Scholars of the South Tigris boardgame.

New delivery from Shem and Sam at Garphill Games

Baby spur winged plover hiding in the grass.

Baby spur winged plover that the adults tried to lead us away from. Was staying very still in the long grass by our driveway. Only about 7cm long. So smol.

Cuties.

Reskeet with the first video game you remember playing

Have fun Mo!

Ohakune has this big carrot.

Whip one up! 😁

Tell me where you're from with a food pic.

If you're stealing the meat pie, guess I'll just have to take this...

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Quoteskeet with a game that's nostalgic to you.

Pretty sure that's a wizard hat right next to you...

Cheese please

Looks flat 😁

Aspirational Wikipedia descriptions

I don't know how we ever lived without one. Hand washing dishes is probably my least favourite job.

My youngest picked up a shiny event pikachu. Lucky little sod 😁

I thought we were supposed to automatically smash the like button on all your posts. Am I doing it wrong? Hit the heart, make the raccoon man happy.

Over caffeinated is my happy place 😁

Kerikeri river

Kerikeri river

Kerikeri river

Stone store Kerikeri

The stone store in Kerikeri is NZ's oldest surviving stone building, being finished in 1836. Right next to the Kerikeri river. Stopped briefly for a quick walk in the freezing southerly. 😬

I'm so sorry Mandi. It's terrible when we lose our furry family members. 🫂

Map of North island, New Zealand showing 6 and a half hour driving route from Hamilton to Kaitaia.

Little road trip for work tomorrow. Putting in a couple of monitoring field sites in the far north. Hopefully it's a bit warmer than down here currently.

Model diorama from the movie Labyrinth.

They had some very cool models. Had to restrain myself.

Weta Cave entrance

Replica LotR weapons

Cave troll statue

LotR armour props

We, living a half hour drive away, have yet to manage a visit. We've tried twice, and been thwarted both times by illnesses. We'll get there eventually. The WETA Workshop tour in Wellington was great. Did that a few weeks back.

Oh cool! Don't let Auckland put you off 😁.

I'm in Hamilton, so let me know if you're in the area. It's not far to Hobbiton from here...

You can move over here. Can't guarantee any less earthquakes, but arsenic tainted dust clouds aren't in the forecast.

Happy birthday himboman! 😁

So good. And happy birthday! 😁

Thanks. Think the kids have finally gotten used to it. They hadn't seen me without facial hair. Gave them a hell of a fright 😁

I wouldn't go specially for it, just whenever I desperately needed a hair cut. I'm too cheap to go often 😏

The itching does mostly go away with time. The Barber normally tidied things up, shape wise, when getting a hair cut. And I would go over with a trimmer sporadically. Whenever it got annoying. Tried oil for awhile, but it didn't agree with me.