I’ve read as much as I’m going to of Life in the Shallows The wetlands of Aotearoa New Zealand. The book is excellent (it’s just due back at the Library). It’s very easy to read, the tone is light and the pictures very helpful.
If you’re interested at all in wetlands give it a try.
Sasha on the grass. 🐶
A nice treat after a few errands. Chocolate ice cream at Brown Acres. Yum.
A neighbour has a couple of sheep on his property, and recently lambs have appeared too. They weren’t very keen on my taking their photo.
New Watch OS9 feature that I love: Save a Custom Timer — swipe left on the timer and tap the Star. I use 2 minute and 3 minute timers all day when I make a cup of tea. Now they’ll stay in my list whatever other timers I may also use.
A bit of 7 am drama today as the Rescue Helicopter landed at the beach entrance where apparently there were 4 cop cars. Rumour has it the cops are looking for a silver vehicle containing a person with a gun.
Some of the most hilarious and clever scientific names have been applied to spiders or insects … a spider named Apopyllus now, a beetle named Agra phobia, a fly named Pieza rhea and a wasp named Verae peculya.
Source: Life in the Shallows The wetlands of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Blood in Tavasci Marsh (The Pegasus Quincy Mystery Series Book 2) by Lakota Grace was a great follow-on to Book 1. I like the setting and the characters and the story flows well. 📚
Peg is furious when her life is threatened. But she must discover who killed old man Nettle!
I very much enjoyed Appalachian Mountain Mysteries Box Set by Lynda McDaniel. I’d already read Book 1. Book 2 was a bit preachy and put me strongly in mind of Forrest Gump.
All told though, it’s a good series, interesting and very readable. I expect to read more. 📚
This is intriguing. I typed my previous post in BBEdit on Mac then copied and pasted to iPhone. Look what BBEdit did with the facepalm emoji — turned it into 4 characters: base character plus colour plus presumably zero width marker plus female marker.
On Monday I happened to be there when our rubbish bin was emptied. Of course, it would have been a better video if it hadn’t taken me so long to remember to actually press Record. 🤦🏽♀️
I’ve discovered I really enjoy Andalusian music. Here’s an almost 2 hour joy: Andalusian Echoes: Abir el Abed & Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra. 🎶
I visited Palmerston North today and looked at the aviaries in the public gardens. This Cockatiel was a good-looking bird.
I really enjoyed spending the day reading Death In Copper Town (The Pegasus Quincy Mystery Series Book 1) by Lakota Grace. It’s very readable, in a great setting, followed a logical process and the characters were believable. I’ll definitely read more by this author. 📚
ROFL — Police respond to ‘racist’ flag in Wānaka, find Klingon insignia:
Police responding to reports of a racist flag [at] a Wānaka property found the home was instead flying the colours of the Klingon Empire from Star Trek.
It’s so worth reading the rest of this short article. 🤣🖖🏼
Aha! I wondered about this after grating the Havarti — How to Grate Soft Cheese:
Place wrapped cheese in the freezer. Only keep the cheese in the freezer for ~15 minutes. You want it hardened but not frozen.
Re: Today I made Roasted Cauliflower and Cheese Mini Frittatas.
Today I made Roasted Cauliflower and Cheese Mini Frittatas. They were pretty delicious. The recipe lists red wine vinegar in its ingredients, but doesn’t actually use it. 🤷🏼
Roasted cauli; The mix ready for the oven; The finished product. Grating soft cheese is hard.
The commander had to issue the “Fire” command 96 times! Clouds of smoke filled the air as the shots bounced around re-echoing off the hills of Wellington. And indeed, it took about 16 minutes to fire all the shots. Won’t happen again in my lifetime.
Here it comes (video): Queen Elizabeth II Death Gun Salute to mark her passing. At 1 round every 10 seconds (my guess), 96 guns must take ~16 minutes. That’s a lot of guns!
Wow — The Queen’s death: All you need to know about what happens next:
There will be a 96 gun salute starting at 6pm, Friday night on the Wellington waterfront in front of Te Papa.
96 guns. I’ve heard a few less than 20 in my time, but 96! Won’t be able to hear it from here…