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@cayemarsh.bsky.social
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Author of queer SFF living & writing in Aotearoa (she/her). SpecFicNZ and Te Pae Tawhiti Awards. Uplifting good books and authors.

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Two kererū having an early morning perch, with the Remutaka in the distance.
Two kererū, large birds in the pigeon family, perched on telephone wires with misty blue mountains in the distance.
February 11, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Today I started my eradication campaign against agapanthus in the yard. It will probably take years. #nzgardens
A small garden strip on top of a wall. All the green parts of the agapanthus plants have been removed, so it's just a tangled mass of pale, fleshy roots looking like a million grubs swarming the ground. The same view of the wall as before, but also showing the stairs below absolutely covered with roots that have been pulled out by the handfuls.
February 8, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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This is a useful substitute for Rotel, if like me you moved from a place where you could get Rotel to a place where you couldn't. 😁
An orange can of La Morena homemade style red Mexican salsa.
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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My second read of 2026. Wow. That was intense! The chapter from Jaime's perspective was so visceral and claustrophobic. AMAZING depiction of mental illness. And the way his friends learned to engage with him? Revolutionary. 🥰

5⭐ @keezyyoung.bsky.social

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A photo of the book Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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My first read of the year! 👍👍

I'm amazed by how much it says with such a simple (and heartwarming) story. A real treat, highly recommended.
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A picture of the book Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Puzzle is complete.
A tabby cat with three legs sitting regally in the center of a completed round puzzle.
January 26, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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I looked out my window at night and saw the dark silhouette of an animal. So I took a picture in night mode, then messed with the settings.

A cat!
An over-exposed picture of a fluffy cat with a white chest sitting on a wall with the bay behind it. The picture is blurry and the colors are a bit off.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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🌱🇳🇿 Creatures around the garden today. A moth looking like a leaf. Monarch larvae on milkweed. A spider parasitizing a spider and dragging it to its burrow?!? I didn't know we had those here.
A brown moth with its wings clasped making it look like a ragged leaf. A black, yellow, and white monarch caterpillar on a chomped green plant. A reddish wasp near a large limp brown spider.
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Also see, horrifyingly, the uwu-fication of his greatest and most inspiring words.
For example, this sunny happy little quote on the notebook name badge of a shiba-inu themed journal I bought for my kid.
WHY DOES IT SAY THAT??
I don't understand and I don't like it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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In fact, a very kiwi Christmas this year. 😁 From various members of the whānau.
Top: a pohutakawa tree, by the beach, with a kiwi
Left: Māori flag-inspired design
Right: land of the long white cloud
Bottom: beach on a bright day
Four cookies decorated with icing, sprinkles, and marshmallows. Designed as noted in the post.
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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My family does cookie decorating (or biscuit icing) every year, and my best entry this year was inspired by the Tino Rangatiratanga 😁
A cookie with white icing, and swirled red and black stripes, with white sprinkles arranged geometrically.
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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It's a rainy, windy day. Quite inclement. PERFECT day to read some more of this. 😍

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A book: The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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After some GORGEOUS days in Wellington, it's now time for some much needed rain! 🌧️
Two pots of purple petunias on a wet deck, but you can't really tell they're petunias because the rain on my lens has blurred the image.
December 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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I don't particularly care for roses and I loathe apaganthus ... but isn't this a pretty bouquet anyway? 😍
A glass jar with white roses, pink roses, and purple apaganthus on a wood table with a red wall in the background.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Cat in shadow.

#caturday
A picture of my cat that is taken in the dark so that only the white parts of him show. You see half his face, one white leg, and his white tummy, and that's about it.
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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FINALLY! After 382 tries, I got it on the first guess. 😂🥳
A screenshot showing my stats for an online word game called Phrazle showing that it took only 1 guess today to get the correct answer. It nearly always takes me 3 tries.
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Trans kids deserve better
#nzpol
A sticker that says "trans are taonga," meaning that trans people are a special treasure of Aotearoa.
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Beautiful sky tonight, Ākau tangi 😍
An orange and pink band of sky over Evans Bay, with gray clouds above and the houses and shops of Lyall Bay below.
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Trying to parboil chicken and f-ing it up 🤦🏽‍♀️ In my defense, it's the first time I've tried it...
A chicken breast which has been cut into. The outside is done but the inside is still pink and undercooked.
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The day after #Caturday and here's two cats on a tree, Kip and Twyla.
A cat tree with three levels. On the top is a relaxed cat spread out on a blanket, and in the middle is a smaller cat sitting like a little loaf of bread with her feet tucked under.
November 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Hello do any of my followers know about houseplants? What are these?? Mealybugs? Aphids? I don't know if these are two separate kinds of things or life stages of the same thing. TIA and feel free to RT!!
The base of basil leaves covered by small globular green insects and smaller white-spiked bugs.
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Whoo hoo!! I wish I could drop everything and read this. 😍

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A screenshot of my receipt for Sworn Soldier: What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Sunset-lit clouds over Evans Bay. The world is such a beautiful place.
A photo taken near sunset. Tree-covered hills in the foreground, behind that mountain ranges looking dusky orange in the light. Low clouds are pink and higher clouds grey and somber.
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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My cat Kip's favorite toy. I have no idea where it came from. He will attack it SO violently. It shows no battle damage.
A small black plastic spider sitting in my hand. It looks cheaply made and only vaguely like a real spider.
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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NAILED IT!
A cookbook photo of a double-decker brownie cake looking so neat and swirly. A picture of a homemade double-decker brownie cake looking somewhat amateur -ish but still decadent and tasty.
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM