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riroriro

08/08/202307/08/2023

riroriro // grey warbler (one of nz’s tiniest birds) spotted collecting moss from a tree next door. hopefully that means nest building is underway!

Category: a book of days Tags: birdlife, in my garden, spring, wiseHQ
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the upper part of a horse standing behind a fence facing towards the photographer. in the distance, the ocean and a row of low hills.

wood ash and elbow grease

04/08/2023

don’t let these blue skies fool you, these winter days are the coldest we’ve seen this year. in the sunny days between storms and hail, there’s been digging + planting + moving barrow loads of mulch from one end of the section to the other. jokingly, to myself, i call this gumboot camp — a […]

Category: a book of days Tags: a book of days, in my garden, my tiny island, waiheke island, wiseHQ
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vignettes

26/07/2023

overnight, the storms have kept us all awake. milo comes in, demanding to be dried off around 2am, then wraps himself into a tight ball on the bed near my feet. at one stage it’s hailing. morning seems to come slowly, creeping up on us through the wild weather, like a dimmer switch slowly being […]

Category: a book of days Tags: in my garden, lomography, plant medicine, rongoā rakau, wiseHQ
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bad weather

04/02/202312/04/2023

there’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing. ― alfred wainwright, a coast to coast walk we’ve had a bit of wild weather in the northern parts of new zealand for the last couple of weeks. my heart is breaking with every story of damage and loss i see on the news, and […]

Category: a book of days Tags: fuji xt-3, island life, my tiny island, palm beach, video diary, waiheke island, wiseHQ
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three small glass espresso cups, sitting on the metal top of a coffee machine (not pictured). two are empty, placed facing downwards, the third is 2/3 full of espresso coffee.

found

02/01/202305/01/2023

i found some tiny (90ml) duralex gigogne glasses in a local charity shop last year. they’re the perfect size for nic’s morning espresso.

Category: a book of days Tags: coffee, objects of desire, wiseHQ
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