This afternoon's treasure hunt turned up sea glass (inc. a bottle fragment & possibly a marble, very worn) and some lovely (to me!) bits of ceramic & shell. 💎🐚

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So my wife did a madness for my birthday today. Found a local leather smith in Port Chalmers to make my day sporran. The woman who made my Kilt (Mosgiel) made some flashes & gave me whitebait. Central Otago Pinot from my cousin’s winery & West Coast whitebait. I go by McLeComte the Gentleman now

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Looks like my friends on Waiheke Rescue got a bit of entertainment from a Brydes Whale today.

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Cancer treatments & survival rates In 2012 I went to a talk about CAR-T, a new revolutionary treatment for blood cancers & possibly other types of cancer. Having lost my dad to cancer, I cried over the promise of this new treatment. In 2022, CAR-T saved my husband's life Science. Saves. Lives.

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Today there are 325 Kakapos in New Zealand. In 1995, when I was 10, there were only 51 left. Huge conservation efforts were made to save them 💚

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