Another superb Aussie movie: Ride Like a Girl 🎬:
Michelle Payne … became the first woman to ride the winner of the Melbourne Cup in 2015.
Features Kiwi actor Sam Neill.
There were some fraught moments…
Tonight, Jupiter And Saturn Will Appear Closer Than They've Been in 800 Years:
Jupiter and Saturn …between 16-25 December they'll be separated by only 1/5 the diameter of a full moon.
I wish my photo were better. Taken on the 17th it might be my only one thanks to cloud! ✨☁️
In a hilarious rabbit hole today I learned about Ruffles and flourishes 📯🥁and how Hail to the Chief came to be. Loved this:
[President] Polk was not an impressive figure, so some announcement was necessary to avoid the embarrassment of his entering a crowded room unnoticed.
We came home near sunset last night. Just before driving into the village we spotted this lit up Christmas tree in a paddock. Well done that farmer!
Somehow we organised two meals out on one day. For the first time ever I had beignets. Delicious. At Quarter Acre restaurant in Manakau about 7Km from home.
Brunch with 10 longtime friends at Field & Green in Wellington. I had a very delicious Smashed peas & avocado, with lemon, Parmesan, poached egg, toast.
Found this illegal fire on the beach this morning. Presumably still burning after last night. I covered it with sand as best I could.
We enjoyed watching The Prom. Music, dancing, feel good, lesbians, happy ending. There are worse ways to spend a couple of hours. It was also a smidge deeper than it seemed.
OK, fellow Star Trek (Original Series) fans, give this a try: Star Force: Sci-Fisolation. LOL 🖖🏼
Read up about it at Star Force: the surprise smash webseries is The Mighty Boosh for Trekkies
Some good laughs there.
… Writing the monthly-ish community newsletter. But first I have to make sure the community blog posts are up-to-date so the newsletter can refer to them. A blurt of blog posts…
Ages ago I used to have a bank account with ASB / Bank Direct. Today they called and said they needed to pay me $11.94 for incorrectly taken account fees. (I’ll bet that was some legal finding.) I opted for them to direct it to their charity aimed at low income households.
Oh dear, Fiji — Severe Cyclone Yasa (Cat5) expected to make landfall in Fiji late today
one of the most powerful [cyclones] on record in the South Pacific and certainly one for the history books – and this is before it’s even reached Fiji properly.
If you wondered about that red car stuck on our beach (Sometimes people drive along the beach), read how things worked out at A bit of an odyssey. Includes photos and movies.
Thank you @NetNewsWire for allowing me to Undo Mark All (feeds) Read when I intended to simply apply it to only one feed. Whew!
Here’s one for @macgenie and others: “Hey Siri, what does a guinea pig sound like?”
Apple’s Siri can now make animal sounds like a duck quacking or a lion roaring
Wheek!
Ah, ‘tis the season of the Christmas bunny. Falalalalah lah lah lah lah.
In the maw of the monster.
Neck bending competition this way! 🐦 Pied shags by the river.
Today the dogs and I drove to the village, crossed the footbridge and walked down beside the river to view the abandoned sunk car. The view along the way was OK.
Flossing for a dentist visit tomorrow. Months ago, during Shutdown, a bit of tooth fell off a filling at the back — no pain or anything. Tonight’s flossing made another large chunk fall off the same tooth. That’ll mean a crown for sure. 🦷 💲💲💲 😒
Good timing though!