The forecast is for a heap of rain in the next few days. We’ll see how much actually arrives. At least it’ll help fill the water tank.
I recently took a deep breath and bought an iPhone 13 Pro Max. Then I wanted to protect it properly with a leather sleeve. After some missteps I finally did the smart thing and asked @aa to craft one for me. It’s fabulous! Even the ‘unboxing’ was a treat!
There are days when the sea is so calm I could be enjoying a tropical Pacific atoll. Very soothing!
I made a smart choice today: was boiling with rage about something going on locally, selected an appropriate person to chat with about it. She cooled me down and brought extra perspectives and actions. [What! No patting oneself on the back emoji?]
Love, love, love the “dog who looks like Patrick Stewart”: Dogs That Look Like Celebrities 🖖🏼
Ever since I discovered the New York Times Acrostic I’ve been doing one per day, starting with the first in the archive. Sadly, that binge means I’m now all caught up. Now I have to wait a couple of weeks for each new one. I’ve become way better at solving them too (mostly). 😀
Your place or mine?
For Sale: 38 Manga Pirau Street, Waikawa Beach: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 80m2 floor area, 809m2 land area.
Yet another brilliant animated cartoon-style explainer (maybe 30 seconds) — this time about Antimicrobial Resistance from Dr Siouxsie Wiles and Toby Morris.
Centuries of colonisation, racism and neglect have put Māori in a very bad position. Now (as always) they fight back:
7.15 am. This is the hour or two when the dogs check in every 15 minutes or so in case it’s breakfast time. 🐶 They have another 45 minutes to wait. 😆
One of the tracks to the beach that I use has flaxes either side of the entrance. Sometimes the leaves grow right across the track. I couldn’t be bothered asking the Council to trim them, and just did it myself. Only took 15 minutes.
I don’t always find the lead character endearing, but I enjoyed The Rachel Prince Mystery Series: Books 4–6 by Dawn Brookes 📚:
a body … is found … on the first day of her Antipodean cruise. Can a seemingly harmless group of elderly people have a killer among them?
Keeping tempers cool at Waikawa:
There are several interesting points in Declining Eyesight Could Be Given a Boost by Short Morning Doses of Seeing Red, including:
Longer wavelengths spanning 650 to 900 nanometers improve mitochondrial performance to increase energy production.
Hmmm, now we’re getting a handle on Covid Delta, this from WHO:
Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
Source: World Health Organisation
Our Swan Plant had one microscopic Monarch caterpillar on it when a friend offered to bring some of her surplus caterpillars round. Of course I accepted. Hers are much much bigger.
Because I was sitting quietly on a log, the Pied Stilt came closer, checking me out.
Pied Stilt, strutting her stuff. 🐦
