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Toni's having a lovely night! 🇳🇿🐱

👀👀 Just managed to pick up an absolute dream sewing machine? In Wellington, but the vintage sewing machine enthusiast network is helping me out with posting her down. It does help that it's just a *little* one 🥺🥺 I don't even know if I believe it yet. A featherweight?!

📌 Welcome to the #kai feed! For sharing about anything food related in NZ. Use #kai or #nzfood to post here.

Welcome to the Aotearoa Gardening feed! Use any of the following to get your content included. 🌱🇳🇿 / 🇳🇿🌱 OR #māra #mahimāra #mārakai #putiputi #tipu #nzgardens #nzgardening #gardeningnz #aonzgardening #aotearoagardening #nzgarden

Here's a pinnable post for the NZ pets feed! Use any of the following to get your post in the feed: 🐱🇳🇿 🐶🇳🇿 #aonzpets #aotearoapets #nzpets #petsnz #mokai #mōkai No spaces between emojis. Emojis reversed will also work. Don't forget to like and pin the feed if you want to check in regularly 😁

📌 Welcome to the " Aotearoa Birds 🪶🇳🇿 " feed! This is a feed for people from Aotearoa NZ to share photos or information about any birds in New Zealand. You can use any of the hashtags #nzbirds #aotearoabirds #birdsnz to have your post collected in the feed, or tag your post with these emojis: 🪶🇳🇿

The Aotearoa Birds feed has just been updated to run with much less manual input from me. It should be much more up to date now. Good for following the #birdoftheyear vote too!

Let's go #Aotearoabirds!

It's #BirdOfTheYear time! Don't forget to check out the Aotearoa Birds feed!😀 www.birdoftheyear.org.nz 🪶🇳🇿

If it weren't for your gumboots, where would ya be? You'd be in the hospital or in the infirmary.

It’s official! Zealandia is campaigning for kiwi in #BirdOfTheYear or #BOTY 2025! This year’s ‘party leader’ for the 5 kiwi species is kiwi pukupuku, the smallest of kiwi with the BIGGEST conservation success story. Vote KIWI from 15 Sep! www.birdoftheyear.org.nz Laser Eye Kiwi by by Lucy Gray

It's #BirdOfTheYear time! Don't forget to check out the Aotearoa Birds feed!😀 www.birdoftheyear.org.nz 🪶🇳🇿

Who narked 😡

It is a Pekapeka feeder: pekapekabirdfeeders.nz it also has a dangling cage for fat/seed balls as well as the sugar water

Here are some pictures from our walks this weekend. 🌱🇳🇿

Very successful trip to Timaru today ✅ Picked up a pulley system laundry rack ✅ Dropped off some sewing machines for repair ✅ Walked in the botanic gardens ✅ Bought some haskap berry plants Back home just before 5pm!

First blossoms on our apricot tree! Last year they all blew off so fingers crossed for this year. 🇳🇿🌱

In a study led by the Tawaki Project at the University of Otago examining 3 Aotearoa crested penguin species, researchers have found that the tawaki/Fiordland penguin is thriving, while erect-crested penguins and Eastern rockhopper penguins are facing worrying declines. Read more here ⬇️

I’m proud and over the moon to share the news that I’m a finalist in the Wildlife category of NZ Geographic Photographer of the Year 2025. This is the big kahuna for Aotearoa wildlife photographers and a major goal I’ve been chasing for a long time. To achieve it is exceptionally special to me. 🪶🇳🇿

"For whom the bell tolls really does have meaning at the national carillon, and for them to go silent is tantamount to forgetting.” The Bells! I could not remain silent about Ministry for Culture & Heritage’s perverse treatment of our National Carillonaire of 40 years. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Watching Sewing Bee, and am inspired by Stuart's woolen tie! Going to make my own using this pattern. 🇳🇿🧵

Interesting tidbit here with the 'ratepayer group' in waitaki basically going full denialist re the Havelock North Royal Commission. Remarkable how happy some people in this country are to mortgage the health & future of their kids if they can save any few bucks in the short term.

Pretty happy with that! #kai

Experimenting with deep frying bocconcini to make poutine for dinner #kai

Toni the sewist is learning to stay away from the pattern so her paws don't get in the way. 🐱🇳🇿🧶

We have been using PrivateVPN to stream episodes of The Block AU, but recently 9Now have been aggressively detecting the VPN and kicking us out. Decided to roll my own using Wireguard on DigitalOcean for $4/mo Way faster, and now we have a dedicated IP that isn't shared with 1000s of others!

Homemade pumpkin soup and pams garlic rolls for dinner. #kai

Look at this sweet and vague little nugget! 🐱🇳🇿 Excuse the mess - craft room owners will recognize it 😂

Best thing to do with old bananas! #kai

One of the weirder electrical decisions we have to deal with is that the previous owner grouted in a power point. We can't remove it without destroying the tiles. The electrician was literally scratching his head at this one, and had to do a massive rerouting job to overcome a fault here.

Got an electrician coming to wire a light in the attic, which is open. Toni, ladder climber extraordinaire, has clambered up and got herself stuck. Watch this space for the rescue effort. 🐱🇳🇿

Chicken nachos for dinner, with mexcellent paste, sour cream and guacamole from odd bunch avocados. #kai

Anyone got a phone number for ATU?

Last night's baking won't last long! #kai

Don't judge me #kai

Getting ready to make chocolate chip shortbread #kai

My new favourite feed 😂

Planing, sanding and painting the bottom of this door today.

I think we deserve some Maccas after that! Shame the chips always need air frying 😂

Wasn't expecting to sit in ED tonight! Cut my finger on a rotary cutter. 🇳🇿🧶

Performance review for Toni's second day as a sewist: ✅ Cuddling ✅ Smooching ✅ Purring 🐱🇳🇿

The twins love their sniffy windows. 🇳🇿🐱

Finished my #lovenotionsallegro joggers last night (actually Eddie whacked the elastic into the cuffs to save my borked hands). They're comfy and I think they look good, though I need a full seat adjustment in the next pair 🫠 Used a bit of a Liberty fat quarter in the pockets. Lovely silky surprise.

They've stuck googly eyes on the the Mayoral hopeful's billboards in Ōtepoti Dunedin. Somehow the current Mayor Jules Radich escaped the indignity

Popular cell phones sold on Amazon in 2007

just a quick note that after 5 years + 4 months of writing webworm, i am moving my newsletter off of substack and taking it out on my own. for any readers - nothing really changes: the next edition will arrive in your inbox as per usual. my thoughts: www.webworm.co/p/webwormisl...

Spent today spring cleaning the lounge 😁

Extracted a bent needle from @kelsy.co.nz's Bernina Record 1030. Hemostat to hold the needle so it doesn't fall into the machine and tin snips to cut it off in between the needle bar and hemostat to disconnect everything. #aotearoacraft

Finally getting around to trying out Whitestone Deli after at least 2 years. Looking delicious!