Adventures and earning my keep
June 13, 2010 by Bird
Filed under Blog, Navel Gazing, On My Travels
I spend a lot of time travelling in the summer. You’ll have seen in my previous post that I recently spent a week in Copenhagen – it was that wonderful luxury that is a real holiday. It’s usually been the case throughout my life that when travelling I am also doing some kind of work, either voluntary or paid. I live on my wits, and I live like a mouse – I have no expensive tastes and generally try to make my enthusiasms pay in some way – I love the natural world, so I’ll do little jobs for nature reserves and kill two birds with one stone, as the ill fitting cliché goes. I’ve done some amazing things in my life by living that way. But Copenhagen was a holiday pure and simple, and for me it was expensive.
The problem with having such an incredibly tight budget is that even the smallest indulgence has to go by the wayside when times are hard, and a huge indulgence like a holiday throws everything out of balance. I don’t know if anyone noticed that this website vanished for a day or so recently - it’s because my yearly hosting and domain bill had been due… and I’ll leave you to guess the rest. I am hugely relieved that I didn’t lose The Birds In The Meadow and have to start again, it was always meant to be self sufficient and has in fact paid for it’s-self many times over as well as providing much needed income. However, having re-purchased my domain name and hosting, it seems that I have also run out of hosting space on the server which in plain talk means I can’t actually continue a picture heavy blog here any more ’till I sort out my finances and buy some more webspace. A fine mess, and I’ll apologise for it right now. If anyone’s interested, there is a 15% off sale over at the shop, which I’m hoping will help the process along. I know, I have no shame. Well, maybe just a little…
In the meantime, I’ve dusted off a Blogger blog I began earlier this year and kept very much under my hat because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, or even if I could find time to keep it updated. It’s called The Aethernaut, and I’m thinking of it as a picture heavy personal diary, a little more succinct than what I’ve made here. You can keep an eye on me over there, and most important for me at the moment, it’s not likely to vanish any time soon.
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I hear you on this. It’s why my own blog’s through Blogger, rather than the provider for my website. Good luck, hon.
(BTW, I also get you on the oil spill thing.)
Thank you Lana, it’s been a bumpy ride but I’ve calmed down a bit now
I like my low impact lifestyle but it can be hard to juggle – hopefully I’ll be up and blogging again here within the month, but I just don’t know. You are definitely doing the sensible thing, running with blogger. I’m glad to have that alternative now myself.
I felt kind of weird ranting on your blog about the oil spill especially when you had already done it so well yourself. I’m glad you get what I mean.
Why not have a look at fanst.net. I use them, it costs me £5 per year to host soulmerlin.com…both the website page and the blog and I never have trouble with all the photos my blogging entails…
xhenry
I have to admit Henry, those prices look tempting. You get a lot for your money! I’ve never had to change hosts before and find the thought a bit daunting, but still…
…keep your own domain. It’s like owning a house rather than renting
xh
Oh I intend to, I’m banking on this being resolved as soon as possible.
I can see your lifestyle entails some sacrifices, but it certainly seems worth it. You’ve achieved an admirable simplicity. Hope all the blogging problems get resolved soon.
Thank you so much Nothingprofound! I was starting to feel a bit glum about sacrificing this blog (for a little time at least) but you have cheered me up – it’s true, I do lead a good life. I have health, everything I need to live and good people around me. It’s all anyone needs. And that’s all I’m aiming for. It’s good to be reminded of that though, and now I now go to eat my dinner with a light heart
I am glad you had a good holiday…….and sorry it has thrown your finances into disarray. Life seems to go like that sometimes…even when you have a regular job!
I shall add the blogger, blog to my list, yes succinct is a good word
Thanks very much for the email..
It’s good to see you here Chrissy, glad you were off having fun!
Finances are levelling out thank goodness. Thanks for adding my new blog…which is sorely in need of a new post. I better get on with it before you get bored!