Another good read from this author: Goodbye Calais Club: (A Port Alma Murder Mystery Book 2) by Anne Shillolo. 📚
Disappointed I have to wait for the third book in the series.
there’s no way Holly can investigate on her own. Or is there?
I quite enjoyed The Complete Monica Noble Murder Mysteries, a 3 book set, by Faith Martin 📚. I had to take a break after book 2 as they’re a little cloying.
A fairly easy read with a woman who has an eye for detail. Interesting acknowledgment of inappropriate attraction too.
Whew! I’ve clicked Submit on a funding application for a fun photo project to run in our community over summer / Christmas. Having the idea in the first place was simple — the funding application was a lot of work. Not sure when we’ll hear back. 🤞🏼
The dogs prescription came in 🐶:
Veterinary exclusive Hills prescription diet Kidney Care clinical nutrition improves & lengthens quality of life
Now we gradually introduce the new biscuits over the next few weeks.
Roughly 2 x the cost of their regular biscuits… 💸
Very pleased that the government has, as widely expected, announced the whole country will stay in Level 4 shutdown until at least midnight Friday (Auckland for longer) thanks to the Delta variant of Covid running through the community. As expected, numbers are increasing still.
A quick report on our new 4G internet connection: good riddance to VDSL! We now both speed along at the same time on the interwebs and Deb can even do Zoom calls from her zendo (home office / meditation room). We’re happy!
Whew! Was about to start submitting a prepared funding application whose leisurely timeline began in October when I spotted the statement : “Note: Round 1 projects cannot begin before November 2021”.
Quickly pushed all October activities (prep mainly) into November.
I don’t know that The Daily Mail is a news site to trust… but, I think this article is worth a look. After the 9/11 attack most news sites went text-only to even be able to deliver info. This article has screenshots: 9/11 and how readers followed drama with no Facebook or Twitter
For our last holiday adventure we ate a magnificent dinner at Plato, a restaurant set in an unlikely, deserted, industrial part of Dunedin. My panfried hapuka photo doesn’t do the food justice by any means. The restaurant is quirky, full of knick knacks; the food spectacular. ☺︎
I already wrote a little about the Royal Albatross Centre, but wrapping up our recent holiday, here’s more. We viewed the birds from a hide, through glass. Several adults swooped right past the window and huge chicks were just outside. Older chicks weigh more than adults. 🐦
We arrived in Ōtepoti, Dunedin, in miserable weather. We were hungry so we parked near The Octagon, and after some wandering, found ourselves at The Perc Cafe.
I enjoyed a very delicious green pea and ham soup with bread.
We returned the next day for coffees and snacks.
It’s a rare occurrence for me, but last night I slept 8 hours without interruption and the sleep quality was good. Today I feel as though I could do anything!
A darn good read: Project Charon 1: Re-entry by Patty Jansen:
Tina needs money, and needs it fast. Another creditor is impossible to find. That leaves her one option: to return to the world she fled fifteen years ago and Kelso Space Station
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Well written, unusual, gripping.
I so much enjoyed Project Charon 1: Re-Entry, by Patty Jansen — one of the books in the Cosmic Visionaries StoryBundle! I’ll definitely be buying Book 2 in the series. If you enjoy space opera take a look at the bundle, available for another 18 days (ummm, to ~08 September 2021)
People have assumed that attention and executive functions decline with age… our large study indicates that critical elements … actually improve during aging, likely because we practice these skills throughout our life.
The Catlins portion of our holiday ended with Purakaunui Falls:
a short walk from a car park area through impressive podocarp and beech forest.
We did stop to look at a couple of fossils in limestone but that wasn’t very impressive. Next stop: Dunedin, Ōtepoti.
Just signed up for this inexpensive course: Joy of Birdwatching | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab.
Vroom vroom. 🚀 Today’s the day!
Before the postie came:
VDSL modem: DOWNLOAD Kbps 10799, UPLOAD Kbps 693.
After the postie:
4G modem: DOWNLOAD Kbps 100575, UPLOAD Kbps 27696.
10x download speed and 50x upload speed.
🎉🥳👯♀️
As probably everyone expected, Aotearoa New Zealand as a whole stays in Level 4 shutdown till midnight Tuesday. There are now 3 community cases in Wellington. Makes sense to stay shut down.
