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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

The #greenhouse for @MichaelaKHulse’s birthday today is experiencing its first rain, and the ground is dry! #winning #garden #gardening

Greenhouse in a suburban garden, which is half finished- only the roof and wall framing is up. The weather is spitting with rain

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Progress pic #5 on @MichaelaKHulse’s greenhouse: up on the posts.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Progress pic #4 on @MichaelaKHulse’s birthday greenhouse

Metal a-frame sitting on four posts for the first time before the holes are drilled in the top of posts for it to sit into

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Another progress photo on @MichaelaKHulse’s greenhouse: attaching the wood which will hold the plastic sheeting to the metal frame.

Two men working in a suburban yard clamping, drilling and bolting wood onto a metal a-frame structure

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Progress pic on @MichaelaKHulse’s greenhouse- 3 out of 4 of the posts in the ground.

My backyard’s a building site with three posts sitting in holes in the ground with two men working on getting them set in the right spots.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

I was trying to make @MichaelaKHulse a surprise #greenhouse for her 29th birthday this weekend… she found out somehow. Since she knows now I guess it’s safe to post my first progress pic here! I am salvaging as much as possible, including the roof shape, which […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

My back garden with a deconstructed a-frame animal pen which is to be repurposed as a greenhouse this weekend

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Due to the price of meat of late, I made a #vegetarian roast, with a side of cauliflower cheese. #cooking #DIY #vegetable

A plate of roast veggies with cauliflower cheese

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

One party *actually* “building the future” while the other is only *saying* they’re “building the future” while actually building the 1950’s.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I *would* go knock on this door to tell them that their headlights have been left on… except there’s an unleashed dog. If you know owner of RQW554, please let them know. #LowerHutt #Wellington #NewZealand #Aotearoa

Dark coloured Suzuki Swift with the numberplate RQW554 parked in the driveway with the headlights on

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

What do we think, Mastodon? This 8 for $8.88 deal has been on my dairy wall for *months*. Of course, I know it *should* have some lines coloured in to show the actual deal, but since they haven’t done it, I think this interpretation is on the side of the angels? […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

We got a new fence. I started #painting the first coat yesterday afternoon. Did about 8m, out of a 34m length. Waiting on the neighbour to decide what colour they want the capping. #garden #DIY #colour #color

Panorama new timber fence, with a single coat of green paint along it.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Can someone explain to me why bots that boost hashtags on mastodon exist? If people want to follow a hashtag, they can follow that hashtag.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

…and added chopped spinach leaves near the end.

Pan of mince with all the things from the previous post plus now it has chopped spinach on top.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

One of my favourite easy meals to cook and create a few days’ worth of leftovers: “mince, with stuff in it.” It varies depending on what’s in the kitchen, but today’s stuff: diced onion, garlic, and mushrooms; plus 340g beef mince, finely chopped celery, few […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

A big pan of mince and veggies simmering on an induction hob.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Veggie prepping for dinner later, and upon opening a normal looking round onion and taking off one layer on the top which had a yucky bit on it, underneath, inside the onion, was a “clove” of onion. When I clove it in half (ha ha) I found its own distinct onion rings inside.

My hand holding what looks like a giant garlic clove which is actually a piece of onion, found inside an onion beneath the top layer.

My hand holding the clove from previous picture cut in half showing distinct rings.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Truly multimodal, how all routes everywhere should be… although the cars should be last priority, not first as seen here. I’ll take it though since it’s far better than the alternative. Train line is hidden behind the trees. Pictured here riding in Lower Hutt on […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Image shows a view from behind the Han of a Dutch-style cargo bike, with a white plastic basket secured by a blue strop. Underneath, barely visible is a white 10L sealed bucket of paint and two bags of play sand among other items.

The background features a cycle lane lined with greenery, a street, a footpath on the far side, and bicycles marked on the path. The weather is bright and sunny.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

@mama-melancholia.bsky.social tried to take a photo of the moon and Venus last night but the clouds made them blurry

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

In our #family we foster #scientific #curiosity from a young age. In this case, a shirt I found at the op shop last month, it’s literal 😉 #science #kids #clothes #toddlers

A child wearing a yellow "Curiosity Space Explorer" t-shirt with a picture of the above named rover is lying on a floral-patterned bedspread, with one arm extended and a leg being held by the person behind the camera (to make sure it doesn’t obscure the photo by kicking). The child's face is redacted by a smiling emoji. The setting appears casual and playful.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

RE: mastodon.nz/@SimonCHulse/1172491691… Another progress photo, got a cargo bike load of free cardboard that someone was about to recycle, laid it down to squish the weeds, and mulched over the top of it. Pōhutukawa mulch from was free too from […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Low angle photo A narrow garden area features a leafy Karo tree, bushes, a manuka and kanuka tree held up with stakes. This bordered by wooden garden edging. The backdrop includes a grey house, with a pathway running alongside it. In the distance, scattered gardening tools and a bright yellow plastic spinning flower are visible. The sky is partly overcast.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Doing some #Spring #garden #organisation. Here is the before and after of my last few days’ work in spare time:

A residential yard features a gray house with multiple windows, surrounded by a garden area. Rainwater and soil has pooled along a concrete path, and there are patches of grass and shrubs. Nearby objects include a small tree, and a red wooden fence.

A residential yard features a gray house with multiple windows, surrounded by a garden area. In this pic the path has been cleared and is twice as wide, and there are patches of grass and shrubs now surrounded by garden edging. Nearby objects include a small tree, and a red wooden fence.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Just saw this “Seymour’s moving bag” at Mitre 10. Hopefully an omen about someone moving out of the Deputy PM’s office this year? #NZPol

Photograph of a rack of large folded blue bags in transparent plastic wrap labelled “Seymour’s moving bag”.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

My small #Lego display on my computer desk shelf: my Fathers’ Day DeLorean—which I’ve modified the bottom of so it looks like it’s hovering—and Luxo Jr. and his ball from the Pixar Short.

LEGO models of the flying DeLorean from Back to the Future with minifigures of Doc and Marty in their outfits from the first film inside (modified in such a way with a structure underneath so it looks like it is hovering) and Luxo Jr. and his ball from the Pixar short film, sitting on a small shelf.

In the background is a window showing my back garden.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Fixed Act’s billboard with @Niall’s suggested addition and @MichaelaKHulse’s photography and editing #NZPol

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need… roads!” #LEGO DeLorean I got for Fathers’ Day today.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

RE: mastodon.nz/@SimonCHulse/1172204446… Fathers’ Day LEGO progress pic 2, featuring the DeLorean at step “88”. The manual has the number in orange digital lettering with a lightning bolt.

A partially built LEGO model is shown on a wooden table, with a construction manual nearby. Several additional LEGO pieces are scattered on a polka-dotted tray in the background. The model's design features a mix of black, red, blue, and grey.

Close up of the instruction manual of the DeLorean LEGO set, highlighting the unusual font for instruction number 88- in orange digital lettering like the film.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Happy Fathers’ Day to all the Dads like me out there. My wife @MichaelaKHulse and Miss 4.75 and Mr 1.75 made me homemade baking including this Belgian Biscuit #baking

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Our newly planted apple tree is making new growth after looking dead for quite a while 😊 #gardening #plants #LowerHutt #Wellington

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Miss 4 asked for, and I quote, “water that is cold as ice cream.” So I gave her a cup full of ice cubes. #DadJokes #DadJoke

Photo in my kitchen. My hand is offering a cup full of ice cubes to a small blonde girl whose face is redacted with an “eyebrow raise” emoji.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Our new fence is arriving- crane is having to do the Limbo to get everything under the electrical wires!

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

This filter makes my mastodon feed much more tolerable right now.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Dear Leader Luxon complaining that a cycle lane made it difficult to make a *fictional* commute he does not even make. Apparently looking both ways when he crosses the street would be too hard for him, *if* he wasn’t being chauffeured everywhere on the […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Screenshot of some of the text of the linked articlec starting with a quote from Christopher Luxon, which says “Now what you've got is a whole bunch of bike lanes up Molesworth Street that made it very difficult for me getting from my apartment into the parliamentary precinct,” he said.
Luxon hasn’t lived in that apartment since moving into Premier House as Prime Minister.”

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

This soy sauce contains “no added additives” and “vegetarians and vegans”.

Large bottle of soy sauce with a band on it that says “no added additives” and “vegetarians and vegans” with a tick next to each.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Glassy Wellington Harbour for our bike ride from Wellington to the Hutt along Te Ara Tupua today. Pic by @abartlet

I stand, wearing a helmet standing next to a cargo bicycle with two children in the front. The kids have their faces redacted with emoji. The backdrop features a calm body of water and a cloudy sky.

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Well, that’s one of the #UrbanArrowAdventures I was hoping not to have to have. At least, as I just discovered, my AA Road covers moving e-bikes in need of repair! #UrbanArrow #Quaxing #CarryShitOlympics #Bike #Cycling #Bikes #Wellington #LowerHutt #CargoBike

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Labour MP Damien O’Connor has been handing out popcorn to the media who are waiting to hear what’s happening at Parliament *guffaws* #NZPol

Pic of an opened packet of “Sweet and Salty” popcorn, followed by the quote “Veteran Labour MP Damien O’Connor has arrived with a supply of Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn, and dropped off a few bags of popcorn to press gallery reporters who are waiting for news from the National Party caucus room.

He said popcorn seemed like a fitting snack.”

Screenshot from Stuff.co.nz

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Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

As with many neurodivergent people, I like collecting things that I find pretty. These New World SMEG knives are making me feel happy when I see them in a row, and bonus, they’re the best knives I’ve ever owned. Middle one is from last time, ones on left and […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

A set of kitchen knives displayed on a magnetic strip. The knives vary in type and size, featuring stainless steel blades and different handle designs. The three on the left are entirely made of metal, including the handles, and say “SMEG stainless steel 1.4116” on the blades.

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