Pretty clouds

#cloudstr #grownostr #nofilter

Rack of Milk Fed Lamb.

- hand made moghrabeieh couscous, au jus, chermoula, pistachio-mint espuma and wild onion flowers. I don’t do dinner parties much anymore but when I do….

#steakstr #foodstr #lambstr

Sometimes I think everyone here's on the spectrum. Not you. But, yeah. 🤣

In all seriousness though, do we have a #birding community on nostr? I feel like it would fit well here.

#asknostr nostr:note17yp82y3az7q0zsl4u52npyl32qq9w6twn2jzzzvk7z7ta8ywpcxqxqhkmn

Haha. I tell/ask everyone the same thing. You should just lie to me. 🤣

I'll play them all if you commit to listening!

Yes, it's a short story and f***ng scary, but yes, it's very worth reading.

It's compulsory reading for AI researchers 😱

Embrace

Breath

Reflect

#MessagesFromInsideOut

It's too hot B, not a single fresh Brize... Just hot, and hot wind. It's very uncomfortable. Direct contact of Sun in skin you feel burning.

the spinning continues while I rest in bed for most of the day. I think I'll be done before the babies arrive.

I'm spinning this as a 3-ply lace weight yarn in Merino wool that I dyed.

#wool #knitting #yarnstr

Today I saw something pretty wild. After a long bike ride, I ended up at our local pond and park. I laid down on a bench, looking up through the canopy as the late sun started casting its golden light. There was a nice breeze, and everything felt really nice.

As I was staring up at the foliage, something that looked like a dead leaf caught my eye - turned out to be a Polyphemus Moth. Its wings looked tattered or dry. You don’t see them often, though I do have one in my personal collection. It’s been a while since I last spotted one, so I was very surprised.

I stood up on the bench and gently pulled the branch toward me to get a better look. As it started crawling onto my fingers, it suddenly flew off - and then, weirdly, landed right into the pond. I felt bad. I figured that was probably it… soaking wet, wings ruined, going to drown.

But after a few seconds of flopping around in the water, it somehow pulled itself out and flew off. I was amazed. And then - boom - it cannonballed right back into the pond again! Another few seconds of splashy chaos, and unbelievably, it flew off once more to a nearby tree to rest.

I couldn’t believe what I just saw. Not once, but twice, this moth threw itself into the water and flew out like nothing happened. Maybe it was trying to moisten its wings - they did look beat up, possibly from the heat. I didn’t know moths could do that. Maybe it’s something they’re known for, but I’ve never seen it before.

Either way, it was a very cool thing to see.

Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a fermentation process using Lactobacillus plantarum to turn stevia extract into a compound that selectively kills pancreatic cancer cells while sparing healthy cells in lab tests.

It's actually 34°....

and an amplitude of 14°

#HotAsf

GN

😂 #nevernotpinching I just love how it's not engage your glutes but pinch the coin in your cheeks.

From Russia with Tough Love: Pavel's kettlebell workout for the femme fatale. Over the past week, I've mentioned this book a couple of times so I was flipping through it again and I'm going to get back in to doing some of the exercises. Forgot about the little nuggets like this throughout 😂. Pinch that coin ladies 🍑. #kettlebellworkout #pinchthatcoin #bootypoppinsquats

Fuck. A gnarly flu is going around Australia and I caught it. Arms and joints are in so much throbbing pain. The sheer weight of my shirt’s collar is killing my neck. This is next level. I don’t think I would have caught it, but was in the middle of moving house and had to move 7 very large planters myself down flight of stairs, which in doing so overexerted myself. All this to say, putting a code freeze on all my projects until I get better and my brain isn’t mush. Ok going back to bed. Cya later Nostriches.

GM

GM

The wife's working an on-call shift today, so I'm going to be doing book editing on my grandfathers unpublished book ready for publication.

It's called "Holy Stones and Salt Junk" and is about his life in the Royal Navy circa 1898.

Holy Stones refer to the scrubbing stones used to clean the deck and Salt Junk is preserved pork.

Once published, three generations of my family will be published authors despite none of us being authors 😂

so many!!

It’s official #nostr. I’m a grandfather (papou in Greek). He was 10lbs 3oz (4.62kg for you metric plebs) and 22 inches long.. (55.88cm) …

GN

Omg what is this totally white spider (I think it's a spider)??

#asknostr

Sunset 🌅

Making a chicken purse for my niece. Do I care if she likes chickens? No. Do I care if she likes prurses? No. 😂 It's too funny and cute not to make and it's an easy pattern.

#yarnstr #yarn #crochet #crochetstr #wipwednesdayonathursday

tea made with new jersey tea leaves i picked and dried on sunday

#teastr #tea

#book #books #bookstr #bookrecomendationsunday

It’s a snarky take on what medical science got wrong over the years.

Fancy fancy

#winestr

Basket Press is exceptional and deservedly receives accolades. My sneaking suspicion is that the Rod & Spur will be the pick of the pair. In my experience, it has a firmer backbone and is a little less "soupy."

One question.

Why did you have red wine in your fridge🤷🏻‍♂️?

Strangers become best friends for the party 🎉