The rose above is the last of the season. I have many other photos of roses I took this summer, but this is the last of what grew. This is one of my miniature roses, and a very good one to finish the season.

I want to spend a little time discussing "muting" users on my blog. I have been doing this for awhile now. Usually they are spamming my post, "farming" for an "upvote", have been blacklisted by Steemcleaners, or I have had them trying to scam me. Yes I have been scammed a number of times, mostly in my first year on steemit.

It takes a lot of time to investigate a user, and follow money trails, to determine if they deserve being muted. Recently I was informed that a follower was part of a farming group that I had dealt before. I just could not believe it was true because of all the interactions. I did my own research and was able to follow the money flow back to the old farming group. I am also seeing a large increase in new users who created their accounts shortly after I muted a large number of people, and they are from the same country. They either have not "posted" anything since account creation, or basically they have same resteems and posts. So I "mute" more people. It sometimes can be difficult to tell until after a couple of months if they deserve to be "muted". I may in fact mute someone who is not deserving of the action. Since I started muting users I have had only 2 contact me about it and in one instance it was a mistake and I corrected the issue.

I know some of us complain about the hard-forks and how they impact newer people, or those with low Steem Power. We do not like it when those with "Voting Power" do not up-vote our posts. In part, I believe the reasons behind this is to find some of the abuses, such as vote farming, spam in comments, and posting with little content.

You may find me leaving replies to some comments about other problematic issues. Some of these issues are users doing short comments but when you look at their blog there may be no "posts", including no introductory "post". Sometimes I find all "resteems" and some are the same from more than one user. The replies I leave will point out issues and concerns I have.

This next flower is a macro view of what some call a weed. It is called St. John's Wort. It is used in some herbal remedies, and some say it helps with depression. I have used it in medicinal salves I have made. I just love the looks of the flower and the macro view is really nice.

Next up is a recent photograph of my favorite deer and her twins. I used my 500 mm lens for this photo. I am still learning how to use this lens. The fawns are in the front and mother is in the back off to the side. The fawns are already losing their spots and growing fast. They are all very healthy this year.

My last photograph is a closeup of the aster I shared last weekend.

We are working on some changes to R2cornell Discord Community. I have not been as active as I should be due to my hectic schedule. We have already added two Spanish channels. One for "post" promotion and one for general chat.

Another issue you need to be aware of is be careful on voting on your own "posts" or comments. This can also bring on "down-votes" and flagging.

I think this is a good place to end this post. Here is a bonus photograph that I originally shared with @kathe-art...She started the 4th grade recently. Hope you enjoy: