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Blackburn South wurundjeri walking trail 6:30 AM Arranged my Tiny Survivor blog into chapters 1045 AM Found a café in Blackburn South (Fulton Rd) this morning via google maps, Peach Orchard Grove Yesterday's café looked cooler, in Ringwood with vintage objects everywhere (deep creek rd) But it was the BEST COFFEE EVER : "Sunset BLVD" by Inglewood Some warmer days coming up will be nice 2 PM Showered, fed pixel  Sub_Urban rooftop, ringwood Dinner next door, open souvlaki, smoked brisket  Forager's for 1 fullstop beer, new oc ipa (no good) Total steps: 10,100 ____ On this day: 2025 . Mitcham. Aquired hops rhizome from J after her houseparty.

Vintage radio at Ramblin' Man (after Lightkeepers) Breakfast: Little Buddy café, Ringwood (deep creek rd) I took two don't look down photos at that cafe. They had a lot of visage memorabilia, including star wars stuff ~ 10:30am 1 PM Train to see D play in her band, Lightkeepers 2 PM The Retreat, Brunswick (sydney rd) 5 PM Noisy Ritual  Walked in and out of the place across from Quarry (new name, velvet everywhere, fewer beer taps). And temple brewing (new name, we looked upstairs, many brewing vats) 6 PM Ramblin' man for 2 fridge tinnies, Range (Qld). An IPA and a DIPA 8.8% ____ On this day: 2025 . Brunswick Street. Chopin's Nocturne comedy performance. Mind-blowing.

8:20 AM I'm at work early, record time ~ 22 min Forgot to shave, but at least i didn't forget my laptop(s) which i nearly have done.... twice  Nigel café is doing takeaway only, dishwasher is busted They gave me a free muffin, as a consolation prize: raspberry & white chocolate 3 PM Took a lunch break late, sushi I've journaled every day for over 1 year now Apr 17 ___ On this day:  2025 . Hops .  Collingwood. Thu night to start off my break: Birmy triv, then 3 other places. That's when i decided to journal daily.... here.

The Adventures of Hi-Vis Frog at Figure 9 café 3:45 AM (Mitcham) Wordle, not an unusual time for me to Wordle 5/6 Panadol, due to too many foragers bees last night 8 - 8:30 AM (Figure 9 café) Shared avo eggs bfast with hashbrown & bacon 9 AM (Vermont LPO) Picked up my solar pond pump 9:15 AM (WFH) Morning stand-up  1:15 PM (Lunch break) Sunny, white clouds 20°C Guided mindfulness meditation 5:15 PM Finished work & did weights (skipped 3 exercises, due to my right elbow issues: push-up next fri 24/4) 6 - 6:45 PM Tried to upload more posts to Tiny Survivor, but it looks like ATproto is down (includes Bluesky) 8:45 PM I watched another film noir, Hitchcock 1943: Shadow of a doubt (amusing but not great) An uncle from new york comes to stay a while. Or has he moved in more permanently.... Why is he seemingly so wealthy. What does he do for work exactly.... Who are these two men who have come knocking, asking after him. Is he running from something.... Is he on the ...

Work laptop updates Quick drive in (even tho i went to bed late)  Didn't stop for lunch, just powered thru Finished early, drive home was only ~ 25 min 5:30 PM Home to rest Foragers later

KopCha café rooks rd, nunawading Worked thru, no break  Finished a bit late, ate sandwiches, made an instant coffee, then did weights, sipped on coffee 7:30 PM Mindfulness guided meditation ~ 10 min