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Samantha Maich

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Sustainability Analyst by day, Author by night • Cooking, Crafting, Writing, and Cats • She/Her Children’s Books here: https://shorturl.at/oWRkD Charity Anthology here: https://shorturl.at/2EhPr 🏳️‍🌈

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · Feb 8

In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

A middle aged man helplessly holds an alligator’s tail as it steals his hat

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 22h

Saved—thank you!

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 22h

I don’t think I’ve watched any movies with them together! Have any recs?

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 23h

She was wonderful in it!!

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 23h

Tonight’s spooky watch was House on Haunted Hill (1959)!

I LOVED THIS!! This was such a fun go-with-the-flow type of horror movie where any inconsistencies were charming rather than infuriating.

Nora deserves the world after all she went through 😭

House on Haunted Hill movie poster featuring a giant skeleton holding up a woman hanging from a noose in front of a house. Vincent price is in the foreground holding a decapitated heat and a small vat of acid is chilling to the bottom left.

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!! 💕

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!!

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 1d

I did! I contemplated turning it into a patch when I started so I wanted something super tight. I will say that stitching the black cat was a nightmare on the eyes though 😅

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!! I thought so too!

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 2d

Looooool I did some rough math and that would put me around 200 years old! Fits the vibe of Halloween 🧛🏻‍♀️

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 2d

I love celebrating spooky season by completing a stitch each October and this year I enjoyed a cute cat and pumpkin cross stitch from CrystalFeatherCrafts on Etsy 🧵🪡

Small hoop featuring a stitch of a cute black cat lounging on top of an orange pumpkin. Behind the stitch, the thread fans out featuring DMC 3731, 310, 677, 741, and 740.

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 2d

I hosted a Halloween get together yesterday and made a cursed blueberry pie 🥧

A top down view of pie showing a golden crust face with holes for eyes and the mouth that look disturbingly red due to the blueberry filling coming out. The face also features a nose, cheeks, and angry eyebrows.

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 3d

Ha! Maybe the squash was just trying to be helpful then 🤣

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 3d

Somehow managed to give myself a blister by cutting up a butternut squash yesterday??

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 4d

Her floppy disk sweater is bringing me so much joy!

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 4d

I am sorry this is happening, sending support and hugs.

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · Oct 9

[forest]
ME: omg there’s a wolf
WIFE: where?
ME: no the regular kind

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 7d

I don't normally do this, but I've been burning the candle at both ends.

Other half had a major op earlier this year and now I'm in hospital for an investigation.

Regardless of what's wrong, I need rest, but I've had little work this year.

I'd appreciate if anyone is able to help out.

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 7d

I wish! Reading for longer than 15 seconds in the car brings on the sickness 🤢

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 8d

That is the worst!!

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 8d

Tonight’s spooky watch was Weapons (2025)!

To stay vague and avoid spoilers because it’s so freshly released, I’ll say that I wish I went in without preconceived notions on what I thought the movie would be like based on its poster/ads.

Movie poster showing shadow children running in a suburban neighborhood. Texts says, “last night at 2:17am every child from Mrs Grandy’s class woke up got out of bed went downstairs opened the front door walked into the dark and they never came back”

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 9d

Recipe #2 is Viennese Fingers!

Despite knowing that the dough felt a little too loose, I put my faith into Mary Berry and ended up with some flat fingers. They tasted DELICIOUS however once the chocolate set!

Rating: 3/5 stars

Flat Viennese Fingers but you can still see loose ridge definitions in the cookies and each end of the finger was recently dipped in chocolate, which is in the process of setting.

Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 10d

Tonight’s spooky movie watch was From Dusk Till Dawn.

My love of vampire movies was REALLY warring with Quentin Tarantino trying to ruin this for me.

From Dusk till Dawn movie poster featuring George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino holding guns as they look towards you

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 11d

After sleeping on it, I think I can appreciate the movie but also acknowledge that it’s not a new favorite.

The use of lighting, sound, and set design to create a disorienting atmosphere was cool and while I originally didn’t love the acting, I think the awkwardness added to the fever dream vibe.

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 11d

This month I’m tackling spooky movies on my to-watch list and started with Suspiria (1977).

What a technicolor fever dream. I’m not sure I liked it?? But I also didn’t not like it??

Movie poster for Suspiria by Dario Argento featuring a scared woman holding a knife next to a decorative peacock

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Samantha Maich @samanthamaich.bsky.social · 12d

YUM!!