Tui Allen
@tuiallendolphins.bsky.social
A vegan kiwi author, writing fiction about #dolphins, #whales, #marine life. I float by sail or kayak and dream into #Ocean Mind. Two books: "#Ripple" and "Dolphin Melody" both available on Amazon, as e-book and print. #vegan #WhaleTales #spirituality
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Tui Allen
@tuiallendolphins.bsky.social
· Nov 29
SPOT THE DOLPHINS
This was drawn with several different softwares and partly on an iPad and partly on a PC. My ancient Wacom tablet is not supported by Windows 11. But the iPad is filling the gap well enough, though the workflow is less smooth.
Of course I always have to sneak in a dolphin or two.
This was drawn with several different softwares and partly on an iPad and partly on a PC. My ancient Wacom tablet is not supported by Windows 11. But the iPad is filling the gap well enough, though the workflow is less smooth.
Of course I always have to sneak in a dolphin or two.
August 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
SPOT THE DOLPHINS
This was drawn with several different softwares and partly on an iPad and partly on a PC. My ancient Wacom tablet is not supported by Windows 11. But the iPad is filling the gap well enough, though the workflow is less smooth.
Of course I always have to sneak in a dolphin or two.
This was drawn with several different softwares and partly on an iPad and partly on a PC. My ancient Wacom tablet is not supported by Windows 11. But the iPad is filling the gap well enough, though the workflow is less smooth.
Of course I always have to sneak in a dolphin or two.
Years ago, in the middle of the ocean, in a little wooden boat, I used to feel like this sometimes, especially if the weather was stormy. You really do feel this small.
You can tell it's a rogue wave because he does not obey the wind like other waves.
You can tell it's a rogue wave because he does not obey the wind like other waves.
August 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Years ago, in the middle of the ocean, in a little wooden boat, I used to feel like this sometimes, especially if the weather was stormy. You really do feel this small.
You can tell it's a rogue wave because he does not obey the wind like other waves.
You can tell it's a rogue wave because he does not obey the wind like other waves.
HUMBLING REVIEW OF RIPPLE
Recently the Reader's House literary Magazine in the UK, approached me for an interview about my work. I was gobsmacked by their review. Their review is here with the interview following.
readershouse.co.uk/tui-allen-ex...
Recently the Reader's House literary Magazine in the UK, approached me for an interview about my work. I was gobsmacked by their review. Their review is here with the interview following.
readershouse.co.uk/tui-allen-ex...
Tui Allen Explores the Emotional and Spiritual Depths of the Ocean Through Story - Reader's House
PHOTO: Tui Allen kayaking near her Bay of Islands home, where the marine life and seascapes of her novels come vividly to life. Marine Magic Meets Mythology And Mindfulness Tui Allen blends visionary ...
readershouse.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
HUMBLING REVIEW OF RIPPLE
Recently the Reader's House literary Magazine in the UK, approached me for an interview about my work. I was gobsmacked by their review. Their review is here with the interview following.
readershouse.co.uk/tui-allen-ex...
Recently the Reader's House literary Magazine in the UK, approached me for an interview about my work. I was gobsmacked by their review. Their review is here with the interview following.
readershouse.co.uk/tui-allen-ex...
Ripple Movie Possibility
I just signed up with an agent/producer in the UK who read Ripple three times and is keen to see a movie made. (I'm presuming it will be AI animated.)
Like this graphic I made myself with AI.
I just signed up with an agent/producer in the UK who read Ripple three times and is keen to see a movie made. (I'm presuming it will be AI animated.)
Like this graphic I made myself with AI.
May 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Ripple Movie Possibility
I just signed up with an agent/producer in the UK who read Ripple three times and is keen to see a movie made. (I'm presuming it will be AI animated.)
Like this graphic I made myself with AI.
I just signed up with an agent/producer in the UK who read Ripple three times and is keen to see a movie made. (I'm presuming it will be AI animated.)
Like this graphic I made myself with AI.
Just survived cyclone Tam. 2-3 stormy days. Roads cut off by fallen trees. Power out for 24 hours. Thanked my stars for camping gear and head-mounted bike lights. Our water pump stops pumping from the tank so we always store some tank water in plastic bottles for power cuts. All over now.
