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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Somehow I got organised this weekend. Among other projects, lunches for the week on the go - from scratch lentil curry and a green curry with naan and rice respectively. Why look forward to 5pm weekdays when you can look forward to 12pms!

Pans on the stove top with two curries going.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We did have our chance for a more distinctive flag.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Slow but steady progress with my stone terraces that shall one day be a garden. 2.5 of four walls done. I underestimated the volume of rain on weekends this winter. I’m happy to work in the cold, but cold and torrential rain not so much. So it will first be summer garden, not a Spring garden! 🌱🇳🇿

Piles of river rocks and builders’ mix on a sloping sliver of land bordered by a wooden boundary fence with two stone walls in draft (need pointing).

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Moonset in the East of Whanganui a Tara.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This time of year has the coldest nights but I enjoy the signs of Spring and Summer on their way. These grape canes are about to flower. This specimen was given to me for my new abode by someone growing a vine who got it from someone else who got it from me about ten years ago.🌱🇳🇿

Grape cane cuttings in water in a a cut off plastic bottle, with a view over a deck and towards a winter sunrise.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A guerrilla artist has created a work in my neighbourhood.

Stencilled girl with ballon on a white brick wall

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Just got in a dog walk along the Skyline before the rain. In this place the wind gusts 87km/h and still you’re surrounded by clouds. The pylon cables sing, and under the pines, hundreds of groaning voices join in. Dog gives me a look. Yes, it feels like something wants our souls. Out and home. Phew!

Loose metal road heading toward bush covered hills and pylons on a grey day.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Someone’s had their fun with real estate people’s names, Lambton Quay. But they got stumped on one.

Poster with altered sales agent names and companies on it. McIlroy had them stumped.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Loving the ‘round the harbour Petone to Wellington walkway/cycleway.

View from the shingle and seaweed Petone beach along the motorway to the city.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

In my last neighbourhood, I used to be able to walk along the road and find garden herbs to use with dinner. Now, my cluster of 70s era houses is adjacent to these things. Never seen so many concrete, gravel and artificial grass berms. And no herbs. 😥 New garden can’t grow fast enough!

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

There should be a sliding scale for pricing chicken based on salmonella count. I don’t think this one’s cheap enough.

Picture of discounted end dated supermarket chicken

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Scenic bus stops of Te Whanganui a Tara: Wadestown looking across the city and wharf.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Where there is light, there is hope. To be fair, there are places (generally outside Te Whanganui a Tara) with more light.

A small disc of sun is visible behind an overcast sky above the windswept hills of Te Whanganui a Tara.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This one made me do a double take. More zzzzs than mms?

RNZ reports biblical level of rain in Coromandel - 220 metres in a day.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Is this a real Guthrie Bowron shop or is it Guthrie Bowron-inspired? In a world where nothing seems to be quite what it seems, who knows?

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Five delicious lunch vegetarian curries with garlic naans for a cost of about $8.40, being portioned for the freezer. Future me will think I’m amazing.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

When times get tough, lumps stick together.

Four pineapple lumps stuck together. It would be unhygienic to separate them.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Getting a feed at the local park n ride. Maybe berry pancakes for bf tm

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

What to do when stuck inside with a knee injury? Make a two tin chickpea curry + garlic naan in 20 mins.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

What am I doing with the extra hour a day I no longer use by commuting? Making sweet n sour pork with rice. Miss my garden though.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Visited my neglected garden today. Too much work, not enough courgette harvesting.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Coming soon to Wellington Railway Station. Pizza for breakfast.

New pizza machine - 3 minutes for a slice.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Had some spare time today. Made poor man’s lentil curry and garlic naan from scratch. Cheap as chip, tastes great and will give me a few work lunches.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Visited Johnsonville Mall to get some dinner ingredients from the One Stop Asian Supermarket. I didn’t realise that shop is outside on the main street. It was nice to be in a place with no queues, but also some of the shops were open but didn’t seem to have shop keepers. Flashbacks to early 90s.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Proper bus stop. Noo, they don’t makem like that any more.

Wadestown bus stop the size of a colonial tiny home.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Trying out a new potato fritter. It’s legal if you’ve ridden up the hill to get there eh?

Outside Wadestown Seafoods, corner Sefton and Lennel.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The Quiet Earth. Well, on a Sunday anyway. (Adjacent to one of the entrances to the Skyline Walkway, Te Whanganui a Tara.)

An empty, quiet power substation. Pylon, beige blocks and swaying pine trees.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I’m leaving my accommodation in the Hutt Valley today and strangely will miss this pair of muggers I have to pass each morning on the way to the train. The reserve and stream isn’t enough for them. I’ve been eyed up, spat and squawked at and almost driven on to the road while trying to get past.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Mason’s Lane (stairs) between Lambton Quay and The Terrace and home to Mason’s Screen. Each month the city council hosts the work of a different video artist. This is Shannon Novak’s Generative Dopamine Loop Environment.

A screen of different colours and shapes that fluctuates in response to frequently opened phone apps, creating a map of dopamine activation in the user’s brain. This bright splurge must be what Bluesky is doing to me.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Right in the city and the oldest house in Pōneke. The Sexton’s cottage in Bolton cemetery is rented privately. It would make an awesome flat, even taking into account having to live with the dead.

Just of Bolton Street. Behind a white picket fence and shrubs - red tin roof and yellow weatherboards. Many grave markers in the back yard.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

From the wind farms of Whanganui a Tara to a slice of the Tasman Sea and the Marlborough Sounds. The blades are turning gently and the sun’s about ready for a nap.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Oriental Bay quite chocka on a beautiful summer’s day.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The no-trains curse has hit the Upper Hutt line this week - impacting those back to work. It’s an hour on a hot, cramped bus, stopping at every train stop along the way. Silver lining, I was transferred to an air conditioned express to Wgtn this morning. But underscores, life without trains sucks.

View of the road ahead from the top deck of a modern bus.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

For the next three months you can forage a free feed while walking around the Lyttelton Harbour between Governor’s Bay and Rāpaki. Plum trees, blackberries, pears, a feijoa and various Italian herbs grow along the coastal track. By chance or design, who knows?

Fruiting pear tree just above the high tide mark.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Dragged my very loyal but hates-the-wet four-legged pal up the hill this morning. He had such a sorrowful look on his face that on the way down, I carried him above the sodden grass heads enclosing much of the track. He’s a bit like my partner that way.

Misty view above the trees and water at the head of Lyttelton Harbour

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Dump hen. By the weigh station, Bromley.

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Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

A thunderstorm rolling in to Governor’s Bay has reminded me of summer showers on Waiheke Island in the 70s. That is - showers with soap. Water was scarce, so when it rained in summer, our parents handed out soap and sent us kids out to shower under the leak in the guttering.