A travel day

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I’m away for a few days.
Traveling all day today – well, the daytime hours, at least – for a few relaxing days away with Mrs 6000.

Actually, she’s already there, so there are plans for a romantic rendezvous on the west coast of a tropical island this evening.

As for the blog, well this is a holiday dedicated to slowing down (almost to a full stop), relaxing and enjoying the sunshine. So there is not much likelihood of any blog posts while I’m out there.

[audience gasps]

Which is why I am writing and scheduling (have written and scheduled by now, I suppose) a few before I go.

[audience sighs with relief]

But, you know, if the need and/or opportunity arises…. You know where to look.

(It’s here.)

See you on the other side. 🙂

Big Dreams

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My plan for the next little while (in conjunction with Little Miss 6000) is to find some more female artists or female-led bands to listen to.

This because we’ve looked at or listening habits and discovered that we don’t have many of those demographics in our most-listened to lists.

I’m thinking more New Dad, more Wolf Alice, more Skunk Anansie and even a bit of delicious Australian punk from Amyl and the Sniffers:

A bit of naughty language in there, but then they are Australian and they are punk, so honestly what did you expect?

Anyway, hit me up with some suggestions via the usual routes if you wish.

I’m making some playlists today, because tomorrow… well… you’ll see.

Terrifying dinosaur

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On our patio, nogal.

OK. Not so terrifying.

He’s a Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis) and he’s completely harmless.

Not uncommon around here either. You may remember them from previous posts on 6000 miles…

We have a family of them living in the back garden, and with the warmer weather now with us, it’s nice to see them out and about, legging it between the woodpile under the braai and the bushes on the far side of the patio.

Always with a slightly knowing smile on their little faces.

Boat Race

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No. Not that one (although it does get a mention).

I’m talking about the annual boat race between the football clubs of Sevilla and Real Betis.

No, I hadn’t heard of it either. But, thankfully, The Tim Traveller is there – once again – to help us out with a short, but entertaining and educational video:

Lovely stuff, as always.

But his video (as her reveals at the end) was shot last year, while this year’s race took place this last weekend.

And with Betis on a 14 year winning streak… it was time for Sevilla to make a comeback. So did they?

HIGHLIGHT HERE…

Yes, they did.

…TO HERE TO FIND OUT.

Early night

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Lady night was unpretty.

And so in an effort to make tonight a little prettier, I’m going to make the process start a whole lot earlier.

Night night.

(It’s 6:47pm.)