Self portrait outside with pink hoodie and green hooded jacket. A path winding across wetlands. Grey sky above.

It’s a wet day.

I think there’s a problem with videos displaying on my Micro.blog website. I know they are there and I know they are playable. I just can’t get any of them to play on my phone anymore. I need to investigate.

They can be viewed on my YouTube channel until I fix it.

It’s been an intense day. Most days are. By the time I go to bed I am feeling more balanced. In the morning I begin to climb the mountain again.

Hi Apple. Please make a visualiser for the Apple Music app on Apple TV. Thanks, Aeryn.

I withhold some posts in /categories/being-me/ from posting to the Micro.blog feed. This is my ‘spirituality’ blog/vlog and can instead be followed by RSS, or email.

I have a livestream this weekend. If anyone is interested please check here for the announcement.

I’ve been watching clips of Only Fools and Horses on YouTube. 📺 So, so funny. It was a family favourite when I was growing up.

Feeling very grateful for having a safe space online in a closed community to share vulnerably and honestly.

I feel sharing publicly has its place and is definitely what this world needs right now. But also, yeah, staying safe is important.

In other news. I came home early from the support centre with a panic attack and bird poop all down me. Fun times!

A muddy bond surrounded by brush. A kingfisher perched on the far side of the pond.

Kingfisher! It’s a cropped iPhone photo but it might be my best ever photo of a kingfisher. 📷 🐦

I injured myself earlier. Wasn’t thinking straight and accidentally sliced the last half millimetre off my thumb while chopping garlic. Ouch.

I’m feeling a little breakthrough in depression. It’s been a really tough ten days. Crossing my fingers I’m coming out of it now.

The new album by Fia was released today. It’s so beautiful, so moving. Music for the soul. 🎵

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…

Chill Victory Royale on a Friday Morning - 9 Feb 24

Just trying to figure out how to post here on MB without it cross-posting to BS.

I unchecked a box, but I only see it on web and not in the apps (official, Gluon).

Otherwise, is it always on? Have I missed something?

A kingfisher just flew right past me in the park. So beautiful. 🐦

I joined Bluesky and I’m immediately overwhelmed 😵.

It’s been a very long time since I was active on a social network

I had a genius moment the other day when I realised I could use Lightroom to help me manage my art website studio.aeryn.art.

I’ve just spent a few more hours tinkering and testing.

Main LR catalog → export photos to → Blot LR catalog (Dropbox+Blot) → Selectively rename files to create Blot Tags

Still feeling the super low mood. It’s tough going. It been a real hard week or so. But the community centre was closed today due to staff sickness. Probably for the best as I had an excuse to hermit and self care.

I played a little bit of Foamstars today. It was a bit too full on for my taste. Couldn’t figure out what was going on half the match. But I’m gonna give it another go with my kids. They can teach me. 🕹️

I wrote a post — my first long post in a long time — about mental health, masking, and having a very bad day: A River Flowing Down a Mountain

Thankfully, I think I’ve resolved my Backblaze Safety Freeze from the other day, although I still don’t know why it happened in the first place. But might be this..

One of my external drives had become disconnected from the backup for some reason, even though I was connecting it regularly.