Today is World Rainforest Day!
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Laundry all done and hanging up outside. Others have got laundry out as well so I’ve had to hang mine fairly close. If it doesn’t dry by 4pm, I’ll have to hope that it doesnt get too damp overnight and dries off fully by about 9am tomorrow.
Did the frustrating big-inertia job of wiping down all the surfaces in the bathroom, after the tile work done on Tuesday with no notice left a fine layer of dust on everything since I couldn’t move anything out. The chemical smell is almost completely gone now after 4 full days, got the balcony door and study room window open to air this place out a bit. That should close that particular chapter of temporary unpleasantness.
Next thing is vacuuming and then… final big inertia job, mopping the floors. I hate to confess how long it’s been, but in winter I really do let it go because I wear slippers indoors. The floor needs a mop to lift off the dust though. I’d like to freshen up the energy of this place before my RL cake day very soon. But I haaaate mopping.
I hung some of mine out last night and some this morning. I’m not super confident it’s going to fully dry today. Maybe by the end of tomorrow provided the sun holds up.
Looks like it’ll be foggy tomorrow morning so I expect it’ll be a bit damp to start but it should hopefully clear up in the morning… sun’s done for today by the looks of it so I dont expect much more drying this afternoon unfortunately.
World Rainforest Day
World: from Proto-Germanic *weraldi-, a compound of *wer “man” (Old English wer, still in werewolf; see virile) + *ald “age” (from PIE root *al- (2) “to grow, nourish”).
Rainforest: apparently a loan-translation of German Regenwald, coined by A.F.W. Schimper for his 1898 work "Pflanzengeographie
Day: Old English dæg “period during which the sun is above the horizon,” also “lifetime, definite time of existence,” from Proto-Germanic *dages- “day” (source also of Old Saxon, Middle Dutch, Dutch dag, Old Frisian di, dei, Old High German tag, German Tag, Old Norse dagr, Gothic dags), according to Watkins, from PIE root *agh- “a day.” He adds that the Germanic initial d- is “of obscure origin.” But Boutkan says it is from PIE root *dhegh- “to burn” (see fever). Not considered to be related to Latin dies (which is from PIE root *dyeu- “to shine”).
You may be interested in this book if you don’t already have it. https://www.routledge.com/Old-English-and-its-Closest-Relatives-A-Survey-of-the-Earliest-Germanic-Languages/Robinson/p/book/9780415104067
Australia has unique temperate rainforests in that they have the biome but not the high rainfall. Like in the Dandenongs, Macedons and the Otways.
I’m going to Lightscape at the Botanic Gardens (https://www.lightscapeaustralia.com/city/melbourne.html) this evening.
The real question is… sativa or indica? It’s a tough one.
Excuse me I believe it’s supposed to be acid at the botanic gardens
Movie Review Rewatch. Crimson Peak.
Watch for red flags, love is actions not words.
Spent this morning redoing my resume, and have now sent two applications with cover letters. I think that will do for today. Main part was ending the procrastination and actually sending out some applications. Feeling accomplished
Putting yourself out there is scary. Good on you for taking the plunge.
My gonads have recessed and are shrivelled by the cool water of the plunge but they’ll drop back down with my voice, once I’ve earned it
Good onya, that’s not an easy thing to push through, but it feels so good once the initial inertia has been shoved out of the way. I need some of that energy with my chores today! Here’s hoping your efforts are rewarded with a better job very soon :)
Intertia is a great word. I hope your chores arr completed 💪👌
Feeling better this morning. But of a late start but that’s ok. Needed the extra sleep.
I know objectively it’s not warm and yet it doesn’t feel that cold? And my windows didn’t fog up like nobodies business cooking either.
Just got back from dinner with elder bro and younger sis in Carlton. Its true. If you’ve had a few drinkies, then gone out in the cold, the first drink after really knocks you around.
It anyone ever figures out how to explain to your cat that awake time is for playing, not sleep time, let me know.
I’m still trying to work this one out as well
Or that when the people are trying to sleep it is not time for an argument with your siblings.
