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Seeing reports and photos of aurora from Auckland, ~37°S.

Red southern sky here a couple of hours ago, quite impressive.

Keep calm and carry on...

1960: Schoolgirl ARRESTED In EAST GERMANY Returns | BBC News | Voice of the People | BBC Archive [2:54]

Oh, if it's not one thing it's another:

Stuff: NZ weather live: Power grid emergency due to geomagnetic storm

Don't panic! [16sec]

Be Thou My Vision - Nathan Haines [3:33]

Wikipedia: Nathan Haines

A German Shepherd, a Doberman and a cat have died. All three are faced with God who wants to know what they believe in. The German shepherd says: "I believe in discipline training and loyalty to my master." "Good," says God. "Then sit down on my right side. Doberman, what do you believe in?" The Dob...

Hydromet wrote: ↑

Fri May 10, 2024 5:20 am

Quick sitrep: op went well, no pain, some bleeding this afternoon so just had a couple of stitches. More details later when I get my computer.

All the best, Hydromet, had been wondering how things were with you.
Take it easy.

^ Interesting.
Looking at the terrain, looks like the whole lot could be on the march at some point.
Dynamic landscape even if it appears stable during our brief candle...

^ the cows would enjoy their first taste of greens and the chance to kick their heels up a bit. They're outdoors all year round here, unless there are some very specialised enterprises of which I know little. This morning is clear and cold, was -0.8°C earlier but a breeze has sprung up with the sunr...

What nonsense.
Those temperatures are standard winter minimum temps for those regions.
Mt Cook Airport is at 650 metres/2150'.

Our media is pathetic and over-excited, wants us to lurch from one crisis to another.

Rossian wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2024 7:05 pm

The venue was the L'Escargot Rouge - our beloved redsnail?

The Ancient Mariner

Oh I see

Rossian wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2024 3:09 pm

.....was reddo at the venue too?? Ponder that for a minute.

The Ancient Mariner

I don't think so; 'twas Tuesday when I was there.

Lunch at Coffee Culture, Merivale, Christchurch: An Americano with cream, and a small hot chocolate, $11.20. The former served with what I guess were chocolate-covered coffee-beans, the latter served with a couple of marshmallows. A miniature Spinach & Feta loaf, sliced vertically lengthwise and ser...

Good morning, 3°C and was raining earlier, rain with a Significant Look about it.
Clearly there has been some misunderstanding, I want to go for my walk in a couple of hours, I'm not walking in that.

Today is Ascension Day.

I'm sure when I was at school it was "rooves" :-\ but that seems out of favour these days. Me too, but there's probably been a bit of drift there over time. Another example: when I was doing clever stuff back in the day, I remember registering patents (as in 'pay-tents') but everyone seems to speak...

May 8th = VE Day.

Good morning, blue dome skies as far as I can see, calm, smoke from a chimney is in a horizontal layer about thirty feet up*; my thermometer has been down to -0.7°C but beginning to rise. Frost on house roofs, lawn, etc. I may have mentioned this before but I'm sure when I was at school it was "roov...

Boac wrote: ↑

Mon May 06, 2024 7:29 am

Do you think his prayers were answered?

Did you disturb it as it prayed for prey, pray?

I may well have

This was being shown on a screen at Warbirds Over Wanaka, in the display there by the Air Force Museum:

P-3 Orion - The Story of an Extraordinary Aircraft [13:35]

then saw a green Praying Mantis on them. We gesticulated at each other for a moment - was he the same one that I saw on the roses in April? Is he tired of me disturbing his day? - and I managed to take the vase and all outdoors and shoo him away. Do you think his prayers were answered? I hope so, n...