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We have been watching a pair of dabchicks in Victoria Park pretty much every day during lockdown. Today we saw the first sign a a hatching, a wee foot coming out from under a parent’s wing.
Longest walk since the start of lockdown, not very long. Nice morning, sun and clouds, quite warm.
Read: The Seduction by Joanna Briscoe – Queasily page turning. ★★★☆☆ 📚
Using the RPi-Cam-Web-Interface I recorded a timelapse yesterday with my pi-zero. Stiched together with ffmpeg & a wee bit of manipulation with QuickTime Player for fun. I particularly like the features of QuickTime v 7 and will miss it when it finally stops working.
terrifying from Carole Cadwalladr.
Kilpatrick Braes Yesterday Evening, lots of purple, thistles, thyme, bell heather, yarrow (mostly cream). Fauna: roe deer, kestrels, larks. Lots of parked cars but the Braes were quiet.
Delighted to see a new version of Levelator. via TidBITS
In the Mac App Store
Older versions (& Windows & Linux) still at The Conversations Network
I’ve not used it for a while but have run 100s of episodes of Edutalk through it in the past.
Lost its rather individual UI.
I have been working for years.
on a four-line poem.
about the life of a leaf;
I think it might come out right this winter
Read: A God in Every Stone – Kamila Shamsie ★★★★☆ page turner, interesting history of WW1 & the Qissa Khwani massacre in Peshawar 📚