Sasha in her crate earlier today. 🐶
I prefer my own company to groups, so what induced me to organise a community Star Viewing tonight? These are things I’m hoping we can find / look at:
- Sirius
- Orion
- Orion Nebula
- Taurus
- Pleiades
- Mars
- Southern Cross
- Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
- Beehive Cluster
- Milky Way.
The sleepy eye of morning.
Back in January I made Crusty French Bread Rolls and results weren’t great. I tried again today, with the mixer, and they’re my most delicious bread rolls yet!
Before and after baking. They could have been a little taller, but they’re light and tasty. Recipe
This is the time of year for the couple of Yucca gloriosa in the dunes to flower. The long lens in the first photo makes distant hills look really close.
Thinking about that 1.5C global warming number … it seems so tiny, yet its effects are huge. We need to find a Consequences Score (CS) and start to use that. Let’s start talking about reducing the CS from 1,000,000 to 100,000, for example. A score of 1,000,000 feels enormous; 100,000 manageable.
Every morning I check earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions to see what’s going on with weather around Aotearoa New Zealand. I find it educational and informative too. I love seeing how the land forms affect wind flow. Bought them a coffee today.
Watched B5 S01E03, Born to the Purple, with its love, intrigues, machinations, wiles, compulsion, slavery, compassion and forgiveness. B5️⃣
BTW: Sasha has to stand on the carpet now to eat her meals as otherwise her legs slide out from under her. She no longer has sufficient strength in her legs to control that.
She used to eat sitting down (she has a long body). Even a year ago she was still able to do that. 🐶
Sasha told me at length that breakfast didn’t meet her requirements. Only after I added some of the expensive gourmet wet food did she consent to eat it. 🐶
I hope when I’m her age (16 as a dog, but the vet says that’s like being 100 as a human) I get that kind of consideration for my wishes.
Thanks to a crossword I have now heard of three Impressionist painters: Marie Bracquemond, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. Lovely!
Watched B5 S01E02, Soul Hunter. Interesting ideas about how different cultures can view something from opposing perspectives. We learned some interesting things about the Minbari called Delenn, who is more than she seems. B5️⃣
And I say again: “Sea levels are rising. We gotta deal with climate change.” 🐦
Watching Lingthusiasm: Bringing stories to life in Auslan - Interview with Gabrielle Hodge. I have utmost respect for sign language interpreters who are saying what went a moment ago while observing what is current. What skill! Paying such close attention must be exhausting.
Oh Siri … sometimes you drive me pineapples!
Me: Hey Siri, add Vanilla Wine Biscuits to the Groceries List.
Siri: OK, I’ve added chocolate to the Groceries list.
What????
Somehow on my Babylon 5 rewatch I completely forgot to start with the pilot, The Gathering. The ambassadors arrive, the Station Commander is accused of attempted assassination of the Kosh ambassador, and we find everyone has secrets, or mysteries. Luckily it all pans out and B5 opens for business. B5️⃣
Whew, Babylon 5 rewatch, S01E01, “Midnight on the Firing Line”. There’s a huge amount happening in the universe and we’re dropped right into the middle of it. We have xenophobia, hostilities between cultures, tension between the Registered Telepaths and others, raiders, mysterious races. B5️⃣
Today’s lunch included a very rich yet delicious Broccoli-Cauliflower Casserole via @mbkriegh.
I halved the cheese and sauce parts of the recipe as I didn’t think we had as much broccoli and cauliflower as required.
Good news today.