More parkrun, and bits and pieces
Continuing to chug along at parkruns. New PB, though my legs ached ferociously on Sunday.
I may change my 'home' base to the run I've done the most, as it's a much nicer park to run around than the first one I attended.
North London is hilly; there's nowhere in a park that's going to offer 5k flat running. I might as well choose the one that's most attractive.
Yesterday and today a heron visited the pond in my workplace's courtyard.
You have to look closely, for the one on the left; the one on the right is a plastic decoy...but to attract or deter more herons isn't clear.
And yes, we have a cheesy gnome with a fishing line. So sue us.
On my lunchtime run I saw a heron in the stream in the park, and since it's just a short flap for a heron from courtyard to stream I'm guessing it's the same one.
Is is avian-ist to say that all herons look alike to me?
In the 'Drachenwald first-world problems' category:
I'm finally making myself new veils, to replace the ones I felt terribly under-dressed in at Double Wars. I've wanted both new flat veils and ruffled ones for ages, plus a Birgitta cap (minus the fiddly-but-functional midline needlework).
My barrier to improving my veils wasn't materials, it was instructions.
Only in Drachenwald can all the instructions on making ruffled veils I can find be in languages I don't speak...til I asked Mistress Lia for her top source, and she pointed me at this lady's excellent photos (sorry they're in FB).
So I have new flat veils for the weekend, plus several miles of ruffle for sewing in the vehicle...plus knitting.
I may change my 'home' base to the run I've done the most, as it's a much nicer park to run around than the first one I attended.
North London is hilly; there's nowhere in a park that's going to offer 5k flat running. I might as well choose the one that's most attractive.
Yesterday and today a heron visited the pond in my workplace's courtyard.
You have to look closely, for the one on the left; the one on the right is a plastic decoy...but to attract or deter more herons isn't clear.
And yes, we have a cheesy gnome with a fishing line. So sue us.
On my lunchtime run I saw a heron in the stream in the park, and since it's just a short flap for a heron from courtyard to stream I'm guessing it's the same one.
Is is avian-ist to say that all herons look alike to me?
In the 'Drachenwald first-world problems' category:
I'm finally making myself new veils, to replace the ones I felt terribly under-dressed in at Double Wars. I've wanted both new flat veils and ruffled ones for ages, plus a Birgitta cap (minus the fiddly-but-functional midline needlework).
My barrier to improving my veils wasn't materials, it was instructions.
Only in Drachenwald can all the instructions on making ruffled veils I can find be in languages I don't speak...til I asked Mistress Lia for her top source, and she pointed me at this lady's excellent photos (sorry they're in FB).
So I have new flat veils for the weekend, plus several miles of ruffle for sewing in the vehicle...plus knitting.