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Celeste D
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Cat lover; arts and culture; books and movies; labor and economics; policy and governance. Be a good neighbor and a good citizen.
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I get to use my favorite word today. These are the antepenultimate sunrise and sunset photos from this apartment. In case this is a new word, antepenultimate means third to last. Ante (before) + penultimate (second to last). Fun word, right? [as always, the sunset photos have the church spire]
Sunrise in Geneva. Foreground is a building with a peaked roof and lots of trees. Further back are apartment buildings. Sky is pink near horizon, lifting to a near white at top of the photo. Lots of dark clouds. A single bird, likely a crow, flies by at top of frame. Sunrise in Geneva. Foreground is my own roof of red clay time. To the left, the trees you could see in the last photo. A large white apartment building dominates the photo. Sky is mostly dark clouds, with light blue sky to the left and at top of frame. To the right, about half way up the frame, is a glowing gold and yellow, making the clouds in that area glow orange, as if they were on fire. Awesome. Sunset over Geneva. Foreground are tops of buildings, from which a church spire and construction crane standout. Oranges and golds dominate the horizon, fading to a golden gray at the top of the frame. Sunset over Geneva. A few minutes later. Foreground are tops of buildings, from which a church spire and 2 construction cranes stand out. Orange at the horizon, fading quickly to a light blue, which turns to a darker blue by the top of the frame. Nature is beautiful.
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Today’s “sunrise.” No colors, but it snowed overnight!
Photo of an apartment building with a snow covered roof, next to a stand of large trees to the left, and a parking lot to the left of that. The sky is a grayish blue. Lights on in apartments show people getting ready for the day.
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Can you find the cat in this throwback Thursday photo?
A sunny apartment hat has just been moved into, as moving boxes can be seen in the foreground. You can see a kitty head peeking out of you look closely.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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#Sunrise & #Sunset today. I tried a new angle at sunrise, leaning out the window & turning 90 degrees. Boy did I get a more colorful result! I almost missed sunset because I was showing the apt to prospective tenants. I bet they’d rent it if they saw my collection of sunrise/sunset photos!
Amazing orange sunrise over the Alps! The last of the sunset on 19 November. A little yellow left at the horizon contrasted against a light blue sky with dark clouds.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Yesterday’s sunset, framing a church spire and with dark rolling clouds taking up about 60% of the sky, mostly to the left. Sky is yellow and the horizon, going to orange, then pink, then a periwinkle blue at the top. Lovely!
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Yesterday’s and today sunrises. You can just see Lake Geneva in the background, in the upper right quadrant of the frame (if you look hard enough). Today’s is the more colorful one sunrise.
Today’s sunrise over Lake Geneva, which you can barely see to the right of the frame. In the foreground, two very large Lebanese Cedars, some other deciduous trees, and some buildings. The sky near the horizon on the left is a light tangerine color. Yesterday’s sunrise over Lake Geneva, which you can barely see toward the upper right of the frame. In the foreground, two very large Lebanese Cedars, some deciduous trees, and some buildings, most prominently an apartment building to the right. The sky near the horizon is a light blue. No pretty colors today.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Only a few more sunrises from this terrific vantage point. This was my 11th to last, on Friday.
Sunrise with pinks, lavenders, and light blue at the top. Foregrounded by two amazing Lebanese cedars as well as other trees with leaves of mostly orange amber, and deep green. You can also see some building in the distance. It is a beautiful scene.
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Love to see the girls cooperating and eating together. #cats #catsofbluesky
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Late #Caturday post. I assume it must still be Caturday in Hawaii, right? #cats #catsofbluesky
Silver tabby with green eyes sitting regally on her hind parts, with tail wrapped around her, almost total covering her front paws. She is sitting on a parquet hardwood floor and slightly behind her to our left you can see the legs of a wooden folding chair and in front and to our right the white painted leg of a rocking chair. Her right ear, as we view it, is tipped. Brown tabby with yellow eyes sitting log style, but with a look like she might hop up any second, instead of appearing like a relaxed loaf. Her tail is extended to the side. She is on a light blue multi colored, faux oriental rug. In the background you can see the bottoms of a coffee table, a blue couch and chairs. You can also see a pair of black slippers carelessly strewn. For our perspective, she is staring slightly to the right of the camera.
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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I really miss Get Your War On these days. Maybe it is time for GYWO, the sequel?
A 2001 comic strip from Get Your War On. In the first panel, one office worker says into the phone, “Oh my god, this War On Terrorism is gonna rule! I can’t wait until the over and there’s no more terrorism!” In the second panel, we see the guy he on the phone with in a different office. The second guy responds, “I know! Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can’t buy drugs anymore? It’ll be just like that! In the third and final panel, we see the first guy again. He replies. “Right! God, if only that War On Drugs hadn’t’t been so effective! I could really use some fucking marijuana right now! The art is generic clip art that you could buy in a set in the late 90s to the 2000s.
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Two swans in the river as seen from my hotel room in Interlaken. #birds #addbirder
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Yay!

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GENIUS BADGE on NY Times Spelling Bee for November 6, 2025.
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Indeed. And now one of them is annoying cuddles while the other is chillin’ somewhere else.
Silver table with green eyes, head bowed in profile, snuggling in a pastel knitted afghan.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The girls finally got close enough to each other to allow to take a photo of them together. A rare sighting (they’re not hostile to each other, just independent). #cats #caturday #catsofbluesky #chillin
Two tabbies (one silver and one brown) lying near each other on a grey blue couch.
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Morning sky and evening sky over Geneva. #sunrise #sunset #photography
The moon in light blue sunrise sky with sparse dark gray and pinkish clouds. In the foreground are apartment buildings. I’m the far distance are mountains. A sunset sky with orange near the horizon, up to a medium blue at the top of the frame. In the foreground are apartment buildings, with two construction cranes and a church spire towering over everything else.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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It’s #Caturday and the girls are making loaves! #cats #catsofbluesky
Silver tabby with green eyes viewed from the side so you can see almost the full loaf. Her head is turned toward the camera, but she is looking to the left. She is sitting on the back of a blue couch. There is a window and bright sunlight backlighting the photo so the color is a bit washed out. Brown tabby with yellow eyes sitting load style on a cat tree. She is behind a post, so we can see here from and back have with a section of her middle obstructed by the post. She is sitting so she can watch outside the window but her head is turned toward the camera instead of the window. However, her eyes are looking at the camera: they are angled down, so she looks a bit dubious.
October 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Three white ducks swimming together at Kenneth Hahn recreation area.
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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On this #Caturday, I got up early to finish a job application. The girls didn’t help, but they kept me company. Please wish me luck. #CatsOfBluesky #cats 😸🐈‍⬛🍀🤞
Silver tabby with green eyes, viewed from above. She is laying on a white, green, and grey bedspread with similarly colored cushions. She is laying on her side, curled in a circle, except with one front paw extended out and she is looking straight up at the camera. Brown tabby with yellow eyes, viewed straight on, but slightly above. She is laying on a white, green, and grey bedspread with similarly colored cushions. She is twisted, laying on chest in the front, but with her hind quarter on her side, her back legs curled and tucked under her. She is looking ahead, but since the camera is viewing her from above, her eyes have a hidden, veiled look—we can’t look into her soul.
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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A rambunctious start to #Caturday
October 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Right on. Historical novel or present day (or future even)? I learned so much on my visit. I was ignorant of the history of the castle. Just had seen the beautiful photos. But all the. Catherine de Medici stuff was new to me. Highly recommended.
October 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Some cats I met today at Chenonceau castle in the Loire Valley. #caturday
October 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Annie Hall is a top 25 movie in the history of film. Thanks, Diane Keaton. RIP.
October 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Happy #Caturday! Have you ever seen a face this sweet? #cats #catsofbluesky
Brown and black tabby seated on a parquet wood floor. She is seated near the threshold to the kitchen and looking upward toward the camera, with a look on her face that says, “I’m longing for food and will continue to give you this sweet, forlorn look until you feed me.”
October 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Happy Tabby Tuesday from from this Tabby. #cats #CatsOfBluesky
Brown tabby with light green eyes sitting on a purple and pink afghan draped over a turquoise blue chair back. In that background is a corner of a window, a silver curtain and a turquoise and while rug. She is sitting loaf-style and looking directly at the camera. We see only the front half of her body in profile.
September 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Wordlebot analysis of my game for 10 Sept. my skill was 85 compared to NYT avg of 89. My luck was 47 compared to NYT avg of 58. Yet somehow my score was 3, beating the NYT avg of 3.6. Wordlebot sucks.
September 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM