Sophie Fern
@sophiefern.bsky.social
I read poetry to rare lizards.
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The house this morning smells of jasmine and elderflower (both wafting in from the neighbour’s gardens) with a tang of sea salt wafting in from the harbour.
It’s a great mixture and perfumers would do well to get down here to sniff
It’s a great mixture and perfumers would do well to get down here to sniff
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The house this morning smells of jasmine and elderflower (both wafting in from the neighbour’s gardens) with a tang of sea salt wafting in from the harbour.
It’s a great mixture and perfumers would do well to get down here to sniff
It’s a great mixture and perfumers would do well to get down here to sniff
firmly putting my regular donation to planting projects through despite hearing my job is in jeopardy.
The work still needs to be done.
The work still needs to be done.
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
firmly putting my regular donation to planting projects through despite hearing my job is in jeopardy.
The work still needs to be done.
The work still needs to be done.
It's seedling watering time folks. A long day with rubbish news to end it, but if I keep watering them, in a few weeks I'll have sweet peas.
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
It's seedling watering time folks. A long day with rubbish news to end it, but if I keep watering them, in a few weeks I'll have sweet peas.
I'm painting the fence at the speed* of the average Sophie.
*I am the average Sophie and I am very not speedy!
*I am the average Sophie and I am very not speedy!
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I'm painting the fence at the speed* of the average Sophie.
*I am the average Sophie and I am very not speedy!
*I am the average Sophie and I am very not speedy!
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Green MP Francisco Hernandez shares his diary at COP30.
“We are one of the first countries to have developed a statutory requirement to draft adaptation plans and risk assessments and it is something that we are leading locally on with pilots like the South Dunedin Future project.”
“We are one of the first countries to have developed a statutory requirement to draft adaptation plans and risk assessments and it is something that we are leading locally on with pilots like the South Dunedin Future project.”
A day in the life of a New Zealand MP attending Cop30 in Brazil
Francisco Hernandez shares his diary from Belém, featuring plenary sessions, Pringles, fire evacuations and bus blunders. <br />
thespinoff.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Green MP Francisco Hernandez shares his diary at COP30.
“We are one of the first countries to have developed a statutory requirement to draft adaptation plans and risk assessments and it is something that we are leading locally on with pilots like the South Dunedin Future project.”
“We are one of the first countries to have developed a statutory requirement to draft adaptation plans and risk assessments and it is something that we are leading locally on with pilots like the South Dunedin Future project.”
I have bread rising and the small one and I just collected elderflowers that are now steeping for cordial. I also picked up two boxes of recycled jars from a friend's garage and will be making rhubarb jam tomorrow.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I have bread rising and the small one and I just collected elderflowers that are now steeping for cordial. I also picked up two boxes of recycled jars from a friend's garage and will be making rhubarb jam tomorrow.
RNZB's "Nutcracker" was such a joy! Much whispering in my row - "jelly tips" "Kererū, obvs" "Oooh kōwhai". My suggestion that the nutcracker should have been a possum trapper in a Swanni called Trev was turned down, but I don't think I was wrong.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
RNZB's "Nutcracker" was such a joy! Much whispering in my row - "jelly tips" "Kererū, obvs" "Oooh kōwhai". My suggestion that the nutcracker should have been a possum trapper in a Swanni called Trev was turned down, but I don't think I was wrong.
Taking the afternoon off to go and have coffee with friends and get my 11th (I think) covid vaccination. But first, dhal baked eggs for lunch
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Taking the afternoon off to go and have coffee with friends and get my 11th (I think) covid vaccination. But first, dhal baked eggs for lunch
Fossil freshwater sponge from just up the road plus the very fabulous Daphne Lee:
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
The Press
www.thepress.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Fossil freshwater sponge from just up the road plus the very fabulous Daphne Lee:
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
I have been reading climate change vulnerability reports for nz critters an am accepting:
Hugs
Cake
Epic amounts of money to actually do something about it all.
Hugs
Cake
Epic amounts of money to actually do something about it all.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I have been reading climate change vulnerability reports for nz critters an am accepting:
Hugs
Cake
Epic amounts of money to actually do something about it all.
Hugs
Cake
Epic amounts of money to actually do something about it all.
A great initiative from Te Tira Whakamātaki - peltswithpurpose.raiselysite.com/en/
What is unwanted here (possums) is a taonga (treasure) in Te Whenua-a-Moemoeā (Australia). Māori possum hunters supply Aboriginal communities (for cultural revitalisation). Donations enable rangatahi exchanges.
What is unwanted here (possums) is a taonga (treasure) in Te Whenua-a-Moemoeā (Australia). Māori possum hunters supply Aboriginal communities (for cultural revitalisation). Donations enable rangatahi exchanges.
(Re)storying the Possum - Pelts with Purpose
Possums destroy native species. But what is unwanted here is a taonga across the Tasman. Help us gather and prepare possum pelts for Aboriginal communities to use, all while restoring biodiversity at ...
peltswithpurpose.raiselysite.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Work is having a dog cuteness competition and, as I am an expert in what makes animals cute (its a wee chunk of my previous research) should I offer my services as a judge and make sure that the Small One wins?
I think “yes”z
I think “yes”z
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Work is having a dog cuteness competition and, as I am an expert in what makes animals cute (its a wee chunk of my previous research) should I offer my services as a judge and make sure that the Small One wins?
I think “yes”z
I think “yes”z
Colleague today “management consultants need to realise that conservation problems are intractable because they are intractable and not because someone with a business degree has yet to look at them”
She is not wrong!
She is not wrong!
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Colleague today “management consultants need to realise that conservation problems are intractable because they are intractable and not because someone with a business degree has yet to look at them”
She is not wrong!
She is not wrong!
Bright colours= extra charisma
💖 Rare pink grasshopper discovered during annual Mackenzie Basin survey www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Rare pink grasshopper discovered during annual Mackenzie Basin survey
The unusual colouring makes the species particularly stand out to predators.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Bright colours= extra charisma
There is a garden tour happening today and a garden a few doors up is open to visitors. So a stream of people are also seeing me eating chocolate biscuits on the deck, or not seeing me and commenting, loudly, on the fence and espalier fruit trees .
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There is a garden tour happening today and a garden a few doors up is open to visitors. So a stream of people are also seeing me eating chocolate biscuits on the deck, or not seeing me and commenting, loudly, on the fence and espalier fruit trees .
I love it when it rains at seedling-watering-hour, especially as I have been in my PJs since about 5pm.
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I love it when it rains at seedling-watering-hour, especially as I have been in my PJs since about 5pm.
OU Press is re-issuing some Robin Hyde including "Wednesday's Children" attn @nzdodo.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
OU Press is re-issuing some Robin Hyde including "Wednesday's Children" attn @nzdodo.bsky.social
Assuming that most of this end of Ōtepoti has also lost water?
Pipe burst on hillside road according to the DCC
Pipe burst on hillside road according to the DCC
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Assuming that most of this end of Ōtepoti has also lost water?
Pipe burst on hillside road according to the DCC
Pipe burst on hillside road according to the DCC
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Terrible biosecurity news. 😔
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Terrible biosecurity news. 😔
Hey Otago friends - did you know that the ORC is looking for your (yes YOUR!) feedback on a biodiversity strategy?
Even if you don't have huge takes or don't feel madly informed, I am sure that your thoughts will be valuable. So just go for it!
www.orc.govt.nz/your-council...
Even if you don't have huge takes or don't feel madly informed, I am sure that your thoughts will be valuable. So just go for it!
www.orc.govt.nz/your-council...
Indigenous biodiversity strategy update | Otago Regional Council
Share your feedback on Otago’s draft Indigenous Biodiversity Strategy. Learn about our long-term vision to protect native species like our plants, fungi and wildlife.
www.orc.govt.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Hey Otago friends - did you know that the ORC is looking for your (yes YOUR!) feedback on a biodiversity strategy?
Even if you don't have huge takes or don't feel madly informed, I am sure that your thoughts will be valuable. So just go for it!
www.orc.govt.nz/your-council...
Even if you don't have huge takes or don't feel madly informed, I am sure that your thoughts will be valuable. So just go for it!
www.orc.govt.nz/your-council...
Firmly trying to feel my feelings tthis evening. Wish me luck, as this is breaking the habit of an actual lifetime.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Firmly trying to feel my feelings tthis evening. Wish me luck, as this is breaking the habit of an actual lifetime.