Miraz Jordan

Aussies tend to make great telly (and movies) and My Life Is Murder, starring my favourite, Lucy Lawless, is no exception:

crime comedy-drama … fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.

Thanks to the many folks who said they were looking into or already using Kiva to help business people with small loans, eg $25. I see I’ve been using it since May 2006. 😀

Aotearoa New Zealand is in a lucky position to trace the virus spread around the country:

NZ’s first Covid-19 case … on 28 February - a person in their 60s who had arrived from Iran. … at least 35 unique introductions … from all over the world … Europe, Iran, North America …

For years now I’ve been lending money to individual business women in need via Kiva, usually $25 at a time. So far I’ve lent to women in 29 different countries, including places like Burkina Faso and Timor-Leste. Feels good.

We’ve had a bit more than 100 mm rain in the first 4 months of the year. The forecast for the next 3 days is for another 100 mm. Wouldn’t that be nice. I bet we get only half that though, which will still be great. 💧100 mm would add about 6500 litres to the drinking water tank.

I really enjoyed Frozen II. 🍿Great plot, music and animations. A favourite: the singing reindeer. Also 👍:

Throughout the production of the film, filmmakers collaborated with Sámi experts on the depiction of the fictional Northuldra tribe.

Excellent messages for kids too.

Hmmm, at 13.5 it seems Oshi and Sasha are now officially in old age. 🐶 The vet confirmed Oshi has arthritis, so now he’s on pain pills. With any luck he’ll soon move more easily and have a bit more vim. Also their weights have crept up… 😒 Makes sense if he’s moving less.

Finally finished Take Control of Apple Watch. I recommend it, even if you think you know all about your watch. For example, I just turned on Fall Detection, which was supposed to be on automatically.

A septic tank deals with our waste and that’s fine by me. More houses should be independent in that way. The tank needs regular servicing though, and can have problems. Scotty and offsider did maintenance today and checked it out. The problem is a sticky electrical switch. ⚡️

A specially good reason to ride my bike around the village today. Blue skies, sunshine…

This angel is guarding a gate in the neighbourhood. A cheerful addition.

As we move down one Alert Level in Aotearoa New Zealand things are looking good. New confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been in single digits for 2 weeks now. We’re on target to ‘eliminate’^ the virus here. ^means any new cases are few and can be tracked, traced and dealt with.

I’ve been reading Jeff Carlson’s excellent Take Control of Apple Watch and picked up a few tips in spite of wearing a watch for several years now. I’ve also just enabled the ECG app and tried it out. 😀 Excited to see what new tips the rest of the book brings.

These two videos might be helpful for some of us: Relieve tight shoulders with self-massage! and Relieve neck pain and tension with self-massage.

Tonight’s viewing: Avengers: Endgame. Hard to believe this was one of the highest grossing films of all time. 🥱 😴

Last night we watched 2 movies, Outsourced and Greenfingers. Both were lightweight and enjoyable. Outsourced sees an American sent to India where he eventually learns about the people and culture. Greenfingers was based on a true story about UK prisoners in a garden competition.

This is the ‘south track' to the beach. Nice, eh!