Desktop Calendar Wallpapers - November 2010

Beach Treasures

Beachcombing — walking along the beach to see what treasures have washed ashore — is fun to do on a summer day. But try it during the colder months and you’ll learn what the best beachcombers know: The season’s strong storms and lack of crowds leave behind the most amazing finds! Driftwood, egg cases, and shells are among the objects you might encounter. You might also come across a piece of sea glass, which is glass that has been tumbled smooth by water and sand. Or maybe you’ll find some coral, a whelk, or a sand dollar. Just be sure to leave live organisms where you found them because most can’t survive outside their natural habitats.

Photo by Lisa Tossey

2 – Election Day
Elect to be an environmental steward. Here are three simple things you can do: (1) combine errands into one trip to save fuel; (2) reduce lawn fertilizer use to minimize polluted runoff; and (3) pick up trash to prevent it from entering our waterways.

7 – Daylight Saving Time ends
Set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m.

11 – Veterans’ Day
Observation towers and bunkers at Cape Henlopen State Park, formerly a military base that protected the mouth of Delaware Bay, are quiet reminders of soldiers’ service in World War II.

24 – Announcement of Francis Alison's “Free School” opening, 1743
The University of Delaware, which traces its origin to this private academy, received its collegiate charter from the state in 1833 and was designated one of the nation’s land-grant colleges in 1867.

25 – Thanksgiving
The University of Delaware’s R/V Hugh R. Sharp is 146 feet long and carries up to 20 scientists on missions throughout Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The Mayflower was considerably more crowded. This approximately 100-foot ship carried 102 passengers to the New World.

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Note: Once you have downloaded your wallpaper, you can fine-tune its appearance using your computer's desktop preferences menu (i.e. whether the image is centered, tiled, stretched to fit the screen, etc.).

Step 1.
Click on the link below the image of the month representing the size that you are interested in. This will open the image in its own window.

Step 2 For PC users:
1. Position your cursor over the image.
2. Click the right mouse button.
3. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer (v. 6.0 or higher), select "Set as Background" from the popup menu.

Step 2 For Mac users:
OSX: Drag the image onto your desktop.
Go to System Preferences and open the "Desktop & Screen Saver" icon.
Under the "Desktop" heading, use the file navigator to add the image to the library.
OS9: Drag the image onto your desktop.
Go to your Control Panel and select "Appearance."
Click "Set desktop" and choose your new image.