Jennifer Ashton
@jenashton.bsky.social
Historian, Aucklander, sporadic exerciser, cricket fan
www.jennifer-ashton.com
www.jennifer-ashton.com
I see we had the same idea about how to decorate our family member’s headstone. Also agree about the English poppy.
September 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I see we had the same idea about how to decorate our family member’s headstone. Also agree about the English poppy.
April 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
If either of these books was stolen from a shop the thief would be done for shoplifting, but getting and using a torrented version is fine if you’re a rapacious corporation, apparently.
March 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If either of these books was stolen from a shop the thief would be done for shoplifting, but getting and using a torrented version is fine if you’re a rapacious corporation, apparently.
Sunset, Auckland, 20 March 2025
March 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Sunset, Auckland, 20 March 2025
Sunset in Auckland.
March 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Sunset in Auckland.
I’ve been thinking a lot about these lines from Percy Bysshe Shelley recently.
March 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’ve been thinking a lot about these lines from Percy Bysshe Shelley recently.
One of the only American pubs. The rest of the Western world can see what’s happening.
February 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
One of the only American pubs. The rest of the Western world can see what’s happening.
Happy Waitangi Day, Aotearoa New Zealand.
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Happy Waitangi Day, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Yes, the news is a bin fire, but here’s a pic of a still-alive kauri on the reopened Cascades track in the Waitakere ranges. Auckland. Good things are possible.
January 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Yes, the news is a bin fire, but here’s a pic of a still-alive kauri on the reopened Cascades track in the Waitakere ranges. Auckland. Good things are possible.
Historians: Yeah, it’s a Nazi salute.
NYT: The meaning of his hand gesture is an inscrutable mystery subject only to unresolvable speculation.
Useless.
NYT: The meaning of his hand gesture is an inscrutable mystery subject only to unresolvable speculation.
Useless.
January 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Historians: Yeah, it’s a Nazi salute.
NYT: The meaning of his hand gesture is an inscrutable mystery subject only to unresolvable speculation.
Useless.
NYT: The meaning of his hand gesture is an inscrutable mystery subject only to unresolvable speculation.
Useless.
Beach Haven coastal walk today, plus bonus random road cone sighting.
January 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Beach Haven coastal walk today, plus bonus random road cone sighting.
Today’s the last day to make a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. Here’s how mine ends.
#toitutetiriti
#toitutetiriti
January 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today’s the last day to make a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. Here’s how mine ends.
#toitutetiriti
#toitutetiriti
I closed out 2024 by writing my submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. Won’t post the whole thing, but here’s the gist.
January 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I closed out 2024 by writing my submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. Won’t post the whole thing, but here’s the gist.
The pohutukawa tree next door has turned the volume up to 10 this year.
December 14, 2024 at 1:10 AM
The pohutukawa tree next door has turned the volume up to 10 this year.
Looking pretty summery and Christmassy in Auckland today.
December 13, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Looking pretty summery and Christmassy in Auckland today.
Sunset in Auckland, 3 December.
December 3, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Sunset in Auckland, 3 December.
Random road cones, an occasional series. Today, George Street, Dunedin.
November 29, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Random road cones, an occasional series. Today, George Street, Dunedin.
November 27, 2024 at 3:21 AM
November 23, 2024 at 9:46 PM