Future of Blogger??

   Good morning Saturday,

I have been reading about more issues with Blogger.  A couple of my blogging friends have shared some major issues they are having-one through email and one on her blog this morning. 

  Sounds like these issues are getting worse here on Google  One friend mentioned it's been 8 years since any maintenance -which I had thought was the issue as well. If this goes away or gets so it is impossible to use that will be it for a blog platform I am thinking for me. 

   I don't have the knowledge to figure out how to make my own blog-and there is not much in choices any more for a blog platform to switch to. I am also thinking most people now are on places that are not blogging platforms like Facebook-Instagram etc. I tried to get on Truth Social but one has to have a cell phone to use 

  I never liked Word Press but I had an account there just so I could read a friend's posts  A year or so ago I got a note I had to pay for my blog site so I canceled my account there.  Word Press has it set up you can sign in with Facebook etc to comment but that has never worked for me.

 When I first got into blogging probably around 2003 when I retired-- I found Multiply I loved that site it was before Facebook arrived. The site was ahead of it's time and had everything-storage for photos, messenger, blog, and selling. The owners got greedy and sold it off to another company that got rid of everything except for the selling portion. We were all devastated.  Facebook came on the scene around that time which I have Never liked. I only keep that for an author group I follow. and friends message me there on their cell phones-otherwise I would get off of there. For me Facebook is mostly toxic-when I scroll through most things posted are untrue. My own opinion

    I had heard of Blogger when I was looking for a blog platform after Multiply-so I had transferred all of my content to here. Over the years with issues with Blogger I have lost all of my content and started new a few times now 

 I am on Instagram which is nice for sharing photos and a little content with the photos. That will probably be where you can find me when Blogger eventually goes down.  This is my Instagram page  Instagram is set up for cell phones not computers so I am limited a bit there but I can still make it work.

 I am really thinking as much as I enjoy a blog for sharing with others-blogs are in the past which actually in my opinion began when Facebook appeared. Over half of my blogging friends closed their blogs and went on Facebook instead. In my opinion  most of my friends enjoyed it's platform as you could just scroll and  like everything instead of writing content.

   Times have changed-over the years since I have been retired Tech has changed in my opinion do to most being absorbed with their cell phones. for everything. I have always refused to be tied to a phone.

  I also think we may want to share another online site where we can still follow each other-such as Instagram-I have just a handful of blogging friends now but would still enjoy being connected.

Thoughts?? 

Photos of Garden

   I did a lot of work yesterday pulling lots and lots of weeds in different areas. I made a huge dent getting rid of those weeds. So much so my body says Noooo for today haha. This would be the perfect morning too as it is very cloudy no wind and we are expecting lots of rain again. I did get my new lavender plant in the ground though, and grabbed the camera

  Larry always pushed me to buy mostly perennials instead of the annuals I like to buy. Here at the lake I did just that, and with that water leak issue resolved from the well, and all that chocolate mint dug up and gone-my perennials are looking awesome this spring. I even spotted a couple of the milkweed plants that I had started from seed. I need to grow more of those to bring in more of the butterflies. (the photos will enlarge just click on them) With the cooler weather these iris's are lasting a long time-love that

We have lots of wild violets here so I don't dig those out.

I planted the new lavender plant in front of one of the rock hills we made-plenty of room to spread out in this area Will watch to see what happens with those hard rains and in the big copper pot is the new bee balm plant.

My Mom's tiger lilies are blooming

When I was outdoors with my camera was hoping to catch the orioles-they are too smart though and know I am there-but this little bird had no issues with me. We also see the downy woodpecker and others enjoying the nectar too, along with are one hummingbird pair.

I don't remember the names of my perennials but there are lots in this area and to the right are the daffodils. I need to buy some tulip bulbs this fall

Another view of the tiger lilies

We have so many orioles now that I have 3 large feeders here and the one on the small poll I can watch the orioles from my kitchen window while washing dishes. There is a screen on the window too so will not work to take a photo there. I think the cooler weather and rain are keeping them here longer than usual.

Happy Friday and weekend