Maybe I shouldn't post this because there are goosenappers about …
But there are so many Canada Geese around at the moment, it may be safe. 🐦
There were several Caspian Terns on the beach this morning. This new burst of warm sunny weather is bringing the birds back at last. 🐦
I came across an older book I hadn't read from an author whose work I enjoy. This was a really good read: Alias by Cari Hunter. 📚
A car lies crashed below a Welsh mountain road. One of the young women inside it is dead, the other badly injured, with no memory of who she is or what just happened. All she has is a bus pass showing her photograph and a name she doesn’t recognise.
For a calm, quiet, sunny morning there was a bit of energy in the waves. Kāpiti Island in the background. For the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. 🌊
We visited Palmerston North on errands today so I had my usual favourite lunch: Chicken Teriyaki at Mr Choi.
It's been weeks, what with visiting Whangārei then Deb being quite sick and me being slightly below par. Finally today we went back to the gym, where I did 5 Km on the bike, then some lat pulldowns, rowing, Russian Twists and Overhead Crunches.
Short, but good.
Ohhh, so that's why … How to Tame Sequoia’s Window Tiling - TidBITS:
Have windows on your Mac started to expand to fill the screen since you upgraded to macOS 15 Sequoia? … having windows change size underneath your pointer can be jarring. Luckily, new settings in Sequoia let you move windows around your Mac without having them jump around.
Heavy on the religious minutiae, it was interesting that Sister Joan was able to ferret out wrongdoing in spite of the enormous limitations of a very contained life. I may not read more.
A Vow of Silence (Sister Joan Murder Mystery Book 1) by Veronica Black. 📚
There are whispers of virgin sacrifice and suicide, and the mother prioress certainly wears pink nail varnish. And who is the young man hiding in the bracken?
This book grew on me as I read more, but it didn't entirely grab me. Blindsided (Grace Smith Mystery Book 2)by Liz Evans. 📚
When Grace Smith, a down-on-her-luck private investigator with an unimpressive track record, gets a call from an elderly man about a missing person, she’s not expecting much.
Today's Bird World adventure — the flue of our woodburner wears a 'sock' to keep birds out, so it was very surprising to see this sparrow head sticking out into the lounge in the gap between the flue itself and the plate on the ceiling.
I extracted it enough so it darted off … straight into a window. After 5 minutes resting on the grass it recovered and flew off. Whew! 🐦
Nicely said:
@checkervest I still skip! It's best to be yourself, early and often. Lest you fall in with the wrong crowd by accident. 😀
Volume up! This little Yellowhammer was singing right outside my open door. 🐦
A wonderful moment today as traffic stopped to allow a Paradise Duck mama to walk her half a dozen or more babies 50 metres along (and all over) the road to a new location. iPhone photos from the car. 🐦
A friend has roped off the Dotterel nest on the beach in an attempt to keep vehicles and pedestrians, horses and dogs away. He has also seen 3 eggs in the nest. 🐦
The nests of northern New Zealand dotterels are simple scrapes in the substrate … The main threats are loss of eggs and chicks to mammalian and avian predators, disturbance from human activities on beaches, loss of nests to big tides … Three eggs are laid … Incubation usually takes 28-30 days; the fledging period is variable, but averages about 6 weeks.
Reposted: Yellowhammer through the window. 🐦
Explained: Why Kiwis don’t know what a proper cup of tea is | Stuff:
There are also numerous boutique tea blenders in New Zealand like The Tea Curator , Webster’s , Mikaku , Tea Total , Harney & Sons , t Leaf T , Noble & Sunday , Ritual , Teaology , Libertine , and The Tea Thief . They source their tea from all over the place including Sri Lanka, China, Malawi, Myanmar, Japan, and India, then blend and package it here.
6 ways supermarket tea is different to artisan tea | The Tea Curator:
The leaves used for artisan tea are almost always handpicked … usually the newly-emerged bud and one or two leaves or the bud only. For supermarket tea, the leaves are typically lower quality … a mixture of new and mature leaves and stalks … The leaf selection for your tea matters because the younger buds and leaves are richer in nutrients, higher in aromatic oils and produce more complex flavours …
Dammit: had a filling at the dentist today — it was quick and easy, but I had two injections. Now I can't drink a cup of tea without dribbling. 3 hours later and my lip's still numb …
Urgh, I expect today's brain fog, headache, blurry eyes and lack of oomph are hay fever reactions. Not a fan!
I have a dim memory from years ago about an announcement for being able to see a transcript or hear a recording of a voicemail right on the phone's screen … I think …
Anyway, it's now landed in Aotearoa for me, and Wow! That's incredibly useful.
