@purplepadma Goodness! Well, sounds like the best decision. For me, I had a very late night/early morning, 2 hours sleep unfortunately, so not functioning well today, hence playing on here when I should be doing mahi or work.

I hope you have a great rest of your week... I need to get off my butt and get into the day, its 9.30am here already and all I have done is drink coffee and put lunch on to cook while the day is relatively cool - it's been getting up around 27C lately here, too hot for me.

Labour of love saves local art heritage | RNZ

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/summer-days/audio/2018874094/labour-of-love-saves-local-art-heritage

Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening.

Climate protection is not a crime.
#LuetziBleibt #LuetziLebt #KeepItInTheGround #ClimateJustice

@Br3nda Now that is an interesting concept! I can tell you that right now we are so thankful that my specialist suggested years ago that it would help my hormone cancer if I laid off meat, the money it has saved us has been astounding and right now we could not actually afford it. I really feel for people who won't/can't give it up, I guess it's one of the things you CAN eat... hope your frozen shipment works out well!

@KiffinEileen Me too, kind of... have a tablet, not kindle, I use it in bed as my muscles don't allow me to hold a book for long in that position. I aroha reading in the bath with a book sitting under my chin and a good strong coffee!!

I must also look up F. Scott Fitzgerald's other stories on e-book that I have not read, we watched a series about his life, was quite fascinating actually.

Hope you had happy holidays. X

@KiffinEileen Kia ora e hoa!! You have reminded me now that I am off my self imposed Xmas break exile, that I need to delve into my pile of new (2nd hand) murihiku southland history books i got with some gift $$

@jeff I had 3 weeks off here over the Xmas break, now back on every day! Have birdidiot site still active until I can get all my usable data off, never post there now.

If you’re planning end-of-the-year donations, please consider supporting the conservation of some 8,000 children' shoes that testify about the fate of the youngest victims of Auschwitz.

Donate here: https://motl.org/soultosole/

#Auschwitz #children #shoes #save #preservation #conservation #support #donate

Aotearoa was colonised by England, who settled its lands and imposed their own laws and practices upon it.

Mōrena, More beauty to start the day. Albertine flowers once and for a long time. Hardy and a favourite. There was a large bush of this on the way to school when I was young. I would stop to smell the apple-y fragrance. Got to watch the thorns though. Great fence jumper deterrent. Have a happy day!

#nztwits #garden #NZ #Aotearoa #roses #oldroses #nzgarden #gardeners

Introductions are in order, I understand.

I helped create Evil Mad Scientist, where we make small batch locally produced artisanal drawing machines.

For fun, I roast coffee, do astronomy outreach, and post cat pictures.

I have been called the "fairy godmother of making" and "ultimate reference librarian for matters maker, scientific, and technical."

@TheMooreLab We luckily didn't have many of those drama's. We drew up a contract, which said we would act like adults if said teenager acted like the adult they wished to be treated as... basically, they paid some expenses if working, helped with chores, treated us with respect, or they didn't and had to find their own way. Nothing is free in life, we figured teach them early. Now very well adjusted 20+ and have better paying job than dad, so we did something right! Good luck, tough years those.

@Br3nda And in comparison, my sis-in-law and her hubby bought a long way from their work, in a flash new suburb, a fancy huge house then couldn't afford to pay for it, it went up on mortgagee sale and they still owe money on top of that... so screwed for life basically. All because they had to have more than they could afford, to keep up with their mates. We've thankfully never been like that. If we can't afford it, we don't get it! Home fully furnished with 2nd hand or OP's junk furniture, lol.

@Br3nda Its really tough aye, hubby lost 3K, but as he said when he went through it, he has got 7K out of it before now, so can't really complain, as overall it is far better than 2% if you are lucky at the bank, and then the temptation to spend (well for him anyway). Mine has still grown significantly since we used to buy our first house 10 odd years ago & I've not even put a cent in since years before that, so still on a win too... but aroha mai to hear your's took such a dive, heartbreaking.X

@explorergrace@mastodon.nz They sure do!! And tautoko for all that, appreciated it. Kia ora, yes funding is so awesome to have achieved. Next step is that now those involved as stakeholders are looking at trying to secure premises, so that is more exciting again, but also more funding needed... does it ever end?! Probably not in this field.

Wishing you a Meri Kirihemete and happy holidays and also an even better 2023.

@Br3nda I guess that all depends on where one chooses to live or what one chooses to live in... for us, housing is our lowest expense. Were fortunate enough 4 years ago to pick up a derelict villa for $50K cash (all we got out of the sale of our 1st KiwiSaver bought property from 3 years earlier), only 200m from my makau's mahi and livable as weren't fussy, just wanted a cheap roof over our heads... and managed to make sanitary JUST before we got reported to council for living in an unsafe home!

It's been a crazy busy and emotionally draining couple of weeks starting with RCI hearing, then the fallout from that. Taking up the offer of more counseling as think it might be the time for it.

Also doing Christmas prep for promotions of the town i'm writing the early history of, for the upcoming 150th... with having made up their 2023 calendars, but they are selling well. AND, got funding for my two community projects... So can be proud of that at least. Lets hope next year's less stressful!

@KiffinEileen Whoa, and they say watch having alcohol while pregnant?! Mind you, a or so century ago, Laudanum was dispensed like lolly water.

I’ve been reading about the medications we gave babies years ago.
Gripewater was 3% alcohol, at the recommended dose for baby it was equivalent to 8 tots of whisky for an 80kg adult! Today’s gripewater is alcohol free