Miraz Jordan

Finally had my second booster Covid jab. Hurt a bit going in but feels good being better protected. 😎

Just amazed at the cleverness of NYTimes Sunday, July 17, 2022 Crossword Puzzle:

Note:

 Players seek to combine one or more of the cards they hold with cards laid out on the table to make the best possible five-card poker hand.

Can’t say why without spoiling it, but wow!

Really enjoying listening to Sona Jobarteh & Band (1 hour):

Sona Jobarteh is the first female Kora virtuoso to come from a west African Griot family.

Heh, the Spinoff are spending a week talking about a huge deal in the lives of over half the people in the world who are over about 12, and which is almost never talked about openly: Why we’re talking about periods all week on The Spinoff.

It’s 3.45 am and I’ve had a cup of tea and a biscuit after being awake for a couple of hours already. It’s that ‘untethered’ time in the middle of the night when all the unreal things come out to play. Maybe I can sleep now. Thanks for the interlude, Micro.Blog Timeline.

I’ve suggested our library buy this. It looks really interesting and is relevant around here. Life in the Shallows:

How wetlands work, what lives there, and what we can do to protect them

This whole coast was once wetlands, most now drained. A few remain, including nearby.

Sasha, mostly blind, stopped at the white line on the road then tiptoed carefully across. Next she ended up on one side of the ‘Give Way’ triangle and walked carefully along the line. The world can bewilder her. 🐶

Planning a trip out for dinner tonight to nearby Shannon, a 35 minute drive away. Including say 1 hour to eat that’s a 2.25 hour trip and I can (just) leave Sasha that long. Now, how to schedule her dinner and post-dinner walk? Old dogs can be complicated… 🐶

Silver and gold: this morning Sasha and I made it all the way to the lakes (approx 500 metres away). Looking southwest I saw the setting silver almost full moon. Looking northeast I saw golden reflections of the soon to rise sun.

We’ve achieved a point where Sasha’s food, meds and the cool temperatures mean she trots happily along on our brief walks. I wanted to capture that this morning. Because she’s blind she goes off-course a lot. 🐶

The setting Supermoon at dawn.

Sasha won’t go down to the dog yard any more so she now gets half a dozen ‘walks’ per day for toileting. I stopped to take a photo of the setting Super Moon and also Sasha this morning so she spent the time circling me. Not helpful. 🐶

It was a bit impressive down by the sea at high tide this morning. It’s winter so lots of rain, gales, high tides and big swells out in the open sea are only to be expected… Check out this foam mountain though.

Nice! Amber Clyde:

never take criticism to heart from somebody you wouldn’t go to for advice.

Via This is what the future of New Zealand looks like: Meet the 2022 Y25

I’m always a bit suspicious when military helicopters fly over in gangs. Today it was a gang of three, right overhead.