Today was not the day to lock myself out of my house, and I probably won’t get access to the spare key until 10pm. It’s too hot for this. Second time this has happened in 5 years, the timing of this one hurts.

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Got back about 45 minutes ago, apartment was hooooot but could be worse, at least it was a bit cooler than the outside. AC blasting like a mf. Esky tipped on the back floor of the car the one time I didn't wedge it securely, it had yoghurt in it... Luckily there was a spare floor mat on top of the floor (from moving house) and only that received a dribble of the stuff. Promptly washed it out. Could have been a lot, lot worse.

Time for my crackers and dip and maybe some tv. This was the view from the hut I stayed in. I miss nature outside my doorstep so much. I can't wait to move out from here

Not a bird contribution, sorry. But Mabel’s shenanigans this morning:

Her and her best mate at the dog park (which doubles as the local cricket ground) decided to play vigorous bitey face on the freshly painted red boundary lines. So now she’s pink. 🤦‍♀️

She’s very proud of her work though. I guess she’s just showing up for the Pink Test.

I'm going to nerd out for a sec:

There's this guitar sound right. It's a wall of distortion with an artificial reverb that's used a lot in shoegaze/post rock.

I've been chasing it for almost 12 fucking years and couldn't get it working because the distortion would overload the reverb and it turns into an absolute mess.

I figured it out yesterday. After so fucking long it finally works. The new reverb pedal is bought over xmas had a far higher headroom so wouldn't distort with a high gain input.

Yaaaaaaay!

Big spring clean tomorrow. Looking forward to it to be honest.

Been a bit "slovenly" the last 2 weeks so this will make me feel a shit load better.

Also putting the ps5 away for a little while so I can finish off these songs. Sometimes out of sight, out of mind is best.

Chilli patch update!

No loss (yet). Habs are about to flower. Thais are very slow to the party but fruit for longer.

Seeing as we're doing bird pics, here's mine from Friday (sorry that it wasn't taken today but thought it was so random it warranted posting)

Thanks for all the messages. Squishes back to you all. 🖤

For bird day I wish to mention the stunningly beautiful Dracula Parrot, the covert as fuck Tawny Frogmouth, and the magestically lunatic Bin Chicken. Bakawkk MF!

I feel like some sort of dessert but I don't know what.

It's alright guys. The man's gone to get me something.

oh noes, australia post has my address wrong and i need to send them my real address, to a url ending .xin.au 🙂

Ate too much fruit. Must nap....

My spirit animal:

I didn't think I was going to have a contribution to bird day, but lo and behold, a lil birdie ran on the bricks right in front of my camera!

What's the ID, bird peeps? It looks big but would've only been small in person

My guess is either some kind of small raven, or a thirsty sparrow. Maybe just a crow?

This makes me so happy!

This is a flightless bird lol

Yesterday I noticed that the Aussie version of The Office was out so I'm guessing the NDA isn't applicable any more. But damn you Amazon Preview for making me suffer through a whole test episode of that just so that I could fill out the qualtrics survey demanding they never subject me to that trash ever again.

No jelly gang🫠

Hard to believe it’s so hot while its so overcast and grey.

I think I'm coming down with a sore throat. Fingers crossed it is just dry air from the air conditioner combined with standard paranoia. 🤞

Edit: I don't think it's paranoia ☹️ I've booked off sick for tomorrow and am considering making some emergency jelly.

Not the clearest pic, but there were 2 rosellas in my backyard the other day. I also had 3 wattlebirds - 1 parent who was still feeding its teenagers

Bird day: for most of my holiday I stayed in a hut that a lyrebird lived right outside of. Every morning I'd get the multipack of birdsong waking me up. I'd tarry a while just to hear his full repertoire. It was beautiful.

I saw couples of lyrebirds casually strolling around the property and hopping off garden walls. Didn't have my phone on me for the most part so didn't take any photos.

For bird day today I am dedicating my day to this.

I've been doing sewing repairs for the young seagoons and it's really hard. Much of their clothes are specialist hiking clothes and made out of hitech fibres, fibres that are hard to sew. Stretchy dense fabrics and the actual material of the fibre is hard and difficult even when using a special hardened needle.

Fucking hot outside, so of course my neighbour is out there with his ancient mower.

The mower keeps cutting out and he's swearing up a storm.

I've said it before, one day (like today) I'm going to find his corpse on the lawn next to his fucking mower.

Happy bird day!!!!!!!

Let's spare a moment for the poor birds in the heat today.

Plink, pause, plink, pause, plink of raindrops. Not a lot in it I think - hope we get a proper downpour.

Nipped out to the shops for a couple of things, still foul outside. Onto season 2 of Blue Lights, such an entertaining show. Even if it kind of is copaganda. I can't get enough of those northern Irish accents. And Stevie and his lunches 🥰

One thing I've noticed since coming back is how quickly my attention span/ability to just be has gone back to shite though... I should throw my phone away, honestly.

I love chicken

I finished off and submitted my assignment - which is about Red Wattlebirds!

yay, I have finally learnt portion control for my dinners. I just can't eat a big plate of food anymore. Now have to tackle snacking and I'm gold.

so thank you so much to the dter who suggested the aldi meal shakes. They are working well, slow but well. 🙂

So Day 5 of the NY…

The space rearrangement is working really well. It is definitely is a mood booster and I somehow have started a gallery wall which I am even more excited about. Three pieces up and I can probably accommodate another 4-7 frames, depending on size and arrangement. It makes me actually want to be in the space, even if it is the dining area. (Using the dining table as a partial bar top may be also a little more enticing, haha.)

No complaints using Linux Shred. Not sure why. Last drive currently being nuked by loading the OS via USB. So far, so good. That means (as sad as it is) tower be gone tomorrow! I am also relieving myself of my giant Philips iron with its massive water reservoir that never worked quite right (it works perfectly fine, but how it steams is just odd to me). Why I hung onto it so long, I don’t know. Back to a regular sized iron (a Tefal was obtained today).

If only offloading/spring cleaning had always felt this good! Still got a bit to go, but I feel… positive.

Thinking of the birds today, I love seeing the crested pigeon (here dubbed the sprouts pigeon in this household) in the park. They just kind of look rebellious, LOL.

Not a native bird but I like sparrows. They are so tiny and so brave.

For song I love blackbirds aka thrushes. They sing around sunset and it's so lovely.

My bird theme happening is that I saw a family of noisy miners and a magpie using the bird bath. Noisy miners have unfortunately set up camp in the surrounding trees and are monopolising the bird bath, but at least if they are here, then the bird baths in other peoples yards are free of harassment for other bird species.

It’s an oven out there. Just hung out the washing. It’s been 5min, I should probably go back out and pick it up, it’ll be dry by now.

Might have a beverage . Do some cooking.

it is 26C so i should get up and start doing stuff

Not a bird but I’m ready to start seeing the ball and the bails fly today!!

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Edit: Let the kookaburra fly!

noooooo I just found out ethique don't do their body bars or other stuff no more. I love my pumice mint

FUCK YEAH 🏏🇦🇺💚💛💚💛💚💛💚🏆

My appreciated bird is for the kookaburras. Particularly the one that stole bacon rind from the camp-fire and proceeded to bash it against the rocks a metre from my eyes before taking off to a nearby tree to enjoy. It then watched me eat my breakfast.

I haz discovered I like wrapping packing tape around things…

Plz help. 🤣