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Just in Case—1LinerWeds

Dan Antion
2 minutes

Earlier this year, I was complaining about various problems I was having with liking and commenting on blogs. It was quite a frustrating mess.

I can report that, as far as I can tell, the problem I was having with duplicate comments has been solved. I still have to login-login-login at some blogs. I still have to copy the URL for some blogs out of Firefox and paste it into Google (who cares much less about security). I still write comments, push “Post” and have the comment disappear. However, all of these problems seem to be getting a little bit better.

Of course, there’s always another shoe.

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From WordPress for One-Liner Wednesday by Linda G. Hill

I started getting this message last week. I go to a blog. I like it (that works). I type a comment, but when I paste it, I get that message and I’m no longer on the blog page I was reading. So, I’m back to typing a comment, selecting all of it and copying it—just in case.

I will add that there have been some blogs where nothing is successful and although I liked the post, I have been unable to post a comment. Sorry.

Black squirrel
“Welcome back from your walk. Do you have any peanuts left?”
Smokey with his peanut
Smokey with his peanut
black squirrel
Smokey with his peanut
Bunny
Bunny
double white rose of sharon
double white rose of sharon
Bee Bee Balm
Can you find the bee in the bee balm
incoming plane rose of sharon
Plane coming in over the Rose of Sharon
bee in the bee balm
Can you find the bee in the bee balm
Bee balm butterfly bush
Bee balm (left) butterfly bush (right)
Cream puff
For people who read / are reading Poetic Justice
Puddle reflection
Puddle reflection
gray squirrel
“I’m guessing you didn’t see me on the ground, so I crawled up here.”
Rose of Sharon
Rose of Sharon
Rose of Sharon
Rose of Sharon
black squirrel on utility pole
That’s one of the Smokeys up there
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I’m still playing with the close up feature
Flags
One flag – Every American and one flag for each service

Poetic Justice collage with steve
Satisfied readers

83 responses to “Just in Case—1LinerWeds”

  1. sustainabilitea Avatar
    sustainabilitea

    Yes, WP is always up to something no good somewhere. There are blogs where I can’t post my link in the comment section on the blog, so I have to do it in the comment section of the Reader.

    The latest thing is I backspace to correct a letter or word and everything I’ve written so far goes away. That’s quite frustrating, to say the least. Perhaps WP is there so we can practice patience. I’m sorry to say it generally has the opposite effect.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks for mentioning that backspace issue, Janet. I’ve had that happen twice, but far enough apart that I assumed it was me with a heavy handed tap on the keyboard. Yeah, this stuff isn’t helping my patience.

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    2. lois Avatar
      lois

      I thought the backspace issue was something I was doing wrong! Misery loves company so I am (kind of) glad to see I am not the only one.

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      1. Dan Antion Avatar
        Dan Antion

        I was the same way. Lois. I figured it had to be me.

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        1. lois Avatar
          lois

          Reminds me of that Margaret Mead saying, “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” 🤣

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          1. Dan Antion Avatar
            Dan Antion

            ha ha!

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      2. sustainabilitea Avatar
        sustainabilitea

        I understand. I feel the same.

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  2. wrookieschu Avatar
    wrookieschu

    Great to hear it’s been resolved for you Dan. Great photos of Smokey! I don’t think I’ve ever seen that colour of squirrel before!!!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Wayne. The black squirrels are Easter Gray Squirrels but they have a gene missing. Since they can breed with the gray squirrels, their population has been growing. We love seeing them in the yard and in the neighborhood. They used to be somewhat rare.

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      1. wrookieschu Avatar
        wrookieschu

        That’s brilliant Dan. I have never heard of that before, thanks for sharing.

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  3. Miriam Hurdle Avatar
    Miriam Hurdle

    black squirrel, Dan? Wow!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      They’re fairly common around here, Miriam. We love seeing them.

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  4. Sheree Avatar
    Sheree

    Delightful flora and fauna

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Sheree.

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  5. Dan Hen Avatar
    Dan Hen

    Ahh , Dan , I don’t think this internet thing is going to last ! A passing fancy .

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Ha! Then there’s no reason to fix this stuff. Good one, Dan.

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  6. Rivergirl Avatar
    Rivergirl

    Smokey, bunny and blooms. My favorite things!
    And yes, I’ve started to have that connection lost problem too. So annoying.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I knew you’d approve of the photos.

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  7. Oddment Avatar
    Oddment

    Sometimes I think the only solution to living with computers is to throw them against the wall. Comments are such fun to get that it should be super easy to leave them. That’s a lovely drip, a perfect reflection, and totally deliberate cream puffs! I can feel the powdered sugar accumulating on my chin!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I’ve come close to trying that solution, but I’ve always been the guy that would have to fix them. Comments should be the easiest thing, as easy as cream puffs.

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      1. Oddment Avatar
        Oddment

        Oh, sly!

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  8. Dale Avatar
    Dale

    There seems to be always something with WP. They do try our patience!

    Love the photos. I’ve noticed we have more and more black squirrels, too. They used to be very rare.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I read last year that their population was growing north/northeast. They were rare around here many years ago. Now they’re fairly common, but still cute.

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      1. Dale Avatar
        Dale

        I don’t doubt it, We have a white one that hangs around our bird sanctuary. I’ve managed to capture him a couple of times :)

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          I haven’t seen a white one for a long time.

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  9. Dale Avatar
    Dale

    Ironically, given the text of this post, I had to log in after I wrote my comment… Dunno if you got the original one!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Ha! I think they’re watching and just messing with us. I did get the other comment. I hope you have an easy slide into the rest of the week.

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      1. Dale Avatar
        Dale

        I swsear they are! I was fairly certain my first went through… and I was asked to sign in for this comment, too!
        Hope yours is lovely.

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  10. Murphy’s Law Avatar
    Murphy’s Law

    Backspacing to delete one letter and everything I wrote disappears happens to me constantly. I thought I was doing something wrong but couldn’t figure out what!

    Smokey, bees in the balm are great. But the squirrel announcing “I’m guessing you didn’t see me on the ground, so I crawled up here” absolutely cracked me up. Some of these guys guys could take their show on the road!

    Those cream puffs! I used to make them all the time but not quite as ginormous. I can almost taste them.

    Beautiful shot of the flags at the memorial.

    Ginger🦋

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I had the same feeling, Ginger, that I must have hit the wrong key or the right one too hard. The worst part is that Backspace is one of my favorite keys ;-)

      When we don’t notice the critters, or when we’re “late” according to their clocks, they let us know. One crawls up on the screen of the bathroom window. He/she has started my wife on numerous occasions.

      Those cream puffs would require some knife and fork action.

      So glad you’re back in the comment section. I hope you keep improving.

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  11. GP Avatar
    GP

    I haven’t had that problem, yet… maybe I shouldn’t have said anything, Eh?

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I’d hate to jinx you, GP.

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  12. bushboy Avatar
    bushboy

    I thought I would test comment on your post rather than in reader as I usually for most posts.

    The Squirrels are so cute. The bee sure is pollen covered.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Seems to work fine, Brian. That bee was in his glory they love the bee balm.

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  13. bushboy Avatar
    bushboy

    Looks like all is well from my end Dan

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      The comment problems at your site seem to have cleared for me, too. I’ve just been typing and pressing post. No duplicates (which was getting annoying).

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      1. bushboy Avatar
        bushboy

        👍🏼😀

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  14. Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶 Avatar
    Nancy’s Notes 🖊️🎶

    There are so many glitches in WP! I’m waiting for someone to respond to emails I sent over the weekend re my current logging in problems.
    Love the close up of the worm/caterpillar in the apple. We had giant caterpillars ravish all our tomato plants one summer; it was most demoralizing.

    Beautiful pix, Dan.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I hope you get a useful reply to that email. I’m having fun with the close focus, so I’m glad you like that.

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  15. lois Avatar
    lois

    Smokey overlooking his domain is a wonderful photo. I love how polite he is asking for peanuts, too. We have a baby squirrel that hangs out in our backyard….much to the chagrin of my cats. He will stare at them while he’s eating whatever it is he is eating. Just stare at them. Makes me laugh every time.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Our squirrels used to tease MuMu. These guys are polite, but they have that pathetic, “I’m starving” look down like they practice it in front of a mirror.

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  16. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    The commenting issues have nearly driven me ’round the bend. Repeated log ins, disappearing submissions, the rare duplicate comment post all made me itchy but I swear I threw my phone across the room the second time I hit a backspace key and my entire box went blank. I like to think I’m a zen human…then WordPress decides to WordPress and it’s out the window.😭

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      The first time that happened, I was so angry with myself. I had typed the comment on a tablet with the on-screen keyboard and I assumed I did something wrong.

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      1. Laura Avatar
        Laura

        The mobile screens because almost impossible for a while there. I used to catch up on comments in waiting rooms/car rider lines but then my phone starting acting up and it all went out the window.

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  17. J-Dub Avatar
    J-Dub

    I had similar experience on my phone. Desktop is the only place where my ability to post is consistent. For some reason, my phone forgets I’m logged in or times out, not sure which. At least this time I know I wasn’t a PIC error. Ha-ha!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      My problems commenting affect every device I use. It’s crazy.

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      1. J-Dub Avatar
        J-Dub

        boo :(

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  18. Ally Bean Avatar
    Ally Bean

    Your experiences attempting to comment are now commonplace for all of us. And I have to wonder why that doesn’t bother WordPress enough to fix it? My take is that WP doesn’t like personal bloggers, preferring business accounts, so even though we’re the people who got them to this point, we are expendable. 🤨

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I don’t think they care about anyone. I had them for our business website before I retired. They deactivated our theme and gave us 30-days to switch to a new theme. There was no way to migrate, so we had to rebuild the whole site. Fortunately, we had all the text and graphics stored offline, and our site was a simplistic one.

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      1. Ally Bean Avatar
        Ally Bean

        Well that’s discouraging. And yet onward we go. Once more into the breach…

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  19. John W. Howell Avatar
    John W. Howell

    I have these problems as well with an additional one where the Twitter button says the word “tweet” If I hit it then the tweet goes without a handle. I have to copy the post link and then add the handle. I think this is a problem with a Firefox setting since my old Mac (Safari) doesn’t do it. Great photos.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      WordPress and Firefox don’t seem to get along well. I use Firefox, but for some blogs I have to use Chrome to comment.

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      1. John W. Howell Avatar
        John W. Howell

        The reason I left Safari was the slow loading times and other quirks.

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          I’ve had good luck with Firefox for every thing but WordPress, and those problems come and go.

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  20. Frank Hubeny Avatar
    Frank Hubeny

    I also copy the comment just in case.

    (And thankfully I did for the above comment, because I had to log in again before it was accepted.)

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Good for you, but it’s sad that you have to do that. Thanks for going the extra mile, Frank.

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  21. Suzette Benjamin Avatar
    Suzette Benjamin

    Great puddle of reflection…perfect capture, Dan!

    I love Smokey’s “photo essay…novella”…so cute as the peanut saga-trilogy unfolds from the ground to the fence to the post, and a peanut is scored in triumph.

    The close-ups look fantastic, especially the Rose of Sharon.

    Love the subtle nod to Poetic Justice with the cream puff! Well done hint. I had envisioned in my reading thus far that the cream puff was a size smaller than the decadent ones in your great photo. …I haven’t had a cream puff in a while…thanks for the idea!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Suzette. Smokey usually takes a peanut and runs. That time, he just sat there and ate one and then asked for another. He finally took the third one up to the fence. They have us so well trained.

      I’m glad you liked the cream puff.

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      1. Suzette Benjamin Avatar
        Suzette Benjamin

        You always take good care of Smokey and all the critters so well. Bless you, Dan. Have a great day.

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          We’ve been feeding them for over 40 years.

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          1. Suzette Benjamin Avatar
            Suzette Benjamin

            You are blessed and are blessing to them. Thanks Dan for sharing their photos.

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  22. willowdot21 Avatar
    willowdot21

    I get so annoyed when this happens and some days it happens a lot! WordPress just don’t listen….

    I love the photos … especially the cakes for our readers 💜

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      That’s the perplexing thing, Willow. Some days it doesn’t happen and then it happens a lot. I don’t understand. I’m glad you like the cream puff.

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      1. willowdot21 Avatar
        willowdot21

        I have just had a half hour of confusion …I reckon wordpress is monitoring us!

        yes I love the cream puffs !

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          Oh, they’re watching ;-)

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          1. willowdot21 Avatar
            willowdot21

            yes indeed 💜

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  23. Liz Gauffreau Avatar
    Liz Gauffreau

    I’m having the same problems with WordPress. Apparently, WordPress doesn’t like Firefox. ☹️

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I agree, Liz, WP doesn’t get along well with Firefox, but I also have these problems on my iPad and phone. I know that a lot of systems developers only test on Chrome. I’m guessing that’s what’s going on here.

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      1. Liz Gauffreau Avatar
        Liz Gauffreau

        That sounds logical to me, albeit misguided.

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          I’d say they’re being lazy. When I was working, we tested web stuff on every browser and mobile device. We even paid to have a review by a blind woman to make sure the site functioned well with screen readers.

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          1. Liz Gauffreau Avatar
            Liz Gauffreau

            It’s pretty obvious that WordPress cares nothing for the user experience of their platform.

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  24. Teagan Riordain Geneviene Avatar
    Teagan Riordain Geneviene

    Ugh! Not another new comments issue! I haven’t run into that particular new one. Thanks for the heads up, Dan.
    The gallery is wonderful. So many smiles. Enough in fact that I’ll forgive you for that delicious looking dish. LOL. Oh, now I soooooooo want something like that.
    Hugs.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Sorry to tease with the pastries, Teagan. I saw those and I just couldn’t resist including them. Hopefully, you have to right scenario going where this issue won’t hit you I hope you get lucky.

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      1. Teagan Riordain Geneviene Avatar
        Teagan Riordain Geneviene

        Dan, it seems like all websites get worse by the week. (I do not mean blogs.) Yesterday I couldn’t convince a major retailer that I wasn’t a robot… Maybe it’s all the android pictures I’ve been making. (eye roll)

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        1. Dan Antion Avatar
          Dan Antion

          Haha – that made me laugh, Teagan.

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  25. JT Twissel Avatar
    JT Twissel

    For some reason long time followers are now labeled anonymous on my blog. It can be so frustrating. I have begun reading Poetic Justice and hope to have the time to finish soon!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Jan. I never understand the “anonymous” comments. Mine show up as anonymous sometimes, even when I can see my gravitas image. I hope you’re enjoying the book.

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  26. Jennie Avatar
    Jennie

    Very frustrating!

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  27. Tails Around the Ranch Avatar
    Tails Around the Ranch

    So sorry that the posting issues have persisted. I hope it gets better. I’ve experienced my own commenting problems but I just learned to take extra steps to post (using different browsers, etc.). Some days technology is your friend, some days it’s not. Sigh. Great gallery as always; especially love your closeups. Very cool.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks! The commenting is getting a bit more reliable. I’ll keep trying.

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  28. Prior... Avatar
    Prior…

    My fav photo was the guess you did not see me ont he ground so I crawled up – oh so fun

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Yvette – they do like to make it know that we haven’t fed them yet.

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      1. Prior... Avatar
        Prior…

        😊❤️

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