November is that time - to find a calendar for the coming year!
Have to have two calendar types - one wall, for next to the loo medicine cabinet where the morning view is inescapable, one booklet/desk for doctor's appointments & daily glucose readings. In different years one or the other or both have posed their separate obstacles - the wall, shopping madness in local retailers to find variety pics tolerable for the whole year. And the booklets, weekly view and no decoration and cheap. The bigger stores sometimes zoomed in prices for the booklets, with the greentree outlets not having sometimes, but have found something each year. If some English Major wants to write my biography, there's a box of the yearly booklets with appointments, repairs, visits out of town covering 30 or so years - what to do in the end phase of downsizing and divesting of life junk.
With the wall, the main issue is finding striking pics tolerable throughout a year. Several years ago I gave up on the local outlets and do the selecting online. The main attraction is visual beauty. Pleasing choices in recent years: New Orleans sights, Tuscany (home of the Etruscans), architectural wonders.
Automatic rule-outs: Generic landscapes, cute pets that are available everywhere and repetitive, tourist views available on postcards, pretty much any other categories imaginable.
Last year ended up with a Tiffany stained glass one, and looks like this year will be another one, here:
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This wall calendar was 16 month wall calendar of his cottage prints. The paper was heavy instead of thin unlike most calendars.
Once I got done with it after 16 months, I bought some picture frames and I centered the calendar print how I wanted it using the glass of the picture frame to trace the picture. Then I cut my square trace and placed it in the picture frame.
I keep the prints Misty Lane Cottage (lower left) and The Gate to the Lost Garden (upper right) on display. I have some light reflected in the Misty Lane Cottage so it might be difficult to see.
I've spotted quite a few broken items still for sale at Ollie's which anything broken should be taken off the shelves.
Although I've picked up that nice calendar, I got a few 60" bamboo outdoor scarecrows, some Christmas garland and some years ago I snagged Pete Souza's Obama An Intimate Portrait coffee table book.
I don't shop there very often and there's nothing wrong with downsizing. In fact, I've been working on decluttering the kitchen and living room this entire weekend.
It's okay! 
as my wall calendar for the past several years. I like the simple vintage design. I use the Google calendar on my phone and tablet for my daily notations but still get a wall calendar for nostalgic reasons.
Best wishes for a great 2026!
I get at least a dozen around this time of year from animal and environmental organizations I donate to. I put them in those little neighborhood library boxes, but I still have a few. Just DM me your address if you'd like one.
I appreciate the thought!
I took a quick look at a big on line calendar site.
So like scenic wonders, mountains, ?National Graphic, pathways, etc.
Then I suddenly thought the tropics!
So islands, beaches: palm trees, teal, turquoise waters. Swoon!
I guess I'll get myself to Barnes & Nobles soon!
TY for the inspiration!
you can do one for me of snails. Yeah those calendars from Mexican businesses were spectacular. The pandas are from a Chinese buffet.
Ring around the world with this year's Ringing World Calendar, featuring spires, vistas
