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30-something Christian father-of-two under 5’s & husband to @MichaelaKHulse, living in Te Awa Kairangi Ki Tai, Aotearoa 🇳🇿 (Lower Hutt, New Zealand) Former retail […]

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Do I know anyone in #wellington who can help me make a new handle for this broom, with a lathe to do the job? I tried to go and buy one at Bunnings, they were more than happy to sell me a new one but had no replacement handles. #zerowaste
Picture of a broom missing its handle showing the internal screw
January 24, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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@pipesunlimited my collection, excluding what me and my boy already ate.
A white ceramic bowl half-full of freshly harvested blackberries
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Blackberry season in Lower Hutt has begun!
My hand holding a small handful of blackberries with blurry green plants in the background.
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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New dice tray added to my collection today with some of my normal, all-the-way-to-very-unusual dice.
Blue and yellow octagonal dice tray containing a mixture of polyhedral dice, containing sets of transparent yellow with yellow text; transparent red with white text, transparent purple with white text; and black with white text. The latter includes more than the normal seven polyhedra, with a cube-shaped d3 with Roman numerals, along with a d5, a d7, a d24, a d30, a d60 and a d100.
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Trees making tally marks!
Four narrow vertical trees with a fifth leaning over completing a tally pattern
January 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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They probably will try selling us smart glasses to edit the satellites out of our real life night sky (akin to noise cancelling headphones) 😔
Screenshot of a quote-toot by @gargron@mastodon.social media that says: “Not content with littering up the Earth, the billionaires are now coming for our night sky too. I wish we could shoot all of it down.” His toot quotes a toot from @PCMag@Mastodon.social which reads: “SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 15,000 satellites for its Starlink cellular system has sparked opposition and concern from rival companies and environmentalists”
January 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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Carrots for January from our garden harvested by @MichaelaKHulse
@MichaelaKHulse holding a large bunch of freshly harvested carrots, in a brightly lit room. She is wearing a black shirt and a floral skirt, and smiling at the camera. The background features household items and furnishings.
January 4, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Mr 1: “Duck!”
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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Out for Vietnamese in Palmerston North with the family.
A table is set with various food items including a large bowl of noodles topped with vegetables, a plate of rice and grilled meat, and several beverages including water and soda. There are baby wipes and utensils nearby, with a plant in the background.
January 3, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Manual #digitalpainting out of the top rail of the road bridge on this #photo I took while stopped in traffic and painting the bridge #architecture and #scenery back in. #photoshop
A tall railway bridge spans a river, surrounded by lush greenery and trees under a partly cloudy sky. A road runs along the foreground, with a barrier visible. Compared to the other photo, half the barrier has been digitally painted out convincingly, with the railway bridge and scenery behind painted back in. A tall, metal bridge spans a river surrounded by lush greenery and trees under a blue sky with scattered clouds. A roadway with a guardrail is visible in the foreground.
January 2, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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20 to the power of 2, multiplied by zero to the power of 6, factorial as a pair of glasses.
A pair of badly laid out novelty glasses intended to be shaped like the numbers "2026" with a glittery gold finish, sitting on a smooth surface. Problem is there is an extra zero and the “26” is above the “200” like a power of number. It is all followed by an exclamation point.
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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What do you call a fish with no eyes? “Fsh” #dadjoke #dadjokes

(Picture is of an actual fish with no eyes in Napier Aquarium, NZ - a “Blind Cave Fish”)
A pink fish with no eyes swimming in an aquarium, with a backdrop of pebbles and rocks.
December 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
Is it just me or is this a really weird reference in a duplo set?

(A clockwork orange)
December 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I discovered a trick for wrapping the weirdly shaped Toblerone chocolate we are giving to family as gifts- shove it inside an empty, cut-to-size wrapping paper tube and you have a much easier to wrap cylinder shape!
My hand showing the awkward shape of a Toblerone chocolate bar The end of a Toblerone hidden inside a wrapping paper tube A wrapped Toblerone chocolate looking like a Christmas Cracker.
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Veg for four, a little bit of this and a little bit of that depending on what is ripe.
@MichaelaKHulse #mygardenprotest
A metallic bowl containing fresh vegetables, including green beans, broccoli, and leafy greens with red veins, along with two halved yellow tomatoes.
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Mr 1 enjoying his lovely homemade fabric book, and Miss 4 with her secondhand ViewMaster which came with a stack of the rings with pictures from Santa’s childhood! So special! #secretsantaaonz

(Faces hidden for their privacy)
A young child sits cross-legged on a bed, holding a red View-Master to their eyes. They are wearing a colorful dress with playful cartoon characters printed on it. The background features a mix of bedding and a wall with abstract artwork. A woman sits on a bed reading a colorful fabric book titled "ABC New Zealand" to a young child. The room features soft lighting and a lamp, with a cluttered side table and floral bedding visible.
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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@sisyphusreturns.bsky.social same as outside.
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Thank you so much to both my giftees! My main parcel got lost in the post, or so we thought, but then turned up two days ago after a week in Limbo. I’m very glad it did, because there was a lovely heartfelt gift for my whole family inside.

The gift contained a […]

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December 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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The two parts of my #secretsantaaonz ready for opening in T-minus 3 minutes 😁
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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And our indoor Plumcot with decorations on it!
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Our Lime and Lemon Xmas Trees all decorated and set up at our front door!
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Decorated Plumcot Xmas Tree, complete with star designed by Miss 4.
Close up of top of Plumcot tree with a curly Xmas star at the top of it, a handmade paper chain, and white LED lights. Vertical panorama showing our Plumcot Xmas tree, with a curly Xmas star at the top of it, a handmade paper chain, and white LED lights.
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Miss 4 found her number.
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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#secretsantaaonz my delayed present finally arrived and is dutifully stored in a perfectly sized shelf in my desk alongside my other gifts. Can’t wait to open!
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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@getcaughtliving.bsky.social your little heart with Liquid Glass on my iPhone looks like a notification when your post is just off screen 🤣🤣🤣
The bottom bar of the ice cubes app with some transparency, showing what looks like a red dot in the corner above notifications. It’s actually a heart emoji seen through a translucent layer in the UI.
December 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM