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Bear - Engineer - Walking midlife crisis - SFW - 🏳️🌈 - Maybe the occasional mild thirst trap - Will reskeet things that make me go "That's quite interesting"
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Super pretty moon tonight!
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Super pretty moon tonight!
It’s a lovely day in Titirangi, and the flu I picked up during AWOL is almost gone. 😁
August 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It’s a lovely day in Titirangi, and the flu I picked up during AWOL is almost gone. 😁
Sure, get up on the roof during a storm to rescue the chimney brush that’s trying to fly away. What could go wrong?
July 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Sure, get up on the roof during a storm to rescue the chimney brush that’s trying to fly away. What could go wrong?
It looks like a lovely day. I might sand, prime, and fill 640 screw holes in the new cladding. Ugh.
(The cladding we used previously had hidden screws and was lovely, but Abodo was such a nightmare to work with that we’re using a different (but visually similar) cladding on the rest of the house.
(The cladding we used previously had hidden screws and was lovely, but Abodo was such a nightmare to work with that we’re using a different (but visually similar) cladding on the rest of the house.
June 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It looks like a lovely day. I might sand, prime, and fill 640 screw holes in the new cladding. Ugh.
(The cladding we used previously had hidden screws and was lovely, but Abodo was such a nightmare to work with that we’re using a different (but visually similar) cladding on the rest of the house.
(The cladding we used previously had hidden screws and was lovely, but Abodo was such a nightmare to work with that we’re using a different (but visually similar) cladding on the rest of the house.
Dinner out with the lovely Andy, who is visiting from Tasmania.
May 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Dinner out with the lovely Andy, who is visiting from Tasmania.
This was an extremely poor choice. I have regrets.
April 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This was an extremely poor choice. I have regrets.
Well that sucked. Something I ate gave me the shits, and I ended up spending all of yesterday going between bed and the toilet.
Human bodies are gross.
Human bodies are gross.
April 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Well that sucked. Something I ate gave me the shits, and I ended up spending all of yesterday going between bed and the toilet.
Human bodies are gross.
Human bodies are gross.
Could the owner of the red Cybertruck please move it? You are blocking access to the garage. Thank you.
April 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Could the owner of the red Cybertruck please move it? You are blocking access to the garage. Thank you.
More renovations. The builders have no idea what I’m listening to. Then again, I don’t know what they’re listening to either.
April 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
More renovations. The builders have no idea what I’m listening to. Then again, I don’t know what they’re listening to either.
I have the best husband, inside making dinner while I soak in the hot tub.
I suspect he hasn’t figured out I’m here. 😜
I suspect he hasn’t figured out I’m here. 😜
April 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I have the best husband, inside making dinner while I soak in the hot tub.
I suspect he hasn’t figured out I’m here. 😜
I suspect he hasn’t figured out I’m here. 😜
Good morning! It’s such a lovely day, I might go and sit in rush hour traffic.
April 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Good morning! It’s such a lovely day, I might go and sit in rush hour traffic.
Has the US just sown the seeds for the dismantling of its exploitative, consumer-driven supply chains?
Bangladesh, like many poorer countries, has been hit with high US tariffs calculated using a blunt and simplistic method.
Bangladesh, like many poorer countries, has been hit with high US tariffs calculated using a blunt and simplistic method.
April 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Has the US just sown the seeds for the dismantling of its exploitative, consumer-driven supply chains?
Bangladesh, like many poorer countries, has been hit with high US tariffs calculated using a blunt and simplistic method.
Bangladesh, like many poorer countries, has been hit with high US tariffs calculated using a blunt and simplistic method.
I hate cleaning gutters, so I leave it until they're sludgy and I have to get the ladder out and get my hands in there. Bonus points for leaving it until they're overflowing in a rainstorm!
...so I made a thing so I can blow out the gutters whenever I'm leaf blowing the front and back decks.
...so I made a thing so I can blow out the gutters whenever I'm leaf blowing the front and back decks.
April 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I hate cleaning gutters, so I leave it until they're sludgy and I have to get the ladder out and get my hands in there. Bonus points for leaving it until they're overflowing in a rainstorm!
...so I made a thing so I can blow out the gutters whenever I'm leaf blowing the front and back decks.
...so I made a thing so I can blow out the gutters whenever I'm leaf blowing the front and back decks.
Autumn sadness: we are no longer making enough solar power to reliably run the house, so I’ve switched the batteries over to winter mode (allowing them to charge from the grid using cheaper overnight power)
😢😢
😢😢
March 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Autumn sadness: we are no longer making enough solar power to reliably run the house, so I’ve switched the batteries over to winter mode (allowing them to charge from the grid using cheaper overnight power)
😢😢
😢😢
Just awful here. Send help.
March 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Just awful here. Send help.
Back to the cottage for a rest and wine. It’s not awful.
March 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Back to the cottage for a rest and wine. It’s not awful.
I hiked most of the way to the Dukes Nose, but then there was a beach and signs saying the rest of the hike had “handrails on the vertical rock sections” so I have chosen to stay here and nap while Shaun does the energetic stuff.
March 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I hiked most of the way to the Dukes Nose, but then there was a beach and signs saying the rest of the hike had “handrails on the vertical rock sections” so I have chosen to stay here and nap while Shaun does the energetic stuff.
A quiet weekend getaway with the lad. The riverside cottage he chose is gorgeous, I might have to bring Brian back here.
March 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A quiet weekend getaway with the lad. The riverside cottage he chose is gorgeous, I might have to bring Brian back here.
Pups! At Eagle bar last night. 😍
March 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Pups! At Eagle bar last night. 😍
…and we’re back home. Nice to be back with the (very happy) kitty and my lovely hot tub. The post-holiday comedown is less nice, but it will pass.
March 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
…and we’re back home. Nice to be back with the (very happy) kitty and my lovely hot tub. The post-holiday comedown is less nice, but it will pass.
Tasmania was as welcoming and pretty as ever. Highlights were Liffey Falls, the Bicheno party, and of course getting to catch up with one very special man. 🥰🥰
March 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tasmania was as welcoming and pretty as ever. Highlights were Liffey Falls, the Bicheno party, and of course getting to catch up with one very special man. 🥰🥰