@kdfrawg Did you see that French philosophical cat video?

@kdfrawg Sadly, my father hasn’t used his computer in months, and doesn’t even bother with the iPad these days, so keeping them functional is more a matter of form than anything else. When he was well he kept on top of it himself. It’s only been a short time between maintenance being too much for him, and using them at all being too much.

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Providing parental IT support is much more work than keeping your own stuff working. And that reminds me that my father’s email service has been discontinued, so I need to get him a new email address. I also need to change various accounts (such as iCloud) for which he can’t remember the login info over to the new address. Fun.

I just set up a system shortcut for it.

I’ve never managed to get a clematis to stay alive.

There are an awful lot of varieties of roses, many of which look very similar.

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Apparently it’s called The Generous Gardener: http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/the-generous-gardener-climbing-rose

I don’t think it was Iceberg. There was a label, but I’m not sure if it’s still attached.

We just have one rose as well, and it’s on a basement-level wall, so doesn’t really get enough light. It’s only two years old, but seems to be settling in nicely. I can’t remember what it’s called.

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Lovely colour!