I have been having such trouble this last week trying to write a post for my blog. I have plenty of photos and I’ve always lots to say as you all know but, either WordPress, or my computer, or both is causing the site to crash. I save my draft and just get to near where I left off and crash! .. it all disappears. R thought at first it was because I use a netbook to post and it doesn’t have a lot of memory space. So, I put all my photos on a memory stick and went upstairs to the old computer in the spare room and tried again and crash! He now thinks that either there is a limit to the amount of photos allowed on each post or a limit on how many gigabytes allowed ( surely not?) or I have included something that has caused problems. As the post I was trying to finish was lots of photos of wildlife in my garden interspersed with my usual waffle I am at a loss as to why. I am leaving the draft post as a draft for the time being and will see if this one causes trouble. If anyone can think why I have had these problems please let me know. I am a bit of a duffer when it comes to computers so words of one syllable, please.
This summer the weather has been quite changeable and in East Anglia where I live we haven’t been as dry as usual. I have my own personal weather gauge and according to that it has been the dampest for many years. My weather gauge is the amount of times I have been able to dry towels outside on the washing line and this year I have only managed it twice. I only ever wash towels on a Monday and I only hang them out during the afternoon but even so, during most summers I am able to dry towels outside almost every week from May until October. I often dry them outside overnight which means they don’t end up like sandpaper.
The weather this week has been hot and humid and we have had a lot of thunder and lightening and very heavy rain. A couple of nights ago the lightning flickered non-stop for an hour and a half. R tells me the weather is the fault of the ‘Spanish Plume’. Because of the noise of the rain drumming on the roof and the whirr of the fans going full blast I thought he said ‘Spanish flu’ and became quite confused for a while. I questioned him saying, ‘Spanish flu?’ and he said ‘Yes’ which made things worse. We eventually understood each other and he explained that it is a weather system – from Spain.
Despite all the dodgy weather we have had a plethora of beautiful sunsets recently so to end this post sooner rather than later and risk a crash again, these are the recent photos I have taken.
Sunset on 28th June
Sunset on 13th July
Sunset on 17th July
Sunset on 18th July
Sunset on 19th July
Half way through writing this post R and I had to go off to evensong at Rumburgh church. After the service all the talk was about the amount of rain we have had in the last twenty-four hours and the thunder this afternoon which was a continuous rumble with not a pause. One gentleman said he had two soak-aways in his front garden, neither of which were working. The heavy boulder clay just under the top soil can be a trial sometimes. The Rector was having the same trouble in his garden too. One person was told we had 9ml of rain last night and someone else said we had 17ml of rain this afternoon. In all, about 2″ of rain in a day.
acuriousgal said:
So beautiful….gave me some peace during these terrible times
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you, Barb.
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tootlepedal said:
The sunsets more than make up for the lack of wildlife.
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you. I’m going to re-write the post and try again.
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quietsolopursuits said:
I’m sorry that I can offer no solutions to your computer problems.
The sunsets were gorgeous, I hope that they’ve made up for all the rain you’ve had!
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you. I think the sunsets are all part of the deal with this weather system we’re in.
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New Hampshire Garden Solutions said:
When I was having problems like yours I installed Google Chrome and haven’t had any trouble since. It’s a free search engine that you can download and install for free.
There is a limited amount of space (3,072 MB) on WordPress unless you pay for the premium edition.
You can shrink your photos to save space, which is what I do.
I’m glad that you got the sunsets in. They’re beautiful.
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you Alan. I already use Google Chrome but I will certainly try shrinking the photos – a good idea!
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Cynthia Reyes said:
Claire:
I really did intend to sympathize with your wet-weather problem and your computer problem (about as mysterious to me as knitting).
But then the Spanish flume vs. Spanish flu made me laugh out loud! And off I went, thinking about that!
Then, along came those breathtaking pix of the sunset.. double Wow!. They’re so stunning (they look like paintings) that I’m having trouble picking my fave!
As you’ve guessed, I’m of no use with computer problems. Sorry.
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you Cynthia. We keep giggling about it too. I have had a couple of suggestions re. the computer so I’ll try them and see. It will probably be one of those inexplicable things that happen now and then.
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Cynthia Reyes said:
Good luck!
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you!
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beckarooney said:
Wow those sunsets are breath-taking! Beautiful captures 🙂 sorry to hear about your computer problems, technology is great but only when it works! There’s a limit of 3GB I think for photos on WordPress, when mine nears its limit it makes trying to create a new post difficult as it slows down a lot! Hope this helps 🙂 x
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you for the suggestion. I am not quite at my limit yet but I will bear it in mind.
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richardmitnick said:
WordPress does have a limit of 3072MB. I have done 3500 posts, many heavy with graphics. All I have used of my limit is 253MB. Netbooks are trash. A really old computer will not be good. If you can get a new computer, even an inexpensive one, but a real computer and not a netbook, make sure you do not get Windows 8. Get Windows 7. Best of luck, your photos are beautiful.
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you so much for your kind comment and for the advice. I am so frustrated by my netbook but unfortunately it’s all I have at the moment. My husband has said he’ll get me a lap-top for my birthday in September – I’ll give him a few hints (I think he is aware about Windows 8!) Thank-you again!
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trotter387 said:
Wow what great vistas
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clarepooley33 said:
Thank-you! We are fortunate to have a west facing garden with no trees or houses to get in the way of the view.
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