Saturday, April 27, 2024

Duckduckgo browser

I'm trying out a new browser I had never heard of before.  So far, it works as it is supposed to, which presents a problem:  Duckduckgo does not use third party cookies, so I can't sign in to my Google account on other folks' Blogger comment sections.  Except for that, it is GREAT!  No more ads about every little thing I have ordered on Amazon!  

I will continue to use a different browser for blogs.  I wouldn't really have to, I could just use "anonymous" to comment and tell people who I am, but I'd rather not.

Time will tell if I keep this new browser, but so far I'm loving it.  The first time I went to facebook using it, there were a lot of sponsored ads

If you're interested, click HERE.  It tells everything about Duckduckgo.  Maybe some of my readers have used it.  If so, feel free to tell me what you think about it.

Friday, April 26, 2024

Rainy days

The words of a song from 1921 (my mother would have been nine years old), originally sung by Al Jolson, has been going through my mind since yesterday.  I shouldn't even be familiar with it, but I used to watch Captain Kangaroo as an eleven-year-old on our very first television; he and Mr. Greenjeans often introduced some of the old standard songs and broadway musical tunes that young people could relate to.  So maybe that's where I learned it.

Life is not a highway strewn with flowers,
Still it holds a goodly share of bliss,
When the sun gives way to April showers,
Here is the point you should never miss.

Though April showers may come your way,
They bring the flowers that bloom in May.
So if it's raining, have no regrets,
Because it isn't raining rain, you know, (It's raining violets,)
And where you see clouds upon the hills,
You soon will see crowds of daffodils,
So keep on looking for a blue bird, And list'ning for his song,
Whenever April showers come along.

And where you see clouds upon the hills,
You soon will see crowds of daffodils,
So keep on looking for a blue bird, And list'ning for his song,
Whenever April showers come along.

After three years of drought, we are getting rain; two inches so far.  As I look at the fourteen day forecast, rain and storms are predicted for seven of those days.  I'm not complaining, though.  Better too much than too little.  We are in an area that often floods, but we're on a hilltop.  I may have to get some tall boots in order to wade into the garden to pick spinach and lettuce, though.   

By the way, I just went to Youtube, did a search, and guess what?  


Oh, the memories!