Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Random things around home

Hello!

Popping back again 😊

We are waking up to misty, frosty mornings which then become lovely days:


A few different plants in the window box outside the kitchen:


Our home-made birdstrike prevention set-up.
Much prettier than what was on offer online!  Best of all it works... not one birdstrike has happened since blu-tacking the fans in position!


Dear little sweeties which we can see from the verandah:


... they love a mid-day plunge in this bowl:


It's been a busy 2 months for hubby.  Digging, digging, two tree removals and then digging and cleaning up.  The 'joys' of having an old fashioned septic tank system.  The drainage trenching failed and so he set out to save us thousands of dollars by slowly sorting it out himself. 


... It was a job well done and over with for sure!

Not a lot I could do to help, except to keep morning and afternoon tea snacks coming:

Cinnamon Apple Cupcakes:

Jam Drops:

Date Scones:

...served with lashings of butter!


Nasturtiums are a favourite flower, and I read recently the chooks love to eat their seeds. 
So I didn't need much more incentive than that to plant some more.  Here's the latest:




Succulents always hold pride of place at our place. 
These are some of the many my dear sister has given me and I snap pieces off and grow them in lots of different containers: 

 ♡ I hope life is good for you and yours ♡


Monday, June 25, 2018

How to Fix Email Notifications of Comments ... passing on a helpful hint from Mia

Update 11th August 2018:  Unfortunately, this fix didn't last very long!
Ah well, in the bigger scheme of things that happen in life, this is not a biggie.  Cheers, Sue xx

Hello!

Recently,  Susi  of  froebelsternchen blogspot provided, in one of her recent posts,  a link to Mia's Blog Craftartista, where Mia explained How to Fix Email Notifications of Comments.

Not visiting my blog every day, I'd set the comments section up so that comment moderation turns on 7 days after my posts are published and from that time onwards I am notified by email  of any comments.  That way I didn't miss blogfriends' visits.

This system fell down when Blogger changed things.

Now, following Mia's step by step instructions it is once again working beautifully, so everything's back on track once more... thanks Susi and Mia!