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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 14h

Tautoko that. Hope that Mele Tonga-Grant stays in too, only 1 vote ahead. Local elections are such a weird mixed bag

Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 14h

Mostly good results eh, though I do not understand who keeps voting for Barratt and *far* too many people voted for Levy

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 1d

Such a stunning pukapuka! Am at the launch at Unity Books for ‘He Puāwai’ by @theobrominated.bsky.social 🌸🌼🪻Perfect Christmas present

3 copies of the book ‘He Puāwai’ with beautiful coloured flowers on the front cover

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 6d

The Zinefest at the School of Architecture on Vivian Street in Pōneke is super cool. We had a blast buying zines, stickers & having little portraits drawn. Love the creativity ❤️ #wellingtonzinefest

Stallholders sitting behind stalls full of colourful zines, stickers and original artworks. There are lots of people looking at the stalls.

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 10d

Apparently all the older teachers were horrified but the younger ones promptly followed suit 😆

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 10d

My Dad (NZer) taught at Harrow School in the 70s. In the heatwave of ‘76 he rocked up in shorts, knee-high socks & short-sleeved top with academic gown overtop. It led to the institution of ‘summer dress’ for the whole school in summer months, lol.

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 24d

Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you! That has boosted spirits big time 😆

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 27d

Didn’t realise this was a thing! Hoping it spreads to our part of Lower Hutt where we trap along the river as there are large patches 🙏

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 29d

They looked like they were having a great time (and also puzzled by the woman in the bushes. Again.) Found this beauty too, who bit me with vigour as I gently re-homed him.

An upset male tree wētā in my gloved hand, biting hard on the glove with its large mandibles

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · 29d

I’m always doing something weird when @fromthemorgue.bsky.social is out walking his adorable dogs. Today I was removing ivy that’s smothering trees down by the awa. Little point doing predator removal if we’re not also restoring habitat #predatorfreenz

Two photos side-by-side. On the left is a tree trunk smothered in ivy and on the right the ivy has been removed from the tree

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Susannah Lyon-Whaley @susannah-lw.bsky.social · Sep 4

If flowers are your thing - @zarakesterton.bsky.social, Tori Champion and I run a growing network on Women and Flowers. This month Michele Leggott and @deleifd.bsky.social are speaking about their beautiful book Groundwork. Details below or email [email protected] to join us!🌷

Book cover for Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · Aug 31

Here’s the latest Wellington Wellkiwis tracking. My daughter had influenza B 2 weeks ago, looks like that’s (hopefully) starting to drop

Wellkiwis virus graph for 2025. Shows confirmed cases of influenza, covid, rhinovirus, RSV & other viruses and they were at their peak in second week of August.

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · Aug 21

Oooh, this looks fabulous. Can’t wait to buy a copy!

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · Jun 29

Wish I could post videos here. Saw this cute baby seal swimming on the waterfront. It saw me, and then hopped on to a rock and clambered up towards me. I moved very quickly.

A baby seal with beautiful big eyes on the edge of the waterfront

A baby seal sitting on the waterfront. It is wet as it has just jumped out of the water.

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sweet, all in good time! We know there’s a lot going on with moving building etc. But I’m enjoying this side of the book w/o the pressure of deadlines - it’s v cool to still make new discoveries 😆

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · Jun 27

Public thank you to @chaneyz85.bsky.social for being awesome at her job and helping us make a big research discovery! #findingmissingbooks #emilycummingharris

A hand-coloured plate from Thomas Kirk’s book ‘The Forest Flora of New Zealand’. It shows a plant coastal maire plant specimen with very large green leaves that has been coloured using watercolour. There is a note to the right in Emily Cumming Harris’s handwriting that says “Owing to the paper being thin and highly glazed, the leaves which cover a large surface will not take the paint well, and consequently have a striped and unfinished appearance.”

A hand-coloured lithograph of a titoki plant specimen, that has been coloured using watercolour. The leaves are green, the outer part of the berries are brown and the betties themselves are bright red with black seeds in the middle.

A hand-coloured lithograph that shows a specimen of kōwhai, with its leaves, seed pod and flowers. The flowers are a brilliant yellow.

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · Jun 18

Just read this with our youngest - one of my fav childhood books. I didn’t realise there are puzzles/clues on *every* page - we spent 2 weeks figuring them all out & have 3 pages of notes 🤓

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Catherine @deleifd.bsky.social · Jun 13

Both v good responses. I’m not going to give him the courtesy of a reply, he knew exactly what he was doing. Just needed to vent somewhere as I’m not known for exercising self restraint, lol

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