Water issues a fluid topic in Horowhenua
Egads, but there's a lot to talk about with water in Horowhenua. The Horowhenua Chronicle issue Wednesday, 10 January 2018:
- Front page top: Lake Horowhenua's poor health.
- Front page bottom: Council looks at improving district's water supply.
- Page 4: Levin water restrictions.
- Page 5: Level 2 water restriction in Foxton.
- Page 7: Bacteria warnings for swimming spots.
- Page 8: Online tool gives water quality for 80 sites.
- Page 11: Council ad about Level 3 water restrictions.
- Page 19: Classified ad about water restrictions in Foxton and Foxton Beach.
Dog walk at Ōtaki estuary for a change. 🐶
Bought myself a UE Megaboom Bluetooth speaker. First impression of sound: WOW!
Kea gyms!
Smart birds…
A kea gym offers the birds several objects they can play with or take apart to distract them from danger or causing damage.
Kea were caught shifting road cones at the Homer Tunnel.
DOC partnerships ranger Sue Streatfield said the idea to establish a gym at Homer Tunnel in Fiordland came after rangers were looking for a way to get kea away from the road.
Specially astonishing is that this isn’t the only gym for kea:
In Nelson, kea gyms had been established to help distract the birds from damaging forestry equipment and in Arthur’s Pass, a gym had been installed to lure birds away from the busy road.
A gym had also been installed at the Manapouri power station at West Arm to stop the birds from damaging vehicles in the car park, Streatfield said.
Update, 13 May 2023 — I noticed I hadn’t linked to the article these quotes and image came from. Now rectified: Roadcone-moving kea get gym to distract them away from traffic | Stuff.co.nz. And to know more about these mischievous native parrots see Kea | New Zealand Birds Online.
2018 may become the year of renewal for me. Experimenting with new apps, new approaches, new plans. 🐥
Earthquake or wind gusts?
The trouble with this wind is not being sure whether the house is shaking because of the wind gusts or an earthquake. 〰️
This one turned out to be an earthquake.
26mm rain to 06 January 2018
26mm rain to 06 January 2018 is a start. Now we'd like some more please, as this won't have broken the drought.
It’s so frustrating to buy an iTunes movie, connect to a neighbour’s projector for a relaxing evening, and be told the movie is protected and won’t play! The solution is here: macintoshhowto.com/movies/watch-protected-movie-data-projector-itunes.html