Update + gifts for me!

[luzula]

I now have a new computer, but none of my files are gone, because I back things up. I have lost all my Firefox tabs and bookmarks though, but perhaps a clean slate is not all bad. Let it gooo, let it gooo...

I'm at the family summer place and graaaaading student essays and generally very busy. But this morning I went birdwatching with my dad and saw, among other species:
- two vigilant whooper swans with seven adorable newly hatched cygnets, who hadn't even left the nest yet,
- a red-backed shrike sitting still on a branch,
- a couple of horned grebes with their strange red eyes.

Also, I have received gifts! : D For unsent_letters_exchange I received A Former Acquaintance, where Jill and Kitty meet again post-canon when Lady Trecastle spreads malicious rumours about them, and Known Jacobite, Cameron of Ardroy, which is loosely inspired by events in GitN and where Keith has to deal with having Ewen as his prisoner, while his superior officers want information about Archie from him. I love epistolary fic, and both of these do a great job of showing what's going on even when important events happen off-page.

Comments

[chestnut_pod]

What wonderful birds! I'm glad for the new laptop, as well. I lost a full window of tabs yesterday, and it was wonderfully freeing, so i hope it will be for you as well.

[luzula]

Thanks! Yes, on balance, I find the loss of tabs more freeing than otherwise. If the tab had been lingering there for months, I can probably survive without it.

[jesse_the_k]

So glad your diligent digital hygiene saved you from the horrors of data loss.

[luzula]

Very satisfied about this, yes! : )

[seascribble]

Ah right, backing things up...

Congrats on your freedom from tabs. XD

[luzula]

Let it be a reminder to us all!

The tabs are already proliferating again, as they do...

[hurry_sundown]

Birds! I love birds. Coolest domestic sighting I've had was when a huge hawk landed on my deck. But also, dad-time is a treasure.

[luzula]

Oh wow, that is a cool sighting! And yeah, I do appreciate time with my dad.