6 jars of marmalade made, 3 plants repotted, 1 load washing done and put away, another load in the machine
What do you typically have marmalade with, other than toast? Not having much of a sweet tooth, I can’t imagine how one gets through even a jar of marmalade in a reasonable time, let alone 6.
I use it in marinades for roast chicken , I give a few jars away but I mostly have it on toast , one jar lasts me about 3 weeks
Topping for cheesecake, glaze for apple tarts, anywhere where the intense sweetness plus fruity tartness and a bit of bitterness makes a nice contrast. Marmalade can be melted, sieved and the liquid used as a sauce on vanilla icecream too. Adding a bit of arrowroot & water to the sieved liquid sets it to a firm gel, which goes pretty good as an icing substitute on a plain pound cake. A small spoonful of marmalade is a nice addition to a stir fry sauce too along with soy etc. Try it with cauliflower or broccoli. Bearing in mind that a jar of marmalade for toast only every day is usually gone in a week, so 6 jars will last maaaayyyybeee the worst of the winter.
oh yeah, it’s good in icing for carrot or banana cakes
my last jar in the batch has less peel and is more like jelly and that would definitely be good with desserts
just want to add I chopped and seeded about 100 cumquats to make 6 jars
That’s a LOT of chopping! Props to you.
Cumquats I just do whole in brandy for about 6 months. Seeding them is bonkers!
Fucker got me square on the nose about 5 seconds after posting my last comment. I keep saying “we don’t hit” but he just laughs. I’m raising a psychopath.
Depressing weather. Have the fire going to get the washing dry. Discovered my shower is going mouldy. What is it with grout and silicon that we haven’t mould proofed it yet?
It’s gloriously sunny where I am right now and has been for a while. Woke up at 9am and indulged in some YouTube silliness in bed until 10:45 but pushing out the laundry quick smart now. Dont think everything will finish washing in time but I think some of it can dry over tomorrow as well. I have so much cleaning to do, might as well be when it’s sunny to help lift my mood.
Tried out a new cafe near my place, Miniest has been bugging me about wanting to try it out for a while. Was unfortunately overpriced and a bit meh. Did some cooking, mostly homemade pizza and stuffed capsicums, which Mr P swooned over (he was drunk so it doesn’t really count lol). Made an assault on Mount Washmore. Left it on the line when I should have brought it in tonight because sheer laziness.
Stuffed capsicum are the absolute best!
Fully agree. A favorite.
I stand corrected. Headache is back.
Still going to clean the kitchen and maybe the bathroom if possible.
No more gym till after the interview Tuesday.
Take it easy and (insert annoying aunty voice) make sure you drink enough water!
Hope it’s not the dexies doing it, if the headache keeps coming back maybe talk to your GP. Or maybe it’s covid? My main covid symptom was a headache, never had much of a throat problem…
May the satisfaction of getting some cleaning done lift your spirits a bit
I would avoid smelly cleaning chemicals and bending over too much. But as a chronic migraine sufferer, productive slow pottering can be good.
Heat pack on the neck could help. If it’s randomly coming and going could well be muscle related.
oh no, take it easy, have cups of tea and toast
KFC have killed the giant snack pack, and therefore killed any interest I have in going to kfc.
I tried the GSP and thought it was absolutely vile. But I mostly go to Red rooster these days anyways, so I can’t blame you. kafers is just too expensive these days. A $5 snack sub box from rooster is where it’s at!
Agreed red rooster is superior these days.
If red rooster could stop putting bones in their roast rolls we could talk, but man the quality of the chicken sucks.
The last KFC I had was so disgusting it’s tainted any memory I had of them being worth going to. Cold damp unsalted chips, some pieces of chicken looked like they’d been cooked 4-5 times already - tiny dried out husks of food. The box was soaked through with fryer oil.
Yeah that was them a couple of years ago. It’s better now. But not by much. It’s back to like 2008 levels, which let’s be clear is still pretty bad.
This was in the last three months. Police Rd KFC.
Yikes. Yeah I think there are a few who just don’t give a f sadly. Officer is DOG SHIT!
