Life Trove: -2022

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31 January 2022

30 January 2022

25 January 2022

Away

Dunn Swamp
Weekend in Alpine
Carcoar in Jan
Carcoar for Xmas

The Arctic

Getting ready for Arctic (research, purchasing)
Singapore & Oslo on the way
The Arctic (Svalbard)

Bird photography

The Arctic (especially Puffin)
Sydney birding: Barton Park
Cape Town (Rondevlei, Kirstenbosch, Strandfontein, Intaka Island)

Cape Town

Cedarberg hike (Wolfberg Cracks)
Hikes in Houtbay & Silvermine
Ndlovu Choir

20 January 2022

Being & Spiritual Connectedness

30 mins per day average of Being (Sit & Be, Lie & Be) for Nov & Dec
Time tracking of Being
Presence, Spaciousness, Surrender wisdom deeply reviewed & understood

Compass: Evernote, Chrome

Evernote shortcuts with divider headings
Chrome folders with favicons & spaces
Old Account Evernote notebooks culled: History & Links work when move
Icon links on my desktop and Dock to Evernote
Chrome new tab photo & reminder of "Presence, Spaciousness, Surrender. On desktop too.

Compass: Task management

Day Checklist: Daily review
Todoist for out and about tasks, shopping

Compass: Tracking

Habits (including Being)
Dex usage
Work time allocation
Walking distance

Compass: Guiding Wisdom & Practices

Daily Wisdom Reminder
Assurance reviews & in order
Thinking & Problem solving: Curated wisdom & put into order
Task management: Principles & practices
Being, Spaciousness, Surrender extensively reviewed & the relationship between them deeply understood.
Guiding quotes moved into relevant wisdom & practices pages

Computer

Macbook Pro arrives and set up
Files in order and backed up
Very fast: Allows huge Lightroom catalogue
Battery check: Long life
Added "Show desktop" to the dock

Finances & Accounts in order

New bank account (Macquarie) with good interest.
Update payment details for all suppliers
CMC Trading Account for investments
Apple Pay on phone
Finances in order: Spreadsheet: Annual review, Regular commitments
Annual review: Group large purchases by category
Analyse large purchases. Which unnecessary?
New wallet with Apple tracker
Key documents scanned and uploaded to Evernote
Start sales project. Camera stuff sorted for selling.

Purchases

Glasses
Mirrorless R5 and lenses
iPhone 14
Clothes for Arctic
4 Air tags
Air Fryer

Dex in order (?)

Calculated how 8 much more productive than 12

Photography

Canon R5 with RF 100 - 500 (eye detection)
Fotojet Premium desktop app (large canvas size)
Photography in The Arctic: Massive mojo back, confidence from feedback
Back into photography (birding)
All photos in one Lightroom database (except current)

Bird photography

The Arctic
Barton Park
Rondevlei, Kirstenbosch, Strandfontein
Life Trove birding in order & life list

Life Trove

Take underlines away
Surprise me
Add search field
Change "surprise" me to "random memory"
Video content
Add Clicky
Hone labels
Up to top improved visually
Going through spiritual journal by year and honing and adding.
Add school photos.
Add Jenny, Cannon, Mr Suttle
Add "Ode to things I love": Mountains, beaches, icecream, river swimming
Birding & Hiking in order
Add more priceless moments
Arctic photos, South Africa bird photos

Health

Neck massage at physio (Jessie). My mind at rest. After massage, so much better.
Lie on back and be

Movies

The Flixster & other Youtube like sites to stream movie
Movie spreadsheet: Movies to watch
Life Trove: Movie dairy in order (with dates, grouped by cinema & at home)
Find more movies with a twist and watch
Add twist summary to movies with a twist and create movie twists sheet

Food

Filter coffee coffee plunger
Air Fryer

Wisdom Trove

General

Replace Excel and Word with Google docs and sheets (with ability to split screen)
Topic: "Life is God's experience": Traffic and high duration.
Daily traffic reached 200 per day with over 10% repeat visitors.
Edit replace: Testing

Life is a Movie (book)

Scrivener
Structure and flow
Fantasy experiments
Quotes in Scrivener
Source quotes on dreaming
Working on Daily Wisdom Reminder, Presence, Spaciousness, Surrender. Increased my understanding a lot.

