I managed to see the almost total lunar eclipse in spite of loads of cloud. Pretty darned special, particularly with good binoculars. Took two bad photos. I wanted to focus on binocular views instead of camera fiddling tonight. 😀 Off to bed now.
Absent-mindedly opened Camera app on my phone instead of the Covid–19 Tracer app to record a visit. Camera kindly offered to open the correct app for me.
My Granny Smith apple tree should produce a good crop this year.
LOL juxtapositions. On Netflix: The Flash with Dash and Lily.
I’ve really enjoyed this series. Just finished 3rd Tango: (Schock Sisters Mystery Series) by Misty Evans and Adrienne Giordano. 📚 Looks like the authors have written other books, but in genres that aren’t really my thing. With any luck, there are more of this series yet to come.
Hmmm, hope this URL works. I keep a diary / journal /TODO thing in a file on my Mac using OmniOutliner (OO). I’ve created a calendar document for 2022 that you’re welcome to grab and use. List items under the date. Use OO to Expand or Collapse All, Focus on day or month etc.
These maps are really interesting: Ancient Earth globe.
For example, 240 million years ago Aotearoa New Zealand was situated close to the South Pole.
By 66 million years ago it was roughly where it is today.
I really enjoyed this 45 minute doco:
No one had ever asked the journalist and broadcaster why he drank, but when he stopped everyone asked him why he didn’t.
This is handy:
Apple has quietly added a new tool in macOS Monterey for measuring your device’s Internet connectivity quality. You can simply call the executable networkQuality
Source: The secret of the macOS Monterey network quality tool | DanPetrov
From a neighbour’s place, a view across to the Tararuas. Our house is the pale building on the right, our garage the pale building on the left.
New shoes day: Merrell Siren Traveller 3. Great shoes! designed for women’s feet.
I found 2nd Strike: Book 2 of 3: Schock Sisters Mystery Series by Misty Evans and Adrienne Giordano as compelling as Book 1. 📚 Now on to Book 3.
Fifteen years ago, a newborn … was kidnapped … Then-FBI Agent Charlie Schock solved the crime … But it wasn’t the Haver’s child.
I really enjoyed Juniper 🎬 :
a self-destructive teenager is … asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother … the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
A good read: Charlotte said yes: How we got a French screen icon to star in our NZ film
There are special bars across our footbridge designed to stop motorbikes from getting onto the bridge. What they actually do is make it very hard for human beings to get on the bridge, especially those who have dogs on leads, kids, wheelchairs, mobility issues, pushchairs…
This test of @manton’s script: Micro.blog via AppleScript has worked well. 😀 Thanks Manton.
For sale 18 Henham Lane, Waikawa Beach: Bareland, 22155 m².
Intense and very readable: 1st Shock: A Schock Sisters Private Investigator Mystery by Misty Evans and Adrienne Giordano. 📚
Elite forensic sculptor Meg Schock is obsessed with solving cold cases and bringing justice to victims.
I’ve bought the next in series.
Sometimes our military helicopters like to do a little bit of formation flying — directly overhead.
Until this year we always said “If Oshi won’t eat, we know there’s a problem”. 🐶 This year it’s been increasingly difficult to get him to eat his biscuits, especially in the morning. We’ve tried various brands and gravies. As of today I know he will eat Nood chicken pouches. 😌
Today I was looking at the Coastal Risk Screening Tool and suddenly recalled seeing the tsunami siren in Niue. That whole coral island is at least 25 metres above sea level.
