chestas

chestas, 21 hours ago to Cats

As snug
As a bug
On a hearth rug

#cats #catsofmastodon

chestas, 1 day ago to Tasmania

I was very tired this weekend. I think the cold mornings have worn me down over the past week.
So it was a very short drive to Low Head to see if any Little Penguins were hanging around under the dense Box Thorn Bushes (there weren't, or at least none that I could see).
Then a trip to Green's Beach which is very close to where I live. It's a great place to sit on rocks and let the ocean's mood rub off on you. (Calmness was the prevailing mood)

#tasmania #lutruwita #beach #seascape #sea #Weekend

Rocks covered in orange algae. Some natural dark grey rocks are also visible and the sea is light blue in the background.
A rich dark blue sea stretches to the horizon which portrays a white band. Sunbeams descend from the top left hand corner. Deep green foliage covers the landscape in the foreground. It is rocky, bushy, and slopes up to the right

chestas, 3 days ago to pareidolia

HEEEEELLLLPPPPP!!!!!!!!

#PebbleOfTheDay #pareidolia #tasmania #lutruwita

chestas, 6 days ago to random

Ah, I remember when I lived in the UK the excitement of hearing the news that a General Election had been called.

To be replaced a few minutes later by the realisation that FPTP is still the voting system.

#ukpol #Democracy

chestas, 11 days ago to random

It's cold + I'm exhausted = Can't be arsed Saturday

chestas, 15 days ago to KindActions

It's been a bloody mad 24 hours.

Yesterday I was bitten by a leech which left a big hole in my leg. Good effort for something so small.

Then I burst a blood vessel in my left eye. It's ugly and scares the kids I teach so all good there. Doesn't hurt.

This was no problem for giving blood which was what I did today. A plasma donation.

#Blood #donate #animals

chestas, 17 days ago to Tasmania

Been too tired to chase auroras the past few nights but really happy for those of you that saw it, and thankful for the amazing pictures you've plastered over Mastodon.

I did get out today in the autumn foliage and was lucky to see my first Mycena Interrupta, or cute little blue mushy, since moving to Tasmania.

#tasmania #lutruwita #fungi #mushrooms #mushtodon #blue

chestas, 19 days ago to HashtagGames

Don't blame it on the sunshine
Don't blame it on the moonlight
Don't blame it on the good times
BLAME IT ON THE WORM THAT ATE HALF OF MY BRAIN!!!

#HashtagGames
#WrongWaysToComplain

chestas, 23 days ago to food

I don't usually do food posts, but I've never tried cooking feta before and it was fantastic.

We had cherry tomato and feta bake, flavoured with garlic, shallot, and fresh basil and served with falafel.

#food #vegetarian

chestas, 25 days ago to Tasmania

We were doing a bit of gardening out the front of our house when we heard and saw some Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos in trees across the road. My wife went to check them out and took this photo of one flying away, with our house behind.

#tasmania #lutruwita #birds #animals #nature

chestas, 27 days ago to Tasmania

Cataract Gorge in Launceston is like a botanic garden situated in the bowl of a river valley. Out of season it is very pleasant to walk around.

#tasmania #lutruwita #autumn #flora #trees

Above a lower level of tree ferns, a range of deciduous trees show a spectrum of autumn coloured foliage. Various shades of red, yellow and some orange look vibrant beneath the clear blue sky.

chestas, 1 month ago to Tasmania

OMG, Hobart has a Nepalese Pub and it is so cool 🙂.

It is called the Chowk. Staff are really friendly

#tasmania #lutruwita #Hobart #pub #Nepal

chestas, 1 month ago to Tasmania

Autumn.

#tasmania #lutruwita #bloomscrolling #autumn #red #trees #flowers #dahlia

chestas, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to chess

Candidates is finished but the chess world keeps rolling. European Women's Championship is being played in Greece. The most interesting player is 9 year old Bodhana Sivanandan from England who might be the next Judit Polgar. So far she's played 3 International Masters, winning 1 and getting draws with the other two.

Follow her progress, because she might be the next great thing in chess.

https://lichess.org/broadcast/european-womens-chess-championship-2024--boards-1-64/round-4/o18eyc6o/bvbo9Kdg

#chess #women @lichess

chestas, 1 month ago to HashtagGames

Built this city on stone and crusty bread bun

#HashtagGames
#SynonymASongOrPoem

chestas, 1 month ago to books

Liz Truss, Ten Years To Save The West

I don't agree with banning books, but this is going to the top of my Never To Be Read list.

#ukpol #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #NTBR

chestas, 1 month ago to Cats

Alice has forgiven us for her vet check up.

Legs stretched out and toe beans pressed together 😀

#cats #CatsOMastodon

chestas, 1 month ago to KindActions

Haven't been able to donate blood for a while, but back in today. And that was after taking the cats to have their annual check up and vax.

#giveblood #donate @lifebloodau

chestas, 1 month ago to Tasmania

It's always good to see a platypus.

This one was digging around in shallow water and mud by the Meander River in Deloraine.

#tasmania #lutruwita #animals #River #nature #platypus #marsupial

chestas, 1 month ago to gardening

Meadow Argus taking advantage of our protective nets being taken off the herbs it seems to enjoy resting on the oregano flowers

#gardening #herbs #butterfly #lepidoptera #animals #flowers

chestas, 1 month ago to Flowers

The dahlia bed in City Park, Launceston, is still magnificent.

#flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening #Launceston #tasmania #lutruwita #dahlia

chestas, 1 month ago to gardening

Rose petals and oregano flowers from our garden. My wife is the gardener and photographer.

#gardening #flowers #herbs #photography #StillLife

chestas, 1 month ago to HashtagGames

Darker Shade Of Pale

#HashtagGames
#AltEclipseASongOrPoem

chestas, 1 month ago to Tasmania

Met this little guy last week by the Emu River near Burnie.

This is a Tasmanian Pademelon, a small marsupial which can now only be found here in Tasmania. There are other Pademelons in Australia and this species used to be on the mainland until humans decided to destroy them there.

This particular fella was probably young, because it was even small for a Pademelon.

#tasmania #lutruwita #animals #nature #marsupial

chestas, 1 month ago to Cats

"As flora stretches it's limbs to the warmth of the sun, so fauna also reaches towards heat." (In best David Attenborough voice)

Alice in front of the fire.

#caturday #cats