Buried some of Mum’s ashes in the back garden of the new place, at about the time she died two years ago.
A magpie started singing as I covered them up. She would have liked that, I think.There’s something about magpies…they know stuff, I reckon. That’s lovely
I moved a dead magpie off the road a while ago. There were a bunch of magpies on the powerlines around it. I sort of placed it in order next to a tree in the nature strip. They all started squawking when I picked it up, and started warbling when I placed it. I tossed out a handful of broken up dog treats, for their wake. I think they got it.
e: I remembered before all that above, what got my attention was, they were freaking out at what turned out to be cars passing near the dead magpie on the road. I was concerned for their safety getting riled up at the cars, which is why I moved it.
Yeah, they smell fear.
today’s task: cat butt shield for roomba CLEAN button.
The number of cats joyriding the roomba at inconvenient hours is too damned high
They drive it like they stole it
I’m pleasantly surprised by the specialist I saw. After years of other specialists shrugging their shoulders and saying it’s psychosomatic, kind of being jerks about it, this guy has suggested MALS or Nutcracker Syndrome as a cause of the pain.
Tests will be had at some point. Fingers crossed something treatable is found because living like this is arse
so many hugs
Oh I’m so glad you found someone who listens - fingers crossed there are some treatments !!
Fingers crossed for you…
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Melbcat is snuggled up like a baby. She likes the electric blanket
Edit: Oop :( She’s got a uti
Aww that’s so cute, I can’t wait til I get a ca-
Oh. That’s less cute. Poor kitty :(
Got a new bed today (my last was pretty makeshift) so tonight I am gonna make my bed, then I’m gonna lie in it .
lol
He gazes down upon us, his filthy minions. Amen 🙌
I only had two chocolates. Ok maybe 5. Stop iiiittt. Don’t judge me. It’s been a tough few days.
may I suggest using a stick to poke him with
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I figured why the stars during the aurora were extra sparkly/coloured.
I have astigmatism. 😃
I needed to cancel on seeing a friend so I can see a doctor tonight but I can’t or he’ll get really pissed off at me.
I don’t have many friends to begin with and can’t afford to lose any.
Yay.
If your mate cant understand the need to see a doctor over a prearranged meet up then they aint your friend to begin with. With that said, a “Sorry, I cant make X, can we do Y instead?” goes over better than “sorry I cant make it”
Sky glowing. Also tomorrow will be the last nice day for a while - enjoy it thoroughly peeps!
I will be enjoying it by mowing my grass, removing a few weeds and (if the enthusiasm levels are high enough) poisoning some other weeds.
yes, I have been doing a very little garden work, it must be done
Been getting outdoors as much as possible lately. The sun has been glorious. No seasonal depression to speak of, but it’s going to arrive like a ton of bricks on the weekend.
Ayup. Winter is fast approaching, even on the calendar as well as the weather.
13 next week ☃️
The cat has decided I am to be up an hour before my alarm. Bruh.
You’d think that having lived in Melbourne so long, my friends and I would know to check the weather forecast and plan accordingly, but despite knowing that there would be some bad weather associated with a low pressure system hitting the south of Japan today, we didn’t think to bail from the island yesterday… and this morning’s ferries are now all cancelled.
Luckily I was able to change our ticket to an afternoon ferry but it means I might get to my accommodation in Hiroshima rather late tonight - assuming the ferry even runs, because there’s every chance it might be cancelled too and we’ll have to stay here for an extra night… thank fuck I hadn’t booked my shinkansen ticket but hopefully I can still make it to a later leg of my travel where I’ve got accom and car rental booked. Time to just chill for now though
I’m on a Shinkansen to Kyoto at the moment. Yes I have wet feet. Off to Hiroshima next week, maybe we can swap tips, if you’re heading to Kyoto or Tokyo? But fair warning, all my tips will be bars and record stores. 😋
Ooh what a coincidence! Yep it’s looking wet all across south and east Japan. I’m only spending one night in Hiroshima unfortunately, and then tootling around Shikoku (mostly driving through amazing scenery, visiting some natural features and seeing some traditional villages). Won’t be going to the big cities aside from one night + day in Tokyo before I fly off. If there’s just one place you’d recommend checking out in Tokyo that’s a bit alternative or off the beaten track what would it be? I confess I don’t do big cities that well which is why I’m spending the least amount of time possible in Tokyo. How long will you be down in Hiroshima?
