After @crossingthethreshold posted a photo of a road it made me think of this favourite zebra crossing I saw in Redondela, Galicia, Spain.
This thing is a stoat. An angry stoat, trapped in a plastic bucket behind wire. Unfortunately, as I was on my own, it escaped. This morning it killed 2 more quail. The survivors are now in max security cages. (One-handed snapshot while holding a bucket tight against wire.)
20 LGBTQ-inclusive films were released in 2018.
45 LGBTQ characters made it into mainstream movies in 2018.
Zero trans characters were counted in 2018.
I’ve really enjoyed watching Seal Team and am glad to see it’s been renewed for a third season. I like that they explore the relationships of team members with others such as family, and how folks grow and develop.
On the hunt for quail
When I checked the quail today one was dead — Felicia, the great mother who hatched the babies this year. Judging by the mutilated corpse this wasn’t pecking by the others, but presumably a rat or stoat that slid into the run and out again. I buried her and set about to move the rest to a new spot. While doing that, Glee escaped. I hunted her with success and then another white one escaped and hid really well in some scrub. I hunted for ages, gave up, and had one last try. Success! Not my best day for quail!
While I was hunting for an escaped quail an Eastern Rosella made a brief appearance to laugh at me then flew off. Still hunting the escapee. 😱
Someone requested a page listing Kiwis on Micro.Blog. Tada!
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How would we make a webring?
Green tea at the Levin Mall cafe was mediocre. The teapot & cup combo was rather charming though.
My favourite sci-fi author’s Kickstarter has already reached 500+% of its goal with 8 days left to go and the stretch goal rewards are amazing.
The Diving Universe A large new novel and other projects in the Diving Universe by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Wellington is notorious for its steep hills. Many of those hills have paths, stairs and steps, which is apparently a niche interest for some who travel far and wide: outdoor stairs. My friend Alana has created a wonderful site Wellington Steps for connoisseurs. Alana’s Photo
Oshi and Sasha are all freshly groomed. 🐶
Shaggy dogs on their way to be groomed. Oshi and Sasha are ready for a trim. 🐶
Read: The Korean Way of Tea
My experience and appreciation for tea and the art and etiquette of tea truly blossomed after that experience.
Rain today as at 7 am: 0.9mm. Rain forecast for most days this week: 0.
I’m a very linear person: A to B to C. When I run training sessions that’s the kind of approach I take. Maybe it drives some people crazy? I find trainers who go: C, by the way A, 5, W, 57, kind of frustrating…
Lingthusiasm Episode 32 (33 minute audio) reveals how some languages require you to say how you know something… 🤯
languages, like Syuba, [where] indicating how you’ve come to know something is baked right into the grammar.
Beach find: this large feather, probably from a black-backed gull. Photo shows the feather resting on a 15” MacBook Pro for size.
It was Quail moving day today. I like to move them to a fresh patch every few weeks. The two runs are now near the tunnelhouse again. There’s evidence of a bit of head-pecking but everyone seems OK. Can you see all seven birds?
I haven’t had time to read any of this site yet, but anticipate much to enjoy: Rejected Princesses
this site imagines what if we made animated musicals about the women of history and myth who refused to behave.