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The least sinister thing at Steampunk HQ

The least sinister thing at Steampunk HQ

So grateful for these autumn sunrises. #nofilter

So grateful for these autumn sunrises. #nofilter

How is it that I've been to Ross Creek hundreds of

How is it that I've been to Ross Creek hundreds of times and never found the waterfall, until today?

For no particular reason I took off in an unusual direction, slid down a tricky pathway and ended up at this gorgeous spot. It wasn't the plan at all but I liked it.

This could be a metaphor for life right now - or it could just be cool because I'm a big fan of waterfalls.

Like many people in NZ I have such mixed feelings

Like many people in NZ I have such mixed feelings today. Embracing more freedom, I went to buy a vacuum cleaner because three people in a house for seven weeks solid means a disgusting amount of mess, and our old vacuum cleaner takes more of a social distancing approach to the dirt (i.e., takes a very wide berth of it). I was happy to be out for one little errand but also not ready to be out and about much more than that. It feels like there is still so far to go. (Also, people are right back to driving badly.) On the other hand, there have been many unexpected joys in the past few weeks. Amazing online dance classes. More sleep. Not rushing. Very few decisions to make. I may have already mentioned the food? No one in this house losing their shit. Planting masses of spring bulbs to give us something to look forward to. Lots of basketball, both indoors and out. And a huge amount of lego, thanks to the Trickster daily challenges - I had completely forgotten how much fun lego is. My favourite day was the self-portrait. (My hair doesn't really look like this now, but it will soon.) In other news, Flynn took off to hang out with some buddies this afternoon and I missed him SO MUCH.