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Jodi DeLong 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@bloomingwriter.bsky.social
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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Canadian techy nerd/galactic sci-fi being. 🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💙NO DMs. Liberal, Ally. I write, edit, cook, take pictures, garden, knit for cat rescues. Bossed by 4 rescue cats. Nflder in NS. #slavaUkraine "We are caged in simulations" ~ Muse
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Jodi DeLong 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @bloomingwriter.bsky.social · May 30
THIS.
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We have a fundraiser this weekend for @spaydayhrm.bsky.social & I have made the first five dozen Newfoundland Snowballs, under the watchful eyes of Herby. #blueskycats #adoptdontshop #rescueisthebestbreed #fundraisingforcatrescue #newfoundlandtreats
HerbyBells the wicked but sweet tabby oversees most everything I do, from editing work to cooking and baking. He never begs for food, just wants to be with me. Newfoundland snowballs are a mixture of butter, milk, sugar, cocoa, oatmeal and unsweetened fine coconut. Always popular at bake sales.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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It's #whiskerswednesday, and two of the house clowns are showing off their feeling-finery. Sandy is enjoying a YOW catnip mouse, and Herby is attempting to help his human wind yarn for Newfoundland pattern mittens. #adoptdontshop #blueskycats #rescueisthebestbreed #catsmakemehappy
My lovely but not-bright pale ginger tuxedo, Sandy Goldeneyes Fraidy Cat, has a fresh YOW catnip mouse and he defies anyone to take it from him. A bug-eyed tabby is sitting on a counter underneath a yarn swift. This holds a skein of yarn still and untangled while I wind it into a cake on the yarn winder. Herby likes to help. This is not helpful but he persists.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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#GoodMorning 🌅 #Friends 😊

#Cats 🐈 🟰 #happiness
#Cats 🐈 🟰 #happiness
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Still the most powerful song of Remembrance, from Newfoundland's Ennis Sisters & Shallaway Youth Choir. Lest we forget. #remembranceday #beaumonthamel #atthegