A crow is cawing to its buddy in the neighbour’s garden. Now they’ve flown off together, the foghorning slowly fading away.
Hat roulette is on today. I have a huge cranium and hats generally look ridiculous on me, so most sit atop my noggin in a hilarious manner. Will the XXL straw fedora fit this bracket? 🤠
Got up at 6am and took the dogs out for a walk. Might make this a routine until the schools re-open, or I’ll struggle to get out. 🐕
‘Once you’re in the beta, there’s no leaving. You’re our’s now.’
Aww no, R.I.P. The Iron Sheik. 😢
Another power-cut. Alone with my thoughts and 3G.
Ordered a load of geeky stickers for my MacBook Air. 💻
‘If everyone on Micro.blog installed IOS17 Beta, then jumped off a mountain - would you do it too?’ ‘Yes. Yes I would.’💻
Apple better introduce this as an external screensaver for their headset.
I’m only taking occasional glances at the WWDC, but pleased to see Family Passwords on its way. Gave up 1 Password recently and this is one thing that made me hesitate.
Leela. 🐕
Shane the lurcher went for his morning poop when we went out for a walk, but got a clanker caught in his bum hair so I used some weeds to de-clank and clean him. That’s the closest I’ve felt to being Bear Grylls in my life.🐕💩
Since around the time of Brexit/Trump things have got progressively muddy. Before that there were clear ‘sides’, ‘that person is definitely on the polar opposite of my own moral compass’. Now, every now and again, people whizz around so often you find yourself agreeing with someone you loathe.
We might have plums this year. 🌱
My pretty Leela. 🐕
Shane, the anxiety ridden lurcher. 🐕
Insignificant things that irritate me:- any song that has ‘featuring…insert name here.’ I don’t know why, it just annoys me.🎶
Fallen back in to poor dietary habits this past week, combined with a lack of exercise due to the heat. Back on it from tomorrow.
Buddhism and Me.
Watching Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens This episode concentrates mainly on Zen Buddhism and zen gardens. I awkwardly refer to myself as ‘an atheist with Buddhist leanings’ and while zen is a difficult thing to get one’s mind around, I think it’s potentially life changing. Of course mindfulness has arisen from this, which has rocketed in popularity in the west - and with good reason too. I really should actually take time to practice this, and not just when my mood takes a dip. 📺🪷
This heat is going to be around another week or so. While I won’t complain about a hot summer, I would appreciate a little respite for an hour or two.