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The farmer next door is mowing today.
I missed the focus on this but still wanted to post this adult and two baby Oystercatchers. 🐦
Heh, followed a link on a webpage to this address: https://b-ok.cc (I’ve added invisible characters to ‘break’ it here) and got to this FBI Seized notice.
Whew, I’ve struggled my way through Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Translated (in 1862) by George Long. The language is dense so it’s hard going. I’d love to see a modern feminist translation. I’ve clipped a number of pithy remarks though. 📚
This post from 11 January 2022 took me by surprise today:
It’s a year since I ordered my M1 MacBook Pro.
I was just thinking yesterday how much I love this Mac. 2 years on and battery life is still phenomenal.
This rather ruffled looking baby bird stumbled across the deck and took refuge in the passionfruit. 🐦
These days when Sasha eats she spreads biscuits all over the floor. 🐶
Just found this printed photo in the archives. When I was a teen back in the late 60’s and early 70s I begged my parents to get us a Miniature Poodle. This was Andre. Of course I was in charge of walks etc. 🐶
Today I tried making Dorset apple traybake and it was delicious. We only had plain flour, not self-raising, the vanilla essence ran out, and we can’t buy Molasses at the moment. Even so, very yummy!
If you’ve never watched this 15 minute speech from 2012 then you should: Julia Gillard misogyny speech in Australian Parliament. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sometimes it’s an old movie that brings the thought for the day:
Pile up enough tomorrows and you’ll find you’ve collected nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don’t know about you, but I’d like to make today worth remembering.
I enjoyed reading Mountain Town Murder: Jackson Hole Moose’s Bakery Not So Cozy Mystery #1 by Sue Pepper and may well read more of the series. I specially enjoyed the author’s life views on topics such as worker housing, and awareness of different perspectives on life. 📚
I just love timeline adjacencies!
M: The one downside of weekends in a house with many people? Noise. There’s always someone doing something, walking somewhere, closing a door,…
T: Getting ready to watch the Netflix version of All Quiet on the Western Front .
Today’s surprise discovery 📚:
the Southern Cross [constellation] hasn’t always been ours. Thanks to a phenomenon known as precession … it formerly belonged to the northern hemisphere skies …
Source: Southern Nights: the story of New Zealand’s night sky by Naomi Arnold.
Deb and I went to see the most excellent A Man Called Otto. At the same time sad, funny, and heartwarming, the movie was beautifully done. Not a thing out of place, subtle, gradually unfolding and developing. Definitely a must-see. 🎥
Like mother like daughter — Oystercatcher adult and chick. 🐦
Noon was feeding time at Ngā Manu for the Longfin Eels:
The longfin eel is one of the largest eels in the world and it is found only in the rivers and lakes of New Zealand.
I was told these were males, probably about 20 years old. They were certainly keen to get lunch.
This Tuatara at Ngā Manu Reserve kept its back to me.
Tuatara are a rare reptile found only in New Zealand. They are the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaurs.
Can't believe how knackered I am after today's outing (and last night's poor sleep)! One photo from today's visit to Ngā Manu Reserve, Waikanae: this green and white gecko — Barking gecko.
