Hello there, I'm a Gen X small business owner and lifestyle blogger. I mostly share my crafting and gardening adventures in Dunedin, New Zealand. I have a PhD in Plant Biochemistry, and a certificate in Horticulture.
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Last Notes npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Hubby’s birthday present is here. I now have to hide it until July 🤔 #lego https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/524/487/316/885/192/original/29ab55d8b46dfb9a.jpeg npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ OMG, the last book in Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter series has left Book Hero NZ, and should arrive tomorrow morning :partyparrot: :partyparrot: :partyparrot: I fear I will shed some tears at the end: 18 books, and 4 novellas, I've been reading this series since 2009. #books #bookstodon npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…69x8 We're due for a frost tomorrow. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…76ue That's great news. Do you put distilled water in yours to stop mineral build up? npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…76ue Is the humidifier easy to clean? npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…zxp6 I hope it goes well. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Does anyone in NZ have a humidifier for their bedroom, and can you suggest one to me? Preferably one without a night light, would be good if it could tell you what the humidity is. My asthma symptoms are getting niggly at night now it's getting cooler, and my allergist suggested one. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Just got my flu and covid injections for the year. Am looking forward to getting my 5G upgraded 😂 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ In this week's gardening blog post, I tell the tale of the demise of our Lilac tree this summer... #blog #blogging #garden #gardening #gardeningnz #gardeningnz #gardeningblog https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=191&title=our-lilac-tree-died npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I got the chain threading of my cloak done last night. I also got my pair of socks to the point I started decreasing at the toes on one sock. If I'm lucky I might finish them today 🤞 I've been on a crafting roll the last couple of weeks, finishing a bunch of things. Then it'll be months of things in progress 🤣 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Hubby is writing out a summary for you guys to see... npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ The programming is nearly at a stage I can do beta testing (I have experience through an old job), which will be fun to do. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I'm very excited because I'm notoriously bad at remembering where various crops are over the years in terms of crop rotation (especially for garlic)> npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Then you can click and drag to put where you are putting your bulbs, plants, and seeds into (via rows, grids, etc). Then you put in the planting date. You can at the end mark them as harvested or pulled out or any other option you want.) The cool thing is that there will be dating features where you can see on a timeline where things go in the beds over time, and you can scroll to see the changes over the years. I think it'll be great for crop rotation for the home gardener. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I have some exciting news to tell you. Hubby is using his awesome programming skills to write garden bed planning software for me (and potentially others). It'll be open source, and you put it on your computer. It won't be in the cloud or have a subscription service. I'll be able to draw garden beds, put in their sizes, split them up into smaller beds, add paving stones. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Strong wind watch for Otago and Southland tomorrow 😬 The first thing I thought about was that @nprofile…69x8 was going to be annoyed 😂 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ See’s the Steven West knitting drama erupting all over social media. Backs away from the internet until I have time to catch up on what’s happened 👀 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…n7p9 I don't know of anyone who grows and weaves their own cloth in NZ commercially. There is one weaving company in Auckland who weaves with wool but I don't know if it's NZ wool. You do have people like me who weave cloth for their own work projects. I mainly use NZ yarn that has been grown on NZ farms and then I weave it into fabric and then products. Papahoa Fibreworks is a small business that natural dyes peoples clothes for them on a small scale. They are also growing their own linen for eventual cloth making but I think it's mostly for the NZ fashion industry. As far as I know there are no fibre linen farms in NZ, we only grow linen plants for flax seeds for food production. If you ever want to grow your own linen I had tonnes of seeds if you want some... https://www.papahoafibreworks.nz/ npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…8xww For my next one I'm thinking about putting two small sllits a the side to put arm holes in 🤔 Also I decided to make the oversized hood this time and it's far too big and completely covers my head so I can't see. I'll have to somehow pin the hood to my head so it doesn't shift 👀 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…8xww Yes I agree, I think it's more cosplay than a warm cloak. But from looking at the pattern it wouldn't be too hard to change the shaping of the front panel pieces so that it would cross over 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…urmy Ooh what did you buy? Yes I'm being nosy. I bought the Traveller cape pattern 🤔 I would like to get the Pixie coat pattern eventually npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ My first Overland cloak is nearly finished. Just the chain threading of the lining to the outer cloak to go. And also putting in two button holes. Except my sewing machine is refusing to make a button hole (good thing I tried it on some spare fabric). Due to the weight and also the nap of the velvet the fabric isn't moving 😬 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ FYI sewing friends, The Fabric Store has 40% off all fabrics today. That includes their wonderful linen fabric. I've just bought some linen/cotton fabric in sage green for a dress project. I've been eyeing up the fabric for ages but didn't want to pay full price 😂 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…76ue I'm a great influence 😂 Ooh what did you get? Yes I'm being nosy 🤣 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Twig & Tale are having a yearly 25% off sale. I just bought their cape sewing pattern. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ When I went to put it in the chest freezer, I found it completely packed and I just only barely fit the container in. There is no more space for anything else. We need to start processing and eating stuff. I swear the giant bag of hash browns wasn't in there last week 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Hubby and I cleaned up the sugar beet root and peeled it and then cut it into small pieces for freezing. I want to test how freezing the sugar beet root helps in increasing the sugar extraction % 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Just dug up a sugar beet plant that was in my way of garlic planting plans and the harvested root came in at 2.7 kg. The plant has only been growing since last spring. The root grew down to about half a meter. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ In this week's gardening blog post I've been saving tomato seeds for growing next spring. #blog #blogging #garden #gardening #nzgarden #nzgardening https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=190&title=tomato-seed-saving-in-late-summer npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…gydw Yeah I've seen some 503 errors. Also it's taking over a minute to upload a new post, for me. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Is Mastodon NZ slow for anyone else right now? npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…69x8 Yeah well, Night Silence has been on my wish list for 5 years, so I took the opportunity while I had it 🤩 It's just been so popular and expensive that I couldn't even get the chance to buy it until now. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…24f9 Ooh I love Misses Miley. I am getting rid of my Rosemary Webb dahlia, soft pink waterlily dahlias just aren't my thing. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Uh oh, I went back in and saw one of my ultimate wishlist dahlias for sale at a decent price and I bought it. I'm sorry @nprofile…69x8 but it wasn't a collerette or an anemone 🤣 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I got 4 of the 5 dahlias I wanted. One dahlia sold out in 30 seconds, before I could get to the checkout 😭 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…unhv Ooh nice! I'd love to see a photo. My plants are all still looking nice and green and healthy. I think it was the liquid frost cloth I sprayed on them. No sign of fungus at all. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…69x8 Oi 😂 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ This year I'm only buying collarette and anemone dahlias, of which there are only a small amount of dahlia varieties in NZ. There's a number of dahlias I'm getting rid of in winter, they're not what I like, they're not performing well in my garden. My flower farmer friend is taking them off my hands, so I have more space in my garden for my favorite dahlias... npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I mean, my dahlias are all still alive and above ground right now, and I'm still collecting seed heads for dahlia breeding next season 🤷♀️ npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Dahlia Presales are stupidly early this year, which isn't good for my gardening budget 😬 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ There are two dahlia tuber presales tonight at 7 pm. Luckily the tubers I want are at one business, and they're local. There's another dahlia presale tomorrow night where there's two dahlias I would like 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Happy birthday @nprofile…76ue 🎉 🎂 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Today's NZ White Ferns one day international cricket match is the last free to air NZ cricket for the forseeable future. Next year, all NZ cricket is back on Sky TV's paid platform. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Yeah the cricket isn't going well 😬 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ My garlic bulbs from NZ Bulbs arrived yesterday, can't wait to plant my NZ Early Purple variety this month. They should be ready in November, before garlic rust strikes 🤞 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ There is a lot of back stitching in this project, which I loathe doing. Hubby has volunteered to do it for me, but I think he underestimates how much is involved, and how most of it is done using gold metallic thread 👀 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I've had to go through my two other Dimensions cross stitch kits that are unopened and steal thread colours from those kits. My plan is to replace the colours I've removed from the kits with DMC thread. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Unfortunately the Dimensions Crafts company has been sold off to a liquidator in 2025 as part of the Simplicity Company being made being made bankrupt, and they are no longer giving people more thread if they run out. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I've nearly finished doing the cross stitching on my Dimensions "Frederick the Literate" Library Cat counted cross stitch kit, but I've run out of some threads. I'm always super careful about being very conservative with cross stitch thread use when it comes to kits, and some threads have run out halfway through 😬 #crossstitch npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Artemis launch day 🚀 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ The cricket was absolutely amazing. NZ White Ferns did it 🤩 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I hate stupid April Fools day. With the world being as crazy as it is, who know what's real anymore 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…gtt6 Exactly. It sounds like he's delegating all the work and just swanning around... npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…v9er We buy 20 kg bags of flour from our local Bin Inn for $45. You can just call them and ask them to order a bag for you. Their miller is in Timaru. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Link to the video is on Bluesky. #nzpol https://bsky.app/profile/mountaintui.bsky.social/post/3mi7z2sns722z npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ OMG I can't believe Luxon said "I'm the CEO." on live TV in an interview with Tova. She corrected him saying "You're job is the Prime Minister". 👀 👀 👀 #nzpol npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ According to two of my weather forecasts, we may be getting a frost on Wednesday morning 😬 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…td4u none it’s all pretty lame. Better to stick with British bake off the best one. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ FYI new zealand great British bake off and sewing bee fans, new seasons on TVNZ starting Thursday 9th April npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Ooh I think some of my chickpeas are ready to harvest 🤩 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Dahlia tuber buying for 2026 has begun, I bought 3 from Wild Flora Flower Farm. Rocco, Lynn T, and Coralie. #dahlias #dahliasnz npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Ooh a Lego Spock minifig has been leaked, Star Trek TOG must be the next set to be released 🤔 #lego #startrek npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I'l just keep turning my music up until I can't hear it. Unfortunately it won't help stop the house from shuddering 😬 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ So, the high winds have started, yay 😩 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Due to early frosts hitting some dahlia growers in Central Otago, the first dahlia tuber presale is tonight at 8 pm 😬 I have my eye on 4 dahlias 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…7e94 Yes it does 👀 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Hubby is quite down today, as his favorite boss has officially announced he's leaving the company. Hubby has known for months but couldn't say anything until it was official. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ My spring bulb order from Bulbs Direct has shipped, I need to find space for 60 more daffodils and 20 tulips 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Hubby just referred to the letter "K" as an angular goth letter, just like XYZ. He said K belongs at the end of the alphabet 🤣 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…2jkj I loved visiting Hamilton Gardens, even hubby was impressed. I loved the Mediterranean garden, and hubby loved the chinese one. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…85dz I reckon Hipkins, he's posting on social media today about it. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…uazw Bugger 😩 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…tkzw She's very relatable to me, so I feel for her. Especially in social situations 😂 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…urmy You're welcome. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…uazw TOBS is on TVNZ+ npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ TOBS also has a diverse cast, just like Bridgerton does. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ In TOBS the actress who played Mary in 1995 P&P plays Mrs Hill. The actress who plays Mrs Gardener in TOPS, played the Caroline Bingley like character in Bride and Prejudice. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I'm finally caught up with the Other Bennet Sister. I'm loving the look and feel which is similar to Bridgerton. I'm also loving all the little nods to P&P 1995, 2005, and Bride and Prejudice (if you haven't seen it, you'll love the Indian contemporary version). #theotherbennetsister npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…aagg They've probably realised how many new people bought cars the last couple of weeks 🤔 I'm currently very happy our EV car is being charged by the big yellow thing in the sky right now ☀️ npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ In related EV car news: "Meridian are doubling their overnight EV rates" according to someone on Bluesky... npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…grvd Yeah 👀 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ "Saudi Aramco cuts crude oil supply to Asian buyers for April." according to Reuters an hour ago. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/saudi-aramco-tells-buyers-lift-only-arab-light-crude-yanbu-april-2026-03-23/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69c09c553cd816000185f064&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ I found them in my box of weaving supplies... npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Also hubby is at Spotlight getting me more pins for the cloak projects (I ran out), and he was overwhelmed by the choices. I wanted glass head pins rather than plastic heads (which can melt while ironing). npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ If you were a box of knitting T-pins where would you be? 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ As always while we're on holiday, Rosie cat likes waking us up at 6.30 am 😒 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…79v0 Ah I posted it for another person. I got a Logitech MK950 Signature Slim Combo keyboard and mouse. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…l6g7 When I did my PhD I was entering a lot of number data so really needed a number pad, I can't live without it now. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…l6g7 I got the white one as it was the only one available in store. It matches my iMac, so it looks good. I'm used to a full keyboard so I can't do without all my extra keys 🤣 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…l6g7 I got a Logitech MK950 Signature Slim Combo keyboard and mouse. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ One thing I like about this new keyboard is that the on off switch is easy to get to, and not underneath the keyboard like my old one was. Also my new keyboard is much heavier, which means that it'll be harder for Rosie cat to push it around :blobcat_wink: npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Right, I need to get back to weeding the garden. Hubby is now cleaning is work keyboard, I wonder how much food is in there 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Ooh there's an emoji key for easy emoji use 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Hello from my new keyboard. Hubby set it up for me within two seconds. I also got a new mouse, but I won't need it because my current one is awesome. I think it'll take a while to get used to 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…69x8 I just asked him to get one with the same layout like my current one and the same typing feel 🤔 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ He did offer to let me use his work one for now but given how dirty it is I would need to wear a hazmat suit to use it 🤣 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ The “A” key on my keyboard has officially died. Hubby has gone out to get me a replacement keyboard, but I think it’s just an excuse for him to wander around PB Tech for a while 😂 npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ @nprofile…6zm0 Jam is quite easy to make, and it tastes much better than bought stuff. npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Look who I saw this morning snacking on a dahlia, the Yellow Admiral butterfly. #butterfly #aotearoa https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/263/652/763/734/077/original/71f84d4f5ee8d6fe.jpeg npub1a00w8g93uhl9ja3f8vfzw92crfryqlem8k9syt389jm87kjjynrsteueta Crafty Gardener NZ Missy cat spent the afternoon on the bed with me for cuddles.