Down in the dunes this morning, this wonderful fungus.
Rain glorious rain! It rained for more than 24 hours. Yesterday alone brought nearly 40 mm. The water tank is overflowing and the garden sure needed it. It was also enjoyable spending a day in by the fire, though there was a break where I took the dogs out.
Sleepy as last nights good shake left me awake for more than an hour. At 7.5 magnitude and only 33 Km deep its a good thing the quake originated about 1,000 Km away from me. 〰️
I did not know this:
The combined gravitational pull of the Sun, Saturn, Jupiter and other planets cause the shape of the Earth’s orbit to vary from its most elliptical to almost circular on a 110,000 year time scale.
Via Come Rain Or Shine.
And on motorcycling: two keen motorcycling women friends (each has 2 or 3 large bikes) married back in February 2014. They rode their bikes to the ceremony… But look at the amazing cake another friend made for them!
A conversation with @Strandlines about gendered protective gear reminded me of a Letter to the Editor I wrote in 1972, when I was 17 and rode a motorbike. (BTW: I've never cared an iota about fashion in my entire life.) Headline: Wanted: sensible rig for girl motor-cyclists.
Such a fascinating and provocative 40 minute interview: Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women.
Maybe health workers would like the safety of PPE that actually fits, or police would like stab proof vests that protect against pointy weapons.
Last night Oshi drove me crazy with almost continuous barking for about 90 minutes when I went to bed. 👿
Today I may know why: one dead quail and one missing quail who left a lot of feathers behind. I think a stoat halved my flock! 😤 🐦
Do you know about MyNoise? I use the iOS apps, but also listen on my Mac sometimes (as now). A library of customisable sounds to help with focus, distraction, tinnitus. I often use this to help me sleep.
use the noises you most enjoy to mask the noises you don’t want to hear
I enjoyed Margaret Mizushima: Hunting Hour 📚:
a girl has gone missing from the junior high … police dog Robo … his highly trained nose leads them right to Candice
Unfortunately reading at night and a dark theme led to disturbed dreams for me, so I finished reading during the day.
This Micro Monday I’d suggest you follow @cheri , author of some excellent cozy mysteries and other books.
I love watching the signers on Government briefings. The signer just now seems particularly expressive in face and body as well as gesture. Unfortunately we have 2 new cases of Covid-19 after 24 consecutive days of none. New arrivals into NZ.
I know, slightly, the author of the NZ Health and Disability System Review, so am not surprised that measures to counteract systemic racism are included. “Create a new Māori Health Authority” is up there.
8 board members … an equal number of Māori and Crown representatives.
Excellent! Aotearoa New Zealand has free health care for all but the system was run down over a long time by conservative governments and was a shambles. Improvement is coming — overhaul of health system
shift focus in all areas from treatment to wellbeing, the report said.
Awww, after 50+ years Diego gets to go home:
Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity
Good read: Seven of Nine Was Always Queer: 📺 🖖 🏳️🌈
So much of what Seven does on Voyager is to break down the binaries that exist in Janeway’s and others’ minds. Seven is not good or bad. She is not Borg or human. She is both and she is neither. She is Borg, she is human, and she is one of the first of her kind: an xB.
The person who bought my old Fuji X-M1 camera body very kindly shared some links and tips about updating firmware on the newer Fuji X-T2 I now have. I never think about updating firmware on my camera, let alone the lenses!
I could see it was cold out (-2C) when I woke at 4.30. Dawn showed the frost that went with the low temps. Note too the very high pressure: 1038 mbar.
This good-looking fellow was resting his head on the fork of the tree beside him … until I took out my phone for a photo. Very handsome though anyway. 🐄
What would it feel like, I wonder, to scan the TV and movie listings in something like TV+ or Netflix, and to see 99% of the offerings showing predominantly women acting with agency, self-sufficiency, courage, … having adventures … dealing with issues … dreaming? 🤷🏽♀️
