Miraz Jordan

Hmmm, looked up a crossword answer (a music track I’d never heard of). Now enjoying a blast from the past with Tracy Chapman, Annie Lennox, Janis Joplin, Grace Jones, Joan Armatrading and other greats from my ‘yoof’. Photo.

I made French toast today for the first time and served it with icing sugar, sliced banana and maple syrup. It was pretty good.

It was a great way to use bread from a fresh loaf that didn’t taste as good as usual, and six of a mounting number of fresh quail eggs.

I’m looking forward to A Day in the Life of Micro.blog Photo Challenge. Now to figure out when it starts in my timezone (Aotearoa New Zealand) … Hmm, adding it to my Calendar tells me that’s 6 am on 14 October 2022.

I’ve owned Jigsaw Puzzle Epic for years, used to play, fell out of it for a few years, and now do a puzzle or two per day.

Thank goodness for the Wacom graphics tablet I’ve owned for years, also fell out of using and also rediscovered recently. It makes moving pieces easier.

Our tenant has left the house we’ve been renting out and the estate agent is now in charge of selling it. One of today’s jobs was to record the water meter reading to charge the tenant for water she’s used since the last bill.

At least my good old point and shoot iPhone captured this small flock of Canada Geese flying by. Good way to avoid operator error.

This is not the splendid photo of a Godwit I imagined I was taking on the beach this morning. With a 1/9 second shutter speed how could it be? I must learn to check the settings on my camera before enthusiastically taking a load of photos. 📷

This morning’s job, with other community volunteers: plant thousands of young spinifex plants at the base of the dunes, to help retain and build the beach. Here are just a few of the plants in their root trainers.

After peeling, coring and slicing a bunch of apples the other day for Easy Apple Crisp, I bought a device that does it all. That arrived today.

I have yet to try it out. My previous device cored and ‘eighthed’, but didn’t peel.

Today’s polar blast makes me very thankful for my wonderful warm down jacket.

I’ve really tried (for a couple of months now) to like Airshow, but have given in and reverted to Overcast. I need to have more control over what I listen to and when.

Whew, no more automatically moving to the next podcast in the queue, unless I choose that.

I’m guessing I originally watched Andromeda week by week on actual TV back when it was new:

The series premiered on October 2, 2000, and ended on May 13, 2005.

Rewatching via Prime Video. I suspect I never saw the first few eps, but recall really enjoying the series. 📺

Yesterday I had an hour-long eye exam with Anne Matheson and then maybe an hour with Roger Sercombe, Dispensing Optician, who helped me choose frames and lens options for my new specs. Roger also identified that my current everyday lenses (progressives, not dispensed by him) aren’t set correctly.

That probably explains why I constantly feel as though I can’t see right, especially when driving. I have trouble reading road signs with my regular glasses, while if I’m wearing my sunglasses I can see them just fine.

Before I moved up the coast I always had eye tests with Anne and dispensing by Roger, so I know they do excellent work.

Once the new frames and lenses arrive Roger will spend a while with me checking that everything’s correct and making micro adjustments to ensure my glasses are just right.

While I’ve been happy with my Levin optometrist for annual eye tests, I think any time I decide to get new lenses or frames I’ll be sure to go back to Anne and Roger. Their level of expertise and service is superb. The only problem is the 2 hour trip each way to visit.

I think my new ones will look like this in Moonlight Blue — pretty much identical to my current glasses. (After an hour of detailed discussion of possibilities, millimetres of this and that, my brain was fried!)

My favourite optometrist dilated my eyes so now my screen’s blurry. I was also surprised to learn my sunglasses are progressives not single-focus as I thought. Well, well, well. New progressives in my future, once I’ve chosen frames.

I’ve always suffered from cold hands and feet. Recently some of my fingertips sometimes go white and numb. It has a name: Raynaud’s syndrome:

The colour change is due to changes in blood circulation with narrowing in the small blood vessels in the skin of hands and feet.

Excellent 33 minute podcast episode: Nerd Out! The Happiness of Being a Fan:

Really love a TV show; … sci fi movie; or celebrity? We’re often too embarrassed to admit adoring some things … but we may be missing out on the happiness benefits that geeking out can bring.