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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈
@cayemarsh.bsky.social
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.
February 11, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Today I started my eradication campaign against agapanthus in the yard. It will probably take years. #nzgardens
February 8, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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. 😁
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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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February 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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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@annaleen.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Puzzle is complete.
January 26, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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!
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
🌱🇳🇿 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.
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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
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
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My family does cookie decorating (or biscuit icing) every year, and my best entry this year was inspired by the Tino Rangatiratanga 😁
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It's a rainy, windy day. Quite inclement. PERFECT day to read some more of this. 😍

@older.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
After some GORGEOUS days in Wellington, it's now time for some much needed rain! 🌧️
December 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I don't particularly care for roses and I loathe apaganthus ... but isn't this a pretty bouquet anyway? 😍
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cat in shadow.

#caturday
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
FINALLY! After 382 tries, I got it on the first guess. 😂🥳
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Trans kids deserve better
#nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Beautiful sky tonight, Ākau tangi 😍
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Trying to parboil chicken and f-ing it up 🤦🏽‍♀️ In my defense, it's the first time I've tried it...
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The day after #Caturday and here's two cats on a tree, Kip and Twyla.
November 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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!!
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Whoo hoo!! I wish I could drop everything and read this. 😍

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September 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Sunset-lit clouds over Evans Bay. The world is such a beautiful place.
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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.
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
NAILED IT!
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM