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I just want to warn people about Pixella. It seems to offer inexpensive image edits, where you pay a small sum for an edit. But in doing so, so are tricked into an expensive subscription in the small print. I fell for it, as did many others before me. I wish I'd seen the warnings earlier.

Do we have any experts on #domesticabuse #domesticviolence #maritalabuse situations here? I've observed something and wonder if I'm right to be concerned. It would be good if I could share my observations with someone who understands how to read the signs.

Summer evening landscape near my home (Kirilovo Village, Yambol Province, #Bulgaria)

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It's plum season here in #Bulgaria. My #organic #permaculture #foodforest #orchard is full of plums, especially cherry plums, of many varieties, colours and flavours. In my village, plum trees grow like weeds, and this year, they're bearing an incredible abundance.

In hot dry weather, bees desperately need water to drink and to carry back to their hives. Create a drinking station. Fill a bowl with stones, sticks, corks and water, so they can drink without drowning. Top up the clean water when it evaporates. #permaculture #bees #nature #wildlife

My 3 black rescue #cats: Chekhov, McCoy and Sulu. McCoy is not in the mood for pets right now, while cuddlebug Chekhov is always in the mood for pets and can't get enough. Sulu is the dignified senior patriarch. #luckyblackcat #rescuecats #startrek #Bulgaria

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In the town centre in Elhovo. That's the town nearest to my village in southeast #Bulgaria.

I have lots of butterflies again. My garden in Bulgaria is a pesticide-free paradise for bees and butterflies. They especially love the buddleias. (Pictured: buddleia weyeriana. I don't know the name of the butterfly.)

Chat GPT still insists that our national currency here in Bulgaria is the leva. We have the Euro, since 1 January. Even after being corrected, ChatGPT insists that I'm wrong. It asserts and that the Euro will be adopted one day in the future, not yet. #stupidAI #noao #Bulgara

This year looks set to be a fantastic year for grapes. Just look at the masses of fruit clusters on this Muskat of Alexandria grape. (It's a fairly disease-drought-tolerant variety, and distinctive flavour) #permaculture #gardening #viniculture #Bulgaria

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Sulu loves lying on this shelf on my veranda. From here, he has a great view of the garden, can watch me, can supervise the other cats and the dogs, and just chill. He's a sweet #rescuecat whom I adopted from a shelter 13 years ago and brought with me to #Bulgaria. #cats #luckyblackcat

Flowers in my garden this month - both cultivated and wildflowers. #Bulgaria #permaculture #gardening #flowers

Philadelphus in my garden. This variety (sorry, I don't know its name) performs especially well here (southeast #Bulgaria, dry alkaline clay soil) though unfortunately it doesn't have that delightful orange scent of other varieties. #permaculture #flowers #gardening

This happy dog is Ginger. He's a former stray who simply adopted me seven years ago. He turned up on my doorstep and informed me that he was my dog now. It turned out to be a perfect match - he was exactly the kind of dog I needed in my life. #dog #dogs #rescuedog #Bulgaria #adoptdontshop #pets

A corner in my #foodforest garden in #Bulgaria. Everything is lush now, full of strength for the productive season. (And I'm busy mowing the meadows, but not all at once, since I want to support bees and butterflies.)

At this time of the year, I have lmany wonderfully fragrant herbs (culinary, medicinal, practical uses) in my #permaculture #foodforest garden. Here are lemonbalm and apple mint. Rubbing the leaves releases heavenly scents. Both make great herbal infusions. All organic, without chemicls. #Bulgaria

Dog roses (rosa canina) in my #permaculture garden here in #Buglaria. Dog #roses grow wild here, and they also make great hedging plants and support #bees.

The weather has been funny here (southeast #Bulgaria), changing from sunshine to rain and back several times in 24 hours. Photo taken in my #permaculture garden between periods of rain.

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😕 ChatGPT just told me that the official currency of Bulgaria (where I live) is BGN. Uh. It's the Euro now. ChatGPT kept insisting that it was right and I was wrong. 😆 Hmmm. #AI #NOAI

The first crocuses of the year in my orchard. (Photographed yesterday. Today, it’s all covered in snow.)