doesn’t scale well.  The new theme flexibly resizes for all.  After I’ve made the change, compare my blog on your PC and cellphone simultaneously and you’ll see subtle differences.

Also I’ve grown tired of the same old look.  The new theme is a different shade of white and there are seven new banner photos to display at random.  Two of the photos are my own, the other five are beautiful birds, thanks to Dan Arndt, Peter Bell, Chad+Chris Saladin, Chuck Tague (thank you, Joan), and Marge Van Tassel.

The screenshot above is a preview.

Soon the blog will have a new look.

(screenshot of the new design theme with banner photo of Dorothy by Peter Bell)