A #RainyDay with the #ponies.

It’s funny to me how Henry and Abner are both technically chestnut, yet their coat colors can look very different. If I hadn’t done a bunch of reading about #Haflinger #horses when I adopted Abner, I would call him a #palomino.

I am so excited to have begun an Ayurveda class with Dr. Pragya Gupta.

As with all things, I will take what serves me and those in need and leave what doesn't.

Learning something new alongside the students. Think I like watercolour, have always been scared to try! #watercolour #alwayslearning #relaxing

I did mention I acquired an unanticipated fascination with Egyptian surface and border patterns! I created these sheets of various combinations of border patterns to clothe the Three Kings in last year's Christmas card. I had limited time, so they are maybe not as detailed as they should be - I'm learning that sometimes I stop too early in adding details and tweaks, both in embroidery and in painting.

So this year's target is to become better at judging when to keep going, rather than when to stop!

At @speakup we encourage experimentation and even offer the chance to host your own servers! Inspired by a colleague’s journey into BGP, I decided to build a network across four locations.

The Netherlands has a fantastic tech community and infrastructure. It's vital to maintain and develop skills to "get out of the cloud"

Thanks to everyone who helped! What are your insights on building networks and adding fun to projects?

The ancient Egyptian surface pattern designs gave me endless scope for puzzlement and experiment. They fascinate me, but I don't find repetitve patterns rewarding to stitch, so I kept looking at them and wondering.

Playing with watercolour versions was much more fun!

20 years in IT and still learning new things, like how apparently you can see sub-second up/down neighbor adjacencies in BGP . I’m half expecting to find out I’ve been using the ‘wrong’ cable this whole time. #AlwaysLearning #BGP #TheMoreYouKnow #Networking #StillFiguringItOut

I occurred to me last night - if I have become an artist (and I think I have) - it's almost entirely due to Mary Chubb, and the inspiration that she gave me with her book "Nefertiti Lived Here". As I learned to respond to that inspiration and tell the stories that appealed to me, I learned how to tell other stories, too. As I learned to tell stories in stitch, I found more stories I wanted to tell.
And then telling those stories gave me the skills to tell others.

All this to say - you never know what direction life will turn!

I am quite unreasonably proud of myself for this, sketched freehand to guide my needle.

A few years ago I would have painfully traced this. I haven't yet got used to my increasing facility with a pen.

TIL you can link to any text in a web page - without anchors - using text fragments.

Example: https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/pikestyle.html#:~:text=complexity

Docs:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/URI/Fragment/Text_fragments

Hello, it's been a while so I figured it was a good time for a re-introduction! I'm Megan, I enjoy posting random glimpses into my life and the thoughts that accompany them, as well as boosting bits I enjoy.

I'm into:
- fiber arts (knitting, crochet, cross-stitch)
- security engineering
- learning what I can
- a general love of cats, goats, and sheep
- nature
- Everquest 2

Looking forward to meeting new people and finding old friends here.

Ah, the joy of posting some potentially helpful information on Mastodon about $thing, then editing that post five times as you learn more about $thing, thus exposing your noobishness.

(I'm talking about me, by the way.)

Thrilled to share I’ve achieved (CMALT)!
Though my initial goal was Senior CMALT, the assessors’ feedback has inspired me to refine and aim higher in the future. Here’s to growing, learning, and embracing new challenges in learning tech!#CMALT #AlwaysLearning @A_L_T

Another sunny day for the #ArtAdventCalendar.

I'm frankly astonished by this one. It's absolutely not a subject I would choose - it involves painting people, eek! - and I did it as part of an online workshop, all of which would normally result in something that would go in the bin, and certainly not be shown to anyone!

But this is atmospheric, I think, and if not actually accurate, it is at least lively.

Building a personal brand isn’t something that happens overnight. Some days, it feels like I’m just fumbling my way through—but every late night, every new challenge, and every small win adds up.

One day, it all starts to make sense. Until then, I’m here, putting in the work and learning as I go. The journey is the destination.