Kate Officinalis
@atinysilverfrog.bsky.social
(She/Her) PNW, Crafty, Witchy, Neurodivergent, Plant Nerd, Book & Tea Collector, Cat Attendant, Dark Sense of Humor, Loves Granny Crafts, Cottage Goth & Whimsigoth Fashion & Decor, fungi, & Unhinged Cross Stitch
Sag ☀️ Leo 🌕 Pisces ☝️
Sag ☀️ Leo 🌕 Pisces ☝️
The double empathy problem is real. If you're autistic, & good at handling difficult situations, & are remotely conventionally attractive, society will give you ZERO empathy. You're not allowed to have problems, or complain, or be in pain, bc you're expected to just "be grateful."
#neurodivergent
#neurodivergent
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The double empathy problem is real. If you're autistic, & good at handling difficult situations, & are remotely conventionally attractive, society will give you ZERO empathy. You're not allowed to have problems, or complain, or be in pain, bc you're expected to just "be grateful."
#neurodivergent
#neurodivergent
Omg! It worked! Our ✨mushrooms✨ are fruiting! Last spring we inoculated birch logs with spore plugs, & look at these gorgeous turkey tails! They're small but plentiful & should fruit (& get bigger) for several seasons. 🤎
#gardensky #gardening #fungi #mushrooms #turkeytail #plugspores #pnw #witchsky
#gardensky #gardening #fungi #mushrooms #turkeytail #plugspores #pnw #witchsky
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Omg! It worked! Our ✨mushrooms✨ are fruiting! Last spring we inoculated birch logs with spore plugs, & look at these gorgeous turkey tails! They're small but plentiful & should fruit (& get bigger) for several seasons. 🤎
#gardensky #gardening #fungi #mushrooms #turkeytail #plugspores #pnw #witchsky
#gardensky #gardening #fungi #mushrooms #turkeytail #plugspores #pnw #witchsky
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
No shade to anyone, but I deliberately avoid making my hobbies & passions my job, bc I've found the second my income depends on an activity I enjoy, I don't enjoy it any more. Anyone else?
#neurodivergent #neurospicy #autism #adhd #audhd #witchsky
#neurodivergent #neurospicy #autism #adhd #audhd #witchsky
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
No shade to anyone, but I deliberately avoid making my hobbies & passions my job, bc I've found the second my income depends on an activity I enjoy, I don't enjoy it any more. Anyone else?
#neurodivergent #neurospicy #autism #adhd #audhd #witchsky
#neurodivergent #neurospicy #autism #adhd #audhd #witchsky
Also, my husband just sent me this from where he stopped to walk in the forest. Second season bow hunting starts up here on Saturday. They're mocking him. Again. 😂
#pnw #forest #deer #penguinpebble #witchsky
#pnw #forest #deer #penguinpebble #witchsky
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Also, my husband just sent me this from where he stopped to walk in the forest. Second season bow hunting starts up here on Saturday. They're mocking him. Again. 😂
#pnw #forest #deer #penguinpebble #witchsky
#pnw #forest #deer #penguinpebble #witchsky
It's mid November (almost my birthday) & it's been frosting hard here at night. I'm decorating for yule, & yet ...
#garden #gardensky #gardening #plants #rose #november #novemberrose #witchsky
#garden #gardensky #gardening #plants #rose #november #novemberrose #witchsky
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's mid November (almost my birthday) & it's been frosting hard here at night. I'm decorating for yule, & yet ...
#garden #gardensky #gardening #plants #rose #november #novemberrose #witchsky
#garden #gardensky #gardening #plants #rose #november #novemberrose #witchsky
Five years ago we had a $6,000 item mis-delivered bc Google suddenly decided to mis-identify our address as being two streets over. Now it seems, it has identified our neighbor's house, as the shed in our back yard. 🙄 Mercury rx sure is rx-ing! 😂
#astrology #mercuryretrograde #witchsky
#astrology #mercuryretrograde #witchsky
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Five years ago we had a $6,000 item mis-delivered bc Google suddenly decided to mis-identify our address as being two streets over. Now it seems, it has identified our neighbor's house, as the shed in our back yard. 🙄 Mercury rx sure is rx-ing! 😂
#astrology #mercuryretrograde #witchsky
#astrology #mercuryretrograde #witchsky
Our tv updated last night & installed Microsoft Copilot AI chatbot ... & it can't be deleted. 🤬 My queendom for literally any electronic device that isn't also now a fucking surveillance system. *sigh* I'm gonna go live in a shack in the woods.
#fuckai #surveillance #neveralone #witchsky
#fuckai #surveillance #neveralone #witchsky
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Our tv updated last night & installed Microsoft Copilot AI chatbot ... & it can't be deleted. 🤬 My queendom for literally any electronic device that isn't also now a fucking surveillance system. *sigh* I'm gonna go live in a shack in the woods.
#fuckai #surveillance #neveralone #witchsky
#fuckai #surveillance #neveralone #witchsky
Fostering update from our daughter: Yesterday Jessica & Lafayette got adopted together, & last night she acquired this crew of long haired torties!
#catsky #kittensky #cattax #fostercats #rescue #wirchsky
#catsky #kittensky #cattax #fostercats #rescue #wirchsky
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Fostering update from our daughter: Yesterday Jessica & Lafayette got adopted together, & last night she acquired this crew of long haired torties!
#catsky #kittensky #cattax #fostercats #rescue #wirchsky
#catsky #kittensky #cattax #fostercats #rescue #wirchsky
It's been a bit, but I write stuff down here, for fun & to share experience. I'm not great at it. I experiment. It's more important to me to be true to my own voice & spirit than to rules. So if you're the literary or grammar police *gestures* move along. More coming soon! liminalkate.com
#witchsky
#witchsky
Liminal
A Magical Memoir
liminalkate.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's been a bit, but I write stuff down here, for fun & to share experience. I'm not great at it. I experiment. It's more important to me to be true to my own voice & spirit than to rules. So if you're the literary or grammar police *gestures* move along. More coming soon! liminalkate.com
#witchsky
#witchsky
Prescription pet food is such a veterinary racket! I learned this morning the vet our cat has his urinary food prescription through (for years) suddenly closed w/o warning. Now we're going to have to pay a another bill for someone else to take our word for it, that he needs it. 🙄
#catsky #witchsky
#catsky #witchsky
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Symbiotic, hallucinogenic, fungus grows on morning glory seeds ... wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2025...
#plants #plantnerd #fungi #biology #mushrooms #morningglory #witchsky
#plants #plantnerd #fungi #biology #mushrooms #morningglory #witchsky
WVU Today | WVU student discovers long-awaited mystery fungus sought by LSD’s inventor
Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a West Virginia University microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effe...
wvutoday.wvu.edu
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Symbiotic, hallucinogenic, fungus grows on morning glory seeds ... wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2025...
#plants #plantnerd #fungi #biology #mushrooms #morningglory #witchsky
#plants #plantnerd #fungi #biology #mushrooms #morningglory #witchsky
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Rules we learned as Gen X kids in a working class poor neighborhood:
Be good, or be good at it. 😁
Don't commit crimes while you're committing crimes. 😉
Don't add to the population. Don't subtract from the population.
Tell the cops nothing. Tell the paramedics everything.
#genx #resist #witchsky
Be good, or be good at it. 😁
Don't commit crimes while you're committing crimes. 😉
Don't add to the population. Don't subtract from the population.
Tell the cops nothing. Tell the paramedics everything.
#genx #resist #witchsky
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
For supply storage, I have found thrifted dressers, with shallow cardboard boxes (with the tops cut off) as drawer inserts, to be invaluable! Here's a couple shots of some of my herb, incense, & divination drawers.
#storage #organization #autistic #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky
#storage #organization #autistic #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For supply storage, I have found thrifted dressers, with shallow cardboard boxes (with the tops cut off) as drawer inserts, to be invaluable! Here's a couple shots of some of my herb, incense, & divination drawers.
#storage #organization #autistic #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky
#storage #organization #autistic #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky
For anyone who doesn't know, the western PNW sits on top of what I can only describe as one giant, interconnected, ANT HILL. About this time every year, when the weather gets wet & cold, most of us are battling an antpocalypse invasion inside our homes.
#ants #pnw #autumn #witchsky
#ants #pnw #autumn #witchsky
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The most difficult tarot reading I ever did was for a mildly intellectually disabled man whose question boiled down to, how to get his abled friends to treat him like them. 😭 And I really related, bc I once went to an astrologer trying to pin down my autism.
#tarot #autism #neurodivergent #witchsky
#tarot #autism #neurodivergent #witchsky
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The most difficult tarot reading I ever did was for a mildly intellectually disabled man whose question boiled down to, how to get his abled friends to treat him like them. 😭 And I really related, bc I once went to an astrologer trying to pin down my autism.
#tarot #autism #neurodivergent #witchsky
#tarot #autism #neurodivergent #witchsky
My library / crafting / witchy room is currently kind of a mess. It suffered a bit while I hyper focused on gardening season. But as I get it back in order, I'll post more of my indoor setup.
#booksky #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky
#booksky #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My library / crafting / witchy room is currently kind of a mess. It suffered a bit while I hyper focused on gardening season. But as I get it back in order, I'll post more of my indoor setup.
#booksky #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky
#booksky #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky