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soncagh.bsky.social
Sonca
@soncagh.bsky.social
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Just a small hobbit from Woodhall in the Shire (Landroval). Notable smart-ass. Lover of pies, cats, & otters (but not at the same time or combined)

Note: I don’t care about my follower count & I do not automatically return-follow. Quality over quantity!
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So Comcast (cable/ISP) was working in our neighborhood while I was in the middle of this on-line class and cut our connection three different times 🤬

I may need to pay them a visit when this class is done 🤨
Black and white image from Fawlty Towers. Basil Fawlty on the phone with a large garden gnome in the counter right in next to him. The text says “I SHALL COME OVER THERE AND INSERT A LARGE GARDEN GNOME IN YOU. GOOD DAY!”
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Good morning surf! Time to get up! My food bowl won’t fill itself!
Close up of a black cat looking towards the photographer demanding food in the early morning. Very fuzzy out of focus background shows the end of a bed and crowded dresser in the background. The first rays of light are starting to come in through the window signaling it is in fact too damn early.
October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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So apparently it’s National Black Cat day. Here’s my lil void cat barking out orders to feed her treats and only to her since her sister’s don’t deserve them.
A black cat staring just off camera. Her mouth slightly open in the background there are a few out of focus maps on the wall.
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Without downloading anything, where are you mentally right now.
From Tintín. A man in a blue shirt in the middle of the frame is asking “What a week, huh?” A man from the side of the panel responds “Captain, it’s Wednesday”
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Take heart #Chicago! 154 years ago this evening our great city faced a much bigger problem than we do today. Like they did many years ago, we will stand strong and work to make this city a better place for EVERYONE. #Resist #NoKings #ChicagoFire

Chicago fire melts ICE!
The Great Chicago Fire as seen from the lake in 1871. Boats are just off shore as the buildings along the shoreline burn. On the right side, the sky is filled with smoke and the red glow of the flames. On the left buildings still untouched are illuminated by the moon light shining in through the clouds.
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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September 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Image from Tintín comic. Captain Haddock sitting at a table in the middle of the scene wearing a blue shirt. He has a look of exasperation on his face and says “What a week, huh?” Tintín is leaning in from the left side of the scene wearing a brown overcoat and says “Captain, it’s only Wednesday” Snowy, a white Wire Fox Terrier, is sniffing at the Captain’s glass of beer on the far right of the scene.
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Hope you’re feeling better soon.
If you get hungry, Gene has some ideas on that. 😋
September 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I hate that feeling.
A lot of knowledge in my field is of the use it or lose it type. I have to occasionally do some of the things I’d normally delegate to others just to keep the skills fresh. Even then I have to ask certain members of my crew for hints & tips on some of it.

Good luck with it.
Cute puppy winking at the camera and pointing directly at it with the text “You’ve got this”
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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At the county fair listing to a band playing on one of the small stages (free show). Started out good with some old 70’s & 80’s classics. Then they played Smooth by Santana & Rob Thomas. That one was bad. The total opposite of smooth. Reminded me of Marla Hooch singing in A League of Their Own.
From A League of their Own, while Marla Hooch is in stage drunkenly singing to a man, one if the actual musicians is reacting to how bad her singing is by hiding his face in his hands.
September 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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This carpet is getting my anxiety up a few notches. I’m just waiting for a buzzer to go off and all those shapes go flying while I’m walking to the elevator. 😳
Bad carpeting with various geometric shapes repeating over a series of bands of subdued colors. The design is very reminiscent of a demonic version of the game Perfection.
August 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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It is really getting harder to take the first option more and more these days. *sigh*
Cat at the steering wheel if a car. Text says “SITTING IN THE CAR AT THE OFFICE AND WONDERING, DO I GO IN OR DO I DRIVE ACROSS COUNTRY TO LIVE AS A HERMIT?”
August 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This is me today. I’m Steve. I’m having to endure an unending series of meetings today. Unfortunately, the worst one is yet to come, called by the living embodiment of the Peter Principle.

*sigh*. I already need a drink and it’s not even lunch time.

Image by @in-otter-news.bsky.social
Drawing of two otters wearing ties sitting in a business meeting. One in a green tie has his paw raised to ask a question. The other in a red tie with an ID tag saying Steve, is looking at the first otter. Text says “The meeting was clearly over, yet Brad kept asking questions. Steve's feelings were telling him to punch Brad in the face.”
August 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Hoping you have a better day today.
Steve the otter taking a break from his usual shenanigans, is popping his head in from the corner and looking right in to the camera. Text says “Just popping in to check on you”
August 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?

(Sorry, Key. I don’t have any David pics on my new phone)
Garfield the Cat. He’s hiding in his bed completely covered by his blanket. A thought bubble hovers over him saying “I hate Monday”
August 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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One of the side effect “perks” of the OH’s medical treatment is that it comes shipped in a cooler. That means more ice packs for a countertop swamp cooler. It’s not going to cool the room down, but it pulls out a heck of a lot of the moisture. There’s another set deployed in the living room.
Four ice packs in a small dish strainer on a countertop. Text on the packs say “This pack ships at a cooled temperature” and a large letter “B”
August 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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My morning dilemma…

… every morning! 😕
A side view of a cat sitting in the drivers seat of a car with its paws on the wheel. It is looking forward with a contemplative look on its face. The image text says “NOT SURE IF I SHOULD GET OUT OF THE CAR AND WALK INTO THE OFFICE, OR DRIVE OFF AND GO LIVE IN THE WOODS FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS”
August 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Though this is still a depressing thing to see in the chat window… 😕
A screen of text in blue on black background. In the center is a line that says “Your kinship has been disbanded.”
July 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Well the ass hats at Microsoft fucked me over… again. They pushed Windows 11 onto my old PC here which I have fought to hold on to for a few more weeks after getting a new PC. There were old apps and scripts that I still needed to keep functioning. Now they’re not functioning. 🤬
From John Wick. Two people standing in a dimly lit corner. Text says “CAN WE JUST TELL JOHN THAT IT WAS REALLY MICROSOFT THAT KILLED HIS DOG”
July 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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We stopped off at a small zoo that is part of a breeding program for Ringtail Lemurs.
This one is Luka (his normal housing is not endowed with a second floor for those of a certain age who may be wondering 😋). He’s about 3 months old and loves jumping from person to person.
A baby Ringtail Lemur in a small tire swing. There are people in the background looking at a less interesting animal not in the picture.
July 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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A morning visit to the Central Coast in the midwestern US.
The nice thing about some of our hotel choices on Ren Faire weekends is that they are 2 minutes from Lake Michigan.
July 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Sun is out and we got front row seats for the best show, #CirqueDuSewer. Even the cats get in the action behind the scenes. I believe this is Sputnik back stage doing some mighty fine stage managing.
A peek through some blackout curtains into the back stage area. A small cat is sitting there watching the humans as they go about prepping for the next show.
July 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Just another fun day out at the Ren fair. And no, we’re not leaving early. 🧙🧝🧌
#BRF #BristolRenaissanceFaire
Radar indicating an ugly storm with lots of lightning. A logo indicator saying “Closest strike in the last 30 minutes, 0 miles away”
July 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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It’s 8:30 and still too damn early for me…

My brain read this as “flavored with oysters”

I wanna go back to bed. 😴
White and yellow, single use tea package on a table. Text says: TAZO. GLAZED LEMON LOAF FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVOR Revel in a dessert-worthy tea with tangy notes of lemon & velvety, creamy vanilla. CAFFEINE-FREE DESSERT DELIGHTS
July 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM