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Caren Wilton
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Editor, writer, oral historian. Pākehā living in Wairarapa, Aotearoa. She/her. Old lefty bisexual feminist. Cats, gardens, art, books, knitting, human rights. Kia kaha te reo Māori, toitū te Tiriti. Covid isn't over.
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Post you from a different era.
Living in Sydney c. 1985
A young woman with fluffy blonde hair standing in front of a pink terrace house
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Here's Poppy having a wee nap
A black and white cat sleeping on her back with her arms stretched over her head
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Peak cuteness surely 😸🇳🇿
A black and white cat with her arms stretched up over her head
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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My evil kitten
A black and white cat staring intensely at the camera
August 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Me and my baby
A shot from above of a human foot with toenail polish and a black and white cat
August 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Beautiful day
Bush with blue sky behind and sun shining through Ferns and spiky plants A tree festooned with epiphytes Beech trees lining a stream
July 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Cooold morning
A pink sunrise and frosty garden A thermometer showing minus 4.8 degrees
July 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Beautiful wetlands in South Wairarapa
A view across swamps and wetlands towards the cloud-laden Tararuas
July 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Also...
Richard Owen standing alongside a very tall moa skeleton, his hand on its hip
July 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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When your cats love you perhaps a little too much 🇳🇿😺
A selfie of a Pākehā woman with a tabby cat on her stomach and a black and white cat
June 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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The Poppy of Cuteness on a wintry night
A black and white cat being all snuggly on a knitted blanket A black and white cat being all snuggly on a knitted blanket
June 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Micro adventure to the Dowse, loved the Neke Moa (and other) works in stone, the Shannon Te Ao video and the shoe exhibition which has particularly delightful quotes from shoe aficionado Lisa Reihana
Neke Moa artwork, two red strings hanging from white tape that says 'Unceded' Neke Moa artwork, a stone face surrounded by piupiu strands Two beautiful carved stylised tiki Very high purple platform shoes
June 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Oooohhh look at the wastewater
Covid in wastewater graph for the last 6 months showing a very steep spike in the last week while
May 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Red sky in the morning
A fiery beautiful sunrise A fiery beautiful sunrise
May 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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It seems apt tonight to post this wee graphic I made in 2005, an adaptation of a National electioneering billboard (one of a series including the infamous iwi/Kiwi one)
A graphic showing Helen Clark against a red background with the word Tax, and a smiling Don Brash against a blue background with the word Cut, which has been photoshopped to add an n between the u and the t
May 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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I made Poppy a catnip mouse and turned her into a drug fiend 🐱🇳🇿
A black and white cat playing with a catnip mouse A black and white cat playing with a catnip mouse A black and white cat playing with a catnip mouse A black and white cat playing with a catnip mouse
May 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Husband designed and made me this beautiful little side table for my office out of recycled rimu (see pic 3)
A delicate little wooden table beside an armchair and crowded bookshelf A delicate little table with a round top and spindly legs Some rough sawn rimu planks
April 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Louis is so scary
A terrifying blurry closeup of a tabby cat
March 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Afternoon wander and picnic at Kiriwhakapapa
A huge epiphyte, probably northern rātā A wee creek in the bush A view looking up through a big native tree to the sky Pongas and a man walking along a track
March 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Big gay rainbow this morning
A big rainbow over some ratty old sheds
March 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Post a picture of when your pet was little 🇳🇿😺
A bright-eyed tabby kitten outside between two huge terracotta pots
March 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Bought a truly excellent T-shirt
A selfie of a Pākehā woman in a black T-shirt with a fantastic graphic of Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tearing up the Treaty Principles Bill on it
February 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Saturday evening with beasts 😺🇳🇿
A tabby cat and a black and white cat sitting on a wooden deck A tabby cat and a black and white cat sitting on a wooden deck
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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I have always loved Ali Smith but gosh this new novel is MARVELLOUS
Ali Smith's novel Gliff
February 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Our neighbours' grapevine grew through the fence and gave us a trillion grapes
A bowl full of green grapes
February 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM