Notices by Deborah Makarios (dmakarios@theres.life)

@derek More books should have trees with genealogies!

@derek Have you read any of Anthony Trollope's work? If not, you may well enjoy!

What kind of creature would you say this is?
#knitting #toy

@rose_myrtle It's a Dilmah bagged tea. Not sure if you can get it in supermarkets but the Dilmah Shop website has all sorts of things not seen elsewhere!

@rose_myrtle Hot tea (rooibos with raspberry and coconut!), books, purring cat, and catching up with old friends (albeit under rather tragic circumstances).

Ellyanne Wanjiku Chlystun has planted over a quarter of a million trees. She's 14.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05gn47n69eo
#trees #Africa #Kenya #ShareGoodNewsToo #ClimateChange

A bit of cheerful music to start the weekend: Wherever We Go by the Newsboys.
"Wherever we go...that's where the party's at."
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sn26k_Jmyts
#JukeboxFridayNight #ItsMyParty #Newsboys

The bud of a Blue Moon rose, showing the first hint of blueness.
#BloomScrolling #roses

The Blue Moon begins to open...
#BloomScrolling #roses

I write my books myself. When I first started writing, I never dreamed that I would ever need to say that.
But here we are. I write them myself, without the aid of the Great Plagiaristic Texcretor.

At present, that mostly means lying on the sofa with a large blank book and a few fountain pens, with a couple of hours at my desk every week or two when I feel capable of sitting up.
(It turns out there is a distinction between sitting up and sitting down, and it is an important one.)

So if you are keen on supporting books that are 100% AI-free (also Creative Commons- licensed! CC BY-SA), you can get them here:
https://deborah.makarios.nz/works/
AND you can choose how much you'd like to pay for most of the ebooks. ($0 is an option. Reading should not be constrained by lack of income.)
#NaNoWriMo #AI #FountainPens #CreativeCommons #books #writing #disability

Never hurts to be prepared.
#gardening #zombies #books #GardeningForTheZombieApocalypse

@rose_myrtle 😃 Enjoy!!

@rose_myrtle Thanks!

MeMade or Mended today: dress (mended), hat (crocheted), petticoat (upcycled), bandanna and drawers (sewn), cardigan and knee high socks (knitted).
#MeMadeMay #knitting #sewing #mending #crochet

@rose_myrtle Good meat in a roo tail. Lean, boneless...

An interesting study just out in Australia:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/515266/what-kind-of-diner-are-you-6-types-of-diners-who-avoid-plant-based-meat-dishes

I think I'm closest to a Type 4. I prefer to eat vegetables that are honest about their identity, and not heavily processed into masquerading as meat.
That said, when I go out for dinner it's a special occasion, and I'm more likely to order something with meat.

I don't know why the study focusses on restaurant meals instead of the more common home meals. At home I eat meatless dinners about 3/4 of the time (and always meatless breakfast & supper).

What type are you?
#PlantBased #environment #food

"The ancient Egyptians, incidentally, treated arthritis with electric catfish—or, as the hieroglyphics call them, 'angry catfish'. Remarkably, electric catfish can be trained to stun on cue, which seems like something coastguards and river police should be looking into before a supervillain does."
—The Ambition of a Potato
https://deborah.makarios.nz/the-ambition-of-a-potato/
#books #fish #history #AncientEgypt #TheAmbitionOfAPotato

@rose_myrtle That's further than we got. Thanks!

Can any kindly reader of Japanese tell me what this paper bag is so desperately trying to communicate? Many thanks!
#Japanese #PleaseTranslate

Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa). Sometimes called the New Zealand Christmas tree due to its flowering season.
Just about every NZ scenic calendar's December page features a pōhutukawa on a sunny day at the beach. Here it is on a cloudy Christmas Eve.
#BloomScrolling #NewZealand #trees