Today’s beach rubbish haul was an odd collection: polystyrene, a cassette from a typewriter(?), rubber hose from a motor vehicle.
The river mouth is a vast plain of sand and water. It’s around 10 hectares or 26 acres of beach playground.
You might think I took this photo yesterday BEFORE I filled the rabbit hole and stuck in a board to block it, but no, this is from this morning!
At the all-purpose entrance to our beach is sign overload. The two small signs below the speed limit sign were placed there illegally by a disgruntled local. Access to the beach here is across privately-owned land.
This Cynthia Erivo - “Stand Up” - Oscars 2020 Performance is just magnificent!
From the motion picture HARRIET, the Original Song “STAND UP” is written by Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo.
Next I need to watch the movie.
When there’s a lull in activity and I fancy sitting at the picnic table on the deck, the last thing I want is an active paper wasp nest underneath me. Glad I checked the bench. Fly spray does a good job at killing the wasps.
RGB. 🐶
Contrast: tire marks and smooth sand. I’m so glad the tide comes up each day to wash away the infernal tire tracks.
Watched an excellent Australian movie: Top End Wedding:
The film stars Miranda Tapsell as Lauren, a lawyer planning to wed her fiancé in her hometown only to discover her mother has run away.
I loved seeing Tiwi Islands Aboriginal culture portrayed here. 🍿🇦🇺 Amazing scenery.
In 2002 Deb and I visited Vanuatu for a holiday. We travelled to Mount Yasur, an easily accessible active volcano on Tanna Island. As it became dark we could see the eruptions spewing out red hot rocks above us.
🤯 :
‘ard’ is a real suffix in the english language just like ‘ly’ or ‘ify’, … ‘ard’ means ‘too much’ or ‘too easily’
‘mustard’ is something that is ‘too pungent’, … ‘wizard’ is someone who is too wise, ‘coward’ … too easily cowed, and ‘drunkard’ is someone too often drunk
We very rarely get seaweed of any kind on our beach, but today there was a small patch of this plant. Is it perhaps sea lettuce?
Darn, this was from Monday and I’ve forgotten what site I was on. Whenever I have to choose New Zealand from a drop down list I type ‘N’ and that gets me close enough at New Caledonia. This list uses weird sorting so I was still far from home: Bulgaria, New Caledonia, Cambodia…
I like things on my computer to be ‘just so’. Most windows should be tucked up to the top left corner, for example. (Micro.Blog inhabits top right.) I use a Keyboard Maestro macro to make sure my Black Ink crossword puzzles are in the right place and to automatically hide others.
Oshi’s had his duck since he first came to live with us at age 3 months. He ignores it most of the time, but sometimes runs round whimpering while he tries to find a good place to hide it. Sometimes he digs a hole in the sand and buries it, then digs it up again. Nice pillow! 🐶
These interesting fungi were hanging out in the strawberry patch.
Every morning Sasha jumps on the bed for a cuddle. Then she settles down in her favourite spot at the foot. 🐶
It took me a stupid amount of time to find this small photo. My new electric bike isn’t the first one I’ve owned. Back in around 2007 I had this Apollo eLation electric bike. It was an Apollo Altitude XC, 24 Speed Cross Country Mountain Bike with a battery. It was wrong for me.
It’s rare for there to be absolutely no wind. This sand dune reflection is actually from 2017.
