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A Tūī surveying its local area looking for other birds to chase away #birds #Tui

Love this song 🎵

A cloud covered Taranaki maunga with snow showing under the clouds. This is pretty good coverage down to a low level 🥶

I'm asking for my money back if Summer really is all over

I ventured warily in to the FB comments, and was very pleasantly surprised

My new favorite German word.

Hand holding first feijoa of the season

Numero uno.
Early for us.

Same! So often. But do I learn for next time? No I don't

Hmmmm🫤

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Why did I never realise there are two of them? 🥰

And now I'm sure I heard her mew "Is this some kind of fucking joke?! I look utterly ridiculous in this fucking thing!"

Early evening swim was perfect! Sea was a bit chilly, but just perfect once in

I'm still marvelling at your luck. They're very special

What is this, a horror film PR poster? No, they're Snapdragon seed pods. Snapdragons are beautiful, colorful garden flowers but obviously these are the creepiest seed pods of any kind.

Takahe peering past a tree

Today I visited Zealandia and of course asked about the chance of seeing the resident takahē.

Basically no chance, my guide replied. Their habitat is off-limited to visitors right now and they rarely venture beyond it.

Resigned to this, I sat down on bench to watch riflemen...and who peeked out?

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Grey cat, unhelpfully sitting on fabric, next to a sewing machine

He's lucky he hasn't got a pin where it hurts, with this carry on

If you know anyone who’d have a use of a data consultant, python and SQL expert, Linux and cloud nerd and someone with managerial experience and a post grad science degree in Pōneke, please let me know.

I think we can do better. I'll start,

"We're not wanking wetā"

##NZpol

Thank you. I certainly have my moments. She is pretty content, which is the most important thing.

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I am making myself wait until 5. It is very difficult this evening 🥂

Creating valuable time to enjoy a gin?

It was such a cool number too. Just rolled off the tongue

Funny the things that upset you. Disconnected Mum's phone this week after 40 odd years - she no longer knows how to use it. It was our childhood number 😪

Would anyone happen to know any upper limb/shoulder surgeons in Christchurch for some advice?

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

BBC News headlines: Education School caterers 'confident' of meat Missing children data 'worrying'

Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.

This pic has come up every third post or so in my timeline 3-4 times now and I'm loving it. Can we make it a feature of BlueSky?

This is your cleansing shouty pīwakawaka meep break.

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