All consuming social media, a bugbear in too many lives, thief of time filled with lies, quick perusal on X details much is fake. Hive is the only other source for some form of sharing and getting to know people on an equal footing, stopping to read what is of interest.
Local news I source from YouTube where I do follow a couple of accounts I have found to be reliable, podcasts with information using referenced links to check original source linked. News as we once had most definitely a lost art in investigative journalism offering some clarity,
Obsession to a computer in hand no longer at hand as many appear indulged in this small screen while the real world is passing each by. There is good and bad in everything, I remind myself regularly!
A curse for youth in a country where they no longer find employment yet have a small screen displaying fake lives, filling their mind with irrational thinking.
Some 'Karen's' act like keyboard warriors, this is evident in an emergency group we have locally. No thought given to blurt out what you feel, hurting many along the way who quietly help those in need with what they are able.
Smaller groups formed during lock-downs to alert/assist each other, now a couple of years along suddenly much to say.
Emergency group was who I relied heavily on when my husband had snake encounter, to them I turned for guidance and advice, calling in ambulance, snake handlers with response in under five minutes one cannot thank these brave people who simply go out to help when one cries out. Obvious frail care was required, it was the voice of a woman I had never met at the time who assisted.
Emergency services are alerted through one WhatsApp group for vehicle breakdown, home invasions, flooding, medical, fire services simply at the end of a call ladies run the control room letting services know. Even living in a region for so long ones mind races out of control, you need each other.
Personal fatal attraction once again focuses on birds visiting, enough of news overload in all it's fakeness, let's see what visited once again during the week. What I see is now showcased between my story line to relieve and relive another week gone, heralding in the last quarter of the year, flipping amazing how or where time goes.
For a plant in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, with "clover-like" leaves and purple or lilac flowers that is also described as a weed, it is most likely either a species of Oxalis or an indigenous Trifolium species. The term "clover" is often used informally for plants with three leaflets, even if they are not true clovers (Trifolium) Source
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Thought for Today: "Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns." - African Proverb
