The other morning on the beach I spotted a group of Kuaka Godwit doing their thing then realised one bird looked quite different. I believe this is a Ruddy turnstone — I haven’t spotted them around here before. Second photo shows Kuaka for comparison. 🐦
For Micro Monday I suggest @Denny who lives a low impact life, cycles, is interested in how we live in the world in harmony with nature. He also has wonderful photos of birds and fungi.
This was my Sasha when she was only a couple of months old. 🐶
One of these things is not like the others… Turns out the printed product manual for our UV water filter and purification system contains an incorrect product code.
Plus, look how much gunk the filters actually remove. That coarse filter is filthy.
A powerful essay — Where women were cloaked in shame:
We Iranian women … have been ashamed of talking about what’s been done to us, and … so scared of speaking up about the atrocities
Kiwis, a reminder that this time of year ramps up family violence. Gift A Safe Night at Women’s Refuge and help a woman and kids escape family violence. $20 very well spent.
Wow, 3 years today since I got my beautiful kirituhi tattoo. Still loving it! Birds, sea and cabbage tree.
Thrilled with this photo from my beach walk today: Kuaka Godwit. 🐦
Our neighbours are sneaky — they had a big party today for their 30th anniversary. None of us knew they were actually getting married! (Not even the caterer.) A great time was had by all.
I really enjoyed this Lingthusiasm podcast episode. Question formats are surprisingly interesting in English and other languages. Who questions the questions?:
In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about questions!
A few months ago we had Bird of the Year, now it’s New Zealand Bug of the Year 2023:
Aotearoa is home to over 20,000 species of insects and spiders
Hmmm, what to vote for…
Hmmm, that quake came in two parts — I just knew it was going to get bigger. About a minute long. All good — just a shake — another day in the life of Aotearoa New Zealand. 〰️
Fri Dec 2 2022 6:07 PM
20 km south-east of Tokoroa
Shaking: Light
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 159 km
Huh, I thought (cooking) salt was salt, but it turns out there are different types with different characteristics. Which salt is best for cooking?:
Why are there so many different kinds of salt, and does it really matter which one you use?
Thanks to @gregmoore and @mtt I now have the Recoleta font on my Kindle. 📚
How to Install Custom Fonts on Your Kindle
As I use my Mac and iPhone and websites and apps and whatnot I realise that the more ‘security’ I have to pass through the less I pay attention — yeah, yeah, just give me what I want. I’m a human, not the holder of the secret nuclear launch codes, after all.
I had simply never registered that Z
keyboard command in Photos.app and have spent a lot of time over the months trying to use the slider control to zoom to 100%. If only they’d added the bit of text I’d been wanting to see under a menu: 100%
. User error but Apple didn’t help.
Morning dog. Sasha, only a few days away from her 16th birthday. 🐶
A couple of weeks ago I paid Amazon ~$20 on top of purchase price to ship me a pair of new earbuds. They were defective. Turns out I can’t ship them back because international parcels can’t contain more than 2 batteries. The postal worker also mentioned a cost over $100! 🤬
I have supervisors. A couple of little Warou, Welcome swallow spend the day sitting on the rail by the lounge. Such cuties! 🐦
And for today’s yoga session we have a simple little neck twist with head tuck. 🐦
