The whole Halcyone series was excellent, and this final book was a good read that wrapped up the story. A Star in the Void: Halcyone Space Book 5 by LJ Cohen. 📚
I'm only sad to have finished this series, so I won't be able to hang out with these characters any more.
Might not look like much, but that Portaloo near the white sign marks the corner of our new property at Ruakākā, and indicates that work is about to start on our new house. 👯♀️
I've spent all day helping a dear friend move boxes of stuff to a storage unit. Knackered now!
I'm guessing everybody has a junk drawer …
Just how many does that 'a' extend to? Currently working through my fourth … 🤭
Found a treasure trove of loyalty cards I never use — they're headed for the bin.
Oh, and what the heck was that cable for?
Half an hour before dawn and there was a mystical ground fog over the paddocks.
I didn't expect to find a hilarious Australian Christmas movie on CBS, but there we are. Nugget Is Dead: A Christmas Story:
During Christmas, Steph Stool's family dog falls ill, forcing her to return to her Australian hometown. She must deal with family chaos while there, abandoning her holiday plans.
Six planets to line up in night sky | RNZ News.
I sincerely hope the picture heading this article is a faithful representation of what I'll be able to see. 😆
After I do a lot of physical work I don't sleep well. Yesterday I moved half a dozen shovels full of shingle and gravel, spent 10 minutes cutting back flax, moved stuff, and did a bunch of random light tasks. Last night: awake for ages.
Now we've hired someone to do the hard garden work. Hooray!
Yesterday morning by the river mouth at the beach things were very quiet. For the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. 🌊
I like the characters and setting in this series but the plotting in this book is a bit hard to go along with. Hidden Agenda: Murder in the Clouds (Gina Santoro Mysteries Book 2) by Kay Hadashi. 📚
There are better things to do in Hawaii on a sunny day than go on a free skydiving trip. Just ask Gina Santoro while she parachutes into a murder mystery she'll never forget!
I was already in bed last night when Deb got me up to look at the rising Moon. So glad she did. 😁
A very handy list for Kiwis: Public holidays 2025: All the dates you need to know (and how to make the most of them).
Coming up:
- Wellington Anniversary - 20 January
- Waitangi Day - 6 February
- Good Friday - 18 April
- Anzac Day - 25 April
- King's Birthday - 2 June
- Matariki - 20 June
When I planted flaxes beside the driveway I made a big mistake, not thinking about how massive they'd get. From time to time I trim them. Before and after shots of one bush.
We had a stack of (very heavy) concrete pavers that we kept when our rental property no longer needed them.
This week, in preparing our house for sale, I finally moved them into two spots: in front of the shed and in front of the tunnelhouse. 😅
Well, 7 years on Micro.Blog. My move in 2018 away from WordPress was a very good decision. I love this Micro.Blog community and the bloggers and creators who make it such an excellent place to blog. Thank you all.
For the last few years I've tried to post something at least once per day. 😁
Before we can sell our house there's a heap of tasks to do. In the last couple of days I've been trimming flaxes. The zendo has been revealed!
Trimming flaxes is very hard work! Cutting the leaves with a specialised flax knife is easy, but it's a lot of work to dispose of the waste.
I'm not a big fan of the romance genre, but sometimes make an exception for lesbian romance. I read Midnight Rainbows Over the Little Village (Broclington Romances Book 4) by Ella Cook. 📚
The book felt a little 'off' and I almost abandoned it part way through, but did read to the end.
I see the author lives with her husband, and perhaps that was the problem with the book for me: it was written by a straight woman who first 3 romance novels were about heterosexual couples.
Today we tried out the new restaurant Jamboree at Tatum, where I ate a pretty good:
Korean fried chicken
Served with steam rice, seaweed salad, pickel daikon.
The building and grounds have an interesting history.
The freshly renovated venue is a bit lacking in character, but the food was good.
Overall a fair read — Gale Force Danger (The Rán Hollander Mystery Series Book 2) by Lakota Grace. 📚
Rán Hollander, Investigative Consultant, returns from vacation to find her desk at the constable’s office usurped by a brash rookie cop determined to make his mark. When a dead body is discovered near Rán's childhood home, the young cop goes rogue, and chaos ensues.
Today was pizza day.
