I can never remember how to tell native Toitoi apart from exotic Pampas Grass. Whichever this is down by lake Te Puna a te Ora it looks pretty fab.
Whew. Deb and I have done final cleanup at the house we’ve sold, passed keys to the agent, signed papers with the lawyer. All that’s left now is to see the money in the bank account. A few more days…
This ~7 minute video is a really useful explainer from MinuteFood about how a microwave oven works — what it actually does to the food inside. Recommend. The weird thing about microwaves
The anti-woman language of gynaecology, eg the hostile uterus
. Listen to the ~1 minute clip from Quirks and Quarks, A view on the womb.
Leah Hazard … the more she learned about the uterus, the more she was surprised about what scientists and healthcare professionals don't know about it
Bought back in September 2020; I must have read the first book then. Totally forgot what it was about. Read the second book this week and it ranks very high on the improbability scale. That aside, it was an OK read.
The Girl and the Ocean — Boxset by Alexandria Clarke. 📚
I walked ‘all the way’ to lake Te Puna o te Ora in the sun and fresh air and quiet this morning. (It’s less than 500 metres away.)
Although I did drive to the doctor yesterday this was my first ‘outing’ in over a week. Looking forward to building back up to some good walks.
Autumn sunrise.
One of life's eternal mysteries: if there's a duvet cover in the wash how does all the other washing end up inside it by the end?
This 35 minute podcast episode is so interesting. Pet lovers, tune in! Death in the Afternoon: INTERVIEW: Uncovering Pet Death’s Greatest Mystery:
The author of history’s most influential piece of animal mourning literature had been lost…until now. Learn the incredible true story behind The Rainbow Bridge.
Well, that's unusual: two sizeable quakes within moments of one another. The pheasants were busy with their special earthquake alarm calls. 〰️
A 5.7 at 1016 and a 5.4 at 1019.
Reading Persons Unknown (Manon Bradshaw, Book 2) by Susie Steiner was how I imagine white water rafting would be. You dip a toe in the river not sure if you really want to engage, take a step, and then you're off, swept along irresistibly. What a read! 📚
Fire in Broken Water (The Pegasus Quincy Mystery Series Book 3) by Lakota Grace was a thoroughly good read from an author and in a setting I enjoy. 📚
feuding over water rights … suspected drug dealing, and a blackmailer … all lead Pegasus astray on her quest to find the killer
Woohoo, a proper holiday (with friends) coming up later this year. There is an island or two below that red dot… 🇼🇸
This was another gripping read from Tracy Clark: Runner (A Chicago Mystery Book 4). It's a great shame there are only 4 books in the series. It's a story worth telling. 📚
Chicago in the dead of winter can be brutal, especially when you’re scouring the frigid streets for a missing girl.
Seems a bit woo-woo but sometime last night while I was asleep my little battlers announced to my brain that they’d defeated whatever infection this has been. And indeed, I feel different today — definitely getting better at last. Negative Covid test again; symptoms partly match cold, flu and Covid.
Took me a few starts but in the end I enjoyed Poodle Versus The Mob (Cottage Country Cozy Mysteries Book 2) by Anne Shillolo well enough. 📚
Zora Flynn, local newspaper publisher, and Rocco, her pampered poodle, are faced with a mini-crime wave. Not one but two victims have surfaced
I enjoyed reading Murder Among The Roses (Maybridge Murder Mysteries Book 1) by Liz Fielding. 📚
Abby is horrified to discover the bones of a baby buried under a rose bush. … And then, just two days later, Abby finds Howard himself. Lying dead in the very same rose garden.
In Murder Never Retires (DI Hillary Greene Book 12) by Faith Martin our favourite DI is back on the job but in a different role. 📚
20 years ago … Anna McRae was found beaten to death … with a rolling pin. She’d been having an affair with her brother-in-law … But the evidence never added up.
Today, while my sore throat morphs into a cough, I’m resting up, mainly reading, dozing and answering urgent last minute calls from our lawyer about the house we’re selling. 🤞🏼
