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Look, let’s be honest. The theme on this blog is…not entirely up to the latest design standards.

No, it’s “only a mother can love it” ugly.

And I feel comfortable saying that because I designed it. I cobbled together the Wallyhood banner back in 2008 by photoshopping the letters from the Food Giant’s old Wallingford sign into an approximation of the iconic Hollywood sign, dragged them onto a photo I found somewhere of Gas Works and then, in what I considered a clever move, placed a little dog where the dot before the org would go. Blog!

But 17(!) years later, it’s time for a spruce up. And that is where you come in. We’re going to replace the theme completely with a new look-and-feel, but we need to anchor it with a gorgeous, friendly, homey, Wallingfordy photograph at the top of the page. And nothing would make us happier than if someone from Wallingford would let us use their work on our site.

So, if you have a photograph that would work as a website banner that represents Wallingford to you, we would be grateful if you would let us use it. We don’t have any set notions of what it means to be Wallingfordy, so sky’s the limit. Comfy craftsman bungalow with an eclectic garden? Kites flying over Gas Works? The Good Shepherd Center in autumn? You show us!

The only guidance we’ll provide is that it should be roughly 16:9, so it can stretch across the width of the site.

If you have something you think we could use, please email it to [email protected]. Thanks in advance, neighbor!

(The cute little logo you see there was by ex-Wallyhood resident Heidi Smets. Thanks, Heidi!)