Thinking of it, I shouldn’t have been surprised it was a poor day today. Yesterday my new batteries arrived. When I had ordered them – eight AAA batteries and a charger Amazon had suggested that I might like to try the latest model instead, so I did. The batteries seemed better and it was only a few pounds more.
The only problem was that they were AA batteries. I am annoyed at myself for not reading the details more carefully, and even more annoyed with Amazon for suggesting I order the wrong thing when I was well on my way to ordering the right thing before they interfered. They will have to go back, and because I don’t intend giving them another £15 while I wait for the £19 refund, I had to get a card of normal, non-rechargeable batteries. All my good intentions have gone for nothing, but at least I have my illuminated magnifying glass back. I had missed it.
Then I found I can no longer access my “Reader” from the bar at the top of my WP site. I have tried asking for help but it was not a lot of use. I can, at the moment, access the reader by using a link. However, I can’t seem to add a link permanently As I am trying to be a nicer person I will add no more..
We picked plums this afternoon. Well, Julia picked plums. I confined myself to a supervisory role. Some have already gone over, and the remaining ones are a poor selection – there has been too much rain this year and the fruit is watery and tasteless. We have had to leave some on as the picking tool has gone missing since last summer (I suspect it has been put away somewhere safe), we are not safe on stepladders these days, and I have let the pruning get out of control. However, that will be a problem for the new owner if all goes according to plan.
I’m now going to eat another plum and cogitate on writing poetry about eating fruit from the garden.
Reflected Plums – Victoria
The plums look delightful. Makes up for the apprentices who re format WP too often.
Yes, I don’t know how they thought two circles (presumably glasses) at the other side of the page would denote a reader in quite the same way that a word “Reader” did, or why they would do it without some warning, but it’s back now – just had to press a few buttons so it became a usable link. What a great improvement on the old link (yes, you do detect sarcasm). 🙂
We had very few plums this year. My reader button had disappeared too, but when i looked there was a rather faint pair of spectacles further along the top bar which turned out to be the reader button. You may have one too. I don’t know why WP mucks everything about all the time.
Unfortunately by the time I’d worked out that the two circles were spectacles, and had then made them into a link by pressing some buttons, I had wasted twenty minutes and my supply of good humour. Why don’t tey just tell us?
Our plums did not do well this year. I think we only got 3 or 4. Apples and pears we have plenty of.
Apples and pears store better. Our plum numbers are good despite the lack of pruning. We eventually removed the cherry tree because most years the birds took all the fruit and we didn’t really have enough room.
Sorry about those plums! Very disappointing.
It is the price you pay for the seasons and the weather. Without the diversity of plums life would be very dull. 🙂
A marvellous picture of plums.
I’m afraid it is my old picture from few years ago. I am getting very lazy.
It is still a beautiful composition.
Yes. I haven’t thought of anything better. 🙂
Never mind. Still apt
🙂