Excited to see on my beach walk this morning that the first Kuaka (Godwits) have returned from their sojourn in the Arctic.
I love these occasional Micro.Blog timeline adjacencies.
// @jayeless @Burk
Note to future self: don’t use this angle to take photos of food. Today I cooked Easy Apple Crisp and it was totally delish! Thanks to @tracydurnell who linked to the recipe back in September.
In Aotearoa New Zealand we’d call this Apple Crumble.
Booked in for early November: Waimangu Volcanic Valley, walk down the valley and 45 minute cruise around the tranquil waters of Lake Rotomahana. I’ve visited before, but too briefly to really soak it all in. Photo: Inferno Crater, August 2020.
In Aotearoa there are 67 threatened [bird] species - about 30% of the country’s bird population
… due to the introduction of rats, cats and possums which had devastated bird numbers.
Source: Climate change a growing factor in dismal fate of many bird species
I’d seen it before, but watching Pitch Perfect 3 was an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours on a cool grey Friday afternoon. 🎥
One freshly groomed dog. Sasha 🐶
A bit of rain overnight meant it was a good time to weed this patch of garden along the lane. I haven’t finished yet, but am about half done. The lavender and leucodendron are flowering nicely.
Well, that was a damn good read! The Missing Checkout Girl Mystery by Rachel Ward. Great characters, a story that kept me reading. 📚
Checkout girl Bea Jordan is determined to find out what happened to her friend. … And the only person who will help is Ant Thompson, the new guy. But he’s so useless he can’t even mop up a broken bottle of sauce.
This morning Sasha wanted to snack on a little grass. 🐶
The book Timber City Masks (Royce Madison Mysteries Book 1) by Kieran York kept me reading but it seemed to have been marinated, and for too long, in the Poetry Thesaurus. 📚
Eyes never just “met” but would ‘seam’, ‘bridge’, ‘lock’, ‘lace’, ‘target’, ‘tether’, ‘collide’ …
Read the standard marketing blurb about a name change for my phone and Internet provider — yawn. Then perked up when I saw they had also written their email in Te Reo Māori. 👍
Things are moving along suddenly. Signed with a real estate agent this morning to sell the property we’ve been renting out. It’s time to cash up the retirement savings.
Also booked a visit to my longtime (former) optometrist for next week. New frames and lenses in my future.
Nice language use (disgorges, chthonic, skerricks, fragments, glean, tidbits):
Every now and then, the Earth disgorges clues to their nature: tiny chthonic diamonds encasing skerricks of rare mineral. From these tiny fragments we can glean tidbits of information about our planet’s interior.
From: Diamond From 660 Kilometers Below Earth’s Surface Reveals a Water-Rich Environment
If I sit out in the sun to read my Kindle Paperwhite (2018) sometimes refuses to turn the page. I’d persuaded myself I needed a denim blue All-new Kindle (2022 release). Unfortunately it turned out what I needed was to force a hard restart of my Kindle… My wallet is relieved. 📚
How would anyone even know this is the home page of the Horowhenua District Council?
This morning I’m in that weird haze of “what time is it really?” as last night we changed the clocks. Ahead: changing the time on oven clock, kitchen clock, 2 cameras, car, toothbrush clock, towel rail (reset — it doesn’t have a clock as such), and the other one I always forget…
Hah, I hate stereotypes about older people. However … 7 of us at brunch, aged between 64 and maybe 76. First topic of chat: eyesight problems. Followed by discussion of hearing problems and forgetfulness. Sigh.
We drove to Wellington today to help a friend celebrate her birthday at Field & Green. I had smashed peas and avocado with smoked salmon. Very delicious.
Fascinating 45 minute documentary from the most excellent Caitlin Doughty: The Forgotten Disaster of the SS Eastland (1915 in Chicago, 844 dead):
A massive ship, an unthinkable tragedy, a chance to make sure the victims of the SS Eastland aren’t lost to time.
