Thanks everyone for your kind comments about Pushkin. No sign of her yet, and no response to the flyer I circulated around the neighbours, but I won’t give up all hope just yet. So, I mentioned Queenstown briefly in the previous post, but only as an aside to the main item, so those bookcrossers among…
When I got home from Queenstown on Wednesday, Parsnips came running to the door to greet me, and wouldn’t leave my side for the rest of the day – I think she must have missed me. No sign of Pushkin though. I wasn’t too worried, because she loves the outdoors, and now that the weather…
seem to have drastically expanded my social circles all of a sudden, joining two new groups in the space of just a couple of weeks. For a start, I’m now officially a Christchurch Blogger. I’m even on their list of blogs! And there’s like an official-type button I’m supposed to put on my diary somewhere…
Sometimes I really love my job. This afternoon, the university’s HITLab (which stands for Human Interface Technology, for the uninitiated) had an open day. And as we have quite a bit to do with them (we collaborated on the CityViewAR app, for example), our boss suggested we go and have a look around the other…
I had a very enjoyable and most productive day today. Most of the morning was spent, as has become my Saturday morning tradition, with housework. And yes, I count that as part of the enjoyableness – I’ve got it down to a routine where I put on some loud music and get to work, and…
Got a surprise on the way home last night – I was walking across the campus when l heard someone call my name. The person talking to me looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him. But then, I met a lot of people while I was doing union work, so I’m used to people…
Three years ago tonight, at just about this time, I was sitting in Wellington airport with a storm raging outside, wondering if my weather-delayed flight would be cancelled, and whether I should just give up and ring EdwardStreet to beg a bed for the night. When the wind finally died down enough a couple of…
It was a gorgeous sunny day yesterday (as it is again today), so I went for a long walk with my camera, looking for spring. I think I found it: Part of my walk took me through the Staff Gardens at the university (where the earliest rhododendrons are just starting to bloom). It’s quite…
The new furniture arrived yesterday, so as promised, photos of the pretty: TV unit: Ok, so the furniture shop called it a bookshelf, but I couldn’t find a TV cabinet I liked, and this looked like it might work, which it does, perfectly. I haven’t decided yet what to put on the lower shelves, and…
What’s making me smile right now: A brisk walk home under a dark and threatening sky – I made it home without getting rained on, plus I’m feeling energised from the exercise. And now the fire is roaring away and soon the house will be nice and warm. I made a start on a big…