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  Spring has certainly sprung and the grass has riz. This morning I did my watering duty for our community group at a site where our pot plants are being stored. It is at the site of another not-for-profit who are working hard helping people in the neighbourhood. I took a quick look at their back yard and oh my! How the weeds have sprung. I suggested our group do a very basic working bee where we rip up the weeds and mulch. That not-for-profit works so hard in the community and I have noticed...

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  The legend of Boland continues. He now has a five for. Geoff Lemon's account of that Boland over when he got Jansen's wicket is really worth reading. #SAvAus #cricket https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/oct/20/south-africa-v-australia-second-test-day-three-cricket-st-georges-park-gqeberha-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6ad74e498f08eaf6435582dc#block-6ad74e498f08eaf6435582dc

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  Good morning everyone! Office Kitty is sleeping while the jack hammers are singing outside our front door. 'How's the serenity', you ask? I reckon that kind of serenity gets a rating of 8. A few of our oft-heard emergency vehicle sirens might push the dial to 9. Wishing the best of days to all of you, and especially the staff in a nearby operating theatre doing their work to restore my husband in a bog standard procedure. Please have a VERY GOOD day hospital staff ever...

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  For the first time in my career I had to do a writing test this morning. I suppose in the automation age you cannot believe evidence online. Online material is only evidence that something happened and somehow or other your name was attached to it. I thought the test was very reasonable. This contracting company is way better than the last one I dealt with. Maybe I have a new, small gig, maybe I don't. I am taking it as a small win that I was asked to submit an application.

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  I enjoyed the road signs along the South Giopsland roads. This is a standard sign that I call 'The Menagerie Sign' to warn drivers of certain Australian animals that they need to watch out for on the road. There were variations of this sign by locals with a sense of humour... #Gippsland #Australia #RoadSigns #Signs

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  Her Scottiness, Office Kitty protects her hard-won turf on top of the rubbish bin. #OfficeKitty #Caturday

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  #3GoodThings today: 1. I had a nice coffee at the cafe this morning. An Indian couple on a date shared a table with me. They were talking a lot about roles in relationships and how they were going to do it differently to their parents. I didn't hear a lot, but it was lovely hearing a couple having a deep chat about such things. 2. I spent a lot of the day at my Lego club. I am fairly new at the club and have now found some people to chat with while building my MOC (My Own Creation). I made...

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  Time for a street garden update: This patch used to be a neighbourhood rubbish dumping place and I was sick of getting up each morning and clearing up other people's rubbish. I organised a group of friends to plant it out with no-cost cuttings from my mother's garden and other gardens. We planted it out over 3 years ago. The rubbish dumping stopped and has never resumed. This was a way more effective approach to prevent rubbish dumping than a sign telling people not to dump rubbish. We...

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  Technical writer job is open: * based in Auckland * Hybrid - 2 days a week in CBD office * Suitable for intermediate level technical writer. https://apply.workable.com/vista-group/j/E064DEA23E/?utm_campaign=4a3dbdb2fd&utm_medium=eps&utm_source=link I have no connection to the company. I am simply spreading the news for tech writers who may be seeking a new job. #TechnicalWriters #WriteTheDocs #NewZealand #FediHire_nz

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  Automated message on the tram just now asking people not to stand in the doorways, "... move into the main saloon as soon as possible". 'Saloon'??? That sounds strange. I have never heard a tram carriage called a 'saloon' by anyone. #Melbourne #trams

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  We are starting a small businesss and need recommendations for a free task management + small CRM app to use. We don't need to connect it with any other apps or platforms. I know there is a lot out there, but hoping that people here have trialled some and can recommend something that works well for them. #CRM #SmallBusiness #Australia

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  Seen on a walk in Melbourne's inner north this morning: This is what to do if your plant is growing too tall - just cut a hole in the roof to allow it to grow freely. #Melbourne #GardeningAU

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  Ford sack workers and replaced them with AI... ...then had to hire over 350 engineers to fix the quality issues caused by AI. #ArtificialIntelligence https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai-automation-human-workers-b3003787.html

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  We have a potted cat! #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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  New owners of a home in Melbourne discover an extensive model train set-up under the floor when they move in. #Melbourne #ModelTrain https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/i-was-shocked-melbourne-mans-unbelievable-find-after-buying-house/m4sksfer8

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  Biographers muse on the future of biography when our everyday personal records are stored in electronic formats instead of paper, often ephemeral and other times locked away in obsolete formats or password-locked files: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-26/biography-ai-algorithm-letters-diaries-digital-world/105923770 Do historians need to learn how to code? Yes. This is why I regarded the ability to code an important part of my toolkit when I was working as a professional historian. Knowing...

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  I walked to work this morning. On the way I picked up a couple of gum flowers. I stuck them to the wall in front of my desk at work with blue tak. The wall is no longer quite so beige. #work #office

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  92 year old Professor Wallace Kirsop has spent a life time studying old, rare books. He is passionate about the importance of retaining the physical object as a recent discovery in a 1497 copy of Dante's Divine Comedy at the University of Sydney Library demonstrates. #Melbourne #Sydney #Histodons #libraries #books #RareBooks https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/22/melbourne-rare-books-expert-wallace-kirsop

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  We inherited a capsicum plant recently. It is a low height bush so I suspect it grows miniature capsicums. Tomatoes are late this year in Melbourne - probably due to our late start to summer. Over the next 7 days we are going to have warm weather - around 27-29 degrees with one hot 35 degree day expected on Wednesday. I have never successfully grown capsicums before. When do I know that they are ready to pick? I am guessing this one is ready to pick now. #Melbourne #GardeningAU #Gardening #ca...

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  It is packed at Fed Square for the Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash. They are trying to get the world record for the number of bagpipers playing AC/DC 'It's a long way to the top'. #Melbourne #Bagpipes #ACDC