I seem to be answering a lot of these challenges lately: all the squares with cars or roads or whatever. I just want to say: damn it, I don’t want to do your thing anyway. Seems to me a robot would be the only one happy with these.
Screenshot: all the squares with cars challenge.
Something I learned yesterday when asked to publish a community notice about a missing cat: not only can cats get asthma, but sometimes they use inhalers. 🐈
Screenshot: excerpts from a text message sequence about an asthmatic cat.
6 conventional blogging tips that may make sense for personal blogs:
certain time-honoured tips apply to every blog, including personal bloggers. …Write for yourself first; Stay true to your voice; Be patient; Write catchy headlines; Engage with others; Just get started.
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Women are routinely erased from history, but occasionally they resurface:
more evidence female monastics were not only literate, but also prolific producers and consumers of books during the Middle Ages. … a female scribe in 12th-century Bavaria … produced more than 40 books.
When I was a kid, back in the 60s, you could drive a long way and scarcely see another car. We had one short stretch like that yesterday on our drive from Whangārei to Waikawa Beach.
NZ’s population could hit 5 million by end of [2019]. … The population hit 3 million in 1973.
Hard to believe that just over 12 hours ago we were in Whangārei. The drive home was smooth, in spite of diverting via Rotorua. We were lucky that we were just leaving lunch when a fatal accident closed the road ahead of us at Putaruru.
Photo: Mt Ruapehu behind a tank at Waiouru.
Today we set off for home. It’s a bit over 700 Km, or 10 hours driving. Chances are we’ll stop overnight somewhere. With dogs in the car we take frequent breaks anyway.
At AH Reed park in Whangārei there is a merely 500 year old Kauri tree. There’s also an obligatory shoe cleaning station, on account of kauri dieback disease.
Photos: shoe cleaning station; 500 year old kauri; information board about the life of a kauri tree.
The Otuihau Whangārei waterfall is 26.3m high and falls over basalt cliffs.
Yesterday at the Whangarei Kiwi House and Museum I saw an actual Brown Kiwi feeding. The need for dark and quiet meant no photos allowed. This Victorian taxidermied bird with replica real-size egg will have to do. 🐦
Giant Kokopu at the Whangarei Kiwi House and Museum. A coastal species of fish endemic to New Zealand.
3 baby and 2 adult Oystercatchers at Uretiti Beach near Whangarei. 🐦
Photo: looking at Hen and Chicken Islands from Uretiti dog beach near Marsden Point (on the Bream Bay coast). It's an East Coast beach.
10 blogging guidelines that don’t apply to personal blogs
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The Hokianga Harbour is astonishingly beautiful.
A single photo just can’t show how huge Tāne Mahuta is.
Today we aim to visit Tāne Mahuta, a tree that stood on this land for 1,000 years before people arrived and is still standing strong.
Stewart Island named a Dark Sky Sanctuary
The Whangarei Basin is a lovely spot on a very hot Saturday morning. The market stalls had variety.
