June 2020

On the homestead blog: today I mucked out the duck house, as it was getting a bit ripe. I also made a hacky brick patio next to the duck house. 🦆

2020-06-24 · ducks

Speaking of eggs, I mentioned in a conversation on Twitter today that I was looking forward to getting some duck eggs; I guess one of our chickens saw that tweet, as I found a surprise jumbo egg when I collected eggs this afternoon. I bet that hurt! 🐓🥚

2020-06-24 · eggs

A few people correctly identified today’s What’s It Wednesday question: it was some egg cartons, stamp, ink, and the wooden block I made to let me stamp the top of a carton (in the background you can see another block for split cartons). #WhatsItWednesday

2020-06-24 · eggs · WhatsItWednesday

Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday

2020-06-24 · WhatsItWednesday

On the Dejus YouTube channel: a bit of video of a couple of ducklings paddling in their pool, and others eating and drinking. 🦆

2020-06-24 · ducks · video

Flowers of the day: peonies. 🌱

2020-06-24 · flowers

On the homestead blog today, just a few photos. It’s a hot day, so we left the pool in the duck house all afternoon, to help them cool off. 🦆

2020-06-23 · ducks

I thought it'd be fun to join the Micro.blog photo meetup from my pond, but the Wi-Fi was too dodgy, so I couldn't connect reliably. D'oh! Here's a selfie, anyway. // @macgenie

2020-06-23 · david · ducks · pond · selfie

From Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 💬

2020-06-23 · quote

Even the sceptical mind must be prepared to accept the unacceptable when there is no alternative. If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.

Flowers of the day: wild poppies, daisies, etc behind the greenhouse, with the beehives in the background. 🌱

2020-06-23 · flowers

On the homestead blog: today I removed the baby duckling feeder, so they now have the full-sized feeder tube and full-sized water dispenser. 🦆

2020-06-22 · ducks

Upgrade podcast 📡 #MediaMonday

2020-06-22 · MediaMonday · podcast

An excellent Apple-focused podcast, that talks about hardware, software, services, and related topics. Topical today, they have excellent discussion of WWDC announcements.