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Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette
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TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.
She/her.
Breast cancer survivor.
Horror/fantasy writer. Best known for THE GOBLIN EMPEROR (Tor, 2014).
Geek about everything.
Books out in 2025: THE ORB OF CAIRADO (Subterranean) in Jan. & THE TOMB OF DRAGONS (Tor) in Mar.
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Proof of cat
Portrait of a red male cat (a.k.a. an orange boy). He has yellow-orange eyes and freckles on his nose. The picture does not capture the fact that he is purring, but he is. He is Underfoot Cat.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Timeline cleanse! This is Eustacia Vye from David Austin Rose's, who is so much more amazing than I expected.
A rosebush with two clumps of flowers, each flower a different shade of pink. It honestly looks like something a florist would have to work at to achieve, and all I did was plant the silly thing.
October 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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One corner of the hibiscus bush is still blooming
A white-shading-to-pink hibiscus flower in full bloom with another bud next to it. In the background, some of the leaves of the parent bush are already yellow for fall.
September 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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My calico is a Crime Bean, no two ways about it, but I think my red kitty may be Load-Bearing Bingus.
The rare Load-bearing Bingus (a red mackerel tabby) looks thoughtfully at the camera.
September 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Who has four feet and a tail and knocked over his own food dish, scattering kibble around the room and inventing a wonderful new variant of 52 Pick-Up for me and the other cat to play AT TWO-THIRTY IN THE FUCKING MORNING (the other cat loved it)?

THIS GUY!!!
Underfoot Cat, a red mackerel tabby cat, having arranged himself carefully on the book I am reading.
September 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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This is the magnificent Underfoot Cat, who joined our household in 2015 (guess is that he's 11 this year).
A red mackerel tabby cat stares solemnly at the camera. He has one particularly distinct nose freckle and eyes just a half-shade greener than his fur
September 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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This rose is called Eustacia Vye. I care not for Thomas Hardy, but this rose deciding this week to bloom a second time has been a note of grace that I have badly needed.
Eustacia Vye rose. Delicate pink deepening to an orangey-pink in the center and so many ruffles.
August 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I am informed that today is INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY. So here is a cat who knows he deserves it.

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree #internationalcatday
A red mackerel tabby cat, settled comfortably on a pillow in a rich purple case. He is giving the camera a wise and slightly smug look, because he knows the photographer is too soft-hearted (soft-headed?) to make him move, even though it's her pillow
August 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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These miscreants woke me up at 3:30 a.m., trying and failing to catch a mouse.

#cats #catsofbluesky #queenofsocks #calicocat #underfootcatisunderfoot #redmackereltabbycat #seniorkitties #ilovethembut
July 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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ROSES.

Lady of Shalott again because I cannot get over these colors.
Lady of Shalott rose, colors ranging from pale yellow to deep cantaloupe (if a cantaloupe can be deep).
July 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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If you see this, repost with something pink.
Eustacia Vye rose in full bloom, delicate mid-pink, single flower.
June 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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ROSES. Lady of Shalott going bonkers.
Lady of Shalott rose. Cluster of big orange-pink-yellow flowers.
June 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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ROSES. A little before-and-after sequence of the Dark Lady coming into bloom.

#roses
Dark Lady starting to unfurl. The rose is actually a deeper magenta than this but does not photograph well. Ta-da! The Dark Lady in full bloom. Again, it's actually a darker magenta than this.
June 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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ROSES. This is Lichfield Angel. I admit I bought it mostly for the name (but also because I love white roses). It is a trooper and also just lovely.
In a sea of green, my Lichfield Angel rose offers a creamy white flower and two promising buds.
June 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Also, bonus peonies!
Deep pink peony flower in full bloom. Light pink peony flower in full bloom.
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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ROSES. This is Cerise Bouquet, first an overhead shot and then a view of where it's starting to get ideas about taking over the world.
Cerise Bouquet, with bright pink flowers going everywhere. Shot taken standing on the porch. Cerise Bouquet, bright pink flowers (I keep typing "pink" as "punk," and I'm not 100% convinced I'm wrong), reaching out to block the path around the house. Also scattering bright pink petals everywhere.
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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ROSES.

This is the Lady of Shalott.
Rosebush blooming with huge round orange flowers. (Lady of Shalott)
June 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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More ROSES.

This is a twofer. Alba maxima in the front, aspiring to live up to its name, and the murderous Dr. Huey to the rear.
2 rose bushes: Alba maxima at front left with a multitude of big white flowers and Dr. Huey at right rear with a flourish of smaller deep red flowers.
June 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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ROSES. Because REASONS.

This is Eustacia Vye.
Eustacia Vye rosebush blooming like crazy. Flowers are circular and fluffy and the pink of really good salmon.
June 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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5. Lady of Shalott
6 & 7. Eustacia Vye
Lady of Shalott: orange-yellow flower, with buds and other flowers around it. Eustacia Vye: rose bush with big medium pink flowers. Eustacia Vye: big medium pink rose.
June 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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1. Lichfield Angel
2. Dr. Huey
3 & 4. Alba maxima
Lichfield Angel: a close-up of a creamy white flower with 2 buds visible behind. Dr. Huey: a rose bush with deep dark-red flowers. My phone camera does not like the purplish undertones to the red. Alba maxima. A paper white flower with several buds visible around it. A white rose bush blooming like crazy.
June 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Roses! Left to right, Cerise Bouquet, Dr
Huey (this one I did not plant; it was here when we moved in), Alba maxima, and Eustacia Vye. The Lichfield Angel is budding. The Dark Lady is taking its own sweet time, which seems appropriate.
A mass of bright pink roses alongside my porch. Dr. Huey is a phenomenal dark red rose. The picture happens to catch flowers in all stages from buds to blooming, and some of the bush's new growth is in the lower right. Alba maxima is a very old rose breed and has thorns like no other. Its white flowers are charmingly close to spherical. Eustacia Vye is a very new rose breed. In the foreground a medium pink bud is unfurling in perfect stereotypical rose fashion, while 2 buds are visible in the background.
June 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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My other roses are a little behind the Cerise Bouquet, but catching up fast. Here's the Lady of Shalott.
The Lady of Shalott, a cantaloupe colored rose with yellow highlights and deep orange-red accents, is blooming against the house's incredibly boring beige siding. I can find at least 3 buds in the bright green foliage.
June 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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In lieu of all the horrors still persisting, let's think for a moment about peonies.
A pale pink peony surrounded by lush green foliage. A pale pink peony and two buds, surrounded by lush green foliage. (N.b., this is not the same peony as in pic #1.)
June 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Another rose. This is more representative of the color.

#cerisebouquet #rose
Rose bush seen from above with bright deep pink flowers.
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM