WordPress had cropped up with “An error has occurred establishing a connection to the database,” again and I ended up reverting the site to an august version so the site will be missing some content and the calendar is out of date for a bit. I’m re-posting some of it over time.
Thinking about it afterwards, I destructively failed to pay a few cents for a droplet snapshot if I wanted to try replacing the somehow completely missing wp-config.php file with an old copy, probably would have worked. The long delay of the file system unification continues to cause problems keeping backups and notes organized. I’m still learning to do WordPress installs from scratch on a nuke and pave droplet instance, WordPress haven’t updated their 1-click droplet on Digital Ocean for too long in favor of doing the more expensive Cloudways managed instances. The export ecosystem is a bit clunky. I do wonder whether the paid official WordPress tools are any more elegant than the Updraft Plus freebies. Sigh.
Marigolds & Butterflies
Intent to Blog
I’ll use occasional and piecemeal blog entries for smaller sketches, process developments, art pieces, and interesting encounters. Old items will be backdated for documentation. I still need to set up a skimmable archive page. Also, you’ll be seeing garden photos.
Elderberry 2024
I didn’t end up harvesting any elderberry fruit between the recent brush hog mow probably dusting everything with poison ivy and with me getting moved. It was the first year they’d produced for me, having planted them quite recently. Hopefully the birds enjoyed the fruits, and hopefully the new owner enjoys them in future years. I was quite surprised with how big the umbels were, some were probably up to 14 inches across. Gorgeous in bloom!
Plein Air at Springfield Conservation Nature Center
Animation is Concentration
An excerpt from Richard Williams’ The Animator’s Survival Kit that stands out in my mind. It bears out mostly, depending on the complexity of a task, energy level for the day, etc. Laundry and dishes are still podcast time.
