Wine glass

peterw

Holidays means a lazy lunch at one of my favourite Italian restaurants.

1 day ago Respond
Ballot box with ballot

peterw

Time to do the civic duty and vote in the local council elections and then continue on my afternoon walk.

1 week ago Respond
Tropical drink

peterw

Sundays afternoons are for going down the rabbit holes of new watches and fountain pens while sipping a G&T. 🖋️⌚️

2 weeks ago Respond
Person biking

peterw

Little ride around the river to blow the cobwebs out.

2 weeks ago Respond
Person walking

peterw

Afternoon walk along the river to balance the 3hrs spent watching Dune 2.

2 weeks ago Respond
Movie camera

peterw

Day off today so heading to see Dune 2 when it’s hopefully less busy at the cinema.

3 weeks ago Respond
Clapping hands

peterw

Thursday is my Friday this week so TGIF.

3 weeks ago Respond
Television

peterw

Going to spend my Sunday night lazing on the couch and taking a look at the new Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix.

3 weeks ago Respond
Television

peterw

Time to watch the Doctor Who Christmas special before I see spoilers. A Christmas episode introducing a new Doctor. What more could you want!

3 months ago Respond
Airplane departure

peterw

Out of office set. Time to get on a plane and ignore work for 12 days.

3 months ago Respond
Wine glass

peterw

Last trivia for the year with Team Napoleon Pete.

3 months ago Respond
Laptop

peterw

Today is new MacBook Air delivery day at work. Surface laptop was a great unit but I’m excited to be fully back in Apple land.

4 months ago Respond
Hot beverage

peterw

That relieved feeling when you made it to the cafe counter in front of someone who has a 10 coffee order rather than behind them.

5 months ago Respond
Cocktail glass

peterw

Lovely afternoon with a long lunch and then cocktails. Walking/rolling home.

5 months ago Respond
Smiling face with sunglasses

peterw

Clocking off early to get my long weekend started.

5 months ago Respond
Cloud with lightning and rain

peterw

A lazy Friday night. I’m sitting on the balcony with a glass of wine watching the storm slowly roll in. The cat is doing the same, just without wine.

6 months ago Respond
Television

peterw

Time to settle in and have a quiet Friday night watching Foundation and the season finale of Star Trek SNW. 🖖🏻

7 months ago Respond
🇮🇹

peterw

Heading off to a long lunch at one of my favourite Italian restaurants. Very good wine list with three pages worth from Mt Etna.

7 months ago Respond
Drooling face

peterw

Present Peter is very happy with Past Peter’s decision to put a nice bit of rump steak in a pepper marinade 24hrs ago.

7 months ago Respond
Hot beverage

peterw

Monday. I’m going to need more caffeine to face the full day of meetings that lay ahead.

8 months ago Respond
Fork and knife with plate

peterw

Dinner with old friends tonight. There will be the stories of times long past retold over wine. Possibly some outbursts of singing. My soul will be refreshed.

8 months ago Respond
Hot beverage

peterw

Monday. Opens calendar to review the week, sighs, sips coffee, checks how many days of leave available.

8 months ago Respond
Sleeping face

peterw

And that’s a wrap on the weekend.

8 months ago Respond
Teapot

peterw

Raisin scroll with a cup of tea. Sunday morning done right.

8 months ago Respond
Mobile phone

peterw

Setting up my new purple iPad mini 6.

9 months ago Respond
Sleeping face

peterw

Big Sunday roast lunch consumed. May need a big Sunday afternoon nap.

9 months ago Respond
Man tipping hand

peterw

Monday morning. Already thinking about Friday afternoon.

9 months ago Respond
Teapot

peterw

Sunday morning is made for cups of tea and catching up on the rss feed.

9 months ago Respond
Desktop computer

peterw

Vendor evaluation demonstrations. A great way to spend a morning. 😬

9 months ago Respond
Grinning cat

peterw

The cat has been evicted from my lap with the usual comment “I have to go to work to earn some money to feed you”. 🐈

9 months ago Respond
Upside-down face

peterw

Five day long weekend and now I have to go to work. The highs and lows.

9 months ago Respond
Film projector

peterw

Thanks to the pandemic I haven’t been to the Sydney Film Festival since 2019. Rectifying that with two films tonight. 🍿

9 months ago Respond
Airplane

peterw

Bag is packed and near the front door. So keen for a little trip away for a few days.

9 months ago Respond
Open book

peterw

Winding down the weekend with a book, a glass of red wine and the cat curled up snoring against my leg. 10/10

9 months ago Respond
Television

peterw

Time to watch the final episode of Ted Lasso S3 before I see spoilers. See if my predictions are correct.

9 months ago
Tooth

peterw

Starting the day with a visit to the dentist for a check and clean. Living my best life.

9 months ago Respond
Desktop computer

peterw

Spending the day at a PowerBi essentials training course. Quite looking forward to learning something new.

10 months ago Respond
Person walking

peterw

Afternoon walk. Which may involve a stop for gelato.

10 months ago Respond
Teapot

peterw

Chores and grocery shopping done. Time for a pot of tea. The Scottish Breakfast blend from Harrogate of London I think.

10 months ago Respond
Black cat

peterw

Upsetting the cat by asking her to move off my lap so I can go to work.

10 months ago
Wine glass

peterw

Friday night plan: takeaway, then a glass of wine and catching up on some tv shows.

10 months ago
Black cat

peterw

A rainy morning and the cat is asleep on my lap. Unplanned day off? Y/Y

10 months ago Respond
Sun with face

peterw

It’s 9:00am and 19°c with a high of 26° forecast. I love Autumn.

10 months ago Respond
Wine glass

peterw

The weekend has arrived. I see a glass of Sangiovese in my near future.

10 months ago Respond
Airplane departure

peterw

A night spent planning a holiday is a good night.

10 months ago Respond
Hot beverage

peterw

A brisk 14°c this morning. Perfect to sit at the cafe sipping coffee pretending work is not a thing I have to go to.

10 months ago Respond
Cocktail glass

peterw

Long weekend - engage (Picard finger point)

11 months ago Respond
Pizza

peterw

Making pizza for lunch, with all of the anchovies. All. Of. The. Anchovies.

11 months ago Respond
Cocktail glass

peterw

Clocked off and going to a long lunch on a Tuesday. How decadent.

11 months ago
Old man

peterw

I appear to have reached that stage of life where I straighten up, hold my lower back and sigh “oh dear”.

11 months ago
Person walking

peterw

Time for a walk along the river to wind out the long weekend.

11 months ago
Teapot

peterw

Washed the car, which is my one chore for the day. Now for a cup of tea, hot cross bun and catch up on some rss feeds.

11 months ago
Rabbit face

peterw

Rainy Good Friday = Cup of tea ✅ Cat asleep on lap ✅ Netflix ✅

11 months ago
Beer mug

peterw

Friday done, work week done. Time for a beer.

1 year ago Respond
Four leaf clover

peterw

I wonder if I can get an Irish Coffee at the cafe this morning. It is St Patrick’s Day after all.

1 year ago Respond
Tear-off calendar

peterw

The Ides of March. Time to settle your debts and keep an eye on that friend named Brutus.

1 year ago Respond
Hot beverage

peterw

The physio visit has occurred and now the coffee will happen. Starting Saturday slowly.

1 year ago Respond
👨‍💻

peterw

I think I’ll call that a wrap on the week and head for home. Brisbane drivers forget how to drive in the rain so allowing extra time.

1 year ago Respond
Beach with umbrella

peterw

Walking on the beach at dusk is good for the soul.

1 year ago Respond
Vulcan salute

peterw

Time for Star Trek Picard S3E3. Given they’re slowly featuring the TNG crew will we see Geordie this episode? 📺

1 year ago Respond
Cat face

peterw

Starting the day with a cat sleeping contentedly on my lap while I read = good frame of mind to tackle work. 🐈

1 year ago Respond
Television

peterw

Time to watch new Mandalorian. This is the way. 📺

1 year ago Respond
Notebook with decorative cover

peterw

Trying to decide between a standard Kindle or a Kindle Paperwhite.

1 year ago
👨‍💻

peterw

Monday. Time to brush the weekend cat hair off and do the work thing.

1 year ago
Beer mug

peterw

Tai chi this morning and now off to have lunch and beers with old friends. Mental health recharge time.

1 year ago
Tooth

peterw

Dentist time. Hopefully don’t need a filling 💸

1 year ago Respond
👨‍💻

peterw

Monday. I guess the work needs to resume. I have holidays to save for.

1 year ago Respond
White question mark

peterw

Flicking around the various streaming services as I can’t decide what I’m in the mood for. 📺

1 year ago Respond
Wine glass

peterw

Weekend mode - engage.

1 year ago
Tropical drink

peterw

Love it when a hotel has a sale on so I can cancel my booking and then rebook, saving myself $270. More money for cocktails!

1 year ago Respond
Shushing face

peterw

Star Trek Picard S3 E1 - engage. 🖖🏻📺

1 year ago Respond
Disguised face

peterw

First trivia of the year with team “Magic Pete’s Last Dance”.

1 year ago Respond
Folded hands

peterw

Just a Doctor Who fan forever patiently waiting for a TARDIS emoji to be available on the iPhone.

1 year ago Respond
Cat

peterw

I have a cat asleep on my lap. That’s an acceptable reason to cancel going to work? Y/Y

1 year ago Respond
Television

peterw

An early release means I can watch The Last of Us E5 tonight instead of Monday night. 📺

1 year ago Respond
Musical notes

peterw

Playing some Burt Bacharach. He leaves a vast music library, what a wonderful legacy. 🎵

1 year ago Respond
Cat

peterw

First is play with the cat, then the coffee, then the work. The correct order of things.

1 year ago Respond
Television

peterw

Time for The Last of Us episode 4.

1 year ago Respond
Tropical drink

peterw

A little aperol spritz after a nice walk along the river. Warm out but not as bad as the end of last week.

1 year ago Respond
Hot face

peterw

Thinking I should’ve sat out on the balcony with the cat before my shower not after. It’s 7:10pm and 34.5°c.

1 year ago Respond
Desktop computer

peterw

Apparently there are spare new monitors available at work. Goodbye 24”, hello 27”.

1 year ago Respond
Airplane

peterw

Security screening then the coffee then the flying.

1 year ago Respond
Game die

peterw

Playing board games on a Friday night with the family. Sometimes the simple things are the best things.

1 year ago Respond
Movie camera

peterw

Watching an old classic Western - Fort Apache 🍿

1 year ago
Soft ice cream

peterw

My fiendishly cunning plan to buy gelato on the walk home has been foiled by the fact they’re not open, despite the hours on their website indicating they should be.

1 year ago
Books

peterw

Browsing the second hand books.

1 year ago
Thought balloon

peterw

Attempting to relax on the balcony and musing on the thought that if the cat had a status.lol page it would just be a series of “trying to climb over the balcony edge”. 🐈

1 year ago
Cat

peterw

Waiting for the cat to stop using my leg as a pillow so I can get off the couch. Hopefully that’s the biggest challenge I have today.

1 year ago
Fork and knife with plate

peterw

Booking some restaurants for a weekend away with friends in March. Something to look forward to.

1 year ago
Person walking

peterw

Walking after work is a great way to clear the brain.

1 year ago
Wine glass

peterw

Heading out for drinks and dinner with an old friend (32yrs and counting) that’s in town for a few days.

1 year ago
Hot beverage

peterw

There will be coffee, and only then will there be work.

1 year ago
Headphone

peterw

Listening to the Screen Watching Best TV of 2022 podcast on the afternoon walk.

1 year ago
Man walking

peterw

Time to stretch the legs and go for an afternoon walk.

1 year ago
Teapot

peterw

Sunday morning = a pot of tea and browsing my rss feeds.

1 year ago
Wine glass

peterw

Big Saturday night. Sipping red wine and plotting out some personal projects in Tot. It’s a great app.

1 year ago
Man walking

peterw

Out for an afternoon walk.

1 year ago
Smiling face

peterw

Knots worked out of the neck and shoulders. Saturday morning massage has set me up for a good day.

1 year ago
Man getting massage

peterw

Patiently waiting for my massage appointment. Starting my weekend with working the tight knots out of my shoulders.

1 year ago
Check mark button

peterw

Friday is over. Very much done with this week.

1 year ago
Tram

peterw

Car in for a service so on the train to work.

1 year ago
Hot beverage

peterw

Coffee has been consumed. Time to get work rolling for 2023.

1 year ago
Firecracker

peterw

Doing a purge of things sitting in my rss reader that are never going to get read.

1 year ago
Sport utility vehicle

peterw

Washing the car to avoid sorting through the last of the storage boxes.

1 year ago
Tumbler glass

peterw

Enjoying a whisky sour and reading on my balcony. Perfect first day of the year.

1 year ago
Partying face

peterw

Last post for 2022. See you all in 2023 when we can do all the good bits all over again. Let’s try to not do the rubbish bits again though. HNY! 🎉

1 year ago
Vulcan salute

peterw

Time to watch the Star Trek Prodigy season final. Avoided spoilers so far. 📺

1 year ago
Joystick

peterw

Playing Civ VI. “Just one more turn”.

1 year ago
Desktop computer

peterw

Tinkering with my omg.lol page.

1 year ago
Film projector

peterw

Full of Christmas food and snacks, it’s time to sprawl on the couch and watch Bill Murray in Scrooged, 1988. 🍿

1 year ago
Film projector

peterw

Christmas movie tonight - Elf, 2003. 🍿

1 year ago
Cocktail glass

peterw

Enjoying a medicinal gin. Making sure my taste buds are okay and not ruined by having covid.

1 year ago
Movie camera

peterw

Pizza is on the menu tonight.

Mystic Pizza, 1988, that is. A very early film for Julia Roberts 🍿

1 year ago
Partying face

peterw

Out of office on, I’m done for the year.

1 year ago
Film projector

peterw

Tonight’s movie pick is Ladyhawke, 1985. Bit of medieval fantasy, bit of hawk by day and wolf by night, lovers eternally apart. Why not. 🍿

1 year ago
Microbe

peterw

Lost my covidginity and joined the double line club just in time for Christmas 🙃

1 year ago
Film projector

peterw

Early ‘80s for tonight’s movie - An American Werewolf in London, 1981. 🍿

1 year ago
Film projector

peterw

Still in the ‘80s for tonight’s film. Watching Young Guns, 1988. 🍿

1 year ago
Film projector

peterw

Continuing my ‘80s movie run. Tonight is Risky Business, 1983, with Tom Cruise and Rebecca de Mornay. 🍿

1 year ago
Film projector

peterw

Watching Gremlins, 1984. 🍿

1 year ago
Cat

peterw

Things to do but the cat is using my hand as a pillow so I can’t move.

1 year ago
Hot beverage

peterw

Poached eggs and coffee with the Friday breakfast group. A nice routine to start winding down the week.

1 year ago
Movie camera

peterw

Watching Muppet Treasure Island, 1996. Because I can. 🍿

1 year ago
Television

peterw

Watching the final episode of White Lotus S2 before I see spoilers online.

1 year ago
Books

peterw

Updating Goodreads ready to import to my micro.blog bookshelves.

1 year ago
Hot beverage

peterw

Monday. Let’s do this.

1 year ago
Movie camera

peterw

Settling in to watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987. 🍿

1 year ago
Person walking

peterw

Walked to dinner and back to help offset the amount of Korean fried chicken consumed.

1 year ago
Scroll

peterw

Spending a lazy Sunday morning catching up on my rss feeds.

1 year ago
Tumbler glass

peterw

Perusing the shelves of the local wine and spirits shop to see what might be my Christmas Day treat.

1 year ago
Teapot

peterw

Saturday morning -> tea and the cat napping on my lap.

1 year ago
Wine glass

peterw

Friday is done. Time to go home.

1 year ago
Christmas tree

peterw

A series of end of year work events today. Not sure any actual work will happen.

1 year ago
Sleeping face

peterw

Nodding off on the couch, time to switch to the bed.

1 year ago
🛠

peterw

Spending the night reminding myself how to design and build a website.

1 year ago
Christmas tree

peterw

Finishing early at 2:30pm to head off to a work Christmas party.

1 year ago
Heavy dollar sign

peterw

Doing the survey to get my 9c discount on petrol on the way home.

1 year ago
Cross mark

peterw

Deleting black Friday emails as soon as they arrive.

1 year ago
Sports medal

peterw

Off to a staff forum to hear all about our achievements for the year.

1 year ago
Smiling face with halo

peterw

Counting the days until work is over for the year? No, not at all.

1 year ago
Hot face

peterw

Walking by the river in the hope it’s a bit cooler than at home.

1 year ago
Sparkles

peterw

A lazy Sunday morning recharging the battery. Reading and cups of tea.

1 year ago
Hot beverage

peterw

Coffee then work. The correct order of things.

1 year ago
Zzz

peterw

Spending a quiet Sunday night catching up on some home admin.

1 year ago
Sparkles

peterw

Time to fly

1 year ago
Sneezing face

peterw

Good morning Melbourne and your high pollen count.

1 year ago
Rocket

peterw

Time to fly 🛫

1 year ago
Hourglass done

peterw

Updating my profile pic across all my fediverse and social media accounts, which is taking longer than expected.

1 year ago
Grimacing face

peterw

Waiting for micro.blog servers to come back up. I have to do my microblogvember post!

1 year ago
Thinking face

peterw

Trying to decide on a new blog name.

1 year ago
Sparkles

peterw

Time to check the word for Microblogvember and get writing.

1 year ago
Yawning face

peterw

I am done with today, time to head home.

1 year ago
Grimacing face

peterw

Made it to 10:24 before the day was derailed.

1 year ago
Smiling face with smiling eyes

peterw

Happy with how my little project is coming along

1 year ago
Wrench

peterw

Tinkering and dabbling

1 year ago