My bee balm plant is in full bloom.
On July 8 I saw a lovely butterfly on it. I followed it around as it went from flower to flower.
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I think this is the first time I've ever seen one of these butterflies. Or are they butterflies? I looked them up and, at least at the present time, the skipper family is considered a type of butterfly.
Joining Lisa at This and That: A Blog for her #ShadowshotSunday.
Nice shot! It's so hard to get photos of them, well maybe just for me ;)
ReplyDeleteCapturing butterflies on film is never easy. Well done!
ReplyDeleteWe get several species of skippers in our yard throughout much of the year. The silver-spotted skipper is one of them.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. I like the purple flowers too.
ReplyDelete...I can count on one hand and not use all of my finger the number of butterflies that I've seen this year.
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ReplyDeleteVery pretty.
ReplyDeleteI asked my brother about your commenting issue. He thought it was probably a browser issue. Some browsers play nicer with some websites than others. Then he typed it into Gemini and got this response: https://gemini.google.com/share/d90915adcbc1
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Please provide the details or the specific issue you are encountering, and I will give you a direct, technical breakdown or solution.
Mac user reporting that their profile won’t stick. When they try to log in with user and pass, it doesn’t log them in. It vanishes. Is this more of a browser issue?
Yes, this is almost certainly a browser issue, specifically tied to how Mac browsers (most notably Safari) handle cross-site tracking and cookie authentication.
Blogger frequently drops users into a "login loop" or vanishes the session immediately after authentication because it negotiates between two separate domains: [www.blogger.com](https://www.blogger.com) (the dashboard) and blogspot.com (the published content). If the browser blocks the communication between these domains, the session data won't stick.
Here is the exact technical triage to resolve it:
1. The Safari Culprit: Cross-Site Tracking
Safari has an aggressive native privacy feature called Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP). If they are using Safari, it routinely blocks the cross-domain authentication tokens required by Blogger.
The Fix: Have them go to Safari > Settings (or Preferences) > Privacy and temporarily uncheck "Prevent cross-site tracking".
After unchecking it, they should clear their history, restart Safari, and try logging in again.
2. Third-Party Cookie Restrictions (Chrome / Arc / Brave)
If they are using Chrome or a Chromium-based Mac browser, strict settings or extensions might be blocking third-party cookies, which prevents the Google authentication state from transferring to Blogger.
The Fix: Have them check chrome://settings/cookies and ensure third-party cookies aren't completely blocked, or add [*.]blogger.com and [*.]google.com to the allowed sites list.
3. State/Onboarding Profile Corruption
Sometimes the login "vanishes" because the Google account is successfully authenticating, but the Blogger backend is bouncing them because the profile lacks a required Display Name or is stuck in an onboarding state.
The Fix: Have them open a new tab and go directly to [https://www.blogger.com/onboarding](https://www.blogger.com/onboarding) or [https://www.blogger.com/profile.g](https://www.blogger.com/profile.g). If it forces them to enter a display name, completing that step will instantly fix the dashboard drop-out.
Quickest Triage Step
Have them try to log in via a completely different browser (like Firefox) or an Incognito/Private window with all extensions disabled. If that works seamlessly, you've confirmed it's a localized cookie/privacy setting on their primary browser.
Liz, thank you for checking. I will need to have some time to decipher this.
DeleteBeautiful photos. I love the purple 💜 and green 💚
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