<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[#Spotted at a Cafe in a Quiet Street in Aotearoa New Zealand:]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Spotted" rel="tag">#<span>Spotted</span></a> at a Cafe in a Quiet Street in Aotearoa New Zealand:</p><p>A Golden Retriever is watching her human's scone with UTMOST vigilance. <br />It's a delicious looking scone. <br />It's an alluring scone. <br />It's an irresistible scone.<br />Wait?!<br />Is her human distracted?<br />Hmm<br />CHOMP<br />Where'd it go?! <br />WHERE'D IT GO?!</p><p>A tiny human (months?) is enjoying a feed while being jiggled in Mum's arms. <br />Mum's bobbing up and down singing a song and Tiny Human keeps pausing to gurgle happily along. <br />Mum laughs and says: "We'll be here all day at this rate!" </p><p>A sharply dressed man (50s?) packs up the paperback he's been reading and walks up to the counter in a cafe to take his coffee cup back. He asks: "How's it goin'? You doin' okay?"<br />He gets a warm smile. "Yeah. It's quiet but we're managing. See you tomorrow eh."<br />"See you tomorrow."</p><p>A woman (20s?) parks her bike, takes off her helmet and replaces it with a backwards baseball cap. <br />She gives a friend sitting outside a stoic nod and steps inside to order a coffee and to have a Serious Woodworking Talk with a barista as he makes it. </p><p>Two teens (14?) are going for a run along a river path on a crisp Autumn evening. Both wearing metal band shirts, black jeans and heavy black boots. <br />Long black hair swinging at their backs. <br />A brick-shaped black and white staffy running at their side, looking up at them in pure adoration.</p><p>(Continued Below)</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/eb11f291-838b-4d3c-ad6e-3be860641860/spotted-at-a-cafe-in-a-quiet-street-in-aotearoa-new-zealand</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:06:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/eb11f291-838b-4d3c-ad6e-3be860641860.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:44:13 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to #Spotted at a Cafe in a Quiet Street in Aotearoa New Zealand: on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:45:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/georgepenney%40sunny.garden">@<span>georgepenney</span></a></span> NEVER leave a scone unattended when a retriever is around, golden or otherwise!</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/serebit/statuses/116410439248784611</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/serebit/statuses/116410439248784611</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[serebit@floss.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:45:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to #Spotted at a Cafe in a Quiet Street in Aotearoa New Zealand: on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:44:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Any typos spotted in this post spent a few lovely moments in a very big day yesterday enjoying a cup of tea and working in their favourite cafe. If typos spotted, they'll be trying to justify a massive cheese scone as lunch while they edit a book that seems to never want to get finished!</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/georgepenney/statuses/116410434296070616</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/georgepenney/statuses/116410434296070616</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[georgepenney@sunny.garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:44:21 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>