Why did Apple remove the magnifying glass in the control panel for iOS 26.4.2? There is so much I dislike in this update. This is the main item on the list.

I hit 19,000 steps yesterday & I felt good — That’s huge for someone who hit burnout a couple yrs ago. I’m thrilled to be consistently walking 15k+ steps a day now. I’ve been working up to it since February. #Walking

I took a class to learn how to sew lounge / pj pants this past Saturday. It was fun, and now I finally know how to make my own flannel pants that are tall enough for me & how to sew pockets. Bonus — I also now know what everyone is getting for Xmas this year. ✅😉 #flannelpants #Sewing #handmade 🪡🧵

That feeling when you brew that morning cup of tea to perfection! Earl Grey Green / Distinctly Tea. #TeaTime #MorningTea #DistinctlyTea

As always, Anne Bishop’s newest is fantastic! Love, love, love her writing. It’s definitely dark fantasy, but her writing style shows her deft artistry and it’s comforting to read the work of a true wordsmith. Hers books are a must buy for me. #AnneBishop 📚💙

Tetley discontinued their Blueberry Green tea blend. Why? 🤦‍♀️ It was the only product of theirs that I bought. I just brewed my last tea bag. ☕️😢

1 feather unit done, 43 to go. #HandMade #Quilting

Stunning work 🧶 #knit

My frozen shoulder finally felt well enough to pull out an unfinished quilt project today. Finished all the piece cutting — made sure my rotary cutter had a new blade. We’ll see if I pay the price tomorrow. 😣 Background fabric is 100% cotton & the feathers will be flannel for a textured quilt top.

Just finished Oyinkan Braithwaite’s newest, Cursed Daughters. What a fantastic read! And the narration was beautifully done. 📚💙

Very sad day today for anthropologists, primatologists, and society at large, as I hear that Biruté Galdikas has died, a mere 6 months after Jane Goodall. The “trimates” are no more.

Does anyone know when the NL Parks Reservation system will be open for the 2026 camping season? www.parksnl.ca Tried to book today and couldn’t. Tried calling the particular park and the number was not in service either.

So glad I went and got to hear her talk about her newest book and her research — she’s amazingly knowledgeable and quite funny!

Looking forward to this event tonight at KPL! #AuthorTalks #KitchenerPublicLibrary #BookSky 📚💙 @nataliehaynes.bsky.social

I am very much enjoying the audiobook of Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang. First book of hers that I’ve read. Moira Quirk does a fantastic job narrating! #BookSky 📚💙

I’ve recently started exercising more regularly again & what I find slightly annoying is the (mostly) well-meaning, but somewhat condescending advice from people who already have a well-defined exercise plan. Eg. “I’m surprised you haven’t incorporated weightlifting yet.”

I’m so fucking tired of hearing about Trump every fucking day..

I endangered my life bringing home an elliptical machine last Friday evening. We rented a HomeDepot cargo van to move it & apparently the van didn’t have winter tires, so when it started snowing, we had zero, zilch, NO traction—headlights were crap too. It was a wild & scary drive home on the 401.

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2nd week going to an evening lane swim at my community pool. Still feeling wholly out of shape, but amazingly my frozen shoulder feels ever so slightly better than last week!

Caturday Friends #4 @sewing-machine115.bsky.social @oscuro-nube.bsky.social @weberetired.bsky.social @suzannelieb4.bsky.social @nateturner.bsky.social @greg60.bsky.social @mrpassportking.bsky.social @latviangirl.bsky.social @auntteefa.bsky.social @mzstrega.bsky.social @rave74.bsky.social

Cozy goodness—today’s tea purchase from my favourite tea shoppe in Stratford, Ontario—Distinctly Tea. We braved the extreme cold temps and punishing winds and ventured out to Stratford since they no longer have a Waterloo location. #DistinctlyTea #TeaDrinker #Tea #StrafordOntario

So this administration has charged an independent Black journalist reporting in Minnesota but not two white agents who murdered two citizens

So excited to immerse myself into Moniquill Blackgoose’s 2nd instalment in the Nampeshiweisit series! 🥳 Book 1 was in my top 10 reads of 2024. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚💙 🪐📚 #Dragons #BookSky

Second audiobook dnf of the year & this one is for an author who I usually enjoy reading. Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame. I may give it another go sometime in the future, but perhaps I’ll try the print version. 📚🦋 🎧🦋

Started listening to the audiobook of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. I’ve read it before, but listening to it in 2026 there is an unsettling eerie/uncanny recognition. #ParableOfTheSower 📚🦋 🎧🦋

Today we honor Dr. King by remembering that his legacy wasn’t comfort or quiet it was courage, sacrifice, and resistance in the face of injustice. He knew progress is never handed down; it’s pushed forward by ordinary people who refuse to accept inequality as normal.

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Interesting that Algoma Steel in Ontario got $500 million dollars in loans from federal & provincial governments in September 2025 & are now laying off 1,000 people as of March 2026. It was mean to “protect Canadian steel jobs” — so, where is all that money going? 🤔

Another day, another (lack of) caffeine headache brought on by waiting to drink coffee until later in the morning and limiting myself to 1 cup. I have had a cup of herbal tea and a mug of hot water with a lemon slice. But my brain stubbornly wants its caffeine dose. 😢🤕

First DNF of the year. 👎📖 I don’t often dnf, but sometimes you just know right away. 📚🦋

Planted some herb seeds indoors to start my 2026 growing season: sage, rosemary, oregano, thyme, spearmint, 3 varieties of basil, and catnip. 🌱🪴 🤞they grow — they’re from old seeds, not from my recent order. #GardenDreaming #2026SeedStarting #WinterFatigue

I’ve jumped on this trend of drinking hot water instead of cold water — I love it. I used to do it all the time when I was intermittent fasting. But I do find I’m drinking less coffee (which is 💯 fine) but the reduced caffeine is leaving me feeling a bit draggy this week. I’m sure I’ll adjust.

I started brewing a fresh cinnamon & ginger tea, with cardamom pods & whole cloves a few months ago & now I can’t live w/out it. Spicy and warming! I brew a big pot every week, strain it into a half gallon mason jar with a pour handle & we just reheat it throughout the week when we want a cup. ☕️😋

When my son left for uni 3.5 years ago he hid a yodelling pickle in my desk as a joke. It was several months before I noticed it. 😂 Today, I hid it in his packed bags as he is leaving from winter break to head back to uni for the new term. 🤞he doesn’t notice it before he gets home & unpacks.

Back to work tomorrow. Fun fun fun. 🫠

🎄is away for another year. It’s fun to put up, but I always breathe a huge sigh of relief after putting away the Xmas clutter.

Submitted my seed order 🌱👩‍🌾🪴 I realized also that I have herb seeds left from last years order — I think I might start those under some grow lights in the kitchen. 🌿

I’m about 33% of the way through reading my 2nd book of the day. 1st book was just some light-hearted fare. 2nd book is ‘Truth Telling’ by Michelle Good — this is my selection for prompt 2 of @thestorygraph.com Genre Challenge for 2026 — A Non-fiction Book About Indigenous History. 📚🦋 🎧🦋

Welcome 2026.

Shingles vaccine dose 1 acquired. ☑️ 🤞I don’t get a sore arm like with the flu & covid shots. 💉👩‍⚕️

Has anyone else woken up to >100 new followers? Have I been added to a starter pack or something? 🧐 Anyways, welcome. 👋 I mainly post about books, reading, and cats these days. I sew quilts and am learning to knit. Sometimes I complain about the weather—I am Canadian after all. 🤷‍♀️

I was dubious about how much I’d enjoy Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, but I think it might actually be a 5⭐️ read for me. I’m just 20 mins out from finishing the audiobook and am sad it’s almost done. 📚🦋 🎧🦋

Shhh! 🤫 my giant Maine Coon grandbaby is having a snooze. #Catsky 😸🦋

I’ll be closing out 2025 by reading: - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - The Bad Seeds by C. J. Skuse - Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid 🦋📚

Guess I’d better start selecting my books for the 10 fresh categories of @thestorygraph.com 2026 Genre challenge. What’s everyone planning to read?

Finished! ✅ I completed @thestorygraph.com Genre Challenge for 2025 by reading at least 1 book in 10 different categories. 📚🦋

Why must skincare companies mess with a good thing when they’ve got a kickass product? Avene changed the formulation of their Hydrance moisturizer — imo the new fragrance is unpleasant & the cream is greasy & doesn’t moisturize. 😣 I do like the new glass container though.