Moving my personal blog and a new RSS feed URL (goodbye and thanks Micro.blog)

Hey :)

This is just a quick update on this post- RSS feed changes

I’m moving from Micro.blog to a new platform.

  • I am going to be moving to a new blogging platform this weekend (for my personal blog). Maybe tonight. It just depends how things go.
  • The aeryn.me domain will be moved to the new platform too.
  • The new feed URL will be at https://aeryn.me/feed/.
  • If you wish to continue to follow this blog in your feed reader, you will need to add it again because I am unable to add feed redirects on the new platform.
  • My Micro.blog-hosted site will remain live for some more months whilst I continue migrating posts. But will eventually disappear, I expect.
  • I do not intend to delete my account (I want to preserve timeline posts) but will let it lapse back to a free account.
  • I will most likely not be posting to Micro.blog anymore. 🤷‍♀️
  • I am now microblogging on Mastodon and still adding Micro.blog folks there gradually. I love that I can continue to follow, although there does feel like some distance now, which is a shame.
  • I cross-post from Mastodon to Bluesky too.

Lastly, although I will potentially write about Micro.blog again in the future, I just want to say thank you to Manton, support people, and the community. Thanks for making me feel welcome and being generally a friendly, supportive, and wholesome place.

Bye and see you around

Aeryn x

Edit to add: I think I may have figured out a RSS redirect at the new place. Not sure.

RSS feed changes

Hey,

I am migrating this blog (aeryn.me) to a new platform soon. And all existing RSS feeds will break.

I have set up a feed redirect on the current platform. If you would like to continue to follow my blog, please subscribe this new URL.

The new feed URL will be: https://aeryn.me/feed/

This URL will be the Atom feed address on the new platform, and should be a valid redirect until I complete the move. But I’m not sure all RSS feed clients will happily ‘subscribe’ to a redirect, or not.

So, if you subscribe and you don’t hear anything within a couple of weeks, please check my blog again. I’ll be posting RSS/Atom feed options on the new platform once I’ve moved over.

A love letter to: Autumn, you are welcome

When you come, places begin to become islands again after the summer, with the rising tide of colder weather.

I’m pleased to have got round to writing a new arty letter for my Fresh blog. It’s scheduled to send by email in a few hours..

https://pencilbooth.com/aeryn

Updating categories on aeryn.me - RSS feed updates

Just a heads up for anyone following this blog by RSS. I’m updating and changing, deleting, and re-organising categories on this blog. Which will affect Category RSS feeds. These may break. I’ve already put in some redirects but maybe I missed, or messed some up. Or will do, as this will be ongoing for a little while.

The only feed that is definitely safe is the main site feed, here:

Blog Notes and Changes to Being Me, and Art by Aeryn

I decided to split this blog up.

aeryn.me

It all began as a catch-all blog on the Micro.blog platform (previously on Blot). Just for anything I was working on.

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And that suited me very well. I’m a haphazard creator and just need to go with that until stuff begins to make sense.

Then Micro.blog upgraded their

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A brown crochet bunny

I just made this in crochet class. It’s a bunny. But I think it looks more like a koala. 📷🧶

Trees silhouetted against the evening sky. On the horizon line, the orange sunset afterglow, with a blue sky above. The image is heavily vignetted.

This is from a few weeks ago. More here studio.aeryn.art/tagged/20…

I have a new website (in progress). And the first project is published. Fingers crossed it serves me well.

Alfian canal boat on the Macclesfield Canal. A rusty old canal narrowboat painted blue and red floats on rippled water, underneath yellow and green autumnal trees. The canal water reflects the blue sky which has wispy white clouds. In the foreground of the photo are reeds. The photo is saturated in colour.

Alfian canal boat on the Macclesfield Canal

Hey, I’m back on Glass. I took a year out to find myself :PI like this. I took a walk along the canal a couple of evenings ago and it, well, wow. It was gorgeous..Alfian canal boat on the Macclesfield Canal, High Lane. 11 November 2023. By Aeryn

A photo of a green field in low light. Trees line the field on either side, and the near horizon. The sky is muted and dark blue. In the centre of the photo is the orange after-glow of the sunset.

After sundown in the park.

Looking down an empty street with white lines painted. On the right, green leafy trees behind a low red brick wall. On the left, red brick buildings, one flying the Union Jack flag.

I took a little early walk the other day and it was nice to see it so quiet.

Three goslings shown close up, foraging.

I took a bit of a risk with this. I could see the Canada Geese pair working their way along the edge of the pond with their goslings. So I sat on the ground waiting for them to come to me. And they did! They got close enough to touch. And their parents were surprisingly very relaxed in my presence. I shot a bunch of photos. It was a lot of fun and I felt pretty amazed how cool the geese were with me, because usually they’re very defensive and aggressive.

This is from last year in my local park. There are no goslings here this year.

My mental health has been a massive challenge for me this year. I was hoping to upload to Glass more regularly. I’ve been meaning to upload this for the Wildlife theme. I am quite happy with the way this photo turned out and that I actually uploaded it.

At Abney Hall Park. Goslings Up Close by Aeryn North 2021-07-11 17:56 #AbneyHallPark #Birds #CanadaGeese #Cheadle #Cheshire #Feeding #Geese #Goslings #Park #UK

Dew drops on grass. The frame is filled with green grass and dew drops.

Dew Through a Dirty Window

My window is super dirty but the early morning dew was still pretty AF. By Aeryn North 2022-04-16 07:53 with Nikon Z5. #Bright #Cheadle #Cheshire #Dew #Droplets #Garden #Grass #SpecularHighlights #UK #Verdant #Vibrant

An insect on white blossom flowers with blue sky behind.

Some Kind of Bee By Aeryn North 2022-04-02 16:17 with iPhone #AbneyHallPark #Bees #Blossoms #Cheadle #Cheshire #Flowers #Insects #Nature #Park #UK

A busy street with traffic at sunset. The sky is a dark blue gradient to orange where the sun set. In the foreground is a traffic light on green.

“After Sun, Cheadle Village” by Aeryn North 2021-12-15

Hi Glass, it’s been a little while.. I’m looking forward to catching up. Here’s a photo from this evening and a clip from my blog..Epic Evening SkiesI got myself outside for a few hours toda

A waterfall in a woodland. But there is only a trickle of water.

My local waterfall. I decided for Glass Photo to upload only my best shots. Like a portfolio kinda thing. Not saying this is amazing but I like it a lot, and that’s what counts. There are other places I can sling everything at the wall and see what s

A heron sits on a wooden structure floating on a pond full of lilly pads.

One of the herons at my local park. A photo walk around Abney Hall Park. 30 June 2021. Heron by Aeryn North 2021-06-30 15:45

A bush fills the frame. A composite, manipulated image to give the impression of symmetry.

Expansion #PhotoArt Composite of 4 photos

A woodland tree in the foreground with a penny fixed to an overhanging branch. A stair in the bath behind.

A photo walk around Abney Hall Park. 30 June 2021. Mind Your Head by Aeryn North 2021-06-30 15:48

Close up picture of some seedling plants, and moss in a nook of a red brick wall, and wooden blue panel with flaky paint.

From an evening photo walk to Abney Hall Park. New Life by Aeryn North 2021-06-03 18:55

The underside of a red umbrella.

Hello Glass :) Shade by Aeryn North 2021-05-30 18:16