April 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Just survived cyclone Tam. 2-3 stormy days. Roads cut off by fallen trees. Power out for 24 hours. Thanked my stars for camping gear and head-mounted bike lights. Our water pump stops pumping from the tank so we always store some tank water in plastic bottles for power cuts. All over now.
I asked photoshop AI to generate this image. It's a scene from my Dolphin Melody story, showing Roreka dying at sea and being rescued by dolphins. It is not perfect. He should look more unwell, but it's way better than I could draw.
April 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I asked photoshop AI to generate this image. It's a scene from my Dolphin Melody story, showing Roreka dying at sea and being rescued by dolphins. It is not perfect. He should look more unwell, but it's way better than I could draw.
In my stories, some dolphins have pets just as humans do. As with our dogs, octopuses have superpowers humans (and dolphins) lack, which can be very useful in fiction. Adobe AI and I worked together to create this image of my character Tangles riding on his dolphin friend.
March 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
In my stories, some dolphins have pets just as humans do. As with our dogs, octopuses have superpowers humans (and dolphins) lack, which can be very useful in fiction. Adobe AI and I worked together to create this image of my character Tangles riding on his dolphin friend.
Playing with Adobe AI, I generated this picture of a light-hearted scene from my novel, "Dolphin Melody". It shows my octopus character Tangles, at work in his octopus's garden.
March 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Playing with Adobe AI, I generated this picture of a light-hearted scene from my novel, "Dolphin Melody". It shows my octopus character Tangles, at work in his octopus's garden.
Here's a little story showing possible consequences of eating fish that many will never have considered. Not a scary story but it may scare you anyway. Just a 5 minute read. No dolphin characters and yet it's all about dolphins.
FREE for anyone to read here:
www.tuiscope.co.nz/pagefiles/sh...
FREE for anyone to read here:
www.tuiscope.co.nz/pagefiles/sh...
March 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Here's a little story showing possible consequences of eating fish that many will never have considered. Not a scary story but it may scare you anyway. Just a 5 minute read. No dolphin characters and yet it's all about dolphins.
FREE for anyone to read here:
www.tuiscope.co.nz/pagefiles/sh...
FREE for anyone to read here:
www.tuiscope.co.nz/pagefiles/sh...
Some pix of my recent little kayak voyage around the bay camping overnight at Cable Bay
February 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Some pix of my recent little kayak voyage around the bay camping overnight at Cable Bay
Breadcrumbs map of my little local kayak camping trip from yesterday and the day before with an overnight camp at Cable Bay on Ruapukapuka island. This is the Bay of Islands, Aotearoa, (NZ)
February 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Breadcrumbs map of my little local kayak camping trip from yesterday and the day before with an overnight camp at Cable Bay on Ruapukapuka island. This is the Bay of Islands, Aotearoa, (NZ)
While waiting to spot my son competing on his kiteboard in the BOI Foiling regatta, we spotted a gaff-rigged square topsail schooner slip beneath the headland where we waited. The R Tucker Thompson sliding gently by in light airs.
Kent Passage in the distance.
Kent Passage in the distance.
February 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
While waiting to spot my son competing on his kiteboard in the BOI Foiling regatta, we spotted a gaff-rigged square topsail schooner slip beneath the headland where we waited. The R Tucker Thompson sliding gently by in light airs.
Kent Passage in the distance.
Kent Passage in the distance.
An old but much-loved photo of oraca, shot near my home in the Bay of Islands, Aotearoa (New Zealand).
February 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
An old but much-loved photo of oraca, shot near my home in the Bay of Islands, Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Surprise! Surprise!
Whale Song Reveals Eerie Similarities to Human Speech, Scientists Find
Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and potentially shedding light on the evolution of language.
www.sciencealert.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Surprise! Surprise!
This is a good way to use AI. It's an example of "The power of honest fiction" which has been my battle-cry for years. In this era of dishonest non-fiction, fiction is by far the more honest choice to make your point.
Bridgestone Commercial - Whale Tale - Super Bowl 44 Spot
YouTube video by wrfilmshd
youtu.be
February 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is a good way to use AI. It's an example of "The power of honest fiction" which has been my battle-cry for years. In this era of dishonest non-fiction, fiction is by far the more honest choice to make your point.
