Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 23°C, max - 38°C. 90% chance of no rain

HAPPY BIRD DAY!

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    15·
    2 days ago

    Today was not the day to lock myself out of my house, and I probably won’t get access to the spare key until 10pm. It’s too hot for this. Second time this has happened in 5 years, the timing of this one hurts.

      • tone212_@aussie.zone
        10·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, I’m at my local council gym/pool which is where I was heading on the way to locking myself out. It’s nice and cool here. I’ll get some dinner after to kill more time.

          • tone212_@aussie.zone
            2·
            2 days ago

            I’m back inside my place! I was able to get the spare key a little earlier than expected thanks to the parentals being very accommodating, so I didn’t have to wait until 10pm thankfully.

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
    13·
    2 days ago

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    10·
    2 days ago

    I feel like some sort of dessert but I don’t know what.

    It’s alright guys. The man’s gone to get me something.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    Big spring clean tomorrow. Looking forward to it to be honest.

    Been a bit “slovenly” the last 2 weeks so this will make me feel a shit load better.

    Also putting the ps5 away for a little while so I can finish off these songs. Sometimes out of sight, out of mind is best.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    7·
    2 days ago

    oh noes, australia post has my address wrong and i need to send them my real address, to a url ending .xin.au 🙂

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    I didn’t think I was going to have a contribution to bird day, but lo and behold, a lil birdie ran on the bricks right in front of my camera!

    What’s the ID, bird peeps? It looks big but would’ve only been small in person

    My guess is either some kind of small raven, or a thirsty sparrow. Maybe just a crow?

  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
    5·
    2 days ago

    So Day 5 of the NY…

    The space rearrangement is working really well. It is definitely is a mood booster and I somehow have started a gallery wall which I am even more excited about. Three pieces up and I can probably accommodate another 4-7 frames, depending on size and arrangement. It makes me actually want to be in the space, even if it is the dining area. (Using the dining table as a partial bar top may be also a little more enticing, haha.)

    No complaints using Linux Shred. Not sure why. Last drive currently being nuked by loading the OS via USB. So far, so good. That means (as sad as it is) tower be gone tomorrow! I am also relieving myself of my giant Philips iron with its massive water reservoir that never worked quite right (it works perfectly fine, but how it steams is just odd to me). Why I hung onto it so long, I don’t know. Back to a regular sized iron (a Tefal was obtained today).

    If only offloading/spring cleaning had always felt this good! Still got a bit to go, but I feel… positive.

    Thinking of the birds today, I love seeing the crested pigeon (here dubbed the sprouts pigeon in this household) in the park. They just kind of look rebellious, LOL.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
      6·
      2 days ago

      Love punk pigeons with their little mohawks

      It must be the week for cleaning & decluttering - I’ve been sorting out the shed. I pulled all the stuff out and have been sorting through it, and ordered some storage racks today. Feeling very accomplished

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    16·
    2 days ago

    Got back about 45 minutes ago, apartment was hooooot but could be worse, at least it was a bit cooler than the outside. AC blasting like a mf. Esky tipped on the back floor of the car the one time I didn’t wedge it securely, it had yoghurt in it… Luckily there was a spare floor mat on top of the floor (from moving house) and only that received a dribble of the stuff. Promptly washed it out. Could have been a lot, lot worse.

    Time for my crackers and dip and maybe some tv. This was the view from the hut I stayed in. I miss nature outside my doorstep so much. I can’t wait to move out from here

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      8·
      2 days ago

      That’s one gorgeous view outside that window.

      Hopefully the aircon will take the edge off.

      Welcome back!

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        2·
        2 days ago

        It was really something else. Here’s the view on the other side…

        I’ve had trouble falling asleep without my phone (or some sort of distraction) for ages but over there I could just stare at nature until it went dark and continue to do so in the hut until I was ready to close the blinds. I haven’t been able to do this for years

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      3·
      2 days ago

      Won’t be tonight by the looks of it but quite a downpour forecast for tomorrow.

      I was planning on walking to work and back to get my blood flowing but I’m a bit chickenshit doing it in heavy rain and I’ll likely be on my feet for the rest of the week so maybe I’ll drive…

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
      5·
      2 days ago

      I’m definitely sick - I have the air conditioner off and am sitting wrapped in a blanket. Now I’m about to head to bed. I consulted a rat who doesn’t think it’s covid, but it’s definitely one of the plague varieties going around at the moment.

      Edit: plus I replied to a comment instead of the main post, brain is definitely fuzzy. I did manage to make more jelly though, so I’ll be in the jelly gang tomorrow, but right now I don’t have any set jelly.

  • indisin@aussie.zone
    10·
    2 days ago

    Seeing as we’re doing bird pics, here’s mine from Friday (sorry that it wasn’t taken today but thought it was so random it warranted posting)

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    7·
    2 days ago

    I’ve been doing sewing repairs for the young seagoons and it’s really hard. Much of their clothes are specialist hiking clothes and made out of hitech fibres, fibres that are hard to sew. Stretchy dense fabrics and the actual material of the fibre is hard and difficult even when using a special hardened needle.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    7·
    2 days ago

    Nipped out to the shops for a couple of things, still foul outside. Onto season 2 of Blue Lights, such an entertaining show. Even if it kind of is copaganda. I can’t get enough of those northern Irish accents. And Stevie and his lunches 🥰

    One thing I’ve noticed since coming back is how quickly my attention span/ability to just be has gone back to shite though… I should throw my phone away, honestly.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    I’m going to nerd out for a sec:

    There’s this guitar sound right. It’s a wall of distortion with an artificial reverb that’s used a lot in shoegaze/post rock.

    I’ve been chasing it for almost 12 fucking years and couldn’t get it working because the distortion would overload the reverb and it turns into an absolute mess.

    I figured it out yesterday. After so fucking long it finally works. The new reverb pedal is bought over xmas had a far higher headroom so wouldn’t distort with a high gain input.

    Yaaaaaaay!