it’s my birthday todaaaay! i’m feeling pretty good about turning 39 actually — very much content and at peace with myself.
here’s to another happy year around the sun!
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i’m now caught up with the azores posts (woohoo!), though not at all caught up with work (sigh…). but besides that, here’s what else has been going on lately:
– played kubb with friends + had a picnic, both perfect to inaugurate the summer season.
– watched douglas by hannah gadsby, and coded bias, looking forward to roadrunner.
– good news for those of us who’ll probably have alzheimer at some point!
– finally started a javascript course! it’s been years since i last coded anything, so i’m a little bit excited to learn the ropes of another new language.
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a stamp with our name on it
how many people do you know that have their name and address on a postage stamp? two at least!
these are out today, and we couldn’t be more freaking excited about them! :D
they’re from guernsey post, who suggested that each of the three stamps they were issuing about postcrossing “went” to a different team member — so one is addressed to me and paulo, one is going to nicky in the uk, and one is going to vicki in australia. nicky and vicki’s use a fantasy address that is meaningful to them… but since we have a rented PO box for postcrossing and don’t mind getting mail, ours features our own address.
here are the accompanying postcards, that feature the same image of the stamp:
pretty neat, right? :D
may was mostly about azores, hiking, eating and watching birds… bliss! :D
we still worked and did all the things that are required to keep things running, but it was a more relaxed month overall and i think we needed that to reset and gain some strength for the months ahead. onwards!
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hiking ladeira dos moinhos
one of the last hikes in the island was the PRC8PIC in s. roque, on the north coast of pico. it’s famed for the many water mills that line the path up the hill, though of those only the outer structure remains. still, the walk and the views are really nice. parts of the trail go through sunken paths where cows peek at us from above, or river beds of volcanic rocks softened by water and rolling stones. a nice, quick walk to stretch and remove some of the soreness from our tired legs, after climbing pico.
and i think that’s it for the pico adventures! these were some magical 2 weeks in the land of volcanoes, and i can’t wait to one day go back and explore some more. :)