Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 9hNice comparison, but Tūī do sometimes take insects opportunistically ;) 110
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 11hA promise of summer today. I had a go at getting into the water but only managed to just above the knees. Hoping for full immersion before Labour weekend. 0120
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 16hThere are several things I could be doing, but it's a glorious day to lie on the couch for a bit 1151
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 19hThe rest of the expo was expressly geared towards homeowners- heat pumps, induction cooktops and rooftop solar. No standalone solar systems for caring/ emergency management, nothing for renters. A bit disappointing. 220
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 19hJust looked at a very cool EV van at Electrify Kapiti Expo. At 56k it's going to remain a vege distro/ camper dream, but hopefully in 10 years time they will be around second hand. 270
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 22hYeah, I think a whole section of track there would need to be rerouted inland a bit. How good would it be to take the train from Wellington to go camping at Mahia? 150
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 22hI was just at Waimanu lagoon yesterday. Watched a pair of black swans trying to drown a juvenile bird. 010
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 22hI don't think the tracks between Wairoa and Gisborne will ever be reinstated- there's an area between Nuhaka and Mahia which is just about hanging in space due to coastal erosion. It would be so good though. 110
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...rnz.co.nzBig boom for Wētāpunga population celebratedNew Zealand's heaviest insect has been taking big steps toward a population boom, with the success of a ground-breaking breeding and conservation programme. 1176
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Up there with the "people of your age and demographic" ruling in an ACC letter 130
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I just had a look at the catalogue and there are 40 varieties I'd be happy to have. Nowhere to put them though. 220
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I am in a new relationship, and bits of it are great, but I'll never trust that someone else will be there for me, no matter what they say. I'll rely on myself only. 130
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Found this fuzzy little guy outside the train station this morning. No eucalyptus around so I put him on a flowering shrub for shelter, at least. Sooo fuzzy! 2151
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wow, I had no idea watches were so expensive. The most expensive price listed I saw on that site was 200k (wtf), but there were a whole lot with no price given, so I'm assuming more? Pretty offensive. 230
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He probably based all his reckonings on the fact women didn't want to talk to him for some reason. 010
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's good that we celebrate Old Blue, because we have not yet reached a time we can talk about Merton... 010
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm so disappointed, it's worse than Hoskings, because he's doing it under the guise of niceness. Concern trolling for sensationalism 020
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 native shrubs will bring in pollinators, including native bee species :) 100
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just John Campbell going full shock jock & springing the sudden death of a colleague on Chloe Swarbrick live on air at 6:30am. Wtf. Insensitive & unprofessional. Massive credit to Chloe, she kept it together, but you could hear the shock in her voice. I hope she has good support this morning. 1112
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New favourite band this morning. A good wakeup youtu.be/_QxeVOgKlJgyoutu.beCLUB BRAT - DANCING WITH BOYS (Official Video)YouTube video by CLUB BRAT 021
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yep, it's common for tourists to take lambs, either because they think they are lost, or because they are cute and they want them. Not uncommon for them to realise, probably after a night of bleating, that it wasn't a good idea & drop them into another paddock up the road. 030
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026youtu.be/kPH4UOosbF4youtu.beIt is I Count HomogenizedYouTube video by NZ On Screen 130
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The AI makes them all look like ads, and now I can't see anything else. Sorry 130
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think there was one to raise money for a ventilator or a cat scanner or something like that? 110
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Omg I remember some of that. Also, at about 15 seconds there is a chance that I am momentarily in a shot, as my sister & I got to take our school fundraising to Avalon studios. I have vivid memories of how bright & hot & loud it was, all the grownups were acting drunk & I got to go in the conga line 030