Well yes, Blog almost went; first the camera died [replaced with the slightly sketchier “backup” camera], then there was the lengthy [begun in Nevada] meltdown involving email which required, ultimately, replacement of the entire ancient OS while in a separate scenario WordPress deteriorated unto utter time-sucking unusability.
After many fruitless days of this and an outside consultation a workaround seems to have been effected though meanwhile chronic exasperation with the whole process set in. Nonetheless, having already collected images of the unusually dry and warm weeks following
Thanksgiving
I’ll offer them here, belatedly.
While stuck on the screen waiting for the blog to upload, download, refresh and/or lose media files I sought solace binging on the adventures of Brent Underwood in his “ghost town”, which occur in an environment reminiscent of the deserts of my adolescence. Hits and missives would sometimes fail to open for an entire episode. Very annoying…I’d go on to watch another, often
to no avail. Meanwhile Benicia town, quietly masked, never failed to Amaze,
putting forth Art for the holidays, or your S&M basement, depending.
Trouble on the water,
and also not;
certainly not anything like a normal December on said water. Or said town; new tires
and a muffler for the Tundra, morning walks with dogs, masked paranoid-seeming citizens
[none shown]
and pepper flowers for our luncheon quesadillas as the Inkies ate
us.
Saturday December 5th the long-suffering rarely seen Library Show finally came home although
the travails and annoyances of computer-dumb continued well into the week. As they are now hopefully gone Blog may not yet be gone after all.
Well we’ll see.
I HOPE the blog gets fixed, or moves to service that is more dependable, as we CANT LIVE WITHOUT IT!
Your blog is an Essential Service!
As always, today’s pix are gorgeous and delightful both.
Save The Blog!
I love seeing the photos & hearing your derisive take on the state of the world. It’s almost like we get to visit with you.
I agree with Stephen 100%.
Sorry about all the electronic torture, hope it’s fixed and we really NEED the blog.
Great pictures of Benicia…thanks.
Keep the blog alive! WordMess can be replaced.
I’ll simply say I second all the above messages and I would deeply miss the blog should it disappear. You’ve actually almost made me want to move to Benicia, though the desert would be a greater stretch. Childhood in Southern Idaho with forced bird hunting excursions probably ruined me for that. (I managed it by being such a bad shot that I don’t think I ever killed a bird.) But your highways and Western skies do take me back to the best parts of it all. It is great driving country.
Ditto to Stephen.
Thank you all…and yes, I’ll keep trying.
I like getting this stuff out there, too…