Breakfast … with friends.
This grew on me: The Rachel Prince Mystery Series: Books 1–3 by Dawn Brookes 📚
The language is kind of prissy, but I got used to it — or perhaps it eased as the books went on.
Cruise ship cozy.
It was too hot for all of us by the time I took the dogs to the beach this morning. But boy it was a stunning day!
A bit of an earthquake 〰️ just to keep us on our toes. Not far away but quite deep.
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 189 km
Waikawa Beach For Sale: 13 Holly Way. 2.01ha Land.
We really enjoyed The Starling 🎬
As if Lilly’s troubles weren’t bad enough, a starling whose nest is in a tree in her backyard begins to harass and attack her and she becomes obsessed with stopping it.
Wowee: parrots have names and use their own and one another’s names too. They learn the names in the nest. How a Parrot Learns Its Name in the Wild | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab.
These are my special friends for a few days while their mum takes a break.
The majority opinion was in favour of an afternoon nap. Who was I to stand agin them? 😴
From 2018: a small boat being launched off Waikawa Beach.
// @odd
With a barely perceptible easterly this morning our West Coast sea had almost no waves at all. So still and quiet!
I love my iPhone 13 Pro Max. I was worried it would be too large, but it feels great in the hand and the camera is performing nicely. The blue is paler than I imagined.
I also love my Apple Watch Series 7: nice big easy to read face and the touch seems easier. Beautiful blue.
Our unfriendly roads
An email to NZTA today:
For exercise and also to do my bit to reduce car use and save putting some CO2 into the atmosphere I biked from my home at Waikawa Beach, Horowhenua, to the dairy at Manakau today to get the bottle of milk I needed. That's about a 20 Km round trip. That's an easy trip on an electric bike.
The dairy is on SH1, which is so dangerous there's no way I'll ride my bike along any part of it near us. I dismounted at the intersection of Waikawa Beach Road and SH1 intending to wheel my bike along beside SH1 to reach the dairy about 225 metres away.
However the side of the road there was full of dense grass and weeds to at least knee high. See attached photo. I had to chain my bike to the fence and walk beside the road, on the tar seal.
I feel NZTA should at least mow this stretch of ground beside SH1, if a proper footpath is not being laid. This dairy is convenient for all those who live at Waikawa Beach — it's the closest store.
I'm aware of others who cycle to the dairy for supplies. It's not just me.
The climate crisis is urgent and everyone should be doing their part to not only allow less polluting modes of transport, but to encourage them. NZTA could help encourage cyclists and pedestrians from Waikawa Beach to avoid using their motor vehicles for such short trips. A little mowing is all it would take, though ideally there would be a proper footpath.
Please do something to make this 225 metre strip safe for people to access the dairy and nearby vege shops.
Miraz Jordan, [address]
And check out the web form response:
We are currently experiencing higher than normal email volumes. We aim to respond within 10 working days.
Yeah, yeah, sure!
BTW: non-Kiwis — a dairy is a small shop that sells items like milk, butter, bread, non-alcoholic drinks, snacks and other basic supplies.
For Sale: 8 Sand Dune Grove, Waikawa Beach.
That time when setting up a new watch led me to discover my phone was set to use Icelandic as a secondary language…
I’ve finally found my perfect use case for the Apple Pencil on iPad: solving crossword puzzles that otherwise must be printed out, for example, the brilliant The Haunted House. Now I can also do a heap of the Times Archive too.
Every November the tree lupins Lupinus arboreus come into full flower and play havoc with my allergies. I get itchy throat, nose, eyes along with blurry vision and head fog. Today’s Kenacort steroid shot is already helping.
I’m booked on a bike tour for next April. The company will now require Covid vaccination certificates for all participants. Seems like a good thing to me. 💉
I like the idea that after my death my body could become compost, feeding plants that nourish and protect animals, continuing the cycle of life. I hope this is available when I need it. Let’s Visit the Human Composting Facility!
