Mānuka

Est. 1980's, She/Her, here for birds, gaming and science fiction tv 🏳️‍🌈🦉

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

Remembering that one October we had where 30 out of 31 days were galeforce winds or above

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

@chvrmoffensive NTA, it was a terrible accident. I'm sure you were a lot more careful after that 🙂

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@crazychkwithaxe It was great! I had been hesitant before because I thought she'd be an asshole protagonist but it's really not like that at all

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

@crazychkwithaxe I finished the first one and I've gotta get the second one asap

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

I pity anyone who visits at this time of year 😂

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Ok I'm all packed for my trip. No need to think about all the boring stuff...

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@fyeahtourist Children of Memory? I did find that one a bit tedious unfortunately. The most recent was much better but no Children of Time

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

Can't work from home without my down booties

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

@fyeahtourist Can you tell I'm a fan? 😆

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

I suspect I washed a snail when I did my laundry if this chitinous debris is anything to go by...

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@fyeahtourist I loved Children of Time! It was one of the first Tchaikovsky novels I read and now I have a whole shelf. I also like how his aliens are *very* alien

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

Work from home days are great because I can climb a hill and walk through regenerating forest (and invasive weeds) on my lunch break and, in the morning, wild parrots gallop across the roof.

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@fyeahtourist 🤣 I have a very low heat tolerance so it's perfect for me. I was miserable visiting even Seattle in summer and when I went to Michigan I just about died

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

@fyeahtourist No, usually thoughout the year. Though I have seen a few big swings when the wind changes!

On a walk right now and it's a lovely 59F. Tshirt weather!

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

@fyeahtourist Temperatures here usually range between about 39F and 73F (our all time record high was 86). It's windy AF here though so that really influences temp feel

We can get a similar effect to that SF commute here but that's usually just because the weather changed really fast 😅

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

@fyeahtourist Yeah I converted it. Wellington summers are very mild 😆

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@fyeahtourist I'm going to drive for 7hrs this weekend so I'll be going from 55 to <checks notes> 64. Granted that's like going from winter to summer for any Wellingtonian 😂

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

@replacemyblue I am enjoying this all vicariously (having no memory of my own first impressions 🥲)

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

When you have a crush on a milf and you're painfully reminded that you are in fact the same age

[jackie sturka @jackiesturka]

when you have a crush on a milf and they post something that painfully reminds you that they are in fact 45 years old

[Mānuka @Manukattw]

@replacemyblue Margo 🥰

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@Manukattw Yesss. I’ve got less than 100 pages left in the 2nd book