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19 February, 2012

Sunday Potpourri Post (with heaps o' links)

Only three more weeks before we move into our new place AND we finally have a car (Hooray!)  . . . which means just 30 minutes to the Oronorongo (last time we went ma raro . . . 12 hours) for a wee walkabout. Speaking of wee and Oronorongo, we saw this odd-looking pair of giraffe weevils in the undergrowth, ahem, making looove.

And . . . speaking of odd-pairs and love, also saw Andrew Haigh's film Weekend last night, and recommend it highly. 
So today is Sunday (and Richard's on call). As has become our custom, we started of with breakfast, coffee and papers at Floridita's, then off to the market. On the way, we saw "Bob Barker," one of Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling boats.
The fishmonger had some interesting stuff, including a magnificent ling, a fillet of which we shared with another bloke who had his eye on it. And while Richard was at the ward, Kristen turned this . . .
into this:

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