Looking for another Pride Month recommendation? Or maybe you’re ready to do some serious thinking about language and decolonization? This was PHENOMENAL. Read it, then read it again.

Dunedin has no Tiffany’s, so this will have to do. #themeanreds

Newbery Medal winners were a guaranteed good read growing up, why should it be different in my 40s? Finished this last night, it has some pretty essential themes for our current timeline. 10/10 would recommend.

Farewell Autumn, we are solidly in Stick Season now until Spring. #aotearoa #winter #temperateclimate

Want to kick Pride Month off in style? I just watched Bottoms and could not recommend it more highly… #pridemonth #june #lgbtqfilms

Annnnd one more from my driveway in the north end of town: sometimes you chase the aurora, sometimes it chases you! #auroraaustralis #spaceweather

Not a bad night to chase aurora… happy 1st of June, Aotearoa! #solarstorms #aurorae

Here’s to you, Major Houlihan, not to mention the mom in one of my favourite Christmas movies! #lorettaswit

Scenes from the road… Tuatapere, Southland, Aotearoa #travellinglight #photonicsruralschooltour #thatscicommlife

Feeling this today… it’s a good reminder. do not put your hand in the mouth of loneliness. its teeth are soft but it will scar you for life. - do not be seduced by the lonely ones nayyirah waheed

It’s this wee girl’s Gotcha Day!! 8 years ago, I brought her home and she has absolutely no idea how good she has it! #rescuecat #herbestlife #missionaccomplished #spoiledkitty

Hands up if you want “I will not yield to disrespectful men” on a sign for your desk at work? 🙋🏽‍♀️ #smashtheoldboysclub #myfavoriteseason #isthefallofthepatriarchy #malepalestale

Bend, don’t break. If schist can do it, so can you. #scenesfromcentralotago #nzgeology #schist #aotearoa #newzealand

When your Thursday is actually a Wednesday because your week is six days long… 🤦🏽‍♀️ #strugglebus #thatscicommlife

Central Otago skies/reflections - but which is which? #centralotago #aotearoa #lakedunstan

It’s deep enough into winter that I’ve started putting out the pekapeka bird feeder… and I know when I need to refill it because the tūī song goes from mildly pleasant to “oh my god the racket I can’t hear myself think”. #winterinaotearoa #conservationinnz

Love these autumn mornings and evenings… but the weirdly warm breeze reminds me our poor planet is on 🔥. #climatechangeisreal #fromwhereirun

Handknits and sea lion excretions - what’s not to love?!

Our Botanic Gardens are awfully nice… #fromwhereirun

if the ocean can calm itself, so can you. we are both salt water mixed with air. - meditation, nayyirah waheed

Safely back home… #aotearoa #landofthelongwhitecloud #andlongblackcoffee

When your 82 year old Mama asks for her “special pancake”, you take her for her “special pancake”. #littlecheerful #rratedpancake

I was in the US about five months ago and the only cybertruck I saw was at a dealership in Bellevue, WA. Fast forward to my current two week visit and this is the fifth I’ve seen in the small city of Bellingham, WA. Wtf?

Morning walks with my biggest brother… #siblingenergy #optoutside #pacificnorthwest

My NZ -> US coffee order hack: order the smallest size double shot Americano (usually the standard but good to double check), but with half the water. So basically an 8oz drink in a 12 oz cup. Closest I’ve come to a long black in the US. #UStranslation #NZcoffeeorders #travelhack

Our fourth ASB Polyfest and the number of kids that recognized us, remembered our experiments from past years, and were excited to try the new things we brought is 100% the reason I love my job. #thatscicommlife #scienceiseverywhere #scienceisforeveryone

“What is even the point?”, one might ask. #fruitless #lifeinnz

TFW…your bag gets pulled aside for additional screening at the airport because you’re carrying four powerful lasers across a range of wavelengths (disconnected from power, of course) and three high temperature superconductors. 🤦🏽‍♀️ 🤷🏽‍♀️ #thatscicommlife #sciencecommunicator #sciencenengagement

How many bags of chicken chips is too many bags of chicken chips? #askingforafriend #noreally

Because sometimes you need to show policymakers what research $$ can do, we installed our interactive science showcase for Solar Tsunamis: Parawhenua Kōmaru, in NZ’s parliament last night. Very proud to be a part of the team doing this world leading research! #spaceweather #thatscicommlife

Some days #thatscicommlife is lasers and spectroscopy…other days it’s painting and bleaching. Either way, I’m pretty lucky to have a job I (mostly) love. #sciencecommunication #scienceengagement #photonics #quantumtech #spaceweather

The downside of travel - whether for work or for fun - is that I miss snuggling my wee girl something awful… #catmom #havecatsnotkids #rescuecat #herbestlife

Happy Autumn, Aotearoa!! How fitting that the season begins the same day as the inaugural Wairarapa Wool Weekend. Loving all the fibre, friends, and food! #australautumn #autumninaotearoa #sweaterweather #nzknitters #wairarapawoolweekend

Essential packing for every fibrecraft retreat!! #knitter #nzknitter #wairarapawoolweekend

Happy Watch Out for Drunk Scarfies Lying in/Darting Across the Road Day*, Dunedin!! *the holiday I formerly knew as St Patrick’s Day. #thisnzlife #lifeindunedin #scarfies

Poured my coffee in the dark this morning and with every sip, wondered if I was going to take a mouthful of drowned spider. #thingsonmymind #highanxietyday

Possibly controversial take: Pi day on March 14th should not be celebrated in Aotearoa for two main reasons: * EVERY day is pie day * We’re not American, today is 14.3, not 3.14. #PiDay #NotPiDay

Spent a brilliant weekend in Auckland just for fun, to celebrate @littleknottyknitter’s big birthday - Six the Musical, yarn stores, and custom cocktails in underground bars… #thisis40

Annnnnd back in Dunedin. Alone. Does not feel great.

My friend Hanna is amazing at advocating for these tāoka animals: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/conservat...

The pie. The myth. The legend. #statehighway35 #pauapie #tairāwhiti #ruralschooltour #thatscicommlife

The oldest pōhutukawa tree…

When you decide to take #ScienceEngagement to rural areas of Aotearoa New Zealand, you get to visit places like this! #teararoa #tairāwhiti

Fix It Feb continues: a Hooray cardi in Outlaw Bohemia Gothic where I knit the rib in 4mm, then forgot to switch back to 4.5mm to pick up and knit sleeves. I thought it’d be ok but found I didn’t reach for it much, so frogged a sleeve and reknit with correct size - look at the difference!

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!! To celebrate, we’d like to share some highlights from an exhibition we sponsored back in 2020 - but do check out all the subjects here: infinitepossibilities.otagomuseum.nz #WomeninSTEM #ScienceIsEverywhere #ScienceIsForEveryone

The face of a rescue cat who does not understand why her person has to leave snuggletown (aka bed) and spend all day away from her in an office. #thestruggleisreal #rescuecat #herbestlife

Added a pompom, feels like an FO… #knittersofbluesky #finishedobject

Just the view off my back porch #aotearoa #raumati

Toitū te Tiriti!

Whelp, I guess I’m here now!