Ruth McMonagle

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music

Several dozen folks did

Some even dubbed music over the original clip.

I haven't been able to get this out of my head.

So I give you

A Bluesky exclusive:

Reservoir Ducks

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Yes, they are messy. I cut them into 4, and use a cake fork. A bit flash really.

Happy birthday! Glad the wrist surgery went well.
My grapes are ready! First time. I have been picking a few every day after work. My mama gave me the cutting, so sweet memories of her as well.

Yes, as I like to wear a tee shirt over a merino layer in the cooler months.

A round pastry, with a hole, covered in a cinnamon sugar and caramel glaze. Custard is peaking out of the layers. The layers of dough melt in your mouth, perfectly complemented by the delicious creamy custard. A wonderful morale booster.

Our neighbourhood bakery does the same. They call them cronuts, and they are divine. So much nicer than donuts. I try to have one #ForMorale on a regular basis.

One of the urchins who "I don't do vegies ma", would eat burritos stuffed full of vegies. I just never mentioned what was in them.

It appears I am wearing the finest of accessories to work this morning. Random cat fur from my white cat that had breakfast with me. Why did I wear dark green?

Thanks. I swam to the sixth buoy. Got some salmon for dinner as a treat, then watched Bridgerton. It was a lovely day.

A cool little Mycena that I photographed in Oxapampa, Perú. Never seen one with this cool stem texture before, no idea which species it could be.

Olympus OM-1 / 90 mm macro lens / 180 images stacked, ISO 200, f/5.

#mushrooms #mycena #fungifriends #olympus

It’s Kyiv.
A path I often take to a café for warcoffee.

A modern, beautiful city with a rich history that russia wants to take and will never succeed.

Greetings from Kyiv.

I came to the railway station to visit an exhibition — and instead saw this:
a concert by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

Wow. I want you to hear this.

They are again launching hypersonic anti-ship missiles at civilian infrastructure.‬

Two people in a deep embrace next to a lake. The man is much taller than the woman. He is standing in the sand, she is standing on a grass verge that is about 40 cm higher. Her dress is grey silk with silver thread and delicate hand painted flowers. She is wearing purple hat that covers her face. He is wearing dark navy silk.

It's our wedding anniversary today.
Married at a lake, & everyone brought a picnic lunch.
We all went swimming in the afternoon.
For the past 15 years, we have been together on our Wedding Anniversary just once.
Today I'm in Rotos, & he is in Palmy ❤️
I'm going to the lake this arvo for a swim.

Melbourne is great for PT.
When I was in Tokyo, I felt like a country bumpkin with their layers of public transport and infrastructure. Impressive

A white albatross with black wing tips, wings outstretched. The dark grey sea is close to it's wing tip. Sometimes it would just scrape across the water. I spent hours just watching these magnificent birds swooping and cruising along side the boat.

Two years ago I was coming back from exploring the Ross Sea and Antarctica. Seems just like yesterday, I really should sort through my photos. So many amazing vistas and wild life.
This snowy albatross kept me company.
#bird 🪶

Foxy, your Dad is always right!

Same, it was weird.

It does taste like "non butter". We stopped eating butter & bread while in the USA. The urchins lived on frozen waffles as bread. It was the only thing that actually filled them up, with anything else bread-like, they were constantly hungry.
Fruit & vegies looked fantastic, tasted moldy.🤮

Thanks for that, I will have a look at the library on the weekend.

Thank you. This looks like a great place to spend some time looking and wondering what I shall create. Much appreciated.

Thank you for this, I think this is how I will spend the evening looking and filtering. Appreciate this.

Thanks, I will look up tam o'shanties. Fair isle might be outside my skill level.

Well, I didn't know they existed until now. Thanks, do they keep ears warm?

Thanks, didn't know where to start looking.

Slouchy knit hat. I will look that up. Not worried about Spring, we are going into Autumn. A built in scarf could be interesting. Thanks.

I would like to knit a woolen hat, but not a beanie. Wearing beanies is not fun, as I dont like how they feel on my head & ears. My skill level is intermediate. Any suggestions on where to find a hat pattern that is not a beanie.

🇳🇿🧶 #knit #wool #hat #craftsky

Investigation Debunks Claims IRGC Bombed Iranian School I woke up on Saturday at 6 a.m. to a text message from a friend that read: “I’m thinking of you. I hope your friends and family in Iran are ok.” That’s how I learned that the United States and Israel ...

I'm seeing heaps of troll/bot comments on FB that the strike on the girls' school in Minab was an Iranian rocket failure.
Here's why that's false:
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Board of Peace - Season 1

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Nothing wrong with going overboard with cinnamon. That is really good value for some wonderful baking.