This unusual driftwood made me think of a planet and satellite moon. The two tree bases weren’t just accidentally connected but actually grown together.
Back in 2011 I came across this Porsche Spyder and an admirer on Oriental Parade in Wellington. Quite a car!
Oshi’s latest game: go out the wide open side door, through the gate and wait mournfully in front of the closed front door.
A looong book, and not for the page count: Corpse Way (The Yorkshire Dales Mysteries Book 1) by Susan Parry. 📚
Ground through 70% then page-flipped just to find out the explanation. Reminiscent of Famous Five.
Reminder to self: don’t buy more in this series. 👎🏼
It’s been chilly and rainy the last few days which means the Tararua range has snow covered peaks, some of which we see from the east-facing deck on our house. This photo has added circular polarising filter for drama this morning.
Nothing much happening at Foxton Estuary when I biked around up there today. Felt bad my grilled fish (blue cod) and chips contributed foil, polystyrene and plastic cutlery to the planet’s burden of rubbish. At least I was back in the car before the hailstorm came through.
When I go out I give the dogs 3 instructions: no barking, no peeing, no pooping. I don’t know about the barking, but they both forgot the ‘no peeing' injunction. 😣
A neighbour needed a lift to an appointment so we followed up with lunch at Salt and Pepper at Ōhau. I had a very delicious potato rosti stack with avocado, egg, portobello mushrooms. 🍽
The cafe was very busy. Good to know this business is surviving.
I was feeling grumpy about our cool weather with persistent drizzle, and looking fondly at old September holiday photos in warm places. After seeing updates from my online pals suffering from wildfires after a stinking hot summer I’m rethinking those grumps. Stay safe out there!
Clocks go back on 27 September. Today I start moving dog meal times to ~3 minutes later each day. I wish we’d dump this whole daylight savings malarkey. And to think it was a Kiwi who started the ball rolling! 🕑
New Zealand entomologist George Hudson first proposed modern DST.
Many thanks to all those who mentioned enjoying TV+ ☛ Ted Lasso. 📺 Two episodes today cheered me right up on a day of cold wind, grey skies and drizzle.
Today’s racism realisation (thanks Crossword clue): The Lone Ranger was not Lone:
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws … with his Native American friend, Tonto
an enduring icon of American culture.
Literally erases the native character.
Such an interesting interview (41 minutes): Georgie Harman on women and mental health:
Julia Gillard talks to Georgie Harman, CEO of Beyond Blue, Australia’s leading mental health support organisation, about the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on mental wellbeing.
Another excellent read: Find Me When I’m Lost (A Charlie Mack Motown Mystery Book 5) by Cheryl A. Head. 📚
Charlie Mack is hired by her ex-husband’s new wife when the ex, Franklin, has been charged with his brother-in-law’s murder.
A nice story to start the day: Scientists Clone an Endangered Przewalski’s Horse For The First Time:
What makes Kurt even more exciting is that he was cloned from genetic material cryopreserved 40 years ago - reviving genetic diversity thought to have been lost decades ago.
The calves in the paddock next door are so young the farmer still brings them a small tank of milk every day.
Sometime in the past someone’s pet black rabbit must have escaped. This wild cutie is often near our place. I didn’t even notice the more usual brown rabbit till I zoomed and cropped the photo.
Families! 🤯 My partner was adopted very young. She grew up with one younger brother. 30 years ago she found 4 more younger brothers from her birth family. Last year an older brother (also adopted out) suddenly turned up. Last night an older sister noone knew about popped up! 🤯
This ~10 minute video was way more interesting than I expected — the science and tech behind taking balloons and a human up to 25,000 feet: I WAS THERE! How David Blaine flew helium balloons to the height of jets (and jumped).
The event itself: David Blaine Ascension.
This happened just up the road from us (about 16 Km along the beach). Locals stunned as enormous whale washes up on beach in Levin
The whale was already dead when it washed ashore, but the cause of death is not yet known.
So huge and so sad. 🐳
Update: the news source gave Waitārere Beach as the location, but local sources have identified it as in fact Hokio Beach (even closer to us).
