Hah hah — love it!
Note: the title attribute reads: Doug's cousin, the one from London, runs a Bumble love cult.
Whew, I've completed the first pack on my 5-pack Lego build.
After discovering a leftover piece 😳 I returned to Page 11 and inserted the missing parts. And corrected another mistake.
Then I took a photo.
Then I corrected the wrongly inserted parts …
I don't often read fantasy, but on Annie's recommendation (what Annie said goes for me too) I took a chance on The Steerswoman (Steerswoman Series Book 1) by Rosemary Kirstein. 📚
I found it really engaging and immediately bought the next.
I like that the main character is a scientist.
Also spotted this morning.
A different kind of bird low overhead at the beach today.
Hardly a challenging plot, but the movie 80 for Brady was fun. 🎥
Hard to go wrong with a cast that includes Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field.
Heh, quote of the year:
I speak fluent typo! 😆
I didn't get off to a good start with the first book in this series, but Murder at the Wedding (Rina Martin Murder Mystery Book 9) by Jane Adams was a darned good read. 📚
I like these characters who are quirky and interesting, and the story cleverly uses their talents.
This mantis on our front door today may be a South African mantis. [Later] The NZ Bug Identification Facebook Group confirms this as a Praying mantis (African) Miomantis caffra.
Deb and I really enjoyed The Miracle Club 🎥 :
In 1967, in a hard-knocks community in Dublin, three generations of women have one tantalizing dream: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, a place where miracles occur.
The miracles happened, but not as unexpected.
I picked about 5 Kg Granny Smith apples off the tree. I'm looking forward to stewing them up and eating them with my breakfast every day for quite a while.
I'm 69 and have never played with? built? Lego. After hearing it mentioned the other day I bought a $50 Lego Technic Surface Space Loader set and am looking forward to experimenting.
First web search: how to open the box without destroying it.
First surprise: no words in the instruction book.
That custom email domain I've had trouble with for the past couple of weeks … I fiddled, deleted, started over, double-checked, waited and finally it works! At last!
Deb and I watched the excellent Australian mini-series True Colours on Netflix. 📺
It explores complex questions of culture and justice: white-man's justice vs black-fella justice.
Also touched on are questions of the relationship of traditional art and culture, men's business
and women's business
.
This page lists Custom Email Domain Availability. Since Aotearoa is included I'm stumped as to why, a week or two on, I can't make it work for a new domain.
I've checked settings, tinkered etc. No joy.
On the beach yesterday. 🐦
Here's a stabilised version of the birds and waves video I shared before.
Many thanks to @sod for the suggestion.
Something I've noticed recently is that my hand holding the camera steady is no longer 100% successful in its task. Sorry for the shakes in this morning's video.
I was thinking about exploring the possibilities of a monopod. But I already have enough to carry …
Waves? What waves? 🐦
Waikawa Beach, Aotearoa, for the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. 🌊