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cattress511.bsky.social
The Old Mama
@cattress511.bsky.social
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Feminist SAHM & crazy cat lady. Total nature nerd, lover of cartoons & rock-'n'-roll. I'm handy & crafty. I'm ADHD, married to AuADHD, & we have an autistic kid who is awesome.
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Dottie now versus August 24th (she is to the right of her sibling of her mostly black sibling Duke in the August pic)
She's even more fluffy!!!!!
A big honking fluffy skunk eating from a cat food dish in a black boot tray. She is so very fluffy, and mostly white and has the same 3 black dots a little below her shoulders 2 skunks eating from cat food bowls on a black boot tray. One skunk has 2 distinct white line like markings with a large black patch in the middle and a mostly black tail. The other skunk is mostly white, with a more narrow black stripe in the middle of her back & 3 black dots in the white fur by her shoulders
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Lance is aggressively washing my eyebrow, watch
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Lily, Lance & Bill reporting for bathroom safety duty.

I'd swear that I just heard the theme from Baywatch coming from the fan vent...
A black kitten is sitting on a toilet lid, he has gold eyes & his tail is dangling over the edge where it meets his sister, a brown & black tabby kitten who is laying on the floor next to a kiddie potty. An orange cat is in the bottom left quadrant, he is sitting on a short grey stool looking up towards the sink
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Lance & Lilly are down, but I suspect they will both end up in the penalty box because their favorite thing about hockey is fighting 😹
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Bill is not happy that he's not allowed to supervise the plumbers while they cut & solder copper pipes. It's not that they minded his scathing critique on their soldering skills (though the remark about the plumber's mom was uncalled for), but surprise shoulder rides are a working hazard
An orange cat is laying on a dark blue blanket, looking off into the distance. He won't make eye contact because he wants to hang out with the plumbers while they work & I won't let him
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Lily hopped in the shower while I was washing my daughter's hair, I guess a random safety check 😹 Then she settled down next to the bathtub where she kept watch until I came back to rinse Stella off & get her out of the tub
A tiger striped kitten lays on a blue rug outside of a bathtub. She is peering upwards, slightly sniffing the air
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Me too, Flanoy. Me too
An orange cat with airplane ears & slightly lowered brow looks at the camera annoyed
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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When Stella was potty training, I got her blind boxes for prizes & rediscovered my weakness for needing to collect them all! These are Aphmau, the box is purple, they run about $10 each. I just love the rainbow caterpillar & bee.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Trump & his Toadies keep saying gas prices are way down.
Hmph. Look at AAA partisan gas prices, obviously a hoax to discredit Trump 🫠
AAA national gas prices as of today 11/16/25 Regular gas prices for today is $3.072, yesterday $3.076, a week ago $3.070, a month ago $3.057 & the rate a year ago was $3.078
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Idk, but it says there is a surprise inside, & the ones that come out of the ones I get for my daughter are really cute, if you're into that kind of thing. I have more but the kittens have stolen some.
The axolotl is my favorite. They are supposed to glow in the dark
Tiny little acrylic animal figurines, including an axolotl, bucks, bunnies, whales, dinosaurs, a cow, sheep, pig, elephant chicken, turtle, bee, fish, seashells, a sea anenome
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Bianca is here to make sure I don't fall in the potty! Day or night, a crew of lifeguards are always looking out for me
A white cat with gold/green eyes sits on a bathroom sink with grey tile walls
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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My poor wittle guy fell in some water, I don't know what water, but fortunately it doesn't smell. I dried him with the towel & cuddled him in front of the space heater to warm hims up.
A black kitten sleeping on a dark blue quilt. It's dark, but his fur is shiny & you can see his whiskers
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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@purplehel.bsky.social Happy birthday!
Here are some silly kitties Babs, Bill & Lilibet Spicypotatopants
A white cat laying in a shallow box with lots of cat nip mice & bird toys. Her mouth is open and she has a small toy she is bunny kicking An orange cat laying semi loaf, he's looking just past the camera, he appears to be reacting to someone making a sarcastic & annoying remark with wide airplane ears A tiger striped kitten is trying to drink out of the faucet of a bathroom sink, but she's put her head under the stream and can't find it to drink, despite how wet her head is
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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I love it.
Flanoy & McQueen ( @itsflanoy.bsky.social ) are quite the pair, and the #Plundercats have silly adventures pretty often. I have even sent my orange boy Bill to join them. (The wittle guy is Lancelot Longleggington, 1 of 2 mental health providers I rescued in May)
An orange cat with mirror sunglasses & a party sombrero hat with drinks & ice in the brim A cat party with 10 or so cats superimposed, some wearing hats or sunglasses, all with various alcohol beverages A tiny black kitten on a gray blanket next to a small kitchen magnet that advertises Flanoy's Taco truck, featuring a picture of the orange & white cat Flanoy
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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This is my snail costume I made to go to a friend's Halloween party in 2017 when I was about 2 months pregnant with my daughter & exhausted but glowing
Me taking a mirror selfie in my bathroom. I am wearing a black shirt & pants, a headband with turquoise snail antenna and a turquoise & black snail "shell" that kind of looks like a rolled up sleeping bag strapped to my back. I have sparkly blue eye makeup A selfie taken outside where you can see my turquoise eye makeup better & snail antenna
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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We're snailposting. Post your snails!
A teeny tiny little brown snail on brown leaf from a tree. It's just a little bigger in diameter than a pencil. Its antennas are spread out and up, investigating, and creating an even tinier shadow on the leaf
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Welp, something tells me I might be learning welding/soldering pretty soon. My mom paid a friend to install her hot water heater because she clings to her sexist beliefs that only men know how to do these things, despite how many times I have proven myself capable 🫩
The top of a very dusty hot water heater, where the supply line connection is rusted & corroded severly A different view of the very dusty hot water heater where a small puddle of water has formed under a copper pipe that is connected to the outgoing hot water. It looks like it's connected to the hot water heater, but the contractor did a half-ass job & it's excess from the old set up that now has a leak
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Bill usually supervises everything I do, but he does go collect his share (he calls them 'union dues') of scritches from other kitties during their cuddle times. So Gary stepped in, he says "hey baybee, wassup?"
A big ol' black cat laying in my lap, partially under a gray blanket, against my raspberry colored shirt. His eyes are gently closed, he is so very content
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Op, we got a certified cheese hound here. Look at his eyes locked on that cheese.
My cats are all cheese hounds, but Bill needs an intervention (there is cheese on the pasta)
A naughty orange cat eating out of a Tupperware bowl full of spaghetti with sauce & cheese
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My little emotional support kittens waiting not so patiently for me to turn the damn tub faucet on for a little drink😹
Lily Spicypotatopants & Lance Longleggington
A tiger striped kitten & a black kitten sit in a bathtub looking up at the camera slightly annoyed that the faucet is not running yet
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Mini Buntz! (Kepp Buntz going!)
AKA, crescent buntz & loaf buntz
A little tiger striped kitten & a black kitten are laying facing away from the camera, the tiger in more of a loaf position & the black kitten crescent
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I just love the shoulders on the Golden outfit!
I'm a crafty costume making mom but my daughter has chosen commercial characters the last few years (which is fine, I want her to pick what she wants without pressure). I did the boots & the braid though
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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I have a lot of extra purple hair & the style was harder to do than the videeos implied😹. I bought the costume, the shoulder spikes actually stick up but you can't see that so well in the pic. But I made the boots, well boot covers that is. She had a blast!
A skinny blond 7yo girl is dressed as Rumi from KPOP Demon Hunters in the yellow jacket outfit. Her body is facing the camera but she has her head turned because she's looking at her own reflection of the glass in a cabinet next to her. Her hair is is lightly sprayed with purple color & it's woven into a huge braid.shes wearing boot covers that I made to match Rumi's boots, black with a wide pink/red stripe down the center front
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Is this a safe space?
What does this mean?
A large, probably 24" or 50cm diameter pumpkin with the numbers 67 & a big tooth grin carved in it
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I took the pin-up girl tattoos from the labels of Sailor Jerry's Rum & put them in frames to decorate my master bathroom. This was before my daughter when we could afford mid range rum 😸
October 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM