Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
  • Something humourous that happened to you
  • Something frustrating that happened to you
  • A quick question
  • A request for recommendations
  • Pictures of your pet
  • A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
  • Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

  • liv@lemmy.nz
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    8 days ago

    Kia ora tatou, I went for a swim in the ocean!! And there were no waves so I was able to go out deep and just float around out there.

    It felt so free. Also, there was a stingray!

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      7 days ago

      That’s awesome!

      I love seeing stingrays. I used to walk around the waterfront in Wellington often at lunchtime, and if you paid attention you could occasionally see stingrays in the water if it was calm enough.

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        7 days ago

        Me too. One of my favourites in Wellington was that thing like a tiny lagoon next to the wharf, great for spotting them.

        When I was swimming the other day it swam right up to me! Like, almost touching! I knew it was in the water with me because I’d floated over it earlier but I wasn’t expecting anything like that. They are so beautiful. Made my year.

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          7 days ago

          That’s really cool!

          Yes, the Whairepo Lagoon is a great place to see them! You can sometime see them in other calm areas along that waterfront as well.

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            7 days ago

            Aha, so I’m not misremembering that it’s a lagoon! Long time since I was running around there. I remember seeing one a few times near a… some kind of poem they have inscribed in metal on the waterfront path.

            I love how their wings ripple. Also they have very calm faces.