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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Two pictures 10 min apart. The end of Miramar and part of Matiu Island in Ākau Tangi. Changeable Wellington weather. #Pōneke #Aotearoa

Two dark islands in shadow, with grey clouds above surrounded by calm, dark water.

The same two islands, with a bright blue sky overhead, white fluffy clouds, and a sea sparkling with reflected light.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's already Sunday in Aotearoa but here's Kip for your #Caturday 🐱

A tabby and white cat curled up asleep on a folded up scarf on top of a white bookshelf.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New mandala pattern... Trying some neons this time. Greens and pinks.

A coloring book mandala which has been divided into irregular sections by pen, and then colored with contrasting color schemes. One with green shades, and one with pink shades. Pens are laying alongside.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Alright, here's the design with all the orange/gold/yellow done. For the remaining sections I'll do cool colors. Greens? Blues? Or maybe purples...?

A radially symmetric mandala with wavy lines dividing it into irregular sections. Half the sections have been coloured in with orange, gold, and yellow.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was part-way through a mandala project and I think it looks pretty like this:

A partly colored mandala in orange, yellow, and gold. The symmetric pattern is divided by some flowing lines.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Look what I just checked out from Wellington City libraries in Aotearoa NZ! Congrats @jsfields.bsky.social @wctracy.bsky.social @heathertracyauthor.bsky.social on this wonderful anthology making it half-way 'round the world! 😄

The book Lesbians In Space: Where No Man has Gone Before, edited by JS Fields, William C Tracy, and Heather Tracy. The cover is purple and pink and shows two astronauts in full spacesuits kissing.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Very fishy, a tad spicy, kinda uninteresting. The noodles were not my favorite texture. I would eat it again, it's fine, but I wouldn't be overly excited. #Itryramen

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Usually Buldak is too spicy for me, but I saw a new flavor (cheese with extra cheese) I wanted to try!! #Itryramen

A yellow packet of Samyang's Cheese Buldak Spicy Ramen.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This book was AMAZING I really, really enjoyed it! Pre-history and gods and inexplicable happenings. A tender love story about finding someone who understands you and accepts your faults. Just really good. The Hymn To Dionysus by Natasha Pulley

A picture of the book The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley. On the cover is shown a temple in flames with grape vines all twined around.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

AMAZING because look what I'm reading right now. 😁

My hand holding the book Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

First time in #Aotearoa we've seen Colby Jack cheese!!! The kids are very excited. 😁😁😁

A package that says Dairyworks Colby Jack natural slices.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

New author photo!! 😅 I was going to take a picture of the scenery and saw my shadow in the shot.

A rocky coastline looks out over a bay with deep blue water and a bright green cliff in the background. In the foreground, the picture-taker's shadow is cast on a rock.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ha ha ha THIS 😍 (this is from Trung Le Nguyen's live-tweet thread as he reads and experiences Pride and Prejudice for the first time)

Screenshot of Trung Le Nguyen saying "honestly I love when heterosexuals fight" and Claire Willet replying "best summary of Jane Austen."

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Spotted in Courtenay Place! Whoever put these up 🥰🥰🥰 amazing work. Today is a great day to make your voice heard about "move on orders" which basically authorize police to harass homeless people for just existing. #NZpol www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

Two signs taped to a pole urging people to make a submission to Parliament about the move-on orders bill, which is due July 2nd. And informing people they can do it from Smart Newtown in the community center. There's a QR code link to follow.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This storm just keeps going!! Wind and rain and sleet and the house is SO COLD. I cannot wait to replace the cladding and add insulation. Here is our cat Twyla curled up on my feet trying to stay warm while I work.

A tabby and white cat curled in a tight circle on a blue blanket, with a laptop nearby.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I also did not like mayo but moving to AoNZ I have been won over by some of their great flavored mayo/aioli

A plastic squeeze bottle of Culley's Kitchen creamy Sriracha and lemon mayo

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Oh to read Pride and Prejudice again for the first time with fresh eyes!! I wish I could. 😍

A Bluesky post that reads: half of this book has me like, "Wow what an astute observation of human social dynamics, how lovely," and the other half is just me biting my thumb and internally screaming.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

My pre-order has arrived! Excited to check this one out... @kaitlynabdou.com

An email receipt for the book A Prince Among Pirates by Katie Abdou.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Sunrise this morning over Matiu Island and Hutt valley. #Aotearoa is so beautiful.

An early sunrise, dark blue ocean, a black island, and black mountains behind that with a band of lights from a town at the bottom. The sunrise is steaks of orange and pink within dark clouds.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We didn't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine! It's a picture of a tide pool at Scorching Bay on Miramar in Aotearoa!

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Not sure how I will write like this...

A gray tabby cat with white aggressively cuddling me and taking up my whole lap.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Until just a moment ago, I had been sitting in that chair writing. The cats have been clustered around, hoping I would do something interesting for them to look at. #amwriting

An empty brown chair. There's a cat sitting on the footstool and one resting on the arm of the couch nearby. Both are obviously angled as to be watching the chair, though one has turned his head to look at the photographer.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

HELL YES! My pre-order has arrived! Honestly I don't need this distraction right now because I'm supposed to be finishing up my own MS but I am going to FIND THE TIME! 😁👍🧡 #amreading @kjcharleswriter.com

A screenshot of the pre-order delivery notice from Kobo for the book How To Fake It In Society by K.J. Charles.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A cool praying mantis laying her ootheca on a cabbage tree in my yard!! I'm pretty sure this is the native species (Orthodera novazealandiae) though I cannot see her forearms to check for a blue eye-spot. #NZwildlife #Aotearoa

A green praying mantis with a flattened, leaf-like form clinging to bark, depositing a milky white unhardened egg case, or ootheca, from the end of her abdomen.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I was at Armageddon in Wellington and met some SpecFicNZ authors! Ghosts of the Catacombs by Janna Ruth @janna-ruth.com Tarquin the Honest by Gareth Ward And bonus The Sons Of Echidna by Athena M. Bliss @specficnz.bsky.social #pukapuka 📚🌈

The three books mentioned in the post being sniffed delicately by a cat.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Look what the underground trans Mafia got me!!

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

NZ friends - my novella Peace In The Sky is on sale at Kobo right now for $4.99 NZD. A wasteland to traverse, with a thriving biodome at its heart. Will our heroes reach it? Will they be allowed inside their erstwhile home? #pukapuka 🌈📚 (Ace/NB rep)

A graphic from Kobo showing the cover of Peace In The Sky by Caye Marsh, with a truncated summary and the price in bold beside it.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Buying feijoa from the store like a chump because I don't know anyone with feijoa trees. BUT... they sure are good!! 😋

A feijoa cut in half, showing the pale grainy flesh inside. One half is hollowed out, already eaten, leaving the green outer shell.

Four uncut feijoa on the counter. They are a green, oblong fruit with textured skin.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Well well well. Happy Easter to MOMMY!

A package of Bailey's chocolate mini eggs, flavor salted caramel with a hint of Bailey's.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I had to take our shy cat to the vet today, and the curious cat was SO DISAPPOINTED that he couldn't go. He tried valiantly to get into the cat carrier, and when he couldn't, he tried to hitch a ride on top.

A cat carrier with a small, nervous-looking cat huddled inside, and a larger cat lounging on top, looking hopeful.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

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.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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 🌈📚

A photo of the book Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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. 🌈📚 @annaleen.bsky.social

A picture of the book Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

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.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🌱🇳🇿 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.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

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.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

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.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

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.

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

It's a rainy, windy day. Quite inclement. PERFECT day to read some more of this. 😍 @older.bsky.social

A book: The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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.

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