Wellington Zoo is today’s outing.
A midwinter dip in the sea with friends is not something a Miraz does … until today. 😆
A perfect day for it with blue sky, warm sun, no wind and a calm sea.
You can see Kāpiti Island, and to the right, the top of the South Island across Cook Strait.
Afterwards: hot soup and bread.
Some of the first mandarins off our tree. The one I ate was delicious!
Those into Tiny Homes may enjoy this writeup and photos of a tiny home right beside the main entrance to Waikawa Beach: Designer’s Two-Bedroom Tiny Is Ultra Creative, Hides a Cool Sliding Ladder.
The original owners sold, and the property it stands on may soon be lost to the sea (hence: wheels).
I’ve been promising Fliss, the Japanese Quail, for ages that I’d clean out her run. Today was finally the day. I popped her in the glass recycling bin while I did the work. 🐦
Before: old stale straw, pine shavings.
After: deep, clean fresh straw, pine shavings and fresh branches for cover.
Checked the Library's ebooks and found Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Comic Issues #1-5:
… shows what life is like for cadets at the galaxy's greatest school! Witness the student days of the iconic cast before they joined the Enterprise!
Never was a comics reader, but loving this. 📚
Although I never saw Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) when I was a kid watching it now reminds me of those times. All the stories were about the men having adventures. Nyota Uhura and occasionally Nurse Chapel, the only visible women, did what the men ordered: sent a signal, fetched an item…
One of the excellent things about today was that we paid someone to do a couple of hours weedeating, garden clearing and mulching. That would have taken us longer to do, and instead we got to sit back, read, enjoy the sunshine. Except Deb has a cold, so she got to lie around sniffling…
First day for winter of putting out food for the birds.
There’s a cracker frost today!
Well, bizarre! Looked at Netflix again and there’s Star Trek: The Animated Series, just as I expected but couldn’t find this morning…
Was it some quirk of the VPN, I wonder? Both times I’m sure I was set to NZ…
I added the RSS — Bring Crime out of the Closet | A celebration of LGBTQ+ characters in crime fiction 📚:
to examine … how LGBTQ+ characters have been handled in crime fiction … from first … being cast as the villain/victim, to today’s much more diverse and welcoming literary landscape.
I really enjoyed Star Trek: The Animated Series S01E04 that I watched on Netflix yesterday. I’m finding the series fun and interesting. …
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Today the series is nowhere to be found… 😤
Shell fish.
I enjoyed reading The Dead Swede (The Sheridan County Mysteries Book 3) by Erin Lark Maples. 📚
There was a heap of terminology relevant to brewing beer as the book is set at a local homebrewing contest. I hit the dictionary a fair few times. Enjoyable story though.
From this morning: Waiting outside a funny little bakery on a street corner in Waikanae to meet a friend. Olde Beach Bakery. Their donuts were good but had too much filling. I didn’t much care for the chocolate I chose…
No, the oven did not preheat to the required temperature while I was preparing ingredients, because I’d forgotten that the clock was somehow unset. Dinner will be 30 minutes later than expected…
Learning about the old ‘set the clock’ trick cost us a bundle for an electrician’s visit the first time.
I found this little Southern Bell Frog on the lane when I went out this morning. That’s a relief — I haven’t seen many frogs around lately.
It’s taken me the longest time to figure this out: an AppleScript to set the date on a Post in MarsEdit.
tell application "MarsEdit" make new document tell front document set published date to date "Sunday, 4 June 2023 at 09:01:02" end tell end tell
I absolutely loved the Icelandic movie Woman at War. 🎥
I loved the concept, the quirks, the gentle comedy and the incredibly serious topic, the acting, the landscapes, the music and musicians, the story. Best movie I’ve seen in a very long time!
Couldn’t choose a screenshot!
