This time, I could NOT get Wordpress to update properly, no matter
what I did, so I guess I’m going to have to work with the old version
until I feel like trying it again.

Kill The PC

It’s so aggravating, when I know there is a new version available, and
it just won’t work for me. Guess I’ll have to learn more about the
workings of this stuff, but it’s going to be hard for a non-techy like me.

Uh-oh, when I logged in I discovered that there is yet another new version
of Wordpress to install.

For some reason I can never install it automatically on this server, so I have
to do it manually. Takes me hours, not being really technically minded.
It’s so easy when you have Fantastico and it’s done automatically, but I
guess you can’t have everything!

Off to play with the techo stuff again, and see what kind of mess I can
get into this time…………

In my garden, there are quite a few native plants, which seem to attract the native
birds. This is great, as I love having them there, except when they eat my fruit,
of course!

The question is, I feed the birds sometimes, but wonder just how much if overdoing it,
and making them too reliant on me, particularly since we are in a drought. One little
dove seems to come flying in as soon as I appear in the garden, and although this is
nice, it seems that she’s relying on me too much. Looks as it I might have to cut down
on her little seed treats.

Dove coming for food

A short time ago, while handling one of my pet pythons, he suddenly decided to bite
me. This is something he’s never done before, and I’m at a bit of a loss as to why.

It was a very hot day, and he was certainly very active, but the only reason I can
think of is that while crawling up the side of my head, he saw my eyelid blink, and
decided that it looked edible.

Snappy Eating

I don’t know about edible, but it certainly bled enough and I had a beautiful black
eye for well over a week.

Now I’ve learned that it’s not a good idea to completely trust any pet, no matter
how long you’ve had them. They are, after all, wild animals.

Well, that was fun – NOT!

I have two other websites hosted with a different host
which uses CPanel and Fantastico. That really makes the job
of updating Wordpress very easy – just click a few buttons and you’re done.

Not with the host this site is with. I’m not saying they are no
good, because I’ve been with them for several years with no
problems, except when I want to upgrade Wordpress.

It isn’t the easiest, when you’re not really technically minded,
but after two attempts, and several copies of the config file,
an hour and a half later, it’s done.

What a relief! I’ve made very sure that all files are backed up
on the server.

Now to find out how to copy all my posts and images to my
own PC so there’s a double safeguard. I’m heading over to
the Wordpress forum to get some help……..

It’s almost Christmas again – hasn’t this year raced by?  It
hardly seems any time since last Christmas and New Year’s parties.

As usual at this time of year, the shop’s are becoming madhouses,
even with the global recession, and are a good place to stay away
from if possible.  Online shopping looks better every year, especially
if you dislike crowds!

Christmas seemed to start earlier than usual this year, with the shops
carrying holiday merchandise from October.   Who knows when it
will start next year – September, perhaps?    I guess I’m becoming a
little cynical about it all.    Just call me Scrooge!

Anyway, just to show I do have a heart, here’s a Christmas Image for you. Happy Holidays!

Yep, that’s right – there is just too much information around!

I’ve been trying to read a few sites about blogging, in an effort
to improve my pages, but there is just so much stuff out there…..

I’ve found a couple of sites to be useful, though, and will be
returning to them.     For now, I’ll just keep on going the way I
have been, and add the new ideas as and when I find them.

If you know of any really good blogging tips sites, please add
your comment.      Can’t promise to join them though. 

We just got back from a holiday in New Zealand and thought that the blackbird eggs would
have hatched by now.

Unfortunately, they hadn’t, and it looks very much as if the birds have abandoned
the nest, as they don’t seem to bother when you go near it now.    Perhaps the
neighbourhood cats were bothering them too much while we were away.    At least it
wasn’t our own cat who’s to blame, as she was in a boarding cattery.

The blackbirds would have been better off to have stayed with the nesting site of
the last three years, high up in the olive tree.    Perhaps they’ll come back and use the
nest again, but it’s getting late in the season now, so I doubt it.

This week I discovered a blackbird’s nest, with a couple of eggs in it.   It was only about four feet
off the ground in my conifer near the study window. I don’t think the birds are going to be
successful in raising any young, because we have so many cats around here who all think my
garden is a great hunting ground.

I’d love the blackbirds to stay in the garden, but wish they’d build their nest in the olive tree,
high up, as they have for the past three years. This new place isn’t really safe at all.

We’ll just have to see what happens over the next few weeks. I will try and scare off the cats,
but I’m not around all the time.

There are a few ravens hanging around too, and they don’t mind an egg or even a nice plump
blackbird hatchling for lunch. Nature can be cruel sometimes.

Male Blackbird

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