[caption id=“attachment_350” align=“aligncenter” width=“700”] One ton of pea gravel on a blue tarp.[/caption]

I thought one ton of gravel would look larger.

Hauled concrete to dump.

Picked up free mulch. (The county makes it out of the trees they shred.)

Laid mulch.

Adjusted spacing of pavers in new patio.

String trimmed as my wife mowed.

Sat on patio enjoying the spectacular day.

Instagram’s app is full of ads. Every 3 pictures I get an ad.

When I open it in a browser, no ads.

Today I deleted the app and opened it in a browser tab.

No ads. Only pictures.

Disk Space, Database and Memory Usage in the dashboard.

Source: My Simple Space – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

I’ve been going back and forth with Dreamhost about the amount of memory my sites have been using. I was able to get things under control this week and asked support if they had any recommendations for ways I could keep tabs on the amount of memory my sites were using.

Since I’m on a shared hosting plan, I can’t control the server. But Conor from Dreamhost Support was able to point me to this plugin.

Once installed, it sits on the WordPress dashboard and keeps me updated with how much space my site is using as well as the total memory allowed and what it’s currently using. It’s a nice way to keep tabs on memory usage.

[caption id=“attachment_334” align=“aligncenter” width=“415”] Plugins showing disk space and memory used in WordPress.[/caption]

My beautiful wife in her natural state.

[caption id=“attachment_323” align=“aligncenter” width=“700”] Blue Jay in the foreground with Robin in the background.[/caption]

Love the 3am Smoke Alarm Polka.

I can reach my own ceilings. I would hate to have to drag a something between rooms at this time to reach and replace batteries on the alarms.

It’s been a great joy to watch the different birds visit my backyard feeders. Here are a few friends.

It was like that when I got here!

My Xbox One started making a whining sound like the hard drive was dying so I took it apart.

There’s not much inside the Big Black Box. I didn’t have a proper sized drive to replace the current one so I left it alone.

I put it back together and it was silent for an hour. So I don’t know if it was the drive or something with the fan. I blew out the insides with canned air just in case.

It may be time for a new Xbox soon. But I just ordered a new Google Pixel 3a XL to replace my aging Original Pixel XL with a failing battery. So I’m hoping the Xbox holds on longer.

Saturday morning we walked to the Town Center to see an art festival. After that, we decided to try World of Beer. We have both ignored the restaurant since neither of us are big drinkers or care for beer.

We were delighted the menu was unpretentious and and inexpensive. The Hangover Skillet I ordered was perfect. Tater tot base. Egg. Cheese. Bacon. Sausage. Toast.

IE6 users represented around 18% of our user base at that point. We understood that we could not just drop support for it. However, sitting in that cafeteria, having only slept about a few hours each in the previous days, our compassion for these users had completely eroded away. We began collectively fantasizing about how we could exact our revenge on IE6. One idea rose to the surface that quickly captured everyone’s attention. Instead of outright dropping IE6 support, what if we just threatened to?

Source: A Conspiracy To Kill IE6

I salute these brave developers inside YouTube for pushing the web forward and leaving IE6 behind.

There were so many goslings tonight around the lake where we walked! There were at least three groups of 6-10. They’re so fuzzy and squeaky. But Mama Goose was very hissy and angry (rightfully so).

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Trying out this plugin in conjunction with Micro.Blog posting.

The Suet feeders I put up have attracted a greater variety of prettier birds to my yard.

The movie Us does not disappoint. It's a haunting film and the soundtrack plays a major part in that. These three versions of I Got 5 On It were all amazing in their own way.

Saw Austin Kleon speak at Politics & Prose last night. I left motivated to make changes in my life I have been putting off.

He's extremely nice and it was great supporting someone I follow so closely online in person.

King Neptune presides over the Virginia Beach boardwalk.

• Took a load of concrete to the dump.
• Edged a new bed where the Blackberry and Raspberry bushes live.
• Edged the front bed where the Hibiscus is and planted three Dahlias along the house with stakes.
• Dug out the right bed and saved a little rose bush to be. We got the ground covering ripped out and turned the soil over in the entire bed. It's ready to receive some planting.

It was a cool day with little splashes of rain. A perfect day for the yard work. We have loads of yard waste to dispose of this week. And much better looking beds.

📖 Making my way through Sapiens and utterly delighted by how accessible it is. I’m only 284 pages in but every time I sit down with it I learn something and I enjoy my time with it. I’m going to have to requeue at the library to finish it though.

I wrote about Chronolog on my other blog.

Took a nice 2.5 mile walk along a creek today with my wife. She sprained her ankle coming down steps onto the trail but she was determined to walk and enjoy the day.