Jo Fountain
@jofountain.bsky.social
Rural social scientist - food resilience, agritourism, climate change, regional resilience. Also mum and grandma, love cats, books, and growing my own food..
I live with two cats a dog and a rabbit. The cats are my favourites (found abandoned on the side of a country road aged five weeks), but the dog is very cute. The rabbit is a bit evil. Photo of a happy Maisie and my camera-averse teen
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I live with two cats a dog and a rabbit. The cats are my favourites (found abandoned on the side of a country road aged five weeks), but the dog is very cute. The rabbit is a bit evil. Photo of a happy Maisie and my camera-averse teen
My feed this morning is so depressing this morning - all our useless government doing dumb stuff, racism, climate change and Trump.
So here is my happy fat cat Maisie, helping me weed the garden.
So here is my happy fat cat Maisie, helping me weed the garden.
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My feed this morning is so depressing this morning - all our useless government doing dumb stuff, racism, climate change and Trump.
So here is my happy fat cat Maisie, helping me weed the garden.
So here is my happy fat cat Maisie, helping me weed the garden.
At the annual Tourism Summit Aotearoa ... very different from the Adaptation Futures conference.
Struggling with the dissonance... but nice to catch up with some really good people.
Struggling with the dissonance... but nice to catch up with some really good people.
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
At the annual Tourism Summit Aotearoa ... very different from the Adaptation Futures conference.
Struggling with the dissonance... but nice to catch up with some really good people.
Struggling with the dissonance... but nice to catch up with some really good people.
There's a tree down on Ellesmere Rd already
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
There's a tree down on Ellesmere Rd already
Screen shot of paper: link above to paper
October 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Screen shot of paper: link above to paper
Not looking great for National (and yes, know this isn't scientific, but these Stuff polls are often pretty Right-leaning
October 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Not looking great for National (and yes, know this isn't scientific, but these Stuff polls are often pretty Right-leaning
Which reminds me of this
September 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Which reminds me of this
Like this? But a bit bigger? [NB I'm currently in Canada 🇨🇦 ]
July 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Like this? But a bit bigger? [NB I'm currently in Canada 🇨🇦 ]
Four words I never thought I'd use in England: "It is too hot". Still, Oxford is ancient and beautiful.
July 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Four words I never thought I'd use in England: "It is too hot". Still, Oxford is ancient and beautiful.
If you're ever in the vicinity again it is well worth getting to the top of the maunga and learning about the place from the Scott whanau
June 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If you're ever in the vicinity again it is well worth getting to the top of the maunga and learning about the place from the Scott whanau
Tell Cleo she would hate it here. It is really windy and loud and damp, and there are killer chickens, like Gladys
June 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tell Cleo she would hate it here. It is really windy and loud and damp, and there are killer chickens, like Gladys
I've escaped the world for a week. No TV/radio and limited wifi. Just lots of novels to read.
June 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I've escaped the world for a week. No TV/radio and limited wifi. Just lots of novels to read.
Saw Taranaki for the first time up-close-ish today 💚💙
June 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Saw Taranaki for the first time up-close-ish today 💚💙
Today I went to many places I've never been before.
Including here.
Including here.
June 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Today I went to many places I've never been before.
Including here.
Including here.
Her sister has joined her... enough is enough
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Her sister has joined her... enough is enough
Seriously need to get out of bed but one cannot disturb Maisie
June 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Seriously need to get out of bed but one cannot disturb Maisie
Ōtautahi- 'feels like 1'
June 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ōtautahi- 'feels like 1'
Woke up to a message from AirNZ saying that due to dodgy weather approaching my lunchtime flight might be disrupted, offering me an earlier alternative which I took. As I boarded my plane the first snowflakes have started to fall...
June 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Woke up to a message from AirNZ saying that due to dodgy weather approaching my lunchtime flight might be disrupted, offering me an earlier alternative which I took. As I boarded my plane the first snowflakes have started to fall...
Maisie provided moral and emotional support while I weeded the garden. Here she looks disappointed because I stopped working to take her photo.
May 31, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Maisie provided moral and emotional support while I weeded the garden. Here she looks disappointed because I stopped working to take her photo.
Dawn in Waikirikiri Selwyn
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Dawn in Waikirikiri Selwyn