Bears in Shorts

  Just went out to water and discovered masses of Quisqualis buds.  ... on Lisa's side of the fence (gets more sunshine, facing North) But it's going bonkers and will soon be slugging it out with the umbrella tree ( Schleffera actinophylla)  I've been watering some very thirsty plants; it's easy to forget how searing the wind can be! I'll go out again with the camera when the sun is more obliging... A pretty little un-named orchid Petrea volubilis . Also keen to escape to my neighbour! Passion fruit! YAY! At this stage I don't know whether they are bog-standard purples or the (less tasty!) yellows. And, just like that, the clock has whizzed around to  almost Happy Hour.  ..I'll close with this... https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NVBz13CWwvM...

 ...since I used this site. I fiddled about with various ideas and plans and (as regulars know) I stayed with Wordpress. But now, like Scarlet and, apparently, quite a few others, I have decided that Wordpress is not interested in maintaining free sites. And a newsfeed I follow has its lead story today on the Muddle the Web has become   https://theconversation.com/the-internet-is-worse-than-it-used-to-be-how-did-we-get-here-and-can-we-go-back-236513 Idle Thoughts has always been a free site, but now they want me pay. And I notice that other hosting platforms are also looking to hit our hip pockets. A few years ago I probably could have accepted that, but these days I find that, with more essential costs rising, my daily "living allowance" must take priority. We don't see pensions zipping up the ladder on a daily basis, do we? Okay! That's enough moaning! There are quite a few flowers on the passion fruit vine. 😊 And that good ol' colourful Tecomanthe hillii is h