That sounds great! Good luck with your ferry, too! We’re in Kyoto for most of this week, but just spending two nights in Hiroshima after. We had hoped to get further into the countryside, but didn’t plan ahead well enough. I was fairly apprehensive about giant, bustling Tokyo too, but we stayed in Akasaka which was actually really manageable in terms of crowds etc. (but still has loads of bars, restaurants, shops) Its a bit of a business-ier district, so Friday night was busy, but the rest not so bad. Bar Luther in Akasaka seats about 10 people, plays 70’s/80’s RnB & Soul - all on vinyl and all done in between mixing (great and cheap) drinks! But we couldn’t get in on Friday. Harajuku was pretty good for vintage (sometimes $$$) clothes shopping, but was cuter and quieter than Shibuya proper. In writing this, I realise we havent really departed from the well beaten track yet.
There are some really unexpectedly neat/chill pockets of Tokyo that make it absolutely worth spending more time at! That bar sounds grouse. I’ll have to see what my last few days are like, I was planning to have a go at the Shimanami Kaido from Imabari to Onomichi, spend a day in Onomichi then take a late train to Tokyo and do a wee bit of targeted shopping on my last day before flying off in the afternoon. But depending of how much energy I have, I might be tempted to be more of an urbanite and head from Takamatsu to do 3 nights in a cute part of Tokyo like Musashino or something hmmm
Well you sound more researched and prepared than I do, so don’t let me influence you! I think I was just happy that I could actually stand being out and about in Tokyo, and not constantly swarmed. I don’t really understand the attraction of Shibuya crossing, apart from to get the fuck away from there, it was a sensory nightmare!
The $$ n95 masks that I coughed up for in small/medium size are still too big. My lower eyelashes shouldn’t be touching the mask. TIL my face is really small?
It’s not the size, it’s the design. Size is for ear to ear and nose to chin measurement, the design is for how it fits your face.
How big the bridge of your nose is and how high your cheekbones all effect how a mask fits.
If you can, wear the mask lower under you chin and pinch it harder on your nose to make it sit there.
( maker of about 350 masks with medical filter )
I don’t know if that’s better or worse than your face being too big, but we had a really big worker at my last place during COVID times and even the extra large face masks barely fit. Like, they’d stay, but if he talked it would no longer stay and his chin would pull it down
He wore the mask too loosely. The mask should sit flat in front of his ears and not move when your face moves. Adjust the elastic, with knots if need be.
I’m not sure why they thought major freeway/road works AND buses replace trains at the same time was a good idea! Last week was stuck on a bus standing room only hurtling down the monash at 100kmh. This morning I drove to a station that has trains running and was stuck between tradies and SUVs hurtling down the monash at 120kmh. Terrifying in the little sedan. Cant win for losing.
I’m not anti seatbelts or anything like that, but I love the irony in how strictly (and expensively) enforced seatbelts in cars are, but them when it comes to replacement buses, it’s ok to stand while your NASCAR wannabe bus driver is doing 100 (or 110) down the freeway. Idk what it’s like over your ways, but the buses they used for the Sunbury line were so run down and old I don’t think there’s much hope of surviving a crash even at 60 while you’re sitting, let alone standing. Plus city buses are almost exclusively low floor and don’t have very thick side panelling, so there’s no protection you’d get like I’m a road coach
Absolutely! We were hurtling along and I had that meme pop into my head “hehe, I’m in danger” cause if something goes wrong I’m TOAST!
It amazes me that I still sweat so much on my runs when it’s so cold out.
Edit - I see people running in down vests for Christ’s sake
I’d sweat standing still in a freezer :(
Same
Is a flight to China from Melbourne really about 9 hours? I swear I thought it would be like 15 for some reason. Hell, I figure flying one side of China to another is like 7 hours.
There may be some time zone jiggery pokery going on. I believe some China destinations are only 2 hours behind us, so the flight time would be reduced by that amount. Perth is in the same time zone as China.
Flying from one side to the other of ACTUAL china, or just land China claim is theirs?
China is a very big place, it depends where you want to go.
