Brooke 🖤🤍💜🏹

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Formerly Bronwyn \\ any pronouns \\ Aotearoa (NZ) \\ Pākehā \\ aroace \\ dyscalculic probably \\ reads books out loud \\ writer at heart but not in practice

a black and white comic titled "The adventures of Lady No-kids". to the left stand a family with a mother, father, and two young children one of which is in a push pram. They are staring at a lady wearing a top hat with a feather, no pants, socks and sandals, and a cane. There is a goose off to the right. The lady says "anyways, I'm gonna follow this goose for a while and see where I end up."
A poster with an image of a megaphone. the text reads: Muriwai ward works. On strike for safe staffing. Friday 24 July 2026 8 am - 9 am Outside Waitakere hospital on Lincoln road. Bring your flags, banners and your voice. everyone welcome. New Zealand Nurses organization.
A black and white cat is grumpily wearing a soft circular collar around his neck to prevent him licking a wound on his chest. The collar is patterned with a children's fabric with pandas and rocking horses, stars and moons
A close up photo of two crocus flowers. They're a pale purple with lines of deeper purple. Bright yellow stamens sit in the center. The leaves are thin grass-like blades which are striped, two green outer stripes with a white inner stripe
A mostly white dog with a dark brown head and one stripe over it's right shoulder. Floppy ears, short fur. The breed is unknown to the poster, but the dog is most definitely not a grey hound
A black cat sits in the middle of a large bright green bean bag. He is alert and facing the camera. In front of him is a little tea set on a tray in a stool. An electric jug of hot water sits beside it. The cat looks like he is in the middle of a tea drinking session
It's dark. A slow cooker is filled with red wine and a sugar cone is suspended above. The cone in on fire with blue flames and dripping into the wine below
4 cones made of sugar (2 a squat shape, 2 longer and thinner) sit in a backing tray in the oven
A brown caterpillar curled up in shame after being caught in a bed of decimated kale
3 small potted plants in seedling pots. One is a Peaseara with a flower stalk with red and yellow flowers. One is a tiny maxillaria sophronitis with one small orange flower, unopened. And the last one is a bat plant with no flowers (not an orchid)
A poll from Stuff. The question: what's the best thing New Zealand can do to reduce reliance on foreign oil? The 4 responses are: 1. Drill and mine for our own fossil fuels. 2. electrify rail. 3. subsidize electric vehicles. 4. big renewable energy projects like dams and windfarms.
A black and white cat caught red handed munching on the young seedlings in the garden bed
A black circular pot tray with 3 sets of 3 small seedling pots within. Each set is filled with a seed mix and covered in glad wrap.
A glass jar is 2/3 filled with chopped feijoa, skins on. The fruit is suspended in a sugar syrup which is not yet fully dissolved
A bowl of round green feijoa fruit
A mostly dead blueberry bush, with dried up and curled brown leaves
A small kowhai bonsai in a blue rectangular pot. It has slender branches and small leaves
An asexual pride flag (stripes are purple, grey, white and black) is laying on the ground. A shape is moving under the flag. a black and white cat emerges from under the flag.
Risotto rice frying in a pressure cooker. A glass of wine is held in the foreground
A smiling pakeha woman wearing a large white floppy hat with a rainbow ribbon tied around it. She's wearing dangling feather earrings, and a tran supportive singlet
Trifle: bottom layer of chocolate cake, then layers of various fresh berries, Tim Tams, and cream
A brick bbq in the pouring rain. Plumes of steam rises into the air. BBQ utensils and plastic containers of meat are covered in water
A small squeezy lava lamp. Squeezing the base makes the larva swirl
Straight sided bowl with layers of chocolate cake, berries, Tim tams, and topped with whipped cream
A yellow globe zucchini held in one hand. The zucchini plant is in the background
Close up of a zucchini plant stem. There are many female flowers yet to open, and no male flowers. Underneath the flowers is a yellow globe fruit swelling in size. Unfertilized flowers shrivel and fall off instead.
Looking inside a small wine fridge. It has only one rack in the middle upon which sits a plastic box with a cheese wheel inside. A paper towel covers the top of the cheese, and a damp cloth sits on the fridge floor for humidity reasons.
A plastic bag containing 3 male zucchini flowers. The flowers have finished blooming, but hopefully still contain plenty of pollen.
A plastic white cheese press with a yellow lid. It sits on a green chopping board on a messy kitchen bench. Whey is leaking from the bottom of the press
A public bathroom sink in which the dryer has been incorporated into the tap. To the right is a matching soap dispenser projecting straight from the wall, there is no obvious way to refill it. On the left is the standard soap dispenser that has been installed afterwards because no one can be bothered filling up the one on the right.
A black and white cat sits on the edge of a deck. Just past the deck a wooden footpath curves away leading to a tiled area, both are wet from rain. Plants grow between the path and tiles
an online payment window with the heading "account 2 account" at the top. A text box explains that it wants you to log out of your other online banking sessions then provide your username and password to them.
A plate of small crispy roasted potatoes, in a mix of colours. Green herbs have been sprinkled on top. A couple of roasted broccoli pieces sit in the background.
A poll: Do you think NZ should have a capital gains tax? option 1: Yes, only if income tax rates were reduced at the same time. 16% of votes. option 2: yes. 44% of votes. option 3: No. 40% of votes.
A blurry image of a ginger and white cat holding a pair of chopsticks in one paw. The text is in Chinese (您好 我吃一點) translating to: hello (polite form) I eat a little
A black and white cat snoozes on a bed made with a gray blanket
The stump of a Yacca tree which was recently planted. A close look at the base shows that the plant is not secure in the ground and the roots are still bound from the pot is used to be in
Sign reading: attention. Please be aware of aggressive magpies. Magpies next in this area during the breeding session
Two cats sit in their own window seats staring out the window. A black cat on the left, a black and white cat on the right
5 sets of 5 seedling pots set out in trays
comment by anon: Stay inside then , dogs want to walk around the neighbourhood to HAHAHHA
A cherry tree in near full bloom with pink blossoms. A large rock is at its base with a little black cat perched atop.
A young cherry tree which is about half covered in pink blossoms
Weather predictions from Saturday to Wednesday: lots of sun with highs of 36 degrees C
Newspaper article from the Otago Daily Times. Title: laser tag hits sporting target for participants. There is a picture of a man wearing a laser tag vest and holding a laser tag phaser
Left, a deal for a book as emailed to me: buy the eBook - 91% off. Was $22.99 AUD, now $1.99 AUD below it's detected that I'm actually in NZ, and asks me to switch to the NZ store. Right - the same book in the NZ store: Now the list price is $31.04 NZD and the special price is $24.99 NZD
A bag of chips (or crisps if you're English) - caramelised onion and balsamic vinegar flavor (fancy salt and vinegar) - and a can of L&P
A Willie-wagtail. A small black bird with a white front and white eyebrow with a long tail that wags from side to side as it hops along the ground
A view of the underside of a pot lid. Water has accumulated under the handle and does not leak out