trying to see if this works
Yikes
You might have noticed that my blog was a little screwy yesterday. And it was when I woke up today.
It was a long day yesterday, full of phone calls to my host and emails to my security company. Yikes. I’m not sure if it’s fixed yet.
Long story short: every moment out there in the blogiverse someone or something is trying to hack into a blog. Whether it is through what are called bad bots or through any one of what seems like an endless array of nefarious schemes, it’s constantly happening. Over the past 36+ hours, my blog was hit by hundreds of hacking attempts. So I decided to opt into another layer of security through the ‘cloud.’
But there are some problems, which I hope get ironed out. Sometimes the blog is unavailable for my readers and for me and if you click on the blog, you get a ‘403 Permission Denied’ message. Every time we think we’ve fixed it, it happens again. Somehow, at times, the settings are locking everyone out.
If you’ve encountered this little message, you have my apologies. I’m doing my best to get it back to normal.
Do me a favor, please? Let me know of any problems you’re having accessing the blog. You can email me and, if you can’t get on MHC, you can find the email address on Just Let Me Finish This Page.
Updated: apparently, if you try to leave a comment, you are taken to a 404 page. Working on it. So if you want to leave a comment, you can leave it on the book blog. Thanks so much.
Hang in there.
I’m saying that to myself, as well.
Happy Friday.
What’s Blooming?
Sleep deprivation continues. I’m sleeping, but not enough, and the cumulative effects are making me very tired and slightly snarly. When I am suffering from a lack of sleep, every worry and care seems heavier and more ominous. But I’m learning to not take my thoughts too seriously on days such as these because I seem to lose all sense of perspective. So, my friends, much to your relief I’m sure, I will not be listing all my worries for you today. No, I will post some pretty pictures instead!
Daylilies are fleeting, but I must say this year’s crop (the ones that haven’t been eaten by the deer) are more abundant than ever. This bed is right next to the entrance to the porch and is full of sedum, hostas, coneflowers and daylilies.
The sedum Autumn Joy was here when we moved in, as was the giant hosta that is just outside of this view. Everything else, I added. This particular bed is one of my favorites because it looks so cottage garden-like. It’s densely planted – more so every year, as the coneflowers keep reseeding and multiplying.
A few years ago, I tucked a Hens and Chicks under one of the boxwoods in front of the house. At the end of our very tough winter, it looked pretty awful. I thought I just might lose it.
But there it is, with little babies.
This one has bloomed for two years now. Aren’t the little flowers beautiful?
Some of you are suffering in a drought, some are dealing with high temperatures, and others, like me, are dealing with a lot of rain and humidity….so tell me, what’s blooming in your garden now? How does it look at mid-summer? Or, if you don’t have a garden, what’s blooming in the gardens around you?
Happy Thursday.