Tui Allen
@tuiallendolphins.bsky.social
I'm so lucky to live in this beautiful place, and have the power to glide around it in my little waka. It is the setting of my Dolphin Melody story.
youtu.be/uRbD_JacJpo
@tuiallendolphins.bsky.social
I'm so lucky to live in this beautiful place, and have the power to glide around it in my little waka. It is the setting of my Dolphin Melody story.
youtu.be/uRbD_JacJpo
Te Rawhiti Glide
YouTube video by Tui Allen
youtu.be
February 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Tui Allen
@tuiallendolphins.bsky.social
I'm so lucky to live in this beautiful place, and have the power to glide around it in my little waka. It is the setting of my Dolphin Melody story.
youtu.be/uRbD_JacJpo
@tuiallendolphins.bsky.social
I'm so lucky to live in this beautiful place, and have the power to glide around it in my little waka. It is the setting of my Dolphin Melody story.
youtu.be/uRbD_JacJpo
If humans could communicate with the animals they eat, as efficiently as we communicate with one another, would we stop eating them? Would we better respect their share of this planet? #vegan
February 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If humans could communicate with the animals they eat, as efficiently as we communicate with one another, would we stop eating them? Would we better respect their share of this planet? #vegan
Live entertainment on the car ferry between Russell and Opua yesterday
youtu.be/TSSi5DNVoZc
youtu.be/TSSi5DNVoZc
Treat on the Russell-Opua Car Ferry
YouTube video by Tui Allen
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Live entertainment on the car ferry between Russell and Opua yesterday
youtu.be/TSSi5DNVoZc
youtu.be/TSSi5DNVoZc
I cannot prove that this is true. But can you prove that it is untrue? If not, may we give all whales the benefit of the doubt?
February 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I cannot prove that this is true. But can you prove that it is untrue? If not, may we give all whales the benefit of the doubt?
i was out in Echo, (my kayak) today and saw no sharks, dolphins, rays, or big fish, but the gannets were in spectacular form - diving from great heights and sending plumes of water sky high. Breathtaking to watch and it was all happening right across my bows.
February 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
i was out in Echo, (my kayak) today and saw no sharks, dolphins, rays, or big fish, but the gannets were in spectacular form - diving from great heights and sending plumes of water sky high. Breathtaking to watch and it was all happening right across my bows.
So great to see this crew on Bluesky. Support them if you care about environmental literature. They sure do.
EcoLit Books
@ecolit.bsky.social
EcoLit Books
@ecolit.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
So great to see this crew on Bluesky. Support them if you care about environmental literature. They sure do.
EcoLit Books
@ecolit.bsky.social
EcoLit Books
@ecolit.bsky.social
A peaceful day out kayaking around the eastern end of Motuarohia. No dolphins this time but I got to socialise with one lovely big black ray. The weather was cloudy, cool and mostly calm.
Kayaking Motuarohia - 25 Jan 2025
YouTube video by Tui Allen
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A peaceful day out kayaking around the eastern end of Motuarohia. No dolphins this time but I got to socialise with one lovely big black ray. The weather was cloudy, cool and mostly calm.
Our tiny and rare Māui and Hector’s dolphins are so terribly endangered, I encourage everyone to sign this petition to our government to help save them.
Protect Hector's from the fishing industry
Join the call on PM Christopher Luxon to protect NZ's rarest dolphins and ban set nets throughout Hector's and Māui dolphins' range.
community.greenpeace.org.nz
January 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Our tiny and rare Māui and Hector’s dolphins are so terribly endangered, I encourage everyone to sign this petition to our government to help save them.
This is the equivalent of locking an innocent child in a wardrobe for 32 years all alone with no contact with other humans and their only food arriving from a bunch of little rats.
Orca has 'bent body' after 32yrs in pool as vid shows motionless whale
THE “world’s loneliest orca” who has been trapped in a tiny pool for 32 years is experiencing the “worst form of torture”, experts claim. A devastating video shows Kshamenk barely able …
www.the-sun.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is the equivalent of locking an innocent child in a wardrobe for 32 years all alone with no contact with other humans and their only food arriving from a bunch of little rats.
I kayaked out to Motuarohia (Roberton Island) today in beautiful overcast and cool conditions with light winds. Saw fish under my boat and one very large black sting-ray. The water was clear and such a beautiful colour. A few pics:
January 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I kayaked out to Motuarohia (Roberton Island) today in beautiful overcast and cool conditions with light winds. Saw fish under my boat and one very large black sting-ray. The water was clear and such a beautiful colour. A few pics: