Testing Xmas treat options… someone has to do it … #xmas #treats #mincepies #stollen #wellingtonnz

Fully loaded. MacBook Air M1, iPadPro, and Bullet Journal. You got this.

Eketahuna country cottage roses

It’s time to start making provision for Xmas 🎄 #mbnov

NZ is doing its best to capture any cases of COVID–19 at the border #mbnov

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Calling out assumes the worst. Calling in involves conversation, compassion and context. It doesn’t mean a person should ignore harm, slight or damage, but nor should she, he or they exaggerate it.

"Now is the winter of our discontent

Made glorious summer by this sun of York;

And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house

In the deep bosom of the ocean buried."

#mbnov

Love this landscape in the eastern Wairarapa hills. Fabulous erosion control and use of sub-clover for natural nitrogen fixing. #naturebasedagriculture #sheepandbeefnz #aotearoanz

It’s been a long, busy, and very productive week - but my energy levels are starting to fade. Bring on the weekend! #mbnov

Something interesting to read on my first flight ✈️ for ages…

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Glorious morning on the laneway #wellingtonnz #hannahslaneway #aotearoa #city #streets #spring

Sunset, Martinborough Hotel

A fabulous end to a great day made possible by our wonderful farmer and grower hosts in the Wairarapa. #mbnov

I have a level of dependence on the new word for Microblogvember being posted before I go to sleep, but sometimes I miss it! Oh well :) #mbnov

Neil Price (Oxbow Books 2013), 2nd Edition, 432 pages, hardback.

I have waited for this book for years - and now its here! What a tome. . .

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Getting everyone on the same bus / train / waka is hard work, especially when it comes to climate change #hewakaekenoa #mbnov #climatechange

Warm spring afternoon #hokio #garden #spring

“Landscape and Memory" by Simon Schama made a huge impression on me when it first came out in 1995. It still resonates today. A masterwork of history and sociology. #mbnov

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Moody #hokio #hokiobeach #water #stream #morningwalk #horowhenua #aotearoanz

Breakfast at Eketāhuna Country cottage - far from the madding crowds #eke #eketahuna #breakfast #ekecountrycottage #family #country #garden #aotearoanz #mbnov

Dad in the Eketāhuna Country Cottage garden #garden #family #ekecountrycottage #eketahuna #aotearoanz

Dinner with a negroni. And Bill. At Havana Bar & Restaurant.

So far, I am really, really enjoying macOS Big Sur. Installation went well, and my 2017 iMac is noticeably faster than it was before the upgrade. And the look and feel of the whole OS is much improved.

It begins…

I guess I’ll give downloading and installing macOS Big Sur a go… or should I wait a few days? Hmm 🤔 #mbnov

First pohutukawa flowers are out… summer must be coming…