January 2019 wallpaper/calendar is ready to download

Jan 1, 2019
2019 - 1 - January - tinified
Can you believe I’ve been creating these monthly desktop wallpaper/calendars for nearly 2-1/2 years now?!? As we enter another year I found it a little stunning today to realize just how many of these I’ve done!
 
This is my 3rd January image, but I’ve found that every year January’s has always seemed difficult for me. Christmas, with all its warm and embracing colors, is now behind us, and while the days are just beginning to get a little longer, the sky is too often dark and brooding. It’s very cold, and there is still a long, long ways until spring flowers make an appearance. Nevertheless, I always like to think that things ARE moving in that direction, and my heart urges me to acknowledge that.
 
So this month I have chosen an image that recognizes it’s still definitely “cold season”, but the stream is active, rather than frozen solid. And the sun shining through the trees offers a glimpse and hope of brighter days to come. All of which makes me smile.
 
I do have to share one note regarding the URL for the Occasions Catalog, however. Please note that the URL for the Occasions Catalog (PDF) listed on the image will not actually be active until sometime on January 3rd, because that’s when the 2019 Occasions Catalog actually goes live. So while you’re free to download and install the image now, please don’t try to use that URL until (sometime on) the 3rd. (“Sometime” depends on when I get around to updating it, lol.)
My monthly desktop wallpaper background not only offers you a pretty seasonal picture to brighten your computer monitor, but also includes a handy monthly calendar, and serves as a cheat sheet reference to websites you may want to know about and visit.  And it’s even FREE to download and install, so please don’t hesitate to share this page with your friends and family.
 
 
You’ll probably want to consult your own computer operating system’s installation instructions, but installing the background image on my Windows 10 system takes just 3 quick steps – and less than a minute. It’s super-duper easy-peasy!
  1. I download and save the image to my computer – from the link just above that starts with “Click HERE”. (NOT from the picture that appears at the top of this post!)  TIP:  To “download” the full-resolution image once it’s open (from Google Drive where it’s stored), I click on the downward-pointing arrow. THAT is what actually begins the download process to my computer.
  2. Once the file has been downloaded, named and saved to my computer’s hard drive, I open it.
  3. Then I right-click on the image and select “Set as” > “Set as Background”….. then right-click again and select “Set as” > “Set as Lock screen”. And poof! That’s all there is to it! (For convenience, I install this on both my desktop system as well as my laptop.)
And in case you may have an operating system OTHER than Windows 10, these tips may help with installation:
 
Finally, please keep in mind that the format of my monthly picture is designed for most modern-day 16:9 monitors (a common format for monitors and HD TV’s since about 2009), oriented in landscape format. (1920 x 1080 pixels.) If you’re working with an older monitor (one that is more square-ish in format), or your monitor is set up in portrait format, the picture will probably not work for you. Sorry ’bout that.