One cup, two sugars, no ass.

Necessary

Thank you, I did look at them briefly, but everything went very weird, very quickly, more research is definitely required. Do you recommend any key resources?

My milage has dropped a fair bit recently with my eldest starting school and our routine being upended. Each run is feeling harder but I keep telling myself that there is no optimum routine any more and if I miss the 'best' time to run, that just means I need to look for the 'next best' time... Crammed a 5k into my lunch break yesterday and I am proud of myself.

If you are looking at the onyx boox leaf range, I think a new one is being announced in the next week or so... May be worth holding out if you can.

I have spent so much time trying to implement this approach, but my lizard brain seems to also take over in these moments. I am making great progress, but I think I have some more work to do on myself before I can be what my children need from me when they are experiencing tantrums.

It was shot in RAW, but I am incredibly new to editing in software not on my phone. Another comment mentioned curves and levels which seems to be the route to go, but it is very daunting going that route for the first time. I intend to do a little research and have a go at lifting the shadows just enough to ideally see more of the face (as they are the lighter feathers anyway).

If you listen to podcasts I recommend S2E1 of 'How Other Dad's Dad with Hamish Blake' Joe Brumm, the creator of bluey, is a guest.

I also recommend the podcast generally also.

I loved it, and am eagerly awaiting Bookshops and Bonedust.

Onto The Long War (Book #2 in the series).

I really enjoyed Heaven's River, but I also enjoy a slice of life book, and really liked all the world building with the otter world, I can definitely see where you are coming from though.

Lovely photo. Which lens do you use? I have a 14 - 150mm and am researching some with longer reach for my 4/3 system (impotus being birding). Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Oh, a lot here definitely have the forked tails here. But typically when they are less 'fanned-out' as in this picture.

Edit: I just looked at some of the other pictures and most do have the wide fanned tail, maybe because they were flying slowly, scanning the ground for something (there must have been something interesting nearby as there were a few around).

Thank you. This is probably the advice I needed to hear. I know I will need to come back to photos again as my skills improve, but because this photo was so incredibly lucky I wanted to really lean into it.

We have a lot where I live, I am by no means an expert but it may because it was making a hard turn.

Edit: This worked, wasn't sure how to upload an image inside a comment.

Thank you, I think using the software is going to be the most beneficial thing I focus on for quite some time.

I really did enjoy it, I am trying to refrain from giving 5 stars as soon as I finish books. History has proven I regularly knock them back further down the line.

I listened to the audiobook for the first one, and really enjoyed it. I should pick up the next one.

I read upgrade, really enjoyed it can't decide between dark matter and recursion as the next one to pick up. Do you have any thoughts on either?

I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Ray Porter, so maybe he delivered it in a way that meant I didn't notice it. But I did notice a similar vibe in Artemis (also audio, but narrated by someone else, cant recall who).

Edit: a typo and to add it was Rosario Dawson that narrated Artemis