2024s
Sunset and moonrise
Watching the moon rise as the sun sets on Remarks.
#walking Watching the moon rise as the sun sets on Remarks. ![[IMG20240522171654.jpg]] ![[IMG20240522171801.jpg]]
#walking
Early rising
Started my day at 4.30 this morning. Forgot how much I feel on top of things when I do this. Will try and get this routine back.
Wintery trot
Bit of a dusting yesterday making for a good wee trot around the local hills today.
#trailrunning
Garlic is in
Pulled out the old silverbeet and some forearm length carrots and chucked in the garlic. Bulbs saved 3 years running from Te Mata Garlic NZ. Not sure what variety anymore but they do the trick. Nice wintery day.
#GardeningNZ #allotment
Time to move on
Been trying a bunch of Obsidian / GitHub Pages deploying thingymabobs with Jekyll / Quartz / Obsidian GitHub Publisher, Obsidian Digital Garden blah blah and they’ve pretty much all broken on me, I have no idea how to fix them, and don’t have the desire to allocate the attention needed. Going to simplify. There are plenty of options that are looking good. These two are grabbing me:
#TechNotes
Horrah
Not sure what’s in the water but I’m being drawn back into the horror genre again. These are looking good. Is the 70s vibe a recent thing? And why do I like it?
Cuckoo
In a Violent Nature
Late Night with the Devil
#movies
Thoughts.
On blogs and posts. I’m a fan of general day-to-day things-we-do posts. I enjoy reading about amazing crafts and skills people are masters at, but I like to know the humans behind those too. A photo post with an observation or two can say a lot, and its a nice break in my feeds. I’m going to do this more. I hope others don’t constrain themselves too much. @jbaty gets it.
On work. I’m back full-time after my Covid stint. I’m not sure a hangover is amplifying my feelings but I’m really struggling with my role. It was a big shift for me 6 months ago and I’m knee deep in the challenges I was expecting, but not handling it as well as I thought. I am going to have to dig deep over the next couple of months. I got some wins towards the end of the week, but I’ve got some work to do.
On running. I’m back at it, light jogs every couple days, throwing in some hills. 28.1km/893m last week. Body feels like it retained some fitness so just have to be careful not to overdo it.
On home.
I’ve tried to get some things sorted around the house this month, and it’s worked:
Some of this is very basic stuff, but I’ve sat on them for a long time. I just needed to commit. The #WeblogPoMo2024 community and initiative was a good motivator. I’ve stopped the daily posting, but I’ve maintained getting things done. I’ve still got a hefty list to get through, but I’m finding it more enjoyable now as I tick things off, rather than a repulsive list to look at. I’ve enjoyed buying and using some new tools for the wardrobe work.
Glorious morning for a frolic
A nice easy one up Bush Creek trail today, good one to get my legs back. I like to goat it up to The Steiger at the end before the backtrack to Arrowtown.
#trailrunning
Snapped a few desire lines around town.
First one connects the rec ground from the one way access road that connects to the public carpark and library. I sometimes use this on work days to have lunch at the park. Conveniently formed into steps.
Photos 2 and 3 show a line that skirts the bank around the park, and someone perched under a willow for lunch.
This one connects the footpath up at the main road to the public carpark at a lower level. There’s a bitumen ramped path not far to the right but this one is clearly popular.
Another popular line with a main bus hub around the corner. A nice garden on the right under the sign would spruce this up.
#DesireLine #desirePath #psychogeography