(click to enlarge) This blog is burning,
but, unlike California deserts,
there is no rain on the horizon.
The blog continues to be overwhelmed with WP errors. There is the unfollowed followers issue and there are now 26K+ and growing daily, PHP warning in my WP site logs linked to WP installed/managed plug ins.
PHP warnings are caused by unwanted errors in code or script. They are warnings that there are problems that are likely to cause bigger problems in the future.
Additionally, Google has identified 1.26K blog pages not able to be indexed by google due to redirect errors.
I am not hopeful that this will be fixed.
So, unlike the rain in the desert,
making wildflowers, rivers and waterfalls,
this blog continues,
to burn.
Cheers to you from the wet and happy Sonoran Desert~
Note: Desert wildflowers in order are: Bristlebush, Prickly Pear Cactus, Desert Willow and Desert Marrow.
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WP is certainly being tricksy. It likes to decide whether I should follow certain people or not, and sometimes terminates a virtual friendship. They better not try removing you from my list of favourite blogs! Lovely photos here as ever.
They told me my theme was ‘retired’ and may be ‘buggy.’ I looked up why they retire themes. They claim it is so they will look more ‘modern.’ Based on everything you see, are you thinking modern is better? I’m not, by a long shot! დ
Exactly. And for some bloggers, a so-called modern look may not fit with what they write about anyway. Are you going to be forced to change by the All Powerful WP?
No I don’t have to change my theme. I got a really helpful WP engineer. The PHP errors are not coming from my theme. They are coming from a WP plugin that WP is endeavoring to fix. I can change the theme if I want to update it, but I don’t have to. I am relieved and WP was helpful.
Truly fabulous photos as always.
So kind. Thank you Sheree & be well დ
Thanks and you too Cindy
I’ve given up complaining to WP about their various issues as nothing seems to change.
Yep. You are absolutely correct. Jim says I should be quiet or they’ll delete me! If I get deleted you’ll know I didn’t shut up 😉 😉
Indeed dear lady, nature doesn’t have these things called php. It is a people thing, something so unnatural you could almost call it a permanent drought. But, if they don’t fix it, it will burn, especially in their pockets, and all it will take is another type of WordPress that works, and those many users will flock to where the water is and leave this unnatural desert to itself. The clock is ticking. But in the meantime, a beautiful share kind lady, at least your site is still flowering well. Thank you 😀❤️🙏
Smiling…. So true. They “retired” my theme. Needs to be more ‘modern,’ cuz modern is better! 😉 😉
As long as you can post your stunning pictures, we are very happy. These pictures are really amazing.
I do hope WordPress can solve your issues.
Thank you dear Ute. Much appreciated my friend. Stay safe & well დ
What total buggeration for you.hope ut sorts soon. The desert looks like a dessert for the senses.
Love the buggeration Geoff! The desert is definitely dessert right, a glorious oasis დ
WP has its hiccups… I hear you loud and clear. to this date, I still have “things” that I can’t seem to fix.. like you… I keep plugging away.. hoping for the best. Life is.. right!
Yep. Keep on keeping on is the best solution to most problems! დ
Oh no! Let’s hope those happiness engineers fix the WP problems. The desert is absolutely beautiful!
I can’t believe the desert with this much water! I have been a desert regular all my life and I have never seen waterfalls and rivers like this დ
You are lucky to witness such rare beauty.
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Oh no, I sure hope you can keep blogging! I love all of your photos!
Ahh, thanks much Lisa & cheers! დ
Such glorious photos, Cindy! 💖
Grazie mille Eugi დ
You’re welcome, Cindy.
I hate that you’re having so much WP trouble, and I wish you could talk to a person there about it. (Maybe you have, but I’ve never been able to do anything except through a chat.) On a brighter note your beautiful photos made my day!
Chat, switch to email, parsing the communication potential down. But, on the brighter side, thank you both for your thoughtful words. They mean a lot to me. Stay safe & well დ
Wow, hope you can fix it, Cindy. CA got that monsoon sky river thingee that helped its drought. Hopefully you’ll get something similar!
We definitely got it and I love it! Happy you did too დ
Hi Cindy, Despite WP, your cracking photographs shine through. Quite beautiful! Thank you. Cheers!
That is so nice Joy & so appreciated too. Take good care my friend დ
So sorry to hear about your blog difficulties. I hope everything gets straightened out soon.
Much appreciated! Cheers to you & thanks დ
Thanks for sharing such rare flowers Cindy, they are beautiful.
I am so happy you enjoyed them and appreciate their rarity. Thank you & be well! დ
We have enjoyed the unusually wet year in AZ, CA, and now, CO. I haven’t blogged in so long I haven’t experienced the problems. Shoot, I haven’t even switched to jetpack. I hope things are resolved so you can keep sharing your amazing photos! If you move platforms, please let the faithful followers know! Cheers from Colorado! Lynne
It is so wonderful to hear from you! I truly appreciate your most thoughtful comments. Thank you my friend & be well. Whatever you do, don’t switch to Jetpak!! The plug-ins are problematic. You are lucky to not have it! Cheers to you and take good care დ
❤️ you take care too and I hope things improve!
Great shoots, as always Cindy.
So appreciated. Thanks much & cheers! დ
Great pictures.
Thank you very much Francis & I hope all is well with you დ
always love seeing cactus flowers!
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Aren’t they the best! They are just starting to really bloom now დ
Cindy These are amazing and colorful flowers are so photogenic. I saw that bird with this long beak and he was a poser.
Anita
He WAS! Laughing….. Thanks for making me smile Anita დ
Hi Cindy – I have been away for a few weeks and just returned to Canada. My brothers in Alberta are in the centre of the forest fires so crossing my fingers for rain. I did not know about the WP issues – thank you for the update. As aways, it is pure joy to stop by your place and drink in your beautiful photography. Take care!!! Hugs!
Puts blog problems in perspective doesn’t it, as in not at all important! I have read about the fires. The world is not doing at all well. I hate to think of gorgeous Alberta burning. Breaks my heart. Are your brothers in harms way? Sending love to all of you Rebecca. I am so sorry! დ
My brothers live close to Edmonton and are still out of danger. The smoke makes the air quality low. They are hoping for rain. Officials have said that unrelenting heat and powerful winds have made the fight difficult thus far. We are living with climate change now. It breaks my heart, too, Cindy. Thank you for creating a space that shows the beauty of our world and how important it is for us, as individuals, to make environmentally sound choices. Sending hugs back!
Terrible to think of Alberta burning.
Even with problems with WP, your posts shine through! I have problems with WP too May yours get solved soon!
Ah…. Makes my heart smile. Thank you! I am so sorry you are having WP problems too დ
A mom’s day surprise. A new theme. Did WP force a change, or they changed it without consulting you?
I am not surprised with the WP issues. Every time they’ve made changes with the interface, particularly with the editor and reader, they’ve created more errors. It is like opening a can of worms. Dad said reader has never worked properly since its inception. They wanted people to use reader though they heavily promoted themes, which they still do. The other sore point has been the editor. It used to be a WYSIWYG editor. As they added new features, it became more unwieldy to use. With the block editor, they’ve added so many features it has become difficult to use. At dad’s photo business site, they use a block editor system too. But, it’s not terribly overloaded with features to make it difficult to use.
Regarding the unfollowing issue, you can add back unfollowed subscribers back through your stats page. In the top right hand corner is an oval with a number inside. Click on that oval takes you a page where you can add subscribers (new, add back, those you’ve deleted). All you need is a valid email address for that person.
Nonetheless, I hope you’re having a good mom’s day.
Dad says hi. He might send you a few pics from the undisclosed location.
WP told me they ‘retired’ my theme so it is unsupported and may be ‘buggy.’ Seems like WP may be the ‘buggy’ one. I looked up why they retire themes. They say it is so they will look more ‘modern.’ I spent a long time customizing my theme to how I like it and I am not convinced that modern looks better by a long shot. Consider art for an example… I will check adding back my unfollowed followers. Thank you for the tip! The thousands of PHP errors on my site are from business plan, WP managed and installed, plug-ins. It was a big mistake to get the business plan. I thought I would get better service. Not! Please do have your Dad send the photos. Sending love and prayers to all of you! დდ
You’re right about WP being the buggy one. We published a new post early this morning. I don’t know how efficient WP is in sending notice to our followers. I’m suspecting they’re not. I’ll let my dad know about the photos. Stay well.
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Hi Cindy, this is when I realize how far ahead of me you are as a blogger!
Thank goodness you share not only your images but also your wisdom, both of which I treasure.
I love this comment Sheila, because WP just informed me they ‘retired’ my theme so it is no longer supported and may be ‘buggy.’ I looked up why they retire themes and it is so they will look more ‘modern.’ I spent a long time customizing my theme. Looking around at the world today I am not seeing a lot of improvement with modernity დ
Planned obsolescence – and I thought that was limited to tangibles – I love your theme and modernity mostly sucks. Very disturbing. I’m so sorry for the interference.
My theme looks dated, which is okay, as my husband pointed out, I am dated too!
Oh, Cindy, I hope this gets fixed soon. I love your blog so much! I haven’t posted for a while, so I have no idea what’s been going on with WP.
It is so lovely to hear from you Michele thank you for your kind words. Stay safe & well my friend დ
I’ve got lots of WP issues, too! It’s one thing after another. Still, it works basically.
Your pics are fab, Cindy. It’s coming through.
I have other computer issues as well. I think tech is growing too, fast. It’s too big for its britches!
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People I follow don’t show up in my reader and they told me theme may be ‘buggy’ because it is ‘retired.’ I looked up why they retire themes. It is show they will look more ‘modern.’ Cuz we know modern is better right Resa??? Not in my world! Cheers to you my friend დ
I had to change my theme a few years ago because it was retired.
There is zilch support from WP when a theme is retired.
I’m with you about modern, especially when they draw on old styles to create their new look.
I also think – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Seems they break it so we have to fix it!
Anyway, Cindy, I know you’re happy with your theme, but there is another one you’ll like.
Enjoy some time browsing themes. If you do find one and switch, your blog might not burn down.
What about one of those themes that has the wallpaper option? You have so many gorgeous photos… a stunning pink flower in the bg, or something you love.
Charlotte Hoather did a neat thing with hers. https://charlottehoatherblog.com/ დ დ
Thanks for the helpful advice Resa I like Charlottes theme. Where do you find the wallpaper options? I have a business plan and I don’t think they have customizeable options on offer. I should never have purchased a business plan. It is the source of the PHP plugin warnings and it won’t let me have a reblog button. Big mistake.
Fairy is the name of Charlottes theme. She has the Pro version.
I know it’s time consuming searching for a
theme.
It’s been awhile, but I had a peek. Of course they have made it more difficult to search. There’s no alphabetical order anymore.
Wallpaper is now called Custom Background.
OMG! My theme has the Custom Background feature.
It’s Lovecraft.
Type the name of the theme into the search engine. Make sure you have highlighted FREE.
OR type Custom Background into the search engine. There are quite a few. Don’t forget FREE!
The other thing is that if you like someone’s theme, you can find the name of that theme by clicking on the 3 dots where the “Following is” The name of the theme is in there.
If the name of the theme is nit there, it mens the theme is retired.
Or if there are no dots (like on your blog) scroll to the bottom of the post & it will say Powered by WordPress & the name of the theme.
On your blog there is “Powered by WordPress ” at the bottom, but no theme name. That means the theme is retired
I hope this has been a help!
It is very helpful Resa. I opened a WP demo site where I can experiment with different themes without publishing. I am working on a free one now. I will look for the ones you mentioned. Helpful to know where to find the theme identifier on people’s posts. Thanks much! WP won’t allow exploring paid themes on my demo sit which is a bummer, as I found a paid one that I liked. I am picky about photo display and I am fiddling with this now. WP told me that I do not have to change a retired theme. I can keep it if I wish and it is not the source of the PHP errors on my blog so this is all a relief.
It seems there are glitches with WP and Instagram – I find that I have “unfollowed” account that I am pretty sure I didnt unfollow – but it takes a while to realise that you haven’t heard from an account for quite a while. I love your photos of the stream in the gorgeous following cactae (cactuses – I dont know how to spell it).
Yes, the unfollowed glitches, and the people who don’t show up in your reader, are particularly worrisome because you don’t know who it is happening to and you can’t reach out. They don’t know and you don’t know.
I quite agree.
Really enjoyed these fantastic photos of the Sonoran desert, Cindy, thank you.
You are so welcome! Happy you enjoyed დ
The watery dessert is quite the sight …. and something that I’ve never seen. Thanks for capturing it so well.
I have been a desert regular all my life and I have never seen anything like this. It is good because it is helping the desert and because it is so beautiful, but it is bad that weather is becomming so extreme.
It is the vagaries of Nature. The most beautiful objects always settle in the most inaccessible places. Thanks God, there are some adventurers who can approach these places and share all the beauties. Thank you, Cindy, for your awesome journeys.
There comes a time when human discoveries begin to devour themselves. All these social media make so much headache lately, and there are no any improvements.
I agree with you Alexander, both on the sacredness of nature, and the frustrations of dealing with social media. It is sad დ
Oh nooooo! I do hope you can get it sorted!
Also, although I’ve had no errors showing up yet (fingers crossed!), I’m a bit worried, as my theme too has been retired 😢
Alison
I never knew my theme had retired until I started noticing the google crawl issues and found all the PHP errors. Sobering დ
I don’t know what google crawl is? Have just started looking for a new theme – sobering and likely time consuming 😢 Good luck!
The flower photos are pretty, but this time, it’s the water pictures I like best! Hope you’re well, Cindy.
Yes! Me too Cynthia, this much water flowing and falling in the desert is an amazing once in a lifetime sight! დ
Soooo many beautiful photos here, Cindy! Thank you for sharing. I sympathize with your tech problems and hope you get them resolved though.
Thanks much Debbie. Most appreicated დ
So sorry to learn that you’re having unresolved issues with WordPress. I’d better get moving with updating my theme before it is retired.
Thank you Rosaliene. It would be a good idea to get ahead of the curve with this. I wish I had known დ
Sorry to hear you’re having issue with WordPress – I’m still blogging here, but have also started to experiment with Substack as an alternative – I’m not sure how well that would work to showcase your photography, though.
Interesting. Thank you for the tip! Let me know how it works for you please დ
Your photos are lovely, but I’m so sorry you’re having troubles with your blog! That so frustrating…you would think the platform would know how to fix it!
Thank you Ann. I think WP may fix it. The are on task and know what the problem is, so that is very reassuring.
Fortunately, your post still showed up. It would have been a pity to miss all those good shots. Nothing like desert flowers.
Thank you Dave. I have replied to this message twice, but the first didn’t show up, so you may see two responses. I am thanking you twice as much! დდ
Grandi emozioni nelle pagine del tuo blog sulla natura.
Un saluto,silvia
Grazie mille amica mia Silvia დ
Lovely. So glad to still be getting your posts. Hope it’s solved. So frustrating.
Thank you Eileen & take good care my friend დ
Such beautiful views of the so-called” desert. Always a lot of life in the desert, isn’t there?
I hope your WP problems are fixed soon. The support staff is very nice but since they pick up the problem one after the other, it may take a bit. Just don’t let go… 🤞🏻
You’re right and thank you! I just got really useful help and reassurance from WP დ
Good. Just make sure everything is all right… 😉
Will do & thank you!
Hi Cindy, thank you for another wonderful post, and I hope WP gets your blog taken care of.
Thank you Charles. I hope so too, but I am not holding my breath! დ
Well shucks. I hate that you’re having issues. I hope WP gets them resolved soon.
On the bright side, your photos are beyond beautiful. Hopefully, you’ll be back up and running issue-free or with less-issues soon.
Ah, so nice, and so appreciated. Thank you my friend & be well დ
What a pain you’re having. Hoping it’s clear soon, after all, mercury retrograde has just finished. It’s safe to come out, lol <3
Oh good! Smiling. Thank my hopefully soon to be lucky stars!! 😉
Lol, by next week you will be telling us about things being fixed. 🙂
If it’s in the stars… 😉 😉
I need your camera and ability to work it like you. I enjoy looking at your magnificent photos. Have an awesome day. What type of camera are you using!
Ahh, so nice and so appreciated Tangie. Thank you very much. I take all landscapes with my Sony RX10M4. I love Sony cameras დ
I’m in love with the delicate blooms of the Prickly Pear Cactus. I hope I get to see one in person some day—they seem remarkable. Gorgeous photos, as usual. I’m always so inspired when I visit your site. I hope the WP problems get sorted out soon. I’ve noticed some weird stuff happening with mine too.
What thoughtful and kind comments Bridgette. Thank you sincerely my friend. You are most appreciated დ
I know of another friend who is having issues with WP. I don’t think I have any plug-ins.
I still work out of the ‘classic’ mode. I know one gal – they up and retired her ‘background(?) – so she sort of had to start from scratch.
I hope all of your issues get resolved and calm down so beauty can return and cool down your blog. Thank you for sharing your images.
I’d share more of my own if I knew how. Now I have a ‘smart phone’ – So I’ve been taking some cool images with it. But I haven’t used any filters or other programs. I have to clean up my PC’s memory first.
I would love to see your images Jules! I hope you post some & cheers my friend დ
I’d have to share some via email… I don’t have any of the new cell images in the pc yet 😀
No worries.
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I love the way you parallel nature with WP. Nature renews lets hope WordPress can restore what’s needed. Ease of communication.
I think WP found the source of one of the PHP errors and fixed it, so that is progress indeed დ
I would rather spend time with nature than figuring out the internet…as to those followers, the numbers just add to my cynicism about society. I think I have about half a dozen who click like or make comments, a couple of dozen others who read and send me personal replies via email or chat when we get together, and several hundred who dropped by once, I assume, hoping that I would become more traffic on their sites. Rarely do they come back… Hence, just call me a prickly pear that blooms occasionally. 😉 – Oscar
Smiling…. But you bloom beautifully Oscar! დ
Cindy, lovely photos of the California deserts. So sorry for the tech issues, but I’m sure they will be resolved. In the meantime keep doing what you do. So many of us appreciate it!
Aww… You touch my heart. So very appreciated. Thank you & take good care დ
These are all so beautiful 🌟
So appreciated. Thanks much & cheers! დ