Miraz Jordan

The ingenious NZ-designed hijab breaking ground overseas | RNZ News:

A New Zealand-designed hijab, created after the 2019 Christchurch terror attacks, is breaking ground with its slick design deemed suitable for emergency services. …

It's designed to be breathable and antibacterial, with a moisture-wicking sports fabric.

On Thursday the full moon was setting in the west around dawn.

Meanwhile, the inversion layer on the paddock next door on the east side left a group of trees standing like an island.

Clear skies and no wind this morning so the sea was super calm below the setting full moon. For the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. 🌊

After Maique mentioned the 65x24 photo format I downloaded the app and gave it a try.

This was looking east from the beach at dawn as the sun began to rise above the mountains.

Around 4.30 this morning I decided not to wait to get a cup of tea. Strolled into the kitchen to find this surprise, that the lovely Deb had left out for me when she came home late last night. 🥰

I tried something completely new to me today: a visit to The Cave in Palmerston North. I paid for a 1 hour Virtual Reality Session in which I took off with Apollo 11, participated in the flight to the moon and watched as Neil Armstrong took his first step on the lunar surface.

It was … interesting.

Today is house-washing (outside walls) day. So far I've washed the north wall, which is second easiest. Luckily it's a gorgeous sunny and warm day. The hardest, south wall may have to wait for another day as it's very tiring work.

The drone shot below is by a professional photographer we hired. It shows how dry everything is at the moment.

Much as I don't care for the politics of Winston Peters, he can be very quick-witted and funny:

Chlöe Swarbrick, during a question about the government’s new school lunches ending up in landfills “as a result of them being inedible”, produced three of the prepackaged school meals.

As she placed them on her desk, Winston Peters made a point of order:

“Mr Speaker, since when in standing orders is a member allowed to bring their lunch to parliament, let alone having taken it from a schoolchild?”

Via: Echo Chamber: David Seymour is a very naughty boy | The Spinoff:

There was this drone with its tail:

A few seconds earlier the scene looked like this:

Just fishing …

This solar farm and battery storage facility will be only a few minutes drive from our new house. That pleases me. 😁 Ruakākā Solar Farm gains planning consent | Meridian Energy:

With up to 250,000 solar panels, the Ruakākā Solar Farm, south of Whangārei, will be capable of producing up to 200GWh of electricity per year – enough to power around half the homes in Northland.

The solar farm is Stage 2 of Meridian’s Ruakākā Energy Park, which also includes a 100MW battery energy storage system

Whew, we called on Aqua Gold Water Supply 2024 today to add 12,000 litres of drinking water to our tank.

No more immediate worries about forecasts of dry weather.

It's been a while … This morning I pumped up our bike tires and we did a 10 Km bike ride round the streets here.

Siri started an Outdoor Other instead of a Cycling workout for me, but apparently my heart rate was in the range 109–137 even though we were on the flat and not biking very hard.

I made this Greek omelet today when my friend J visited. It was delicious, but I was totally unable to 'roll' it out of the pan. It was more of a 'flop'. 😆

Delicious though.

And I forgot to take a photo …