*vacuums up 20 pounds of cat hair*

*narrows eyes at 9-pound cat*

Photo of a rectangular shaped bread in a baking tray, the bread has a picture created with foods baked into it, such as bacon and courgette, imitating a famous painting, it has a cental figure appearing to scream, standing on a bridge over water

Munch's 'The Scream' reimagined in a focaccia by Rebecca (via @ stephennold1) #WomensArt #Sunday

Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."

Word of the day is a favourite for this time of year. To be ‘crambazzled’, in old Yorkshire dialect, is to be prematurely aged by excess drinking or partying.

Cats in the U.S. Are Contracting Bird Flu: What Pet Parents Need to Know Cases in domesticated cats have risen dramatically over the past year.

PSA for cat owners in the US: cats have been contracting H5N1 (bird flu). They are very susceptible to it and the fatality rate for cats is 67%. To avoid it:

-keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice.

-do not feed them raw dairy

-do not feed them raw meat

I made a gingerbread panopticon

A few potential words of the day:

Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).

Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.

Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.

Merry Christmas.

The Christmas Tree in Space...

In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️

Godzilla patch is (slowly) coming along

Photo of my handsome long haired brown tuxedo tabby Fergus lying under our fake Christmas tree on a faux fur tree skirt.

SPOILER ALERT I already got the best present under my tree. 🎄

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No matter how bad life gets, there is always some kind of potato dish that can make things just a little bit better.

Fox in the leaves ~ my favorite stitch from this year I think

So happy to see THE STORY OF A HEART picked as a @theguardian.com 2024 book of the year 📚

#organdonation 🫀🫁💗

Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.

Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.

introducing myself to this platform with my first ever landscape embroidery — botanical gardens in oslo 🌱🪻☺️

What about you?
"A lot" 🙄 Have you ever heard that one before, ladies?

1/12 🧵 Teaching moments with med students @CUDivHospMed- a thanksgiving special on Evidence-Based Medicine pearls! #MedEd #EBM

Photo of a tubby little wren (what I like to call a "little dumpling birb") perched on an icy branch, taken by Jeff Cohen

The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...

8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)

Photograph of the skeleton of a small dog, the white bones laid out on a black background

Today's port from the old place to this lovely app is a thread 🧵 about my favorite ancient pet! The Yasmina Dog 🐕

The scientific zooarchaeology study was made by Michael MacKinnon & Kyle Belanger

This story about this cute lil' dog is a sad one, with a (sort of) happy ending
/1 #AncientBlueSky 🏺🧪

Looking for medical professionals to follow? Just added the 5th installment *Medsky Fast Five*
#medsky 🩺🧪

Round 1
go.bsky.app/Qg2TA9p

Round 2
go.bsky.app/9ziyYqt

Round 3
go.bsky.app/9WQtZh6

Round 4
go.bsky.app/HRaNhEt

Round 5
go.bsky.app/DvGjDh6

I’ll keep adding to the 5th (until it hits 150)

#proofofcat My 3. Just chillin'.

Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.