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Marsh marigolds but no damselflies
Jun. 18th, 2023 07:38 amMy marsh marigolds finally flowered this year - beautiful yellow flowers all over our tiny pond. But it looks like the damselfly larvae didn't survive the winter this year. A memory popped up on fb of them emerging this time last year but there's been no sign of them this year - and we definitely saw pairs of adults laying eggs. It was so cold, and the pond is so small, that it froze solid, so I was prepared to be a damselfly-free zone this year. It's still a little sad, though.
Hopefully there will be more eggs laid and the winter won't be quite so cold.
Husband got some quality time with grandson #2 this week while I was in the office. I'm sorry I missed some cuddles but it was a nice Father's Day present for him.
We bought a 'snug seat' for the baby that lets him sit up and see what's going on more than the bouncy chair. Originally, we ordered it in green but then got an email saying it wouldn't be delivered until mid-July(!), so did we want to change the colour to grey or pink. Obviously, we went for the grey one. Got an email confirming the change, then nothing until we got a message from daughter saying it had arrived. Don't think we'll be using 'Baby Planet' again. I only went with them this time because I got an extra 10% off for signing up to the newsletter, which pretty much covered the postage.
I thought the telly in our room, which is where I do my gaming, was on the blink. The screen was fuzzy and flickery. The downstairs telly isn't the best but works, so I was prepared to get a new one for downstairs and bring the other up upstairs. Then I tried changing the HDMI cable - and it worked perfectly. So, no need for a new telly, just yet. No idea how long we've had the one upstairs but it works :) And it may be old, but FFXVI still looks amazing on it.
I have calmed down a tiny bit now that I've played the demo - but I am still very excited to play the whole game. I'm going to try downloading it Thursday night, but it may have to wait until Friday morning when I'm WFH. The PS5 doesn't always want to play with our wifi - no idea why when every other gizmo in the house is perfectly happy with it - so sometimes it needs supervision :D
The news of a FFX remake is... interesting. I'm more motivated to play it than I am with FFVII, but probably not more motivated to buy it. A remake of FFVIII, of course, would be a VERY different story. Just sayin', SE!
And that's about it for this week.
Hopefully there will be more eggs laid and the winter won't be quite so cold.
Husband got some quality time with grandson #2 this week while I was in the office. I'm sorry I missed some cuddles but it was a nice Father's Day present for him.
We bought a 'snug seat' for the baby that lets him sit up and see what's going on more than the bouncy chair. Originally, we ordered it in green but then got an email saying it wouldn't be delivered until mid-July(!), so did we want to change the colour to grey or pink. Obviously, we went for the grey one. Got an email confirming the change, then nothing until we got a message from daughter saying it had arrived. Don't think we'll be using 'Baby Planet' again. I only went with them this time because I got an extra 10% off for signing up to the newsletter, which pretty much covered the postage.
I thought the telly in our room, which is where I do my gaming, was on the blink. The screen was fuzzy and flickery. The downstairs telly isn't the best but works, so I was prepared to get a new one for downstairs and bring the other up upstairs. Then I tried changing the HDMI cable - and it worked perfectly. So, no need for a new telly, just yet. No idea how long we've had the one upstairs but it works :) And it may be old, but FFXVI still looks amazing on it.
I have calmed down a tiny bit now that I've played the demo - but I am still very excited to play the whole game. I'm going to try downloading it Thursday night, but it may have to wait until Friday morning when I'm WFH. The PS5 doesn't always want to play with our wifi - no idea why when every other gizmo in the house is perfectly happy with it - so sometimes it needs supervision :D
The news of a FFX remake is... interesting. I'm more motivated to play it than I am with FFVII, but probably not more motivated to buy it. A remake of FFVIII, of course, would be a VERY different story. Just sayin', SE!
And that's about it for this week.
