A local knitter made this bear and when I saw it I realised perhaps our house could use some Christmas decoration after all. So cute. 🐦
Micro.Blog photo challenge: Beard. 📷
With the characters and setting well established from Book 1 this series is settling well. I've preordered the next in series. The Mystery of the Silver Dish (The Antique Shop Mysteries Book 2) by Judith Cutler. 📚
The dish is valuable. Too valuable. No sooner has [Lina] displayed it at a prestigious antique fair than the police swoop in, accusing her of handling stolen goods.
It's hard to believe this series is already up to book 12. I'm still enjoying it. Fakes and Lies (Naomi Blake Mysteries Book 12) by Jane Adams. 📚
the world of art forgery and high-stakes deals hides ruthless collectors — and killers who will do anything to keep their secrets.
Good on our new local Council! — Councillors vote to oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining at Northland's Bream Bay:
Whangārei district councillors voted unanimously to oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining at Northland's Bream Bay. …
the proposal offered no jobs or economic benefits to Bream Bay or Northland, even though regional benefit was a requirement of the fast-track law. …
The proposal … is to use a suction dredge to remove up to 150,000 cubic metres of sand a year for an initial three years and up to 250,000 cubic metres a year for the next 32 years.
The last time I spotted jellies in the sea I was in Wellington. This one was swimming around at Marsden Cove Marina the other day.
It sounds like this guy had committed horrendous crimes and was planning another. I'm glad he was foiled and jailed. FBI tip-off helps authorities foil mass stabbing attack at court, Hastings man jailed:
What worries me though is this:
On 28 September, the FBI alerted DIA that he planned to commit a mass stabbing attack on his court date.
How is the US agency the FBI involved in detecting crime within NZ? That's scary.
Micro.Blog photo challenge: Evergreen. 📷
We live very close to the Ruakākā racecourse and I thought I'd throw $20 away in a bet on some random horse today.
As it happened I didn't get all the way in to the racecourse when the first race came thundering round the bend before the home straight. I grabbed a photo, and came home, saving $20. 😁
By the Ruakākā Racecourse is an entrance to the beach. It leads the eye straight towards Sail Rock.
I used the Cleanup function in Apple Photos to remove an annoying power line.
Micro.Blog photo challenge: Firelight. 📷
For most of the last week I've been a bit under the weather with digestive issues, lack of appetite, low energy (not surprising since I've hardly been eating).
Today finally I was able to get back to the gym, and that felt good. 💪🏼
Micro.Blog photo challenge: Cozy. 📷 🐶
I enjoyed a good reading session with The Winter Dead (Detective Shona Oliver Book 6) by Lynne McEwan. 📚 Always happy to read another in this series.
A blood-soaked hammer is discovered in a lorryload of wood delivered to a local pub. DI Shona Oliver appears to have a murder weapon, but where is the victim?
OK, I read Book 1 and now I'm abandoning this as just too silly and annoying. Cadbury & Merrydrew Cozy Mysteries Books 1–5 by Christine McHaines. 📚
Micro.Blog photo challenge: frost. 📷
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‘But you and me, Sister, we’re the lucky ones. We don’t have to be anyone. Out there, everyone’s an individual. Their unique self. Their wellness, their self-improvement, their apps. People are burdened with having to be a self. But you and me, with our language of faith, of the holy spirit working through us—it lifts that burden from our shoulders. We can be small people, just doing the work of the Lord.’
Source: Chapter 16 of The Earth Weighs Heavy (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 9).
There's something about the Sister Agnes books that just enchants me; they're just so "right" somehow. This was yet another excellent read. The Earth Weighs Heavy (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 9) by Alison Joseph. 📚
‘Guilt. That’s what it is. Terribly bad for all of us. I learned some years ago just not to bother with it, so much better for one’s mental health.’
Took a little 7 minute drive to buy Thai takeaways.
Checked out the For Sale signs in a nearby shop window. Got a spare $1.8 million for a yacht?
I think that's the one berthed just in front of the restaurant.
This morning's delight — music from the 13th Century. Codex Las Huelgas: Casta catholica (Conductus Motet) (Folio 121 verso - 122 recto). 🎶