Life is a Movie (topics)

What makes a character in a movie or book interesting?
Imagination contains unlimited possibility and potentiality
Imagination contains immense creative power
See your ego as the hero of your life story
The purpose of life is to become a lover of life
Is life predestined or predetermined?
Conflict and its resolution adds interest and profundity to both movies and real life
Amor fati: Love of fate
The purpose of life is character development
Fiction, fantasy and myth can point to deep truths
Identify not as an ego but as awareness
Depersonalisation
The world as "maya" or illusion
Be the witness, the watcher, the observer
We are not the mind or its thoughts. We are consciousness.
We are not the body or brain. We are consciousness.
Sit back in the seat of awareness and enjoy the passing show
Stay open by never closing
Purchasing experiences tends to bring greater happiness than buying things
Experience brings greater happiness than possessions
Consciousness is the ultimate scientific mystery
Gnosis: An indisputable knowing knowing experienced beyond the mind
The observer effect: The observed cannot exist independently of the observer

19 January 2022

Macbook Pro

Incredibly fast (e.g. Lightroom, Excel)
Touch authentication
Battery is amazing: 1 hour used 3% !!

Canyoning trip

Managed to do scary bit - not stop the trip

Health

Avoid COVID after weekend away, in the Arctic, with mum and Mike
Neck after physio: Muscular only
Blood test and tool test negative
My hand is ok

Movies

The Flixster etc: Movies, movies for free
An abundance of movies with twists
My movie list, so many movies seen. Get to share it.
Francisca recommendations

Floors

In my room, faded - can hardly see them
My room better without mat

Finances

Mum's $8000 + $5000 gift Arctic.
Issues with house. Mum ok to contribute
$11,000 + $6000 dividend payment
Give up dex: Save $960 per year
$5000 interest income (Maquarrie Bank)
Extra $1200 per year for small room
Found a housemate before going to South Africa for a month (save $1470)
Martin not have cancer
Didn't crash my car when changing lane (so close)
Finances in order
Car overheated but not a problem.
Realisation mum gets all income, feel fine re her donations.

Arctic photography

Got R5, not R6 - allowed cropping.
R5 and animal eye detection
100 - 500 lens.
I had the funds for camera. If had invested, would I have bought camera ? Was sinking very fast.
Richard asked for gear list. I got to mention Canon R5!
Back button focusing.
16 mm lens cheap - decider
iPhone takes amazing wide shots and people photos.
Back into wildlife and birding photography with a vengeance. I’m good at it.
Mount works with other canon lenses
Success of Taronga gave me confidence
Tanya helped me select photos.
Nailed first polar bear with R5. Mum and cubs. Great for confidence.
Polar bear & cub, Boat on shore, Puffin, Guillemots in
Slideshow on ship. Amazing feedback.

The Arctic

Gavin making it happen
Wonderful team: Gavin, Tania, Richard
Time to prepare and research
Expedition not effected by strike.
My MacBook Pro - Lightroom lightning fast with big files
Got flight out of Longyearbyen by refresh
Got flight back landing only 1 day later (ok for Liza) flying partly with Quatar (gold so put bags through, lounge, use credits so Gavin not need to pay)
Chris look after Mack.
Only one in group not to get sick.
A triumph photographically and socially
A time I wondered if I could. Dark night of soul.
Pulled the lessons off using experts.
Not delayed in Arctic for extra weeks: Liza not off side.
Richard not snore much.
Richard not scary at all.
Come home: finances 170 k, expecting 150 k
None of us had COVID before

The Arctic: Strike and meds

Not think about possibility of strike at end effecting meds. Or at beginning (would have ruined the start.)
Got meds in The Arctic. Had in stock. Friendly Dr.
Only 1 day of low dex and a day of stress in Longyearbyen.
Gavin find out about meds - mind easier, allow to go to dose of 7.
Gavin researched and assured.
Got 100 Dex in Longyearbyen

18 January 2022

Wisdom Trove

Gavin

An hour on freedom (freedom of the mind). Know to get rid of haters.
Really uses sections. He used "choice" as an example.
Shared with Justin who loved it
You don't talk about it much but its really great.
Person I showed it to very impressed with right side-bar
Used Wisdom Trove for list of values.

Xenia

Loved your Wisdom Trove

DIY

Erecting Christina's bed

Photography

Elna used my photo as Facebook pic (Panarama)
Back button focus on R5.
Malachite kingfisher mating. Many comments. Dani liked.
Cedarberg photos

Courage

Canyon cliff climb with Srini
Leaping at Mermaid Falls: Facing fear, Dani liked video

The Arctic

My bag coolest.

Ways I was invaluable in The Arctic

Photos (Upschool blog, slideshow (use in conference), lesson videos, media articles, my blog. )
My photos in New York post.
Google expenses spreadsheet.
Insurance claim spreadsheet.
Richard: Plugs and power bank. Camera battery. Memory card. Charged GoPro.

The Arctic blog

Blog great success. Work well with Tanya.
The guy at the presentation night who loved it. "Show Graeme’s photos."

Mum

So proud
Shared video with her friends, lots of likes

Gavin:

Why I chose you to come to Arctic. Reason 1 is I always feel so happy and inspired after spending time with you.
Research for Gavin: Thank you sooooooo much for all of this work. It's astounding. I'm printing the research and reading it tonight. Thank you so much for doing all this stuff. You are saving my life. The research is phenomenal. Basis for Anusha to do fact sheets.
You look really young for age (Tanya first). You laugh all the time.
Know so much about cameras.
Life long friends.
Seen how you are driven and applied.
Very thankful for research. Anusha using.

Photography & Blog feedback

Photo slide show in the Arctic: Polar bear cubs, puffin, abandoned ship, guillemots in V, polar bear looking. Tanya and me deciding on photos.
Photo slide show feedback: Ben: You were the best. Peter Eastway impressed. Most oohs and ahs. Gavin and Richard: You got biggest reaction.
Thank you for sharing this Jo. It fills me with wonder and emotion. What a beautiful planet we live on and this part of the whole world seems so mysterious to me. I would love to visit one day.
Richard: Hi Graeme Finally I got to sit down and watch this beautiful slideshow. It's absolutely stunning. The images are incredible - you are such an talented wildlife and landscape photographer. Reliving it a couple of months brings it all back into sharp focus but a completely different perspective - through your lens So many of the photos I haven't seen.... certainly not in this format on a big screen with music. It was very moving .. well done!
Justin and polar bears. “You didn’t take that!”
Jo on my Arctic posts: You should be writer - not Tanya. You write with such passion and kept me engrossed.
Elna: Incredible photos from on your blog… words fail me! Would love to hear all about it.
Richard on my blog: Love this graeme!! Really enjoyed re-living such magical memories!

Richard

I enjoyed your company so much on the trip and have told everyone how great it was to spend all that time with you and get to know you. A new friend for life I hope!
Intimidated by you and Gavin. Both so bright.
You and Gavin know so much about everything. Your intelligence is humbling. You’re quite a catch. You are enlightened. Love your passion for photography.

Weekend to Southern Highlands

Philosophical discussion with Derek. Kim: that's so beautiful. Lauren and Christian listening in.
Lauren re Derek. "Do not know him well but I really like him. Feel like our values align."
Jasenka: You do amazing hikes with Mountain and Srini.
Jasenka: Wowza great quality pics. Were they all taken with your phone camera? Impressive!
Fantastic pics and blog in general. Thanks for sharing! Have already shared it beyond our group with my mum

People

Elaine on Cedarberg photos and Bonnum Pic hike

NEVER seen anything like this! Wot an amazing experience, talk about living life to the full. Very few people will have seen this fascinating landscape. Your photographs should be a coffee table book. Really awesome. x
Awe inspiring! Loved seeing it all. You are really living life to the full in a unique way.

Gavin

I love hanging out with you guys so much. You re-energise my soul. You are amazing friends to have.
Gavin loved my photos of Bonnum Pic.
You are a good story teller (interesting, good inflexion, vocabulary)
What a hike! I feel lucky to have such great friends!!!
Would have you and Srini as my pages at wedding

Chris

"You're the most creative person I know." Book, photography, Wisdom Trove.

Srini

That's what I love about you. You still have lots of mojo (after leaping).

Shushann

Shushann: Beautiful buddies. Gavin: With beautiful bodies. Shushann: Hahaha you guys rock!
"You’re the ultimate manifester."
You're great to have around. In demand.

Dani & Chrisel likes

Arctic trip, Cedarberg hike, Kingfishers mating, Antarctica to come

Life Trove

John (Srini's friend) in blog: Graeme is an open book. Feel like I know him.

Nic hypnosis site

Without you, I'd just have images on Microsoft Drive
9 clients in a day

16 January 2022

Being

Sitting and Being at park with Mack near tree
Nov & Dec, timed Being. Ave of 30 mins per day.

Love

Love to music (driving to and from Carocar at Xmas)

Wisdom

Presence, Spaciousness, Surrender wisdom deeply reviewed & understood.
Reading daily wisdom (Life is God's experience)

Birding

Malachite kingfisher in Rondevlei
Puffin close to the zodiac in The Arctic
Wagtails at Dunns Swamp
Cape Rockjumper and Buntings in Cedarberg

Animals

Polar bears in the Arctic
Arctic fox

Synchronicity

James at La Perouse (never been there before)
NRMA car service van at Barton Park after I left my lights on.
Fine for seat-belt

Beauty

Ndlovu Choir

Vision

Sight of camera screen in dark

Evidence for benevolence

Getting dex in Longyearbyen

15 January 2022

Moments of synchronicity (2022)

Meeting James at La Perouse

I was hiking at La Perouse with Gavin, Srini and Elna. As we walked, we spoke of Gavin's friend, James, who I knew well and liked very much. Gavin said he had asked James to come hiking with us that day, but that he had decided he wanted to do a solitary hike to sort some things out in his head. Half an hour later. we walked out onto an isolated headland to have some lunch. Suddenly who should appear but James! He said he had never hiked at La Perouse before but had decided to explore it on a whim. The chances of us doing the same hike and then meeting in this isolatied spot was mind boggling.

The NRMA service van

A few months later, I went birding at Barton Park near Botany Bay. I parked at an isolated parking spot well off the main road and walked into the park. After a couple of hours, as I walked back to the car, I remembered I had switched on my car lights on my early morning drive to the park and had forgotten to switch them off. I made mental peace with it as I returned to the car. When I reached the car, what should I discover, but an NRMA van parked right next to my car. There were no other car in the parking lot. The NRMA driver had parked there to have a short break. I asked him for a jump start and he willingly obliged.

14 January 2022

Priceless Moments (2022)

Outings

Leaping Mermaid Falls with the boys
Photography at Dunns Swamp
Swimming with Gavin at Centennial Glen and the Coastal track
The Grand Canyon in flood
Bonnum Pic trail
Wolfberg Cracks and Arch in The Cedarberg
Corang Arch, Buddawang

New Macbook Pro

Anticipation and getting all sorted
So fast (especially Lightroom) with its 64 gigs of RAM.
Giving my old computer to Chris

Medical relief

Discovering my hand (growth) was ok
Stool test negative
Neck after physio

Buying and learning my new R5 camera

Realisation wider angle lenses are not expensive
Camera store: especially 100 - 500 lens
Taronga Zoo: Realise I have something special
Birding

The Arctic

Polar bears (including cub)
Puffin
Photo presentation on ship and feedback
Photographing with Peter Eastway on my back at the bird cliff and chatting on our hike.

Birding

Rondevlei, Strandfontein, Kirstenbosch, Barton Park
Malachite kingfisher mating
Puffin in ocean close to zodiac
Mousebirds, Sugarbirds, Sunbird

Movies

Maestro music

Connection (2022)

Nic

Nic site
Nic hypnosis

Gratitude expressed

Michael

Beautiful lunch conversation. Heartfelt gratitude re camera. Sharing about my Arctic trip.
Lunch with Michael & his friends. Reminiscing about Sue.
Offer to scan his photos and create a blog.

Anusha

Share my movie list
Beautiful conversation

Xenia

Some beautiful sharing and mutual inspiring during lunch
Xenia trip to Tasmania
What we want from our lives
Wanting to live life to the full
Coal Loader

Chris

A room to stay while in South Africa when he lost his room
Taking his books to help out
His delight in finding a room
Looking after Mack while in The Arctic & South Africa

Tina, Ruth, Dom

Carcoar for Xmas
Heart to hearts with Tina

Francisca

Chatting about movies, get great recommendations

13 January 2022

Thank you letter to Gavin after the Arctic

Hi there Gavin

I have started blogging about our arctic adventures and it's been a form of ecstasy to start reliving it all again in vivid detail.

Wow, what a time it's been! Without doubt, one of the greatest experiences of my whole life. And to do it with one of my best friends makes it beyond priceless.

I just want to say thank you for everything...

...for making the whole thing happen! For impressing Justin with your online lessons, for coming up with the idea and for getting Aurora super-excited about it (which of course, is one of your many superpowers!) ...

... for believing in my photography and choosing me as part of the team. What an absolute privilege it has been. And also for all your support and encouragement with my photography over the years....

... for all the inspiration you bring. You are by far the most inspiring and energising person I've ever known and to spend so much time with you and to see you in full creative flow has been beyond amazing...

... for making the trip so much fun: for all the great laughs, wondrous facts, sightings shared, stories told, connections made, and shared jacuzzi wallowings...

...for all the admin you did to get us there, especially booking all the flights...

...for your support when I was so worried about my meds running out. Your intervention allowed me to relax and enjoy the rest of the trip....

...for playing such a driving role in getting us out of Longyearbyen by refreshing that page a million times. You and Tanya also made one hell of a team on Skyscanner - the king and queen of the ultimate real life "escape room" challenge.!!! ...

...for treating us with your Quatar gold passes. Pure luxury! That shower ranks as the best I've ever had! And don't get me started on the passion fruit yoghurt :)

...and most of all, for your priceless friendship. For all the memories, adventures, outings and special meals we've shared. For the inspiration, fun and laughter you bring. You enrich my life in so many ways . Friends simply don’t come better.

Meeting you in the little town of Thredbo feels like the ultimate synchronicity.

12 January 2022

Jo's birthday video

Jo: Thanks for making my mascara run!!! What a beautiful video. I love it. Tears and all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 💗💗💗💗
Anthony watched it. Cried too.
Mum: I am crying too after watching your amazing video. I don’t know whether jo has seen it yet but she will also be blown away. I wrote something in her card and she will think I copied some of your words! So many similar feelings about your sister and my daughter. I know she will treasure it for ever. Everyone thought Mikaela’s card was special but your video is mind blowing. It is incredibly special. If you can do that for jo the cruise video should be a breeze! Xxx
Mum: Of course she loved. It’s a priceless treasure. Xxx
Xenia: I'm in awe of the video and the words.
Aimee: Oh G! That video for Jo is beautiful! It touched my heart so deeply. Thank you for sharing. What an amazing human being, sister, daughter, friend, mum, wife... wow.

11 January 2022

From Gavin

5 January 2022

Non fiction books read (2022)

Advaita Vedanta

Advaita - Tools for Spiritual Unity (Merlyn Swan)

Idealism

Brief Peeks Beyond: Critical Essays on Metaphysics, Neuroscience, Free Will, Skepticism and Culture (Bernardo Kastrup)
The Idea of the World: A Multi-Disciplinary Argument for the Mental Nature of Reality Bernardo Kastrup

4 January 2022

Challenges (2022)

Finances

Inflation high: eating into my savings
Didn't invest to earn dividends
When invest?
Hesitate to ask Martin to pay more rent
Extra $2500 tax
Obsessive index viewing & then avoiding
Mum outgoings for Sam & Matt
Jo verse me
Bank: Money didn't come through for two days
$ 25 000 for Arctic trip

Mack & Liza

Blood test: $250
Arctic pet sitters
Antarctica put off telling Liza
Liza not having him overnight
Putting him in for a heart scan

Car

Radiator: Gavin saw me stressed and running. Cost $500.
Fine for seat belt & no registration. $1000 plus

Home

Getting new housemate (after Christina)
Garden wall shifts
Martin's room: mould, shower
Christina's bed
Floor stains, especially my room, Martin room
Shower potential leaks

World events

Ukraine war
Novak visa debacle: Made me embarrassed to be Australian

Health

Lump on hand and foot
Blood in stools
Excessive meds in blood?
Stool sample shame
Blood pressure high with dr
Graeme ill with cancer
Booster shot: Feel crook for a day
Sick in South Africa

Macbook Pro

Not get 4 gig: Spend $1000 on ssd drive
Battery: Worried only lasted few hours. Delay testing it properly.

Weight

Weight on stomach

Cosgrove

Having double for 3 months, get known?

Xenia mum

Angry, making her have tube in stomach.
Xenia upset she in hospital, still not sure if she wants her to recover.

Antarctica (false start)

Mack and Liza. Say yes to Gavin? Lose his respect?
Renew passport: get back in time?
My photography good enough
Cosgrove: Need meds early, will be able to get appointment before meds run out.

Antarctica (2023)

Unhappy I must pay $2000 for Richard and my cabin. Eventually have it out with Gavin.

Before Arctic

Dark night of soul: camera. Next day hiking with old camera.
Anxious not up for it.
Spent 20,000 and more.
Gavin says do research.
Body corporate: shower and concrete leak.
Martin’s room ceiling and shower.
Richard not like Canon 90d (photography business so in the know)

In Arctic

Richard not bring camera
Risk of running out of meds. Stress of Longyearbyen: will be able to get ? Terrible day of 5 - extreme fatigue and stress.
With lessons on zodiac, unable to photograph
Customs in Oslo leaving - not realize passport.
Strike delay effect on Liza.
Norway customs especially coming home.

Flight to Cape Town

1 hour in Cape Town, worried not enough. Actually brilliant.

Wisdom Trove

Google algorithm cause 75% reduction in traffic.
Wordpress & Plugins need upgrading but hesitating

2 January 2022

Feedback from my Arctic video

1 January 2022

2022 Highlights

Carcoar twice, The Arctic, Cape Town

Priceless moments

A weekend away in Alpine with beautiful people.
Table tennis with Chris.
Camping at Dunns Swamp with Elna and others.
Canyoning with Srini and John and conquering my fears when we navigated a knife-edged cliff.
Conquering my fear of heights again by leaping from a high cliff at Mermaid Falls.
The Grand Canyon and Centennial Glen after the rain.
Some great hikes with the boys including Bungonia National Park Red Track, Gardens of Stone, Wolgan Valley, Bonnum Pic trail and Corang Arch in the Buddawang.
Practicing my new Canon R5 camera at Taronga Zoo and be amazed by its extraordinary eye detection.
The experience of a lifetime in the The Arctic (Svalbard). Eye dropping scenery from zodiacs and shore landings. Close encounters with great white bears and amazing birds.
My photos of The Arctic featured in the New York Post.
Being inspired to get back into bird photography at Barton Park.
My gratitude expressed to Michael for his generous gift that allowed me to get the Canon R5.
Lunch with Michael and Sue's friends.
Jo graduates as a Zoe Project birth companion.
Hiking to Ystervark Grot at Silvermine with Russell and Brandon and squeezing ourselves through narrow cave passages to reach larger caverns.
Squeezing through the Wolfberg Cracks in The Cedarberg with Russell to ascend the mountains to spend the night at the spectacular Wolfberg Arch.
Birding photography at Rondevlei where, to my absolute delight, I got photos of mating malachite kingfisher.
Thousands of flamingoes at Strandfontein Sewerage Works.
Getting photos of sunbirds and sugarbirds at Kirstenbosch during two vists.
Photos of a Paradise flychatcher on its nest in the Greenbelt.
A stunning hike with Russell and Jo in the mountains in Hout Bay.
Listening to the Ndlovu Choir and being moved to tears.
Doing a video tribute for Jo's 50th birthday and for Elna's 50th birthday.
Planning our Antarctica trip for March 2023 with Aurora.
Sitting & Being at the park with Mack.
Visiting Tina in in Carcoar in January and also spending Xmas with the family.
A really fun New Year's party at my place, and going off to watch fireworks from a good spot, thanks to me pitching a tent there earlier in the day.

Not so great

Mike has a heart attack. He recovered but it really took it out of him.
My Wisdom Trove visitors keep going up, but then plummet in October after Google changes its algorithm.

Culinary delights

Portuguese Charcoal chicken with Srini after hike
Messina icecream
Jo's coffee and rum & raisin icecream
Thick chocolate milkshake in Cape Town
Eat Greek prawn wrap after Coastal Track walk
Cape Town meat & fish: Cattlebaron steak, Ocean Basket, Ribs at market
Xmas feasts: Ruth: Duck, pork belly, chicken, amazing potato bake Xmas day at Shalow: Lemon curd trifle, turkey

Purchases

Canon R5 with 100 - 500 lens.
Air Fryer
iPhone 14
Air tags

Favourite movies

Top Gun Maverick (2022) (*)
King Richard (2022) (*)
The Menu (2022) (*)
Ennio, The Maestro (2022) (*)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
CODA (2021)
Thoroughbreds (2017)
The Descent (2005)
Palm Springs (2020)
Fall (2010)
The Platform (2019)
Mr Nobody (2009)
Easy A (2010)
Booksmart (2019)
The Perfection (2018)
The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Ozark
Better Call Saul

2022 Index of Links

Cape Town (Oct) All posts

Arrival

Hikes & Walks

Hout Bay hike (Jo and Russell)
Silvermine hiking to Muizenberg peak (Jo)
Llandudno rock hopping (Russell)
Hike in the mist at Silvermine (Jo)
Hike to Ystervark Grot at Silvermine (Russell)
Wolfberg Cracks and Arch in The Cedarberg (Russell)
Greenbelt walk (Jo and Sam)
Walk at Groot Constantia (Jo)
Constantia Nek to Kirstenbosch (Jo)
Walk in The Hel (Russell)
Walk Muzenberg to St James (Jo)
Eagle's Nest (Russell)
St James to Muizenberg to Kalk Bay (Jo)

Birding

Outings

Get togethers

Meals

Arctic trip (Jul) Overview All posts Video

Getting ready

Getting there

In the Arctic

Getting home

A long and very winding road

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