It was cold enough for light pillars in central NC last night but too cold to go outside looking for them. 🥶

#WeekTforTelevision #AlphabetChallenge Mysteries at the Museum

Last few tomatoes of 2025. My other tomato plants fizzled out in September, but the Juliet kept going until today. 🌱🍅

My pepper plants are still blooming today with a deep freeze on the way tonight. 🌱🥶

A tale as old as Democrats

The leaves are falling fast today but there are still a lot of them on the trees. #Autumn #SkySunday

The Queen is grateful to her Palace artist for documenting her long strange incarceration and newly won freedom. 😻👑

One more warm day and then an arctic blast arrives, and our first hard freeze is forecast for Monday night. I’ve still got a few tomatoes and peppers in the garden, plus zinnias blooming. Going to harvest everything tomorrow.

Day 10. Last day, tomorrow we are free! I have to send my daily log to the Health Dept. and that should be the end of it. 🤞

Wow. Seth Trimble and Caleb Wilson flying high during the Tar Heel's victory over Kansas last night. #GoHeels Photo by Bob Donnan (Imagn Images)

#WeekSforShadows #AlphabetChallenge Happy #Caturday 😻

Day 9 (!) One more day and we are done with this. So grateful to all of our friends for the #FreeStarlet and #StarletStrong support. And also to our very talented friend Susan who has kept us laughing throughout this ordeal.

My community garden has started selling CSA bags with the contents a surprise (whatever is ready to harvest that day). Just picked mine up: arugula, parsley, bok choy, peppers, and sweet potatoes. All beautiful! CSA: Community Supported Agriculture #eatlocal

Great way to track how the Trump adm is faring in court on enviro issues. So far: 6 wins, 5 losses & 3 more a mixed ruling. This chart is regularly updated so stay tuned as the courts steer the future of the planet @mlavelle.bsky.social @peteraldhous.com insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...

#WeekSforShadows #AlphabetChallenge

Students Rise Up Nationwide walkouts tomorrow. Several of these in NC at high schools and also colleges (UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, Duke).

Day 8. Just another normal relaxing day for Starlet. No news is good news when you are in quarantine. 😻

Just got this at the library. It’s been six years since Volume Two and I had to find a recap to refresh my memory. I did remember that Lyra and Pantalaimon are separated.

Yikes. The fox was hiding under her car.

#WeekSforShadows #AlphabetChallenge

Wake County NC! 💙🌊 “Democrats won big in areas that until recently have been reliably conservative bastions of suburban Republicans.”

Day 7. Rabies symptoms include loss of appetite, agitation, aggression, and bizarre behavior like licking the air. None of that is happening here. 👍

Looked out the window and saw this guy at the bird bath. #wildlife

Things are looking very bright this morning. 💙🌊 #FullMoon

I fell asleep on the couch and just woke up to all the news, OMG! 💙💙💙

Day 6. Getting closer to the finish line! I was told that we might get unannounced visits from the Health Dept. during this 10-day home confinement so that they can make sure we are obeying the rules and also to check on the animal. That hasn't happened. I hope it doesn't. Starlet is fine.

#WeekSforShadows #AlphabetChallenge A bridge in Venice

Please Note: Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals Are Surprisingly Affordable | It would be nice if all revolutions came this cheap.​

Day 5. Halfway through! We have been obeying the animal bite laws. Starlet has not left the house, and she hasn't had contact with anyone besides her Primary Caretaker (me). And I have been monitoring her closely for signs of rabies and there are NONE!

#WeekSforShadows #AlphabetChallenge Bike racks

Day 4. It IS Day 4, right?! This time change mess makes me foggy. But even though the clocks are different, Starlet’s schedule has not changed. She’ll be eating and napping on DST for a while. 😻

#WeekRforRock #AlphabetChallenge Wildflower growing from a crack, nature prevails.

Day 3. Starlet is happy to report that the lockdown food rations are just fine. In fact, they are exactly the same as what she ate when she was a free cat. And there are Treats on Demand too!

"I recently converted my Little Free Library to a food pantry in light of my neighbors, many of whom are already furloughed federal workers, losing their federal food assistance money. Our neighborhood came through beautifully and reminded me that there is power in community care." -Ravenna R.

One of the Little Free Libraries that I visit just got a new paint job. With a black cat! This one was painted solid brown before, so this is a big improvement. #LFL Happy #Caturday 🐈‍⬛

Day 2 of home confinement. We are still waiting to hear back from the Health Dept. Maybe they took Halloween off. I’m filling out the Daily Log: Stayed indoors ☑️ No visitors ☑️ All the other questions on the log apply to dogs, who must be leashed and muzzled when they go out to use the bathroom.

The Monarch Chrysalis with raindrops yesterday. We are having an unusually cold autumn, (with December temps in October) and are starting to wonder if this butterfly will winter over inside and emerge next spring. #Monarchs #Butterflies

Happy All Hallows Eve! See our selection of Halloween postcards, ca. 1900-1920. Hobgoblins, joyous skeletons, and truly terrifying gourds... publicdomainreview.org/collection/h... #halloween

It’s been windy here this week and I wonder how these decorations are holding up. #Halloween 🎃

#WeekRforRock #AlphabetChallenge Orange fish inside a rock cave

While some of us were sleeping, the Bluesky counter flipped to 40 million. Cheers! 🎉🎈🎊

they noshed the squash

Day 1 of our mandatory “Home Confinement for Biting Animals.” Even though we aren’t officially approved to do it at home, I’ve sent the application to the Health Dept. and the deputy sheriff told me to go ahead and start today. Some of us are kinda stressed out about this and others are not. 😹

#WeekRforRock #AlphabetChallenge Another rock at Nan Lian Garden in Hong Kong

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Starlet bit a vet tech today. Not a deep bite, but because it broke the skin, they have to report it to Animal Control who are going to call me. 😳 Vet said they will probably tell me to quarantine her for 10 days. She IS up to date on rabies and other shots. Oh, happy #NationalCatDay 😹😿

#WeekRforRock #AlphabetChallenge Nan Lian Garden at the Chi Lin Buddhist Nunnery in Hong Kong

NC is one of 25 states that filed lawsuits today. #SNAP

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