This is just legendary, and from my adopted home town. I am very, very proud.
Luna
Amazing moon this evening. Taken with my Nikon P1000, steadied on a railing off our deck.
If I Fits, I Sits
Lord Viking
Poor Lord Viking isn’t enjoying the warm weather.
The Laziest Of Lions
It’s been very warm lately. Wanda and Viking have excelled themselves in demonstrating cats’ crepuscular nature by sleeping all day in a variety of positions.
Australian Bush Fires
There’s a Westerly blowing the smoke from the Australian bush fires over New Zealand at the moment. The light is a very strange yellow colour. This picture doesn’t really do it justice.
Lord Viking
All That Glitters
I love this guy.
My Year On iNaturalist NZ
Year In Review 2019
Source: russellclarke’s Year On iNaturalist NZ 2019 · iNaturalist NZ
The dangers of festive over-indulgence – UnHerd
In the US, he says, “most of our annual weight gain occurs during the six-week holiday feasting period between Thanksgiving and the new year, and … this extra weight tends to stick with us after the holidays are over.” We don’t have to worry about Thanksgiving over here, but there are three other days — Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve — that are, Guyenet says, “the definition of overeating”. And that’s true in the UK, just as much as in the States.
Lord Viking & Princess Wanda 