Lee Rowe

@leerowe

Granny. Librarian. Pākehā. Born Ōpunake. Live Tauranga Moana, Aotearoa. Toitū Tiriti. Free Palestine. My hobbies include not giving way to men on the footpath. Bit sweary & live with anxiety but generally happy. Also: lanyard wearing woke lefty loser.

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Lee Rowe@leerowe· 8d

I do have the NYPL key though, that someone got for me.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· 15d

Yep, brrrr.

Screen shot from Met service showing today's low temperature for where I live in Bay Of Plenty as -1 degree celcius

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jul 3

This says it all about the problem we have with police. Surprized that "normal" people have been taking drugs. Exposes their outrageous bias and prejudice...and they don't even recognize it.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jun 4

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jun 3

Bus driver said "you are a good Oma" to me after I got off the bus with my moko yesterday. We had been chatting away about the trip as it was her first bus ride! Nice bus driver. Fun trip.

Selfie of a wrinkly smiley woman with messy gray hair sitting next to a nearly 3 year old child on a bus. The smiling child has her hands out in greeting towards the phone camera.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Apr 8

Home made sourdough and green tomato jam. My favourite jam.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Apr 5

Easter Sunday vibes

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Mar 26

Move on the Move On orders. Tauranga Moana Action 1 to 3 pm Sunday 29 March Holy Trinity Lawn 215 Devonport Road Tauranga #HousingNotHandcuffs More details on poster.

Poster including this information: Move on the Move On orders. Tauranga Moana Action
1 to 3 pm
Sunday 29 March
Holy Trinity Lawn
215 Devonport Road
Tauranga
Will move to foyer if wet
Please bring a blanket to sit on, and then donate it at the end of the afternoon...Speakers, sign making, music & performances, free sausage sizzle & water bottles, good neighbour mobile shower & laundry. #housingnothandcuffs

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Mar 22

Didn't see Peters thankfully (only his car) but unfortunately saw Brian Tamaki and Shane Jones. Shudder.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Mar 22

Done. Peacefully protesting outside NZ First event in Tauranga. We were opposing their stance on Palestine. Winston and the coalition govt are complicit in the genocide.

Selfie of me holding a Palestinian flag with other pro-Palestine protestors in the background.

A group of Palestine supporters on the footpath and grass outside tue venue where Winston Peters was speaking.

Mr Dad (94) sitting on a chair holding a Palestinian flag.

Protestor on a traffic island holding a Palestinian and Tino Rangatiraranga flag. He is waving to a supporter (out of shot). Another protestor is in the foreground.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Mar 20

Small child looking under the cover of a red life buoy on a jetty with a big cruise ship and tug boats in the background.

There us a small child playing in the white sand at Waikorire beach with Mauao in the background. Mauao is cloaked in green bush. The sky and water are blue with some light clouds. There are many small boats moored and some young people doing waka ama. A pram is in the foreground on grass.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Aug 23

Flag wave 11 am Sunday 24th August Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Aug 14

Tauranga people! Flag wave 11 am Sunday 17th August Coronation Park Mount Maunganui. Palestine you will never walk alone.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Aug 8

Making egg sandwiches for a party. Not the budget option it used to be!

Loaf of white bread, butter and 12 eggs.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jul 30

Tauranga! Flag wave. Stand with Palestine, stand against the genocide. 11 am Sunday 3 August, Coronation Park, Mt. Maunganui.

Image in green, red, black and white showing a person with a wide open mouth and speech bubble reading Stand with Palestine, stand against the genocide. Additional text: Flag wave 11 am Sunday 3rd August, Coronation Park, Mt. Maunganui.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jul 25

Taurana Moana. Stand against the genocide. Flag wave 11 am Sunday 27 July Coronation Park Mt Maunganui. Ceasefire now.

Image with red white and green squares that reads Flag wave 11 am Sunday 27 July Coronation Park Mt Maunganui. Stand against the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jul 18

Tauranga Moana! Flag wave, 11 am Sunday 20 July Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui. Join us!

Image of a child in front of building rubble with their arms out and text that says "Every silence is a nail. Flag wave, 11 am Sunday 20 July Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui. We are dying for your sins."

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jun 12

I mean get yourself a library cat. Instant engagement with your library displays plus bonus free pats. Here's Mischief our campus cat soaking up the Matariki vibe.

A tortoiseshell cat sitting on a chair in front of a library display about Matariki.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jun 8

A group of people waving Palestinian flags at Mount Maunganui.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jun 7

This is how I roll on this beautiful winter Sunday morning. Sourdough bread fresh out of our 1974 Frigidaire oven.

Sourdough loaf in an olive green cast iron dish on the top of a very old stove.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Jun 5

It's home time but I can't leave yet. Campus cat Mischief is fast asleep in our office and she DOES NOT like being picked up when sleepy. Help!

Tortoiseshell cat fast asleep on an office chair next to a desk in an office.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· May 25

Yes you did good in the 1970s and 80s but wanting to organize society by "category" of human is not kind and that's why people are upset with you Sandra Coney.

Screenshot of letter to editor page of New Zealand Listener.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· May 24

He he just spotted Dad's copy of The Listener on his coffee table. Just missing some horns.

Cover page of The Listener with a photo of David Seymour with his face scribbled out with black pen.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· May 16

He's such a good boy.

A very handsome black and white cat lying on his side brown carpet.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· May 1

First fire of the year. Someone's blissed out.

A large black and white cat on his back with all four limbs stretched out long on a mat with a fire going in a woodburner behind.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Apr 24

These ones just flew directly overhead my place about 20 km north of Tauranga. Very cool.

Looking up at the blue sky between two trees there are three yellow old bi-planes in formation.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Apr 23

Oh great. Really looking forward to the deaths starting up again on my stretch of SH2. Announcement today it's going back to 100kph speed limit from 80 kph. Thanks a lot assholes. I definitely didn't support this and submitted to keep it at 80kph.

Screenshot from an email from NZTA saying that SH2 Katikati to Te Puna will revert from 80 kph to 1000 kph.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Apr 20

Went to Foxton Beach this morning. No wind, very warm. I had a swim! Was fun hanging out with my son, daughter and law and grandson. That's me in the red tshirt with him playing in the sand.

Foxton Beach. Sand surf and blue sky. 6 people on the beach including me and my grandson.

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Apr 16

Also made a zucchini loaf tonight which uses up 2 1/4 cups of grated overgrown zucchini 😄

Lee Rowe@leerowe· Apr 16

Another batch of nought cross buns ready to eat with a cuppa. These ones really don't need butter while still warm (they have 50g butter in the mix anyway) but after that definitely.