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Jennifer
@jennz.bsky.social
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Old, but not. She/her. Mostly boosting voices wiser than me. 💚 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ *Aotearoa* Papatuanuku is life. Looks upon Wahanga, Ruataniwha and Tarawera with awe each morning.
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That was quick! Thank you @pepperraccoon.com Love them!!
A portion of a denim jacket showing @pepperracoon "par avian" enamel pin set (left to right on cards - hihi, tui and ruru) - tauhou already pinned to my jacket pocket, to go with the gorgeous kaka from a previous collection.
April 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Or something for Christmas
Christmas tree gingerbread biscuits waiting to go into the oven.
January 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Pots if someone brings a kiln!
Three small hand built, stone moulded, salsa (or anything) pots glazed in shades of green and brown sitting on a sun faded barbeque table in Piha (but of course you recognized the location already).
January 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Whew! Just managed to squeak that one in #orangatamarikiamendmentbill. #socialsecurityamendmentbill submission tonight.
A picture confirming successful submission to Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill (Serious Youth Offending). Second In a week. Second ever (bangs head on desk).
January 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Could be giant by the end of 2025 - eek.
Miriam Webster game of scrolling words to be screenshotted to become your word of 2025. Spaghetti is mine! I'll be ginormous by the end of the year.
January 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Procrastination (first time submitting anxiety) complete. Worth getting up for, no congestion on the site. #toitūtetiriti #treatyprinciplesbill #nzpol
A screen capture of my completed Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill submission response. Spent way to long agonising about getting this right. Impending deadline made me realize that it was way more important to have my voice there in unison, than it to be perfect pitch. Toitū He Whakaputanga! Toitū te Tiriti!
January 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day17
Whaaaaaaaat? It's winter again, how did that happen? Dragging out the warm clothes today to counter a wicked southerly that is uncommon for us. #photography #Punaromia #LakeTarawera
A view of the peak Wahanga (bottom right), the northernmost of the three that make up Mt Tarawera, mist sliding up the sunlit mountainside and over the top, under a moody blue grey sky. I love the way the mist gathers and slips and slithers up the mountain to become clouds hanging over the top.
December 17, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day16

It was raining here today. Quite torrentially. This isn't it. Hope the weather (wet or dry) was enjoyable where you are.

#TeWairoa #photography
A fast shutter speed image of flowing water in the Te Wairoa stream, no silky trails here. The sunlight highlights a diagonal strip across the picture. Joyous drops are stopped mid leap.
December 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day15
Plants for you today. I serve you up a Rangiora (Brachyglottis repanda) leaf. The underside. A beautiful fringe dweller that naturally inhabits the edge of the bush in my garden.

#photography #Punaromia #LakeTarawera
Stark strong contrast monochrome image (black and white) of the back of a dried and curled Rangiora (Brachyglottis repanda) leaf on a subtly reflective black background. The leaves of Rangiora are beautiful, one of my favourites, beautiful veined spring greens mottled topside, with a soft white fluffy underside which gives rise to their other name of "Bushman's toilet paper".
December 15, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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I think this is why.
A double page spread of the Edmond's Cookbook, in very tattered condition. Circa 70s or older. Page 119 almost intact, page 118 definitely not.
December 14, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14
Missed a day again yesterday, a day filled with gingerbread biscuit baking and a 4 hr drive to watch our granddaughter in her ballet school production.

Here's a gentle sky for you in a rushed up, messed up world.
#photography #LakeTarawera
Low contrast image of sky, soft blue at top, graduating to pale pink in the centre and a deeper blue at the bottom. Floating along in the bottom third are one long cloud, and two smaller ones, looking like a school of submarines.
December 14, 2024 at 7:33 AM
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Day 12. It's my brother's birthday. Here's a flower for him. #ArtAdventCalendar #QueenAnneslace
A Queen Anne's lace umbel just opening, backlit, spiky looking leaf edges hiding the florets. Almost desaturated by the light, but just showing hints of sage green and magenta pink. The stalk disappears into the bottom centre right of the frame.
December 12, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar Missed one. Life got in the way, but it's important that it did. I'm glad I can be there for my friends and kids when their world is crumbling. Wish I didn't need to be.

Magnolia Stellata for you today.
Monochrome backlit Magnolia Stellata flower and buds against a black background. The buds look like little furry bunnytails.
December 10, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Day 9. Celebrating when spring was young. Kōtukutuku (NZ Tree Fuchsia)
#LakeTarawera #NewZealand #ArtAdventCalendar
A high key image of two Kōtukutuku (NZ tree fuchsia) buds on a tree just opened and meeting as if twins from the womb. Bright spring green petals and deep magenta stamens.
December 9, 2024 at 4:23 AM
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Day8 Remembering before I forget. Part of a series "Domestica - for my children", a self portrait in many images. #ArtAdventCalendar Happy Day lovely people!
Monochrome image of folds of sheer curtaining showing shadows cast upon them in what appears to be crosses, but are actually from candles and candlesticks sitting on the windowsill behind. Part of a series "Domestica - for my children". A project in which I am creating a self portrait in images of my domestic life.
December 8, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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Day 7 #ArtAdventCalendar ... Late again! Story of my life.
#Punaromia #LakeTarawera #NewZealand
Monochrome picture of vertical balustrade posts reflected in water across horizontal decking boards. Diagonal shadows from the same posts overlay the whole image.
December 7, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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Day6 #ArtAdventCalendar Just squeaking into this day!
#laketarawera #newzealand
Happy Day6 everyone!
A subtle pastel and moody cloud crossing the right across the centre of the picture, just showing some lake and cloud reflections on the foreground, and the very bottoms of the surrounding landforms around Lake Tarawera.
December 6, 2024 at 8:44 AM
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Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Home
Moments before sunrise over the gap between the peaks of Wahanga and Ruataniwha, 2 peaks of three commonly referred to as Mt Tarawera (the name of the 3rd peak), viewed through vertically seamed linen blinds.
December 4, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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Day3. Thanks for organizing this @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca , it's fun, and I'm loving seeing other people's work. #ArtAdventCalendar #kuiraupark #thermal #fujifilm #photography #newzealand
A monochrome photo of steam rising from a hot lake at Kuirau Park, Rotorua, New Zealand.
December 3, 2024 at 8:43 AM
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Day 2 #artadventcalendar I make things
Obscured glass tabletop with two recycled denim bags, one with a "v" shaped opening and 3D fabric flowers, and one with appliqued abstract flowers appearing from the pocket.
December 2, 2024 at 5:41 AM
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#toitūtetiriti
A black poster with the words "I am pākehā and I live in Aotearoa" above cursive script "Toitū Te Tiriti" emblazoned in white; "I honour the mana of Te Tiriti o Waitangi" in red below. Shadow text behind "HONOUR THE TREATY"
November 15, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Rotorua activated! #toitūtetiriti #tangatatiriti
A sea of flags taken from within the Hīkoi in Rotorua, under a grey sky. Tangata Tiriti, Tangata Maori, Tangata Moana standing against David Seymour and the Coalition government.
November 14, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Oh! @thesewphist.bsky.social the tea towels are amazing!! Love the weight and quality. I bought them as gifts for the whanau, but it's going to be a big struggle to figure out who does not need one now!
September 26, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #775,337! Wow, glad I came over here too.
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #775,337, Jennifer ‪@jennz.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 30, 2023"
September 19, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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May 29, 2024 at 11:35 PM