I haven’t posted any photos of my two remaining Japanese quail for a bit, so here are Fliss and Glee. 🐦
Woohoo, booked a birthday treat for myself in February: Wildlife Photography Workshop at Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre, a 2 hour drive away.
photograph our aviary birds from the outside; inside free flight aviary; wild birds; plants, trees, tuatara, geckos, skinks and more.
I’ve been hearing a bird with a call that sounds like a piercing ‘pee you, pee you’. It’s taken me a while to track it down, but apparently it’s a European goldfinch 🐦:
Voice: a liquid, tinkly calling, often given by flocks in flight. Also a shrill, clear pee-yu.
Yay! I combined Mars Edit, AppleScript, Keyboard Maestro and BBEdit to establish that yes, indeed, I posted at least once per day during 2020. For some reason my script failed to count 3 separate days (timing issue?) but I was easily able to verify those 3. 🙌🏼
Strine as! The Merger was extremely funny and infinitely more enjoyable than I expected. If you don’t speak Australian you’ll probably need subtitles. 🎬
explores the decline of a cash-strapped rural footy club and the recruitment of refugees to keep the club viable.
I still take a selfie every day, but rarely post them here. Here’s my New Year’s Day selfie for Friday 01 January 2021 though.
Concluded my year by watching the just past full moon rising golden from behind a hillock. What a gorgeous way to transition to a new day, a new year, a new start.
I was down at the lake taking photos of the Royal Spoonbills when this Matuku, White-faced heron, arrived. 🐦
Unless you actively hate dogs I’m certain this video from WeRateDogs will bring you 7 minutes of joy: The Dogs of 2020:
in a year filled with so much bad… our dogs were very, very good
🐶 😂
Pohutukawa or Rata in flower — I can’t tell the two types of tree apart. Also, this morning, I planted a tiny Kowhai tree. Fingers crossed it can survive.
Flax bushes are great. Birds, native and exotic, feed on the flowers. But the fibrous, stringy, tough leaves are hard to cut with a knife. They are also a nightmare when weedeating as they catch and wind round the head. That’s why I’m thrilled with my new flax cutter! Easy peasy!
This is a great round-up post from feminist academic, Debbie Cameron: Not unprecedented: 2020. Her posts are always informative and thought-provoking.
Ahh, rewatched Warehouse 13 S01E01. It’s a fun show and I’m looking forward to watching more.
a team of field agents retrieve artifacts that have become charged with energy that gives them dangerous powers.
The great thing about summer this year is that I don’t have to get up super-early to take the dogs out before it gets too hot for them. Oh, and I get to wear my snuggly winter woollies more. And I get to stay indoors more and read or internet. 🥶🌧
After reading several comments from Micro.Bloggers and this review I Wish “Wonder Woman 1984” Had Been About Wonder Woman, I’ve put my plans to see WW1984 on hold. I’ll wait till I can watch on my computer. Disappointing when movies don’t centre the eponymous female lead.
Humans Used to Sleep in Two Shifts, And Maybe We Should Start It Again: 💤
Some believe sleep disorders, like sleep maintenance insomnia, are rooted in the body's natural preference for split sleep. Therefore, split sleep schedules may be a more natural rhythm for some people.
Wow, I’ve kept a log every day for over a year. Usually that kind of thing falls apart fairly quickly. I’ve also posted on Micro.Blog at least once per day for more than a year. Daily log is in OmniOutliner — a favourite utility app I’ve used for years. Captain’s Log. 😀🖖🏼
Oh boy, reading with a sharp eye a book by an American author and discovering innumerable fine and subtle potential distinctions between American English and New Zealand / British English. Prepositions, plurals, word choice… 🤯
We really enjoyed Netflix ☛ The Grizzlies. 🎬
Based on a true story, … depicts a youth lacrosse team set up to help combat an onslaught of youth suicide in the community of Kugluktuk, Nunavut.
centred the perspectives of Inuit youth and did not fall into white savior tropes
Three desserts from Christmas lunch.
