Some mallard ducks resting on the ice of a pond that reflects the trees in the background. Some of the pond is free of ice.

Ducks be ducking 📷


State of play 🎮

A graphic displays seven different video game covers, each with their titles, including cities skylines, fortnite, gris, horizon zero dawn, kona, pure pool, twisted metal 2

A selection of six video game covers, including celeste, dave the diver, doki doki literature club plus, dordogne, dredge, ratchet & clank rift apart, what remains of edith finch

A collection of video game cover art features titles like child of light, final fantasy x, gravity rush remastered, hellblade senua’s sacrifice, kena bridge of spirits, ni no kuni, oxenfree, sea of stars, spirit of the north, trine 2

Three video game titles are displayed: everybody’s gone to the rapture, lake, the plucky squire


oh! Sea of Stars is on sale and I need to finish it. It’s such a good game but I lost to access when they took it off PS plus. I heard they recently updated the combat system. And there’s a (free) DLC coming next year. I’m in! 🎮


I woke up to a frosty wonderland.


A black and white image of a textured rock on a black background. Album cover art of Songs Of A Lost World by The Cure

Music to cry to. I’m so blown away by this album after one listen. 🎵🎧

Songs Of A Lost World by The Cure


I’m deeply uncomfortable with online social platforms. I don’t want to conform to anything. I just want to be me.


I took the camera for a walk this afternoonon and it was absolutely stunning out there. It felt like the first taste of winter in the park and the light was golden. Ahhhhhh


A thin layer of snow covers a grassy yard, with a tree and houses in the background.

Yay!


I’m interested in knowing a few things with public.me-

  • what is the funding model and how is it sustainable?
  • what is the privacy policy?
  • is metadata stripped from media uploads before publishing?
  • is there a plan to integrate android or other messaging platforms?

I have more questions and requests, but it seems premature to get into it all. Seems like the service is just 10 days old.

Things I like already-

  • my posts are already on my device, because I sent them from iMessage
  • there’s a RSS feed for my posts
  • the website is nice and simple
  • the roadmap looks good
  • I’ve had a positive experience with the developer (I had a brain fart that caused my first couple of posts to fail)

Things I’m trying not to feel weird about (platform independent)-

  • other people
  • speaking my own truth

I just found out my support centre is temporarily shut down. I was planning on returning today after I temporarily shut down over the last couple of weeks.

I need it. I haven’t been in community for a long time.

Not sure what to do


Snow is forecast for this week. Exciting!


Microblogging by iMessage 😲

https://public.me/aeryn

thanks @bjhess 🔗


I’ve been thinking about watermarks on my art and I can’t be bothered any more. It’s too much work and if someone wants to steal, a watermark doesn’t really stop them. (It’s happened in the past and it felt really yucky).

I like the idea of the old-style LED date stamp on my snaps though.


It’s wet and rainy. I had a lovely quiet walk in the park.


I saw one of my favourite bands last night for a 30th anniversary gig of an album. It was so good.

My son took me and we had a great time at the back. My moshing days are long over and my anxiety has been severe this week so we took it easy but still had a great night out together.

So grateful


I bought a digital planner and notebook for 2025 and copied it into Goodnotes to get it set up. I’m really surprised with how Goodnotes has improved in the months since I last used it.

Last year I gave up on my digital planner. This time I chose a simpler one that maybe I’ll get on better with.


Adding “spoiler” to my mute list.. 😫😛😇


I just had the jarring experience of going for a quick nap and waking up to my alarm after just a few minutes and not having a clue where I was.


A wide angle view looking up into a tree canopy with some yellow autumnal leaves and bare branches. With blue sky above.

Just sitting here. Late evening walk at 4:15pm


It’s been a day of quite intense ups and downs, unexpected emotions and endless lethargy.

I promised myself I would create today, but I didn’t.


A slice of carrot and walnut cake on a white plate

🍰 😋


A selfie of a person wearing a grey hoodie, large black-rimmed glasses and a pendant with a slight smile.

🤳 📷