Good morning everyone 🌞 I'm up with the parrots today and have just finished the usual food prep, cage cleaning, Ziggy cuddle and meds, sing ,"Day-O" routine 🙂 Ziggy currently has her head deep in her food bowl and is telling me her breakfast is "Good!" Which echoes inside the bowl making her sound far away and puzzling Toby, who has finally lifted his head from his own breakfast to try to figure out what the strange noise is all about. Only for two seconds mind you. Grub is far more important 😋 I think I have finally found the optimum cushion position to dissuade him from going behind the telly without risk of it falling on him, but I know it will only be a temporary respite, so am now looking for an enclosed TV cabinet. I don't actually want such a cabinet, but, parrots 🤷🏻‍♀️

Gaming today. Back to BG3, which I'm starting to get the hang of now.

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to 🤗

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Weer voor Oss ☁️

Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 11.1°C (Bewolkt)
Windsnelheid: 23.8 km/u (6.6 m/s)

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

- maandag 24 februari: Min 9.2°, Max 11.7° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 4.5, Kans op neerslag 35%, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s)
- dinsdag 25 februari: Min 4.9°, Max 12.1° (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.1, Kans op neerslag 19%, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s)
- woensdag 26 februari: Min 3.2°, Max 10.7° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.1, Kans op neerslag 17%, Windsnelheid: 23.2 km/u (6.4 m/s)
- donderdag 27 februari: Min 3.2°, Max 7.5° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 4.9, Kans op neerslag 37%, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s)
- vrijdag 28 februari: Min 0.5°, Max 8.6° (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 3%, Windsnelheid: 15.3 km/u (4.2 m/s)
- zaterdag 01 maart: Min -0.6°, Max 6.8° (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 2%, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s)
- zondag 02 maart: Min -0.9°, Max 8.2° (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 3%, Windsnelheid: 6.9 km/u (1.9 m/s)

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

- 08:00: 10.4° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2, Kans op neerslag 50%, Windsnelheid: 25.2 km/u (7.0 m/s)
- 09:00: 10.1° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4, Kans op neerslag 69%, Windsnelheid: 24.5 km/u (6.8 m/s)
- 10:00: 10.0° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2, Kans op neerslag 67%, Windsnelheid: 25.2 km/u (7.0 m/s)
- 11:00: 10.2° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1, Kans op neerslag 54%, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s)
- 12:00: 10.2° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.8, Kans op neerslag 49%, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s)
- 13:00: 10.1° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.9, Kans op neerslag 62%, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s)
- 14:00: 9.9° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.9, Kans op neerslag 81%, Windsnelheid: 24.5 km/u (6.8 m/s)
- 15:00: 9.8° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5, Kans op neerslag 92%, Windsnelheid: 24.5 km/u (6.8 m/s)
- 16:00: 9.8° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1, Kans op neerslag 86%, Windsnelheid: 23.4 km/u (6.5 m/s)
- 17:00: 9.8° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 71%, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s)
- 18:00: 9.7° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 55%, Windsnelheid: 21.2 km/u (5.9 m/s)
- 19:00: 9.7° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 40%, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s)

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SniffiVerse™ walkies Toot

Ello frens and fans of Arwen

We're back on another adventure! It's dry, for now, but windy, and 11°C. There is a promise of rain today, with 50% of it right now, so I have my umbrella with me.

Arwen's paw was looking a lot better! There's just one small bit that's still a bit red, so I'll keep using the ointment in that. And hope that it will keep healing.

The gym was quiet and empty tonight! There were a few people when I started out, but after a while, I noticed that I was the only one left. I took advantage of that, and recorded a little vid of me doing a set on the Smith Machine. I'll edit it in a bit and then I'll share it on my fit account (and boost it through Friendica, if that's working 🤞🏻).

As I mentioned in the gym Toot, it should be a relaxing day today. I will need to walk to the supermarket in town this morning to get some food. But for the rest, I don't have any appointments or big chores. Yay!

The scale showed me I was back to 80 kilos, but the health score was only 81/100, as my fat percentage was higher and the muscles were a tad lower. But I'll keep doing my best, and hopefully I can keep using the Smith Machine, as that should help me with building some muscles. 😊 I guess I should use some of the other machines as well, but at the moment I'm focused on getting my armsand shoulders a bit better again.

I hope that you all had a good weekend! Friday and Sunday we had decent enough weather, Saturday was a lot of wetness... Today should be loads of wets as well... Guess we can't win them all, and of course it's still winter, so the weather can go in many different directions. I think soon, we should be getting some colder nights again. But it should be more dry then....

Let's see if I can edit that little vid and then share it... 😊

Catch you all later folks!!

🧚🏼‍♀️ 🍀 💜 🐾

#PixysJourney

Weer voor Oss ☁️

Huidige temperatuur (om 01:16): 11.6°C (Bewolkt)
Windsnelheid: 21.6 km/u (6.0 m/s)

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

- maandag 24 februari: Min 9.0°, Max 11.6° (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 5.2, Kans op neerslag 46%, Windsnelheid: 25.2 km/u (7.0 m/s)
- dinsdag 25 februari: Min 6.2°, Max 11.5° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.7, Kans op neerslag 18%, Windsnelheid: 18.4 km/u (5.1 m/s)
- woensdag 26 februari: Min 3.9°, Max 10.1° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.8, Kans op neerslag 16%, Windsnelheid: 23.2 km/u (6.4 m/s)
- donderdag 27 februari: Min 3.2°, Max 7.3° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.5, Kans op neerslag 38%, Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s)
- vrijdag 28 februari: Min 1.1°, Max 9.1° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6, Kans op neerslag 3%, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s)
- zaterdag 01 maart: Min 0.4°, Max 6.4° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, Windsnelheid: 6.4 km/u (1.8 m/s)
- zondag 02 maart: Min -0.9°, Max 8.2° (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 3%, Windsnelheid: 6.9 km/u (1.9 m/s)

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

- 02:00: 11.4° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s)
- 03:00: 11.3° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, Windsnelheid: 22.7 km/u (6.3 m/s)
- 04:00: 11.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 14%, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s)
- 05:00: 11.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 31%, Windsnelheid: 21.6 km/u (6.0 m/s)
- 06:00: 11.1° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 47%, Windsnelheid: 24.1 km/u (6.7 m/s)
- 07:00: 10.3° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4, Kans op neerslag 61%, Windsnelheid: 24.8 km/u (6.9 m/s)
- 08:00: 10.0° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1, Kans op neerslag 73%, Windsnelheid: 24.1 km/u (6.7 m/s)
- 09:00: 9.9° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2, Kans op neerslag 82%, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s)
- 10:00: 10.1° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1, Kans op neerslag 84%, Windsnelheid: 24.5 km/u (6.8 m/s)
- 11:00: 10.3° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1, Kans op neerslag 82%, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s)
- 12:00: 10.2° (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.3, Kans op neerslag 82%, Windsnelheid: 25.2 km/u (7.0 m/s)
- 13:00: 10.2° (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.0, Kans op neerslag 87%, Windsnelheid: 24.8 km/u (6.9 m/s)

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#Journal of a slightly exhausted Dutch Pixy 🧚🏼‍♀️ (Sunday, 23/02/2025).

Please @tldr reply to me with a summary 😉

I woke a wee bit before the alarm. The scale was nicer, weight wise, but somehow my muscles and fat percentages had big (negative) changes. 🤔 I got dressed, took my meds, and cared for Arwen. When she was enjoying her meal, I put out the snacks and headed to the gym.

I caught up with social media and when the meds had kicked in, I got to the seated bike. Rode that for a bit. And then I was done... But nope! I got myself to head to the Smith Machine and I did three sets of 8 reps there. Yay me! A massage in the chair after that, and then I headed back home again.

Cared for Arwen's paw, washed up, had brekky. Then Arwen and I went for walkies. All went well, up to the point where she "tricked me" yesterday. I urged her to go further, she was a bit reluctant, but after a few steps, she just trotted along like there was nothing wrong! So we walked the medium walkies tonight. Even though it wasn't too cold, there was a colder wind that made my hands hurt a little.

When we got back, I headed to the hometrainer and I rode that for an hour. Then I checked the laundry. It was dry, so I took it off and folded it, before heading back downstairs. I took my winter jacket upstairs, so it could dry some more on the rack. Fixed some food, and after that, Arwen and I had a little walk.

I relaxed with the TV a little when we had returned. My brain was so busy, it was like I had not taken my meds! Which, of course, I checked, and I had taken them... It was just my brain being too busy for it's own good... 😔

I tried to entertain my brain with the FediVerse, but the Friendica node had many issues, which was driving me a bit cranky... 😔 It came and went do often, and when it came, it didn't respond well most of the time.... 😔

Had another walk with Arwen, who was disappointed that she didn't see her friend. But she wanted earlier walkies so I told her that this could happen... We relaxed a bit on the couch, watching telly and feeling so tired due to my busy brain.

Then, after some food, Arwen wanted another walk. Of course she was hoping to run into her friend now... Silly old lady... The weather was lovely though, so I didn't mind a short stroll.

Watched some more telly till it was time to get ready for... Walkies with N&B. 😊 Happy times for Arwen. We walked the longer route again and the dogs seemed to enjoy it. Another hour of telly and then I got ready to head to bed. Arwen did a last wee, and off we went to the land of snooze.

I woke twice for the loo, and then a minute before the alarm was set to go off. Let's start the new week!

🧚🏼‍♀️ 🍀 💜 🐾

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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

As a dyed in the wool, complete & utter computer nerd I can 100% empathise with the Druid in tonight’s quote:

“The druid stiffened. "*Nice?*" he said. "A triumph of the silicon chunk, a miracle of modern masonic technology -- nice?" "Oh, yes," said Twoflower, to whom sarcasm was merely a seven letter word beginning with S.”

-- (Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic)

Right, given that I had a night as ruff as a bears bum in a cheese grater last night I’m off to bed.
For those of you who are struggling to sleep & need something to push you off the edge into the land of nod I can throughly recommend tonight’s diary entry, which is overly long & guaranteed to make even the most hardened insomniac sleep!

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, I hope you’re well & safe! 😊🫶🐿️🖖

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For today’s diary update please follow #TimsASDjourney

This is the post that I made to the Akkoma forums. The developer of the software is also there. But if I don't hear from her in a week, I will e-mail her privately.

"Hello, everyone. In October of 2024, Facebook shut down their Basic Mobile site, which was fully screen reader accessible. Their main site and apps are terrible to use with screen readers. I therefore switched to Friendica. After awhile, I noticed many issues, to the point that I switched again, this time to Akkoma, more specifically to the Blob.cat instance. My experience here has been truly wonderful, from the people to the site itself. However, I have noticed some very minor problems that I must mention. Note that I mostly use Firefox, Windows, and the NVDA screen reader. I am totally blind, so I cannot comment on any visual elements.

1. Many buttons are unlabelled and simply say "button". This is true on the main page, in settings, and when viewing posts and tabs in profiles. Most work once pressed. They just need to be labelled.

2. Searching for people, tags, groups, and posts is inaccessible. I can enter the edit field and write my text, but then, there are two unlabelled buttons next to that. The first simply takes me back to the edit field. The second does nothing. I am assuming this is a submit button that doesn't work via the keyboard. There is also a Preferences button on my home page that appears to do nothing. My work-around has been to create a post with hash tags that I wish to follow, and I have been able to do so from there, but I must still use a client (TWBlue) to search for people and posts.

3. There is no way to stop notifications from appearing on my main page, when viewing other timelines, followers, etc. I always see my notifications first and must go through them in order to reach the content I'm seeking. Please consider creating a collapse button or a separate page for Notifications. If there is already a way to do this in settings and I have missed it, please let me know.

4. The page renders very differently in Chrome than in Firefox. In Chrome, I can't see anything but my notifications, so I can't get to my profile or the other timelines. In firefox, I usually can. But I just had an experience in which I couldn't. This may simply have been a slow-loading page or some such, though I think it's because it was loading so many posts and notifications. This is very frustrating when I just want to get to my profile, settings, or even other timelines. Those options always need to be there. Maybe, sighted people experience this as well. It also may be that they do show in Chrome, but I didn't give them enough time to load. I think the solution from 3 would easily solve this problem

I am not a programmer or web developer, butI have been a computer user for over twenty years. I am beginning to learn about website accessibility testing, and it seems this is just a matter of using semantic html and ensuring that things are labelled and accessible with the keyboard. I don't think these steps would take long to implement, and they would make Akkoma completely accessible to the blind, giving us a great alternative to other sites which are either not or are full of other limitations. I am fully willing to test any changes made and to offer any suggestions I can."

This is the link to the thread itself.

meta.akkoma.dev/t/minor-featur…

#accessibility #Akkoma #blind #Blob.cat #NVDA #ScreenReaders #TWBlue #Windows

Weer voor Oss ⛅

Huidige temperatuur (om 13:16): 12.9°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt)
Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s)

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

- zondag 23 februari: Min 8.0°, Max 14.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 22.7 km/u (6.3 m/s)
- maandag 24 februari: Min 9.2°, Max 10.8° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.0, Kans op neerslag 55%, Windsnelheid: 28.1 km/u (7.8 m/s)
- dinsdag 25 februari: Min 6.6°, Max 10.5° (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.6, Kans op neerslag 36%, Windsnelheid: 19.5 km/u (5.4 m/s)
- woensdag 26 februari: Min 4.8°, Max 9.9° (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.5, Kans op neerslag 24%, Windsnelheid: 21.9 km/u (6.1 m/s)
- donderdag 27 februari: Min 1.1°, Max 8.6° (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 4.1, Kans op neerslag 28%, Windsnelheid: 21.2 km/u (5.9 m/s)
- vrijdag 28 februari: Min 0.7°, Max 7.1° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, Windsnelheid: 9.8 km/u (2.7 m/s)
- zaterdag 01 maart: Min 2.2°, Max 10.4° (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 5%, Windsnelheid: 9.1 km/u (2.5 m/s)

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

- 14:00: 13.9° (Zonnig) ☀️, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s)
- 15:00: 14.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 19.4 km/u (5.4 m/s)
- 16:00: 13.7° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s)
- 17:00: 12.5° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s)
- 18:00: 11.3° (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s)
- 19:00: 10.4° (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s)
- 20:00: 10.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s)
- 21:00: 10.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 21.6 km/u (6.0 m/s)
- 22:00: 10.5° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, Windsnelheid: 22.7 km/u (6.3 m/s)
- 23:00: 10.5° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, Windsnelheid: 22.7 km/u (6.3 m/s)
- 00:00: 10.6° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, Windsnelheid: 23.4 km/u (6.5 m/s)
- 01:00: 10.6° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, Windsnelheid: 21.6 km/u (6.0 m/s)

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