No name

After more than a year our boat remains nameless. 

This morning, as I was going through old photos, I came across this photo taken in 2014 at St Lucia in the Caribbean.

Tip Sea

Perhaps we should consider Tip Sea as a name for our boat.

20 Something Snaps - Rhodes

Just a month ago we docked for the second time in Rhodes Greece. It was nearing the end of our holiday and we were a trifle tired after six weeks of touring. 

As we had previously visited the port and done a rather extensive tour of the major sights we opted to have a slow day and wander around the historic old town by ourselves. I could easily spend a week on this delightful island.

I just managed to sort and label our photos this morning so, while it's fresh in my mind I'll share a few.

View of the Old City from our balcony

First stop - a Church

The French are here

Many cats call Rhodes home

There are old and new trades

Lots of restaurants and watering holes

Souvenirs around many corners

One of the squares

Local Dragons

There are some peaceful corners

The locals feed the stray animals

Looking back to the Harbour

Number 6

Spent a lovely hour at Speers Point yesterday watching number 6 play in a school soccer competition. It was easy for her old Gummy to follow her on the field in her bright yellow boots.

Waiting to go on the field

Facing off the opposition

One of her goals

She scored several goals and her team blitzed the opposition to win their division of the tournament

The smile of a champion

Healthy eating

I try to be a healthy eater but sometimes it's a challenge. 

This latest breakfast cereal that my husband bought me was on the menu this morning. It was chewy but I think the cardboard box it was in would have been more tasty. 

Blood Moon

I had forgotten all about the Blood Moon last night until I saw a post on social media. 

I grabbed my phone and ran out on the balcony to grab some images. I didn't stay long as it was a bit chilly outside when only wearing my nightdress!

While I should have grabbed the camera which has a bigger zoom I'm happy with this distant picture that I captured.

Toot, Toot

Copied below is a post I shared on my GeniAus Blog on Monday about joining up to a community on Mastodon. You can find my profile in the toot.community here: https://toot.community/web/@JillBallAu

Since Monday I have added to my Following list at Mastodon and picked up more Followers. I have experimented with two Android apps so I can toot (post) from my phone. I am experimenting with creating lists of tooters to follow (time-consuming), so far I have Genies (family history enthusiasts) and Aussies.

I need to learn more than just the basics but have generally found the platform quite intuitive.  

Monday's Post follows.

Tooting

Since Twitter's recent purchase by Elon Musk I am wondering what lies ahead for that platform. Many people in the Twitterverse are predicting dark days ahead for this platform. I hope these predictions are baseless and I can keep tweeting.

I'm a believer in INSURANCE (car, health, house, travel etc.). It didn't take me too long to arrange some insurance in case I find that changes that will come to Twitter under its new ownership unpalatable.  

Yesterday Daniel Loftus in Ireland was recommending  Mastodon as a viable Twitter alternative in his Twitter feed. As I know Daniel is a cluey chap who is on top of tech issues I joined up to one of the Mastodon servers. I discovered that several of my genimates had already joined the #TwitterExodus or put a contingency plan in place by setting up an  account on Mastodon. 

My Profile needs some more editing

It didn't take long for me to join up and get the hang of this new-to-me platform, I've still a lot to learn but I think I'm going to like it. I have been working on my laptop with the desktop app but last night I also installed the Android app on my phone. 

By this morning I had built up a small list of interesting folk to follow. Once I found some people that I knew on Mastodon I checked their lists of followers/following to add people to my list - easy. 

If you join up to any Mastodon server you can follow me via this link : @JillBallAu@toot.community

If you are on Twitter and need an Insurance Policy how about Tooting with me?

Reading Challenge Progress - September and October

On the 27th December 2021 the Goodwill Librarian launched on Facebook her 2022 reading challenge. I made a hasty decision to join this challenge. 

Each month I will report my progress in reading books that fulfil her criteria. I will add a link to the Librarything entry for each criterion I tick off.

You can see the full list of the challenge criteria here.

As I was travelling overseas during the second half of September and all October I didn't manage to meet the three remaining challenges. My husband and I were so busy and learning about new places that I only managed to read a couple of books.

Now that we are settled back at home I am sure that I will be able to complete the remaining three challenges below by the end of December. 

35. Only published as an ebook 

40. On audiobook read by the author 

45. About current events 

The few books I read in September and October can be seen on my Librarything or GoodReads accounts.

Jetty Makeover

It's great to be home.  Even though the sun isn't shining the backyard looks pretty good. 

Thanks to Kevin and Kath who, in our absence, have given the jetty the makeover it needed after July's storm damage.

The jetty is usable again