As always, the latest NativLang video (10 minutes) is extremely interesting: What English does - but most languages can’t:
English has unusual linguistic features most other languages don’t! These skills really make English unique compared to other languages around the world.
Usually in New Zealand when a house rolls and shakes around like this it’s because of an earthquake. Today it was the delivery truck refining the position of the house. These folks will have a panoramic view of the hill in front of them.
Some mornings you spot the house delivery truck.
It’s the time of year when everything in the garden has had a growth spurt and these horrible grass seeds get into my socks and stab me. They’re hard to pull out too.
The other day I prepared a new bit of garden to extend an existing length beside the drive. Today I bought a dozen Coprosma Hawera, a native groundcover, to integrate into the new area and a few other spots in the garden that need to be filled.
mbnov 30-Nov-19: integrate
When I dug into the mulch pile today this frog bounded out. I thought it had pale specks, but realised later that’s just mulch. It’s probably a Southern Bell frog .
The back of their thighs and groin area are bright blue to turquoise
That was the giveaway.
I live in a fantastic place, but between dreary spring weather and having a lot of obligations I’d kind of forgotten to enjoy it.
Today, summer has arrived and I swerved on my ‘obligations’. Feeling better already.
Photo: watching Santa from Hell.
mbnov 29-Nov-19: fantastic
I really truly hope this is simply bad wording:
But those on the other side of the argument – like sexual violence advocates including some lawyers – say survivors’ previous sexual experience should be off-limits in court.
My emphasis.
I came out specifically to attend a yoga class and do other errands. I want to do yoga and need to. Today though it turns out the right thing for me to do is sit in a cafe drinking tea and eat chocolate cake. I need a break from ‘shoulds’.
Not much. You?
Her hum: so woebegone. She needed company to feel secure. We brought our alto and bass into the mix, weaving a rich, complex sound that echoed around the empty property. It had seemed fantastic, this idea to integrate our voices in one key, but we hit our mark.
mbnov Week 4, 5.
A CSS stylesheet is made up of rules. Each rule includes a Selector, and some Declarations. Each Declaration contains a Property: Value pair. To make the text of h2 headings black, for example, you would write: h2 {color:black;} . Simple. 🧐 🤣
mbnov 28-Nov-19: property
This (partly animated) brief non-fiction comic by Toby Morris is so worth reading: The Side Eye: The Trap Life. When we left Wellington about 5 years ago Kākā were just starting to be around where we lived at the top of Mt Victoria.
I find myself frequently listening to one or other (or several) of @hollyhoneychurch harp tracks at Lateniteharp. I’ve probably listened to more harp music in the last 6 months than in the whole rest of my life. 🎶 (What! There’s no harp emoji! How can that be!?)
My reward for an hour of weeding: rich Kāpiti Triple Chocolate Ice Cream and homegrown strawberries. Yum!
Rich and velvety chocolate flavoured ice cream blended with real chocolate pieces and a swirl of decadent chocolate sauce.
mbnov 27-Nov-19: rich
My Dad and I were probably too much alike: I didn’t get on well with him after I was about 15. Today I found a couple of photos of him. He was born in 1916, 2nd eldest of about 10. At ~24 he became a prisoner of the Japanese in the Fall of Singapore. Pics: ages 13 and 19.
In 1990 I worked in Adult Literacy. I raised funds to attend a Conference in Edmonton, then sent a report to an MP who contributed (who had also been a favourite science teacher of mine). Luckily I still have her response as I need it in my application for NZ Super.
Good thing I have no scheduled activities for the rest of the day. 31 minutes into a 20 minute hold my call was answered, I said what I need, then was disconnected after a few moments of weirdness, with me saying “Hello? Hello?” Now the wait’s 34 minutes.
