Kate, Queen of the Squirrels
@pavlovcat.bsky.social
She/her. Michigander, AuDHD - Living with POTS, MCAS, celiac, & perimenopausal rage. Fuck fascists. Free Palestine.
Your 1 stop shop for TMI, soap box diatribes, native plant nerdery, cats, and cross-stitch.
I only repost images with alt-text.
Your 1 stop shop for TMI, soap box diatribes, native plant nerdery, cats, and cross-stitch.
I only repost images with alt-text.
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🌱🌿 Five Things You Can Do To Save the Butterflies:
1. Stop using pesticides and herbicides (unless you're trying to manage aggressive invasive species). Everything else I list will be designed to attract life to your yard and that's pretty pointless if you kill them after they arrive.
1. Stop using pesticides and herbicides (unless you're trying to manage aggressive invasive species). Everything else I list will be designed to attract life to your yard and that's pretty pointless if you kill them after they arrive.
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Instead of supporting corporate billionaire swine on Black Friday you can support the lovely rescue swines at @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social instead! And sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, cows, ducks, turkeys, rabbits, and more! ❤️
We are so excited to announce our first Patreon raffle! We have a huge pile of merch that you can have a chance to win just by signing up for our Patreon blog at the $5/month level or higher: patreon.com/Merrymac?utm...
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Instead of supporting corporate billionaire swine on Black Friday you can support the lovely rescue swines at @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social instead! And sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, cows, ducks, turkeys, rabbits, and more! ❤️
The last two days of activity have absolutely wrecked me, but I will say my body seems to have held up far better than it has in several years.
That being said, it's 1 am and I'm so tired I feel drunk but I can't fall asleep because I'm queasy and my heart is stuck at about 90 bpm.
That being said, it's 1 am and I'm so tired I feel drunk but I can't fall asleep because I'm queasy and my heart is stuck at about 90 bpm.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The last two days of activity have absolutely wrecked me, but I will say my body seems to have held up far better than it has in several years.
That being said, it's 1 am and I'm so tired I feel drunk but I can't fall asleep because I'm queasy and my heart is stuck at about 90 bpm.
That being said, it's 1 am and I'm so tired I feel drunk but I can't fall asleep because I'm queasy and my heart is stuck at about 90 bpm.
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🍄🌳 NEW PATTERN DROP! 🌳🍄
If you were a witch, which witch would you be? Take off into the woods, grow moss on your hands and talk to the birds? If that's you, this new pattern is for you - Forest Witch is available now on ko-fi and Etsy!
ko-fi.com/s/2f5df0f119
#crossstitch #stitchsky
If you were a witch, which witch would you be? Take off into the woods, grow moss on your hands and talk to the birds? If that's you, this new pattern is for you - Forest Witch is available now on ko-fi and Etsy!
ko-fi.com/s/2f5df0f119
#crossstitch #stitchsky
Forest Witch - Digital Cross-Stitch Pattern - TheCozyDH's Ko-fi Shop
Sometimes, in this crazy corporate world of ours, you just have to escape into the forest for a few decades and become a moss-covered forest witch. Wh...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🍄🌳 NEW PATTERN DROP! 🌳🍄
If you were a witch, which witch would you be? Take off into the woods, grow moss on your hands and talk to the birds? If that's you, this new pattern is for you - Forest Witch is available now on ko-fi and Etsy!
ko-fi.com/s/2f5df0f119
#crossstitch #stitchsky
If you were a witch, which witch would you be? Take off into the woods, grow moss on your hands and talk to the birds? If that's you, this new pattern is for you - Forest Witch is available now on ko-fi and Etsy!
ko-fi.com/s/2f5df0f119
#crossstitch #stitchsky
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Did you know we offer gift bags of native wildflower seeds curated to your specific state or region?
25% off now through Dec 2nd: sevenhillfarm.etsy.com/listing/1575...
🌱💚 #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants #giftideas
25% off now through Dec 2nd: sevenhillfarm.etsy.com/listing/1575...
🌱💚 #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants #giftideas
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did you know we offer gift bags of native wildflower seeds curated to your specific state or region?
25% off now through Dec 2nd: sevenhillfarm.etsy.com/listing/1575...
🌱💚 #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants #giftideas
25% off now through Dec 2nd: sevenhillfarm.etsy.com/listing/1575...
🌱💚 #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants #giftideas
I experimented again and said I wanted to see Source/God/Divine whatever you call it in my dream.
Dreamt I'd survived the apocalypse with a ragtag group of people and one day stumbled upon another group of survivors including a shirtless babe named Kyle who I knew and we immediately had sex. After
Dreamt I'd survived the apocalypse with a ragtag group of people and one day stumbled upon another group of survivors including a shirtless babe named Kyle who I knew and we immediately had sex. After
Last night I wanted to see if I could choose my dream so I told myself I wanted to dream about when I would get healthy again.
And in my dream I went out into my yard at night and saw a green pumpkin and a chipmunk giving birth to a nest full of tiny hippogriffs. I thought "I'm having my first
And in my dream I went out into my yard at night and saw a green pumpkin and a chipmunk giving birth to a nest full of tiny hippogriffs. I thought "I'm having my first
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I experimented again and said I wanted to see Source/God/Divine whatever you call it in my dream.
Dreamt I'd survived the apocalypse with a ragtag group of people and one day stumbled upon another group of survivors including a shirtless babe named Kyle who I knew and we immediately had sex. After
Dreamt I'd survived the apocalypse with a ragtag group of people and one day stumbled upon another group of survivors including a shirtless babe named Kyle who I knew and we immediately had sex. After
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My sister @briespangler.bsky.social has a new etsy shop! She's a professional illustrator and is doing pet designs
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My sister @briespangler.bsky.social has a new etsy shop! She's a professional illustrator and is doing pet designs
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
Also she's been staying with us and for unknown reasons she added two dog shirts to the store, no idea why, these dogs certainly don't look familiar to me
www.etsy.com/shop/yellows...
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These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Starting the day off strong with Miss 12 spitting in my face and getting mad at me for being upset about it.
Can't wait for this day to be over.
Can't wait for this day to be over.
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Starting the day off strong with Miss 12 spitting in my face and getting mad at me for being upset about it.
Can't wait for this day to be over.
Can't wait for this day to be over.
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If you've been waiting for a smaller/netted lepidolite, watch this space, I've just finished 2 and I'll have them listed soon.
Got 2 showstoppers already up for grabs:
oishiny.etsy.com
#Handmade #ShopSmall
Got 2 showstoppers already up for grabs:
oishiny.etsy.com
#Handmade #ShopSmall
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If you've been waiting for a smaller/netted lepidolite, watch this space, I've just finished 2 and I'll have them listed soon.
Got 2 showstoppers already up for grabs:
oishiny.etsy.com
#Handmade #ShopSmall
Got 2 showstoppers already up for grabs:
oishiny.etsy.com
#Handmade #ShopSmall
A successful game of thread chicken and a successful gluten free pie crust. Not a bad way to end the day.
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A successful game of thread chicken and a successful gluten free pie crust. Not a bad way to end the day.
Pie is in the oven. All my responsibilities are now over except mashed potatoes, which are simple. If I crash and burn tomorrow, husband can handle the rest.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Pie is in the oven. All my responsibilities are now over except mashed potatoes, which are simple. If I crash and burn tomorrow, husband can handle the rest.
I think it needs one more strand going off to the left but it looks so pretty anyway.
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I think it needs one more strand going off to the left but it looks so pretty anyway.
It is bitter cold out right now with the wind blowing so hard. It feels like 17° F and ice particles whip any bare skin when you step outside. My heart hurts for those sleeping in tents, cars, or without any cover tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It is bitter cold out right now with the wind blowing so hard. It feels like 17° F and ice particles whip any bare skin when you step outside. My heart hurts for those sleeping in tents, cars, or without any cover tonight.
So many fabric/floss dyers and cross stitch designers are having Black Friday sales and I get paid Friday and that's a real dangerous combo...
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So many fabric/floss dyers and cross stitch designers are having Black Friday sales and I get paid Friday and that's a real dangerous combo...
Sweet potatoes done, brownies in the oven. Miss 12 helped with those so it took 3x as long and involved several moments of OCD panic, but I'm so glad she wanted to participate. My body is tired though after standing for an extra long time. She's out playing in the snow now.
Still have to make pie.
Still have to make pie.
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sweet potatoes done, brownies in the oven. Miss 12 helped with those so it took 3x as long and involved several moments of OCD panic, but I'm so glad she wanted to participate. My body is tired though after standing for an extra long time. She's out playing in the snow now.
Still have to make pie.
Still have to make pie.
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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“Never thought I’d find myself fighting side by side with a Christian”
“What about side by side with a Poster?”
“Aye, I can do that”
“What about side by side with a Poster?”
“Aye, I can do that”
I'm forming a team🤝
See this is the Christianity I can work alongside with
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Never thought I’d find myself fighting side by side with a Christian”
“What about side by side with a Poster?”
“Aye, I can do that”
“What about side by side with a Poster?”
“Aye, I can do that”
Last night I wanted to see if I could choose my dream so I told myself I wanted to dream about when I would get healthy again.
And in my dream I went out into my yard at night and saw a green pumpkin and a chipmunk giving birth to a nest full of tiny hippogriffs. I thought "I'm having my first
And in my dream I went out into my yard at night and saw a green pumpkin and a chipmunk giving birth to a nest full of tiny hippogriffs. I thought "I'm having my first
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Last night I wanted to see if I could choose my dream so I told myself I wanted to dream about when I would get healthy again.
And in my dream I went out into my yard at night and saw a green pumpkin and a chipmunk giving birth to a nest full of tiny hippogriffs. I thought "I'm having my first
And in my dream I went out into my yard at night and saw a green pumpkin and a chipmunk giving birth to a nest full of tiny hippogriffs. I thought "I'm having my first
It begins! The snow is coming down hard and starting to stick. I love it.
25 foot waves on Lake Michigan. Snowfall forecast here has been bumped up a few inches to a minimum of 6. The wind woke us all up around 6 or 7 am this morning but thankfully Miss 12 and I were able to go back to sleep for a few more hours. Even the cats were freaked out.
So far just flurries.
So far just flurries.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It begins! The snow is coming down hard and starting to stick. I love it.
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I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
25 foot waves on Lake Michigan. Snowfall forecast here has been bumped up a few inches to a minimum of 6. The wind woke us all up around 6 or 7 am this morning but thankfully Miss 12 and I were able to go back to sleep for a few more hours. Even the cats were freaked out.
So far just flurries.
So far just flurries.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
25 foot waves on Lake Michigan. Snowfall forecast here has been bumped up a few inches to a minimum of 6. The wind woke us all up around 6 or 7 am this morning but thankfully Miss 12 and I were able to go back to sleep for a few more hours. Even the cats were freaked out.
So far just flurries.
So far just flurries.
Got my uniform on for the day. Pumpkin pie, brownies (Miss 12's preferred Thanksgiving dessert), and maple glazed sweet potatoes on the schedule.
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Got my uniform on for the day. Pumpkin pie, brownies (Miss 12's preferred Thanksgiving dessert), and maple glazed sweet potatoes on the schedule.
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I am PRETTY SURE I can get stickers in time, so HEY!! I will open my DM’s for Christmas. If you leave me a message with your address and tell me you’ve bought my book before Dec. 15 (and you’re in the US) I will mail you a signed nameplate for it!
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I am PRETTY SURE I can get stickers in time, so HEY!! I will open my DM’s for Christmas. If you leave me a message with your address and tell me you’ve bought my book before Dec. 15 (and you’re in the US) I will mail you a signed nameplate for it!
If you're #GlutenFree and make your own pie crust but find yourself missing the toasty flavor of a wheat crust, try using Irish/grass-fed butter. You can also add a tablespoon of whiskey. It's not the same but it adds depth and richness.
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If you're #GlutenFree and make your own pie crust but find yourself missing the toasty flavor of a wheat crust, try using Irish/grass-fed butter. You can also add a tablespoon of whiskey. It's not the same but it adds depth and richness.
If I could stop getting bloody noses this week, that would be great.
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
If I could stop getting bloody noses this week, that would be great.