Marty
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Closing this account. See @martwah
Playing guitar is so life affirming. And you can learn other skills like soldering as you decide to modify them. My 15yo loves playing guitar and even took an old one of mine and made it his own (before and after pics)
September 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Playing guitar is so life affirming. And you can learn other skills like soldering as you decide to modify them. My 15yo loves playing guitar and even took an old one of mine and made it his own (before and after pics)
Every morning the sunlight hits our front door and frames the balcony rails perfectly. I’ve been putting a bowl of cat food for local birds and it’s the favourite show of one of my cats.
August 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Every morning the sunlight hits our front door and frames the balcony rails perfectly. I’ve been putting a bowl of cat food for local birds and it’s the favourite show of one of my cats.
Here’s a video I took of my indoor only cat the other day. I leave out some cat food in a bowl for local magpies and currawongs and the winter sunlight perfectly framed the shadow in our door glass. It’s his favourite show.
June 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Here’s a video I took of my indoor only cat the other day. I leave out some cat food in a bowl for local magpies and currawongs and the winter sunlight perfectly framed the shadow in our door glass. It’s his favourite show.
Apropos of this post, I am drinking my coffee from my favourite mug this morning which I bought at the excellent Civil War museum in Richmond VA. Well worth a visit!
June 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Apropos of this post, I am drinking my coffee from my favourite mug this morning which I bought at the excellent Civil War museum in Richmond VA. Well worth a visit!
See also European vs Australian magpies. neoskosmos.com/en/2019/10/0...
Our magpies are absolute badasses.
Our magpies are absolute badasses.
June 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
See also European vs Australian magpies. neoskosmos.com/en/2019/10/0...
Our magpies are absolute badasses.
Our magpies are absolute badasses.
Find someone who loves you the way cats love shoeboxes
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Find someone who loves you the way cats love shoeboxes
Cants find a gif but I love this scene
May 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Cants find a gif but I love this scene
I spent a month driving in the USA in 2023 and this graph makes so much sense to me.
May 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I spent a month driving in the USA in 2023 and this graph makes so much sense to me.
He’s an unmitigated piece of shit.
May 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
He’s an unmitigated piece of shit.
LOL. I also often have a ‘helper’
May 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
LOL. I also often have a ‘helper’
Hey Matthew, this is an old post but here are some Rainbow Lorikeets we fed with peach on holiday today. They are stunningly beautiful birds.
January 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Hey Matthew, this is an old post but here are some Rainbow Lorikeets we fed with peach on holiday today. They are stunningly beautiful birds.
Imagine having any respect at all for Trump. Fucking losers.
January 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Imagine having any respect at all for Trump. Fucking losers.
In Canberra they’ve taken on the urban bird role that gulls do and can be pretty keen on stealing human food. So much so that there’s a sculpture on one with a chip (French fry) in the city! And here’s a photo I once took of one getting up close and personal.
January 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In Canberra they’ve taken on the urban bird role that gulls do and can be pretty keen on stealing human food. So much so that there’s a sculpture on one with a chip (French fry) in the city! And here’s a photo I once took of one getting up close and personal.
Coming back to this, Australian magpies are beautiful and highly intelligent birds who just happen to be incredibly protective of their young. These signs are pretty common as being swooped can be unpleasant!
citynews.com.au/2023/swoopin...
citynews.com.au/2023/swoopin...
January 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Coming back to this, Australian magpies are beautiful and highly intelligent birds who just happen to be incredibly protective of their young. These signs are pretty common as being swooped can be unpleasant!
citynews.com.au/2023/swoopin...
citynews.com.au/2023/swoopin...
Took my dog on a 6 km walk today. He’s enjoying a well earned rest.
January 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Took my dog on a 6 km walk today. He’s enjoying a well earned rest.
Jenna Jameson famously so
December 31, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Jenna Jameson famously so
There’s an episode of the History of England where he relates a conversation reported by a 10th century Abbot that he had with a ploughman that is quite instructive: thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/tra...
December 18, 2024 at 7:18 PM
There’s an episode of the History of England where he relates a conversation reported by a 10th century Abbot that he had with a ploughman that is quite instructive: thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/tra...