Ah!Thank you Pauline🙏
You da best, we're truly blessed 😇
Paulines got Powers🦸‍♀️

Yes indeed Dochi. You offer a unique perspective one that we can all learn from. Thank you for your input 🙏

We can but hope. I agree too of course it should never happen again. One time was one time too many.
Mutually Assured Deterance is a sad indictment on our progress as a species. We seem to be catering to our destructive traits.
With so much accumulated knowledge available now we can do much better.

Oh the memories 😂
That's exactly as it was in New Zealand too.

Those are the very best dogs. When someone else owns them😅 My daughter has one I see at least once a week and I'm not sure there's anyone in the whole universe that's happier to see me than my little friend Luna the Japanese Spitz.

They share their happiness.
Even that photo works wonders 🐶🐾😀

And your photos are tops🤔
🙂🙃😄😅😂

That's a cool dog 😎 🐶

"Ah! You found my pacifier.
Good, now give it back."
No guilt, no shame. Cats!

You too Kiwi 🙏

Have you met a French Bulldog Pauline? They're the best, such cool characters. Made me want to rush out and buy one. I don't need more pets🐶🐕🐾
Your beautiful painting is giving me those vibes
I say typing on my phone while Molly rushes in to stop me looking at your beautiful dog painting 🐕🐈

Thank you for the ❤️'s
Thank you for reposting 🙏

𓂃 ོ☼𓂃

“The gull sees farthest who flies highest.”

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You're welcome 😀🙏

Good afternoon 😉

Take down Blue Sky.
Who could possibly want that? 🤔
It was the same for me. I thought it was a scammers revenge. I try to be a little judicious about who I follow back but random people wanting to chat then wanting presents or donations 😫 I hate having to block people. I was paranoid 🫣😂

I thought I'd been blocked by blsky 😂
The best reason I could think of was because I'd not wanted to chat with someone who'd demanded a birthday present I'd
blocked them. I assumed they reported me for being miserable 😂
Probably fair enough 🤪

And I can see that the blue skies are back shining on our intrepid nature photographer. Beautiful Belle🫶☺️👍

Beautiful! 😍

6 days later and nature has decided to hold on to that which is natural. With wind and waves this installation has naturally sunk deeper into the sand seemingly determined to stay 😃

Thank you for mentioning this as it seems to be happening far and wide 👍

Rain.
My original song, my voice, a simple chant, and a simple cello loop instrumental created in DAW.
Then, I remastered it with AI.
Same melody, enlivened with orchestra.
Rain effect over my self-portrait made in Grok.
I'll post the original today.

"Rain Rain Rain Rain, Wash away all the pain"

Sadly as of January 27, 2026, the Doomsday Clock is at 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to catastrophe in history.
Japan is the only country to have experienced nuclear weapons in warfare.
I agree with you Dochi but l don't trust Trump or Putin to respect the lessons of history

Thank you for your kind words. I'm very much a novice snapper really. Sometimes it comes right.
It's interesting you mentioned the sparkling water because that is part of the Waitemata harbor.
In English "Obsidian Waters" or "Sparkling Waters" 😃
Propane weeder woah!
That'll learn them weeds😄

Really! Omg! Most of my life I was a builder and lastly a building inspector but before that I did a fair bit of landscaping and gardening.
Now retired I spend an hour or two keeping on top of the garden which didn't exist when I bought this place 5 years ago. It's another creative outlet isn't it?

Thank you and good morning to you too Kiwi🙏
I guess you'll be enjoying some warmer weather now you're moving into spring.
🐾🌼🌱 😺🌱🌼🐾

Thanks Pauline. That was actually a true story 😁
I've just gotten back from a long walk on a windy day and I'm feeling pretty good 👍 So I've fed all my pets, chores are done and I'm settling down for a serious evening of catching up with social media.
Tomorrow we will be tending to our grandsons😃

I can now vouch for this pleasant little earworms medicinal veracity. Last night it was raining. I woke with pain from dental work. So I took precautions and put this on repeat.
It worked! After 30 minutes the pain disappeared and I got back to sleep.
2 paracetamol and 1 ibuprofen might have helped

🤢🤮🤮🤮😵‍💫🫨🥵