I may have posted some of these before but there is no such thing as too much ginger floofy goodness.
You are welcome.
Author: russellclarkenz
Brew And Burgh
The Underfall Yard
Ever wanted to hear a 23+ minute prog epic about the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
You’re welcome. It’s stunningly good. Out very soon.
Earthworks
We had some land cleared over the weekend, using a Bobcat with a mulching attachment. The land was mostly bramble, with a few fallen pines. Very steep, very unusable.
Here’s an idea of what it does (not our video, but similarly cool).
And here’s the result. Now we need to do something with it before the weeds grow back again. The kittens have already been for a sniff and a frolic on it. Pretty sure the pukekos are annoyed that we’ve cleared their house too.
The guys were so skilled with this Spinning Maw of Death that they managed to keep the fruit trees that we were only vaguely aware of. So we have quince, limes, more lemons, guava and ice cream bean (Inga edulis). Happy days!
Day Bed
Every time I sit down to read, Princess Wandacakes appears. Very sweet but 8.5kg of fluff makes reading difficult.
The Absolute Universe
I have been a Transatlantic sceptic for some years. Their first two albums (SMPT:e and Bridge Across Forever) were brilliant. Their post-hiatus albums…not so much.
At least that was my opinion until I listened to them again.
I am now eating humble pie. Sorry, Mr. Morse.
February 5th sees the release of their latest effort, entitled The Absolute Universe. I like the snippets I have heard so I’ll be buying it. Here’s a taster…if you can consider 9-and-a-bit minutes of prog bombast and superb musicianship a taster as opposed to a banquet.
Kute Kitten Kollection
Goodness it’s been a while. Here is a selection of furry snippets from the past few days.
Run With The Fox
It’s that time of the year again, and the immensely talented I Am The Manic Whale have released a delightfully geeky cover version of the late, great Chris Squire’s 1981 “Run With The Fox.” This is the only sort of Christmas tune I can endorse!
Here’s the original…
Lord Viking
Princess Wandacakes only gets a cameo appearance this post because she was too lazy to get up. Lord Viking pretended to be disinterested, as is his wont, but he eventually gave it up for the camera a couple of times. The little shit.
Star Trails
Another cool feature of my Nikon P1000 – it can take long exposure timelapses and stitch them together.
In this example I woke up early (or was woken up early by a certain ginger Princess) so got up to make coffee at about 5am and decided to stick the camera outside for a while.
The process takes 25-second exposures for a total of 150 minutes and then automatically stitches them, so you get the stars showing their gradual movement (well, it’s Earth’s movement, but you know what I mean) through the sky.
If I had the patience, and if the sun wasn’t about to come up, I would have let it go for longer. But I think this pic is still quite nice.
Lord Viking & Princess Wanda 