MonzaGT
@monzagt.bsky.social
Bookish boomer, leftie, no cats or dogs but I love them.
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Crikey, did @naomiaklein.bsky.social have to be this prescient in 2007?
January 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Crikey, did @naomiaklein.bsky.social have to be this prescient in 2007?
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look at this charming tauhou / waxeye nest found under a tree, presumably blown out or dislodged by a possum.
horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless
(photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)
horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless
(photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)
January 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
look at this charming tauhou / waxeye nest found under a tree, presumably blown out or dislodged by a possum.
horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless
(photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)
horse hair, pig hair (?), moss, small twigs & A FULL HYDRANGEA FLOWER woven in. bless
(photo by anna-lisa gilmore, posted in fb group birds of new zealand. shared here with her permission)
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He can’t give holiday recommendations when he’s working hard throughout the break!
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 AM
He can’t give holiday recommendations when he’s working hard throughout the break!
Brilliant.
🔵 This week's comic HERE!
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👀 Take a rare peek inside the writer's room that's ruining your life!
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Brought to you by the proud 'n' mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Jeannie C. and new member Richard Boyles.
( join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive ! )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE, YOU GHOULS! 👇
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👀 Take a rare peek inside the writer's room that's ruining your life!
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Brought to you by the proud 'n' mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Jeannie C. and new member Richard Boyles.
( join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive ! )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE, YOU GHOULS! 👇
January 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Brilliant.
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As the Aussies like to warble “Time for a cool change” 20 degrees cooler in our back garden from yesterday’s high.
January 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
As the Aussies like to warble “Time for a cool change” 20 degrees cooler in our back garden from yesterday’s high.
Family around the country are in our messenger group exchanging temperatures. Could get competitive? Auckland,northern Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, inland North Canterbury, Christchurch. I think we have some of the hottest, windiest spots covered.
January 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Family around the country are in our messenger group exchanging temperatures. Could get competitive? Auckland,northern Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, inland North Canterbury, Christchurch. I think we have some of the hottest, windiest spots covered.
Thinking of some favourite lovely places in Victoria and hoping they survive the fire threat. The Ottways, Mallacoota, the Grampians.
January 10, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Thinking of some favourite lovely places in Victoria and hoping they survive the fire threat. The Ottways, Mallacoota, the Grampians.
We have a sun porch with big leadlight windows. Aussie bushfires are creating a distinct brassy light through them. Feeling for those affected right now.
January 10, 2026 at 5:47 AM
We have a sun porch with big leadlight windows. Aussie bushfires are creating a distinct brassy light through them. Feeling for those affected right now.
Us ancient librarians can get a bit cranky at times but nailing skulls to walls is pushing it. 😂
Totally read Ancient Librarians
probably bc it looked sick as hell
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Us ancient librarians can get a bit cranky at times but nailing skulls to walls is pushing it. 😂
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January 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Out doing early morning garden potter, temperature nice, Bromley smell not nice. Pear tree nearly ready, birds are getting in there, strawberries doing their thing.
January 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Out doing early morning garden potter, temperature nice, Bromley smell not nice. Pear tree nearly ready, birds are getting in there, strawberries doing their thing.
Went to a 60th wedding anniversary yesterday! Lots of people we hadn’t seen for years. The lottery of aging- some incredibly frail and others not looking their age including an 88 year old who could have passed for 20 years younger!
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Went to a 60th wedding anniversary yesterday! Lots of people we hadn’t seen for years. The lottery of aging- some incredibly frail and others not looking their age including an 88 year old who could have passed for 20 years younger!
Met a friend for iced coffee at Riverlution this morning. The place was as heaving, people coming in groups on bikes in this heat phew! Retreated at 11 when it was 30.
January 8, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Met a friend for iced coffee at Riverlution this morning. The place was as heaving, people coming in groups on bikes in this heat phew! Retreated at 11 when it was 30.
Ōtautahi phew. Just come in from an hour of gardening and it’s 25! Neighbour is stacking firewood and sharing his music 🙄 Also I thought I caught a whiff of the Bromley smell, surely not, there’s no wind.
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Ōtautahi phew. Just come in from an hour of gardening and it’s 25! Neighbour is stacking firewood and sharing his music 🙄 Also I thought I caught a whiff of the Bromley smell, surely not, there’s no wind.
About the only comfort is knowing this wretched man’s life, and presumably money, is being consumed by his refusal to accept any responsibility over the CTV building. Craven.
In rejecting the latest legal move, a judge lamented the “breakdown in trust” that had delayed the case and required him to read more than 200 pages of emails.
Alan Reay fails in latest court battle over CTV building fallout
In rejecting the latest legal move, a judge lamented the “breakdown in trust” that had delayed the case and required him to read more than 200 pages of emails.
dlvr.it
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
About the only comfort is knowing this wretched man’s life, and presumably money, is being consumed by his refusal to accept any responsibility over the CTV building. Craven.
If you read the story the staff are doing a lot more than crossing their fingers! Ring of traps etc.
Staff are crossing their fingers stoats haven’t entered the sanctuary, home to 41 kiwi pukupuku translocated from Kapiti Island and to at least two newly hatched chicks.
Powerful winds cause multiple breaches in sanctuary's pest proof fence
Staff are crossing their fingers stoats haven’t entered the sanctuary, home to 41 kiwi pukupuku translocated from Kapiti Island and to at least two newly hatched chicks.
dlvr.it
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 AM
If you read the story the staff are doing a lot more than crossing their fingers! Ring of traps etc.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
Second book of the year completed. Interesting read about Adkin the man and his family and some really interesting photos of early 20th century Aotearoa. 🇳🇿📚
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Second book of the year completed. Interesting read about Adkin the man and his family and some really interesting photos of early 20th century Aotearoa. 🇳🇿📚
Daughter and son in law just kicking off the Heaphy Track, south to north. Hope they have a good time, weather looks ok.
January 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Daughter and son in law just kicking off the Heaphy Track, south to north. Hope they have a good time, weather looks ok.
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Don’t do a lot of online shopping but today NZPost delivered when they said they would and left the parcel discretely out of sight on the back deck. Thumbs up.
January 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Don’t do a lot of online shopping but today NZPost delivered when they said they would and left the parcel discretely out of sight on the back deck. Thumbs up.
Cook’s confession. I was a little heavy on the chilli in the goat curry and I had to bail.
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Cook’s confession. I was a little heavy on the chilli in the goat curry and I had to bail.
I call this my Christmas hebe, always flowers over the season into the New Year.
January 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I call this my Christmas hebe, always flowers over the season into the New Year.
First read of 2026. Beautifully written, great storytelling. Themes of family,belonging, the beauty of nature, passion and obsession with art. 📚🇳🇿
January 2, 2026 at 8:13 AM
First read of 2026. Beautifully written, great storytelling. Themes of family,belonging, the beauty of nature, passion and obsession with art. 📚🇳🇿