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Joff
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New Zealander residing with wife in Germany. Here for wine...arts..NZ music...gardening..cats...sensible politics...travel...photography
Thessaloniki. Wine and banqueting utensils aplenty in Thessaloniki Archelogical Museum, and the Tombs of Aigai Museum. Tried Xinomavro for the first time as a red, and as a blended white. Fav has been the Malagoussia white. Almost extinct in the 70's. Nice balance of fruit and acidity. #winesky
April 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Juggler. The Talker. The Smoker. #Thessaloniki, #Greece, #streetphotography
April 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Flashback to a few years ago when I wondered why my covered carafe looked familiar. #wine #redwine #muppets
March 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Just some simple changes to the way we live can ensure a long and fulfilling life #wellness #selfhelp
January 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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What Smartphones are doing to kids' mental health is NOT terrifying (no matter what a child psychiatrist says)

theneuroscienceofeve...

My response to the Guardian's latest 'Phones are destroying the children!!' article. As ever, it's... problematic

#Phones #screens #brains
January 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Home from 5 weeks away. In time to see my favourite autumn trees... #Bonn #Dreesen #Rungsdorf #Autumn #rheine
November 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM
November 9, 2024 at 12:36 AM
3 weeks into 5 week Tokyo work trip. Tough for a vegetarian! Good sake saves the day..if you like strawberry, pineapple, rock melon flavours...find a a good Sake!
November 1, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Our feline overlord looks over us with distain...
September 30, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Balcony, last throes of Summer. #Bonn #flowers
September 21, 2024 at 9:58 AM
September 11, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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"The Big Map of Who Lived When" Shows Which Cultural Figures Walked the Earth at the Same Time: From 1200 to Present

www.openculture.com/2024/09/the-...
The Big Map of Who Lived When Shows Which Cultural Figures Walked the Earth at the Same Time: From 1200 to Present
We could call the time in which we live the 'Information Age.' Or we could describe it more vividly as the era of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Mar...
www.openculture.com
September 9, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Surf lifesaver on duty for morning swim... #kas, #Turkey, #catsofbluesky, #cats
September 8, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Sunset #Kas, #Turkey, #Sunset, #Venus (top left according to sky map app).
September 8, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Grape relief near door to the cell of the parliament buildings, Patara, 168 BC? Home of the first Federal democracy they say.
September 7, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Off to Turkey ..second try after first trip was ruined by optic nerve damaging covid. Any turkish wine tips? Restaurants in Istanbul? Might even have chance to visit winery in Cappadocia.
September 5, 2024 at 4:31 AM
This is my 'finally left and uninstalled bird app' celebration post. Do it...it feels good! Meet Pasht. Aka Kitty.
August 19, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Return of the morning stroll #bonn, #rheine
August 16, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Mexico City. Colour.
April 25, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Sad story of great wine region near Bonn. Still producing great wines but seems times still tough for people living in the Ahr.
The German valley that was swept away: ‘The cemeteries gave up their dead’
When the Ahr River burst its banks in 2021, 188 people died and whole villages and towns were destroyed. Could it all happen again?
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Bonn, Botanical Gardens. Closed on weekends so took a day off to visit. Lovely. #Bonn #Spring
March 23, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Trying to learn about Sake...this was amazing..so purfumed..Strawberries..Pineapples..Dearyou in Tokyo. Every Sake we tried was amazing....and we had a few 🙂
March 2, 2024 at 4:52 PM
February 24, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Bo-Kaap, Capetown.
December 16, 2023 at 4:45 PM
Western Cape Flora. #SouthAfrica, #WesternCape
December 15, 2023 at 7:02 AM