It's Romulus' 6th gotcha day! Here's a selection from the yoda-eared baby's first few weeks. He's still my velcro kitty & my whole 💓

Woo, it's hot. I wish my phone could tell me my BAC the way it does my blood sugar. That'd be interesting.

Sautéed Shrimp and Okra – Garden & Gun share.google/r9r3U4v6VQXW... here's a gift to all you home gardeners with more okra and tomatoes than you know what to do with.

Just defied death by peeling and deveining 2 lbs of shrimp with a knife that wasn't up to the task while drunk.

🐝 what do you mean mammajamma isn't a word?

Somebody please come and knock me upside the head with a blunt, heavy object. I'm doing my best but sleep isn't it Interested in me tonight.

Just ate a salad of tomatoes and cucumbers i grew and I feel like I turned lead into gold. Gardening is magic.

I'm so proud Hedy figured out how to use the on-demand feeder! It automatically opens when she approaches, and for such a skitty kitty she overcame her hesitations pretty quick. Romulus is not so thrilled with her achievement. #cats #catsofbluesky

I'm positively giddy about my new quest to see how many colors of okra I can grow. I hope they make different colored blossoms.

Something weird happens in your 50s and you become interested in gardening. Or maybe it's the state of the world and the impending food collapse. I'm harvesting peas and okra and squash and peppers, happy as a clam. Plus with your hands in the dirt you can't doom scroll.

Why you sitting like a lil man, lil man? #cats #catsofbluesky

My friend and his two college age kids came to bring Romulus a gift today. My cat has a fan club 😻 and it warms my heart. They don't believe i have a 2nd cat. So here's Hedy, awaiting her bedtime snack. A) proof of existence. B) she wouldn't hate a virtual fan club (but you better never come over)

Romulus enjoying a belly* massage. That pile of stuff behind him should be on a table, not the couch, but he knocked over a glass of tea on the table to create a diversion so I would put down my tamales and eggs. *this belly contains tamales and eggs #cats #catsofbluesky #noregrets #wasIplundered

My god, why won't the brain click off?

I'm still gonna get every vax I can get my hands on and take pills people in white coats prescribe and all, but y'all, I got some cupping and acupuncture this week that put my junker body back to about 80% good. Relief. Magical.

In my efforts to save the planet by composting, I have added 3 plastic under-sink compost pails to landfill trash in the last 8 years. This time I got a little steel & enameled campstove and I'm delighted it will the last compost pail I'll ever need.

Slightly diminish a book In the Neighborhood of the Milling Crowd

Romulus enjoying a quick brain massage. #catsofbluesky

Romulus is 6 today. Happy birthday to my sweet boy! #cats

Did Romulus hurt his back? Of course not. He's held together with springs. Doesn't stop him from claiming the heating pad when he gets the chance. #catsofbluesky

I found a robin's egg in my front yard our among the sunflowers today. Magic!

This is why you don't see a lot of pics of Romulus. He's usually close, but not into posing.

Y'all, I moved and mixed (and mixed and mixed) 300 lbs of dirt in the last 2 days, and shoveled it into 10grow bags. We're having flowers this year even if we can't afford pretty pots. Stay tuned!

Did BlueSky go weird today? I've blocked a lot of AI slop, handy life hacks, and conspiracy theories. I'm here for the gardening, the sweet critters, and the sane journalists recently cut loose from the mainstream, now making their way in the wilderness. Help keep Bluesky safe

Romulus really enjoying his eggy from @samindy4.bsky.social today. We hope all is well with Echo's trip to the dentist. #catsofbluesky

Can't somebody teach an actor to use a knife? Why are they always chopping a carrot into fat slices with the tip of a huge knife? (Jon Favreau & Stanley Tucci excepted.)

100 flippin degrees in Austin, Texas. We're looking at a high of 50 tomorrow.

It's a tiny personal win when I take my ambien, get in bed, and solve the crossword before I conk out. Tho it is plenty amusing to find in the morning that I just filled the grid with random letters instead.

What's a good gift for my bestie's 3-mo-old 4 lbs #chihuahua -mix puppy? And for her 5-y-old 30 lb covid baby chihuahua-blackmouth cur mix brother who wants all the attention?

Preach!

Hedwig on #hedgewatch. Putting the noir in #noircatFriday

Out here grinning watching my chickens get some fresh air and sunshine before we get cooped up all weekend. Y'all stay safe and warm.

Who's got two thumbs and gave herself tennis elbow pulling weeds? Well this bitch did, even if she can only get one thumb halfway up.

"Hey, baby! Where you been? I missed you." Is what I just said to Romulus, who had been in a different room for about 90 min.

There's Romulus' pretty face.

Sweet velcro baby Romulus is working overtime tonight. Mostly I serve him, but tonight he's earning his keep. Love to you and your critters tonight. We'll be back tomorrow stronger.

Anybody else have a slim glasses case for their slimmer remote because they keep sitting on it and changing the channel? It's so dumb. I'm so upset, heartbroken, and outraged tonight. I know I'm not alone and my words about it are inadequate. So I thought I'd share a happy little life hack.

Christmas vacation ended today and I have a classic case of spring fever. It's mild in texas and I just want to be outside digging in dirt.

This man deserves a Pulitzer. Perfection.

The rarely seen Hedy kitty! Maybe she's trying out being a lap cat for 2026. I hope so #catsofbluesky #blackcats

I love him so much! He's my precious velcro kitty baby and he wishes I would stop infringing on his belly. But I'm not gonna.

Watched The Sound of Music while decorating the tree. So old fashioned: The DeLux cinematography. The classic soprano. The yodeling. The universal understanding that Nazis are the bad guys.

I got so grinchy fighting with the tree lights like Clark Griswold I had to stop and make a cheese ball. Now I'm festive again.

"Expect the first spirit when the bell tolls one." ~me, thinking about the Epstein files. I don't actually expect it to happen tomorrow, but what if we wake up and it's all just... out?

Look at my lovely Romulus enjoying a rare fire in central Texas. Shall we get him a special bed to enjoy the rare fire?

Home from my holiday travels. I think he missed me.

When Romulus was a tiny baby with giant ears. #tbt #cats

I only got 2 trick or treaters! Now what am I supposed to do with all this candy?

Why is it so hard go sleep?

This cat,my precious baby, refuses to ben the little spoon for me. Why must he sleep on my toes and not in my nook? Frustrating. Still, I would die for his little fuzzy ass