We have come to the end of the Christmas Countdown journey. I hope everyone enjoyed my posts. The very last house is noted as Reindeer Manor but, I don’t see any Reindeer. Oh, well. Have a grand New Year’s Eve and I will see you next year. ~Vic
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Another quite elaborate structure. Perhaps the idea was to imagine a place where the reindeer would like to hang out after all their hard work for Santa! 🙂
Nice to meet you. Every once in a while I get back into wordpress and catch up with old friends and meet new ones and new blogs. It cheers me up that some people still write in them!
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December 31, 2023 at 7:41 PM
I have been blogging, on & off since 2009. I abandoned my blog for four years (no direction) and picked it back up in June 2018. I rebuilt it and started over. I battle WP, sometimes. The “happiness engineers” jack with code too much to suit me. I am constantly talking to WP help for bugs that constantly show up. I am a former web programmer and an old mainframe programmer in my early years. I’ve also managed databases, too. I’ve forgotten more than I remember. They use PHP, which I never used, with Javascript & CSS, which I have used… a long time ago. Now…I just dabble and showcase some of my photography.
I think their main jobs are to make pieces of the site obsolete so they can be employed ‘fixing’ tor replacing hem. Some jobs in data management seem to involve kicking a working machine until it doesn’t work too well and then ‘repairing’ it. If you can tell me how to access all info about data that akismet has messed with/deleted/blocked/opined on, and hoe to set it directly never to mess with it again on my site, I’d appreciate it.
The Hinoeumaresponded:
December 31, 2023 at 8:06 PM
Sorry. I have never cracked open akismet. Can’t help.
I never kicked a working machine but, I have certainly strung some things together to get two pieces of software to cooperate. Things seemed to run smoother with less sophisticated programs. I am a big advocate of simplicity.
Java Bean: “Ayyy, perhaps the reindeer are all off playing their reindeer games?”
Lulu: “If that were it then Rudolph should still be around somewhere though.”
Charlee: “Happy New Year!”
Cosmic-Observation 
December 31, 2023 at 11:42 AM
HaPpY NeW yEaR!!!! Love you!
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December 31, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Love you, Momma!!! ❤️❤️❤️
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December 31, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Another quite elaborate structure. Perhaps the idea was to imagine a place where the reindeer would like to hang out after all their hard work for Santa! 🙂
Have a happy and healthy New Year!
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December 31, 2023 at 2:18 PM
Good point, Christian.
Happy New Year to you, too! 🎉💥🌟
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December 31, 2023 at 2:15 PM
I love all the gingerbread houses! Some people have incredible imaginations. Wishing you and yours a happy new year!
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December 31, 2023 at 2:20 PM
And, incredible patience.
Happy New Year to you, too. 🌟🎉
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December 31, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Good for them! They look better than the house I live in now, although the sugar is perhaps equivalent–best wishes for happy new year.
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December 31, 2023 at 6:33 PM
I got to photograph some incredible talent for 22 days and found a couple more an hour ago.
Happy New Year, Donnalee. Nice to meet you. I am Vic.
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December 31, 2023 at 6:38 PM
Nice to meet you. Every once in a while I get back into wordpress and catch up with old friends and meet new ones and new blogs. It cheers me up that some people still write in them!
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December 31, 2023 at 7:41 PM
I have been blogging, on & off since 2009. I abandoned my blog for four years (no direction) and picked it back up in June 2018. I rebuilt it and started over. I battle WP, sometimes. The “happiness engineers” jack with code too much to suit me. I am constantly talking to WP help for bugs that constantly show up. I am a former web programmer and an old mainframe programmer in my early years. I’ve also managed databases, too. I’ve forgotten more than I remember. They use PHP, which I never used, with Javascript & CSS, which I have used… a long time ago. Now…I just dabble and showcase some of my photography.
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December 31, 2023 at 7:44 PM
I think their main jobs are to make pieces of the site obsolete so they can be employed ‘fixing’ tor replacing hem. Some jobs in data management seem to involve kicking a working machine until it doesn’t work too well and then ‘repairing’ it. If you can tell me how to access all info about data that akismet has messed with/deleted/blocked/opined on, and hoe to set it directly never to mess with it again on my site, I’d appreciate it.
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December 31, 2023 at 8:06 PM
Sorry. I have never cracked open akismet. Can’t help.
I never kicked a working machine but, I have certainly strung some things together to get two pieces of software to cooperate. Things seemed to run smoother with less sophisticated programs. I am a big advocate of simplicity.
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December 31, 2023 at 8:11 PM
I agree. Plank plus nail plus hammer can be much more viable than higher-tech!
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December 31, 2023 at 8:46 PM
Amen!
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January 1, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Wow! The effort people put into creative christmas puts me to shame 😲😄
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January 1, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I certainly couldn’t do it.
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January 1, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Java Bean: “Ayyy, perhaps the reindeer are all off playing their reindeer games?”
Lulu: “If that were it then Rudolph should still be around somewhere though.”
Charlee: “Happy New Year!”
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January 1, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Good point, Bean but, they might just be in the house playing video games.
Lulu, I suspect Rudolph is on the couch with the rest of the reindeer.
Happy New Year, Charlee. My Ollie says so, too. *meow*
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January 1, 2024 at 11:55 AM
I love the ice cream cones on top.
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January 1, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Yeah. That was clever.
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