📷 156/365 - Little bar in the woods
📷 155/365 - On the road
📷 154/365 - Almost a selfie 😊
⏪ Rewind W26
⏪ Week in rewind
🔥 Just like in most of Europe, the weather was too hot for what we're used to. I'm not a fan of hot weather, but until 30°C I feel it's ok. Anything above is too much. And that's what we got. We tried cooling down the house, but once temperatures no longer dropped during the night, it became harder for all of us. Luckily we invested in a small swimming pool for the boys a few years ago that brought some refreshment from time to time.
You hear people say this will be the new normal, but it shouldn't be. And it can't be, as we're not accommodated to it. Empty freezers in the supermarket to save energy, hospital rooms at 33°C, events cancelled,...
🚲 The hot weather was an incentive to go to work more often and enjoy the airco. And I used my bike for commuting, at least at the beginning of the week. On Friday, at 37°C I opted for a cool car.
During one of the commutes I had a scary experience, seeing biker fall down and not moving afterwards. I wrote about it in 🚴♀ Wear a helmet!.
🏃 I tried to be consistent with my running, but it wasn't easy, with the weather and available time. As part of heat training I ran my recovery runs when I had time and it was hot, however, I had to plan my intervals and long run to keep them manageable.
I ended up with 4 runs in total. Not as many as I would have liked, but still keeping some level of volume in my legs.
📱 I'm extremely late to the party but I bought a Xteink reader. Everyone who got one recommends it, and as I want to read more (not on my phone) I took advantage of the temporary price reduction.
🏫 The boys had their end of school party, a day to play together and perform a small dance per class. It's always nice to see them perform and follow the choreography as best as they can 😁 The weather was too hot so luckily the timetable shifted to all morning activities. Everyone went home in the afternoon, searching for a spot to cool down.
✈️ The long school holiday is approaching and we'll be away on vacation soon. We all need it. The last couple of weeks have become a lot harder at home. The boys have been very cranky, a combination of school exhaustion and the heat I guess, so almost every day we had a crisis. I hope our time off will help us all recharge, and I hope the forecasted second batch of heat will not spoil the fun.
🔎 I've been having a go at other search engines, and while I initially was planning to go for Kagi, it's also one that's drawn some criticism. David wrote about it in Tech Morality is Hard. So I've not decided yet which one I'll go for.
In the mean time, I'm also experimenting with Uruky.
🧠 Last Friday, I and friends participated in a quiz of the local school with 40 other teams. We enjoy these quizzes as they are not too hard so you have the idea of having a chance at winning. And we came close. We finished second!
📺 Watched
📺 We started watching the final season of Bear.
📚 Reading
Nothing read last week and still searching for a good audio book.
📱 Apps in focus
Uruky - A completely private search engine, hosted in Europe.
Other recommendations.
🎧 Listened
🏋️ Fitness log
🏃 Running: 45km
📷 153/365 - It's a pleasure to see and hear the activity in our garden.
🏃♂️ Had a good long morning run. Love the grind 💪
But it seems the thunderstorms of the past night created quite some havoc on the nearby crops.
📷 152/365 - Power lines.
📷 151/365 - Eating in color.
📷 150/365 - Something on the wall.
📷 Highlights from May
I know, I know, it's almost July. But still, I would like to get this one out, following the example of @macpsych, reflecting on the month of May through pictures.
Visiting the Abarth museum with my son
🔥 Already 31°C in the morning and if it isn't hot enough they're preparing a BBQ outside the office.
🚴♀ Wear a helmet!
A scene keeps playing in my head. Over and over again.
A man is riding his bicycle. He crosses the street and starts weaving right to left. He hits a pole and falls down. Head first on the street. He isn't moving. I get off my bike and run towards him. Blood is gushing from his head. He's still not moving. I turn him around and talk to him. No response. I gently nudge him. I hear him breathing. While helping him I signal cars passing by. A lady stands next to me, she's calling an ambulance. More people arrive. We're creating shade and try to stop the bleeding. The man starts to ramble. We comfort him and tell him to keep lying down. Police arrive. So does the ambulance, eventually. They patch him up and escort him to the hospital. We all leave the scene.
This is not coming from a movie or a dream.
📷 149/365 - Supervisor
📷 148/365 - Must have been a nice view.