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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I may have gotten a bit overboard on the preparation.. but there's so much Aotearoa New Zealand to see!! www.scholiast.nz ... and I'm still adding more! Looks like we'll have to make it 4 years, not 4 weeks! 112 days to go...

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Scholiast Travels – A very personal selection—all of these places have been recommended or have appeared in books or films that we like

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I had a lot of plans for today, but now this arrived!! I guess I have new plans 🤩🚂💀👨🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏽 @gbralph.com

“Killer on the Kelvin Explorer” by GB Ralph, a new Milverton Mystery book

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They’re back! And they’re discovering things! 🥰😁❤️❤️

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When is a good time to plant? (Not art - walls 😅) Having (another) surgery tomorrow, last night I was restless and worried, so decided to start painting! First coat done and I hardly thought about tomorrow at all, so I’d call it a success! Hoping for a second coat before bedtime today 🙃🖌️

Wood panel wall, gotten brown over the years

Wood panel wall, first coat of whiteish paint on

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Adopt Our Crew | #AdoptOurCrew @adoptourcrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

David Fane showing off his Fang puppet on Taskmaster NZ. 🥹🫶

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dreamt I was talking to Rhys Darby, who was energetically talking me through the feeling of jumping out from the tower we were standing by, no parachute, only arms as wings! Obviously still alive, and the rush of adrenaline before he landed perfectly on a lawn. I can only imagine 😱🫣 Dreams, eh?! 😅

Chateau on a mountain top. Extremely high above the lawn Rhys landed on

A flying squirrel. This is how Rhys descended - rapidly!

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Is that a request, or just light encouragement…? 🚒🙊🤭

Building site on the harbour, part of the equipment wrapped in tarp, seemingly with ‘arson’ printed on it

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In one night, both gummy bear jewellery for Ed and Stede and (must be!) a card for Lucius spotted 😁🤩 - must be inspired by @amuseoffyre.bsky.social

Jewellery with gummy bears (of some gemstone?)

More jewellery with gummy bears (of some gemstone?)

Greeting cards on a rack, one that just has a cake with “B%tch” written on it in festive colours

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you were trying to keep it a secret, @gbralph.com … it didn’t work 😅 Never pre-ordered anything this quickly, including your previous book! Mr Battley again! 🤩🎶📚 Not so sure about the “coming soon”, though 😬 (221 days..)

Confirmation on the pre-order of Killer on the Kelvin Explorer on Audible (available 6 April 2027)

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’m not saying this is where @amuseoffyre.bsky.social ‘s Ed is keeping Stede’s f# barrel stored, I’m also not NOT saying that 🙊😅

Derelict restaurant on a Greek beach, the ex terrace has a barrel on it..

.. a wooden barrel that may or may not have been fit for a ship — or a dungeon — with a hole on the front. For the tap, obviously!

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This’ll do for a few weeks (sound on) 😍🇬🇷

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The cats of Tangier were the true main characters 😍🐈😻🇲🇦

A collage of cats of various persuasions and in different positions, all resting and looking like they owned the place (they probably did)

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

136 chapters (and counting! 😍) and not a single one that isn’t a highlight on its own, as well as a perfect puzzle piece in the story as a whole. A true masterpiece! 🙇🤩❤️

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A much needed and long awaited conversation! ❤️‍🩹 Admittedly, not the conversation I’d been looking for 😅🙈 … but that will come ❤️

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Nature reclaiming the area little by little ..

An old tractor partially covered by possibly ivy

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The emergence of Maude and her lost ladybug retrieval service.

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Got woken up in the middle of a really quite interesting (and for once, not too bonkers) dream—but at least I got the good binoculars and the kitten was seemingly on its way over, so I think I was heading towards a happy day?

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Tiny Black and White Kitten Meowing

Alt: Black and white kitten meowing

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Yes, it’s a kids’ app, but I’m learning some Māori, at least—and this word was familiar 😍🐯🏴‍☠️

Screenshot from the LuvLingua app showing a drawing of a tiger and the word Taika underneath

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

About an hour away from home, the car decided it had had enough… Police were quickly aside us and kept traffic away until the tow truck arrived. A rather more dramatic return from the cabin than we had planned! We’re home now, safe and sound, car may never return, though..

Side view of a policeman standing outside our car

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sounds like something Addison would do, @gbralph.com ! 😄🧁🍩🍪

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Sooo cute! 😍 Very much more so than Smaug, that we watched yesterday 🐉

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Dreamt last night that I was at an airbnb on what seemed like the 1000th floor, and my friends were having lunch on a balcony that had no railing. Reese Witherspoon lived next door and kept moving past them to hang her laundry. Usually not scared of heights, but..

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Right now I’m torn between “I’d rather be working for a pay check / than wait in to win the lottery” and “May all your favourite bands stay together” (You need context for both 😅 But yes, currently my favourite lines!)

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Eurgh, Jack 😣 .. but update! And time passes, right!? ❤️

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Watched ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ with hubby (one can never be too prepared to go to AoNZ) and I’d forgotten that Seabird 🎶🎵 comes on at the end! So not only half the cast, but also the music came back in OFMD. No wonder I love it! 🥰 Also, the scenery 🫠😍 185 days! collider.com/taika-waitit...

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How Taika Waititi Expresses His Love for New Zealand in ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’

Known for his eclectic brand of comedy, much of the director's inspirations are drawn from his home country of New Zealand.

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Barcelona is full of weird, but beautiful architecture; cars, behaving well (!), green alleys in the middle of streets, people (not all behaving), good food and hotter temperatures than Morocco! It’s also currently home to one sick hubby. So we’re leaving most of the sightseeing till next time ❤️

La Sagrada Família. There just aren’t words to describe it!

Basilica de Santa Maria del Mar. There was a wedding happening, so we couldn’t go in. The bride had a veil longer than a river!

l’Arc de Triomphe, apparently, even though we’re not in Paris. Also currently background for the stage at Pride Park

Steps from the main gate at Park Güell. There really are no words for this place either!

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Four chandeliers?! That’s overkill!

Hotel lobby in Tangiers with four chandeliers (two lit) - and one more up the stairs that you can’t see in the photo

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A new chapter! In which there’s maybe a breakdown but also support and maybe some (pending) answers ❤️

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Μy view from the cottage 🥰

View shows parts of a cottage rooftop, tree tops and bluuuue sky

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Seems I missed my 3 years being on BlueSky anniversary the other day 🦋 But I didn’t miss the 1 year being engaged anniversary for son and daughter-in-law 🥰💍 There was food..

Round table seen from above. There’s ice cream, chocolate cake, water melon, strawberries and more

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“The liver? Pfft. We don’t even know what that thing does!” I’m proud to say I did •not• say this to my doctor when she mentioned the medication might effect the liver, but it was close, so close 😬🏴‍☠️😁🥰

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Bought a beginner’s Māori (because one must prepare), but was not expecting this 😅 First thing they want us to do is learn this by heart; no explanation what it means, or that it’s the haka! And even I can spot at least one typo 🙈 I believe this book is more quaint than useful 😅 #pukapuka

And excerpt from Beginner’s Māori (1950) by The Reverend KT Harawira

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Does anyone remember the fic where Ed is a professional surfer, but lets Stede teach him how to swim because he’s cute? And he wears those purple inflatable armbands? Woke up in the middle of the night thinking about it, but I can’t find it again..

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Some of us are trying to sleep, actually 😅 But I guess waking up way too early is worth it, for the love of OFMD 🥰

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I may be working on a whole website about all the places I want to go to in New Zealand… Arranged geographically and by category (city / waterfall / park etc). That’s just your average interest, surely? Not obsessive or anything..? 🙂‍↕️🙃

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

That’s some damn good marmalade

Stede in Ed’s leathers and Ed in Stede’s outfit, sharing marmalade breakfast the morning after they escaped the Spanish

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

@georgepenney.bsky.social Hi! We will actually be in your town next year (god willing and all that), February, would you share which is the best fish & chips shop? 😁 (dm or use Patreon if you wish) Also, any tips on where to stay? 2 nights, and nothing fancy, we’ll be at Wharariki beach mostly 🙃😄

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

@skyfeed.xyz anything we can do to get the “only posts” feed to work..?

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This is lovely 🥰 @illustoryart.bsky.social kindly indulged me with combining these forces of nature & love ❤️❤️

Illustration by Illustory shows Ed and Stede from OFMD at a table with Aziraphale and Crowley—in pirate getup—sharing a few drinks and presumably stories

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Fic idea! Ed is a rent boy, and Stede picks him up. They agree on a price, but there never is a payment, because Ed just stays ❤️ All the time, though, Stede is doing the maths. After 365 days, Stede gets down on one knee, and this is the ring, bc Stede is insane like that 💍 (Ed says yes!)

Engagement ring with platinum and diamonds. Cost: 365 nights of bliss 😇

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Was woken up by a racket; what sounded like crows gone mad. Turned out this little fella was to blame! (Lousy photos, but 🦊😍)

Small fox examining the surrounding behind our garage

Small fox deciding to jump into a flower bed just as I got the camera ready.

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Been feeling like s%#t today for a number of reasons, but now I’ve been playing VERY LOUD and VERY NOISY music for an hour and headbanging with this one, and I’m feeling so much better 😇 🎸🤘🏼❤️‍🩹

Big teddy resting on a loudspeaker after a prolonged session of headbanging with yours truly

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Home office had to be interrupted by an emergency funeral 🥺🪶🪦 This little one suddenly flew right into a window 💔 No apparent injuries, just very much not alive (yes, we waited..)

Small, very dead bird (nuthatch), in a box, covered in yellow and white flowers)

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Very OFMD coded 😇🏴‍☠️❤️❤️

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Planning our trip to Aotearoa next year is the most fun I’ve had in ages, maybe ever! Look at this! It’s a hotel! ❤️🚞❤️ Also, we’ll get a chance to ride the actual train (and similar carriages) on a different day 🤩🥰

A room at the Te Anau lodge which is in fact a train carriage!

Interior of the train carriage: the “living room” (train seats)

Interior of the train carriage: the bedroom (just the far end of the carriage!)

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

If I were a fic writer, the May bug and Rosy maple moth would be on their way to a date right about now 🥰 - Ed and Stede, that you?

The May bug, fingerlike antennae, big brown eyes and all

The Rosy maple moth, yellow and pink fluff and fernlike antennae

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Kath @scholiast.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

O Writers on BlueSky! Behold an opportunity to kill for 😇🫣🫆🪦

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