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At Agecroft Hall, I noticed this tiny flower in the early spring.

On a walk in Durres, I found this beautiful flowering bush.  And this text has been added to test the more-link. (read more…)

At Agecroft Hall, I noticed this tiny flower in the early spring.

On a walk in Durres, I found this beautiful flowering bush.  And this text has been added to test the more-link. (read more…)

My gladiolas bulbs seldom disappoint. To me they signal that the cold weather is gone for a few months and it’s time to turn on the air conditioner.

Shrimp plant – image is embedded in post and no featured image is set.

Python 2.7.12, 3.4 and 3.5 are installed on my Windows 10 computer. Running a test of tkinter in 2.7 works, but the test in either version of Python 3 throws errors:

in Python run import tkinter;tkinter._test()

_tkinter.TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:
_tkinter.TclError: Can't find a usable tk.tcl in the following directories:

Searching on the errors, there were several references environment variables TK_LIBRARY and TCL_LIBRARY,

set TCL_LIBRARY=C:\Python3\tcl\tcl8.6
set TK_LIBRARY=C:\Python3\tcl\tk8.6

The solution most often found was to copy the contents of the Python3/tcl/ folder to the Python3/Lib folder, but that seems to pollute the Lib folder.

My solution is to create symbolic links in the Lib folder:
as administrator open a console window:

mklink /J c:\Python3\Lib\tcl8.6 c:\Python3\tcl\tcl8.6
mklink /J c:\Python3\Lib\tk8.6 c:\Python3\tcl\tk8.6

So far, this has worked. There are many other folders in the TCL directory, so additional links may be needed.

One of my neighbors is very talented with sidewalk chalk and gave us this very festive artwork to enjoy on the 4th of July.

At Agecroft Hall, I noticed this tiny flower in the early spring.

On a walk in Durres, I found this beautiful flowering bush.  And this text has been added to test the more-link. (read more…)

My gladiolas bulbs seldom disappoint. To me they signal that the cold weather is gone for a few months and it’s time to turn on the air conditioner.

Shrimp plant – image is embedded in post and no featured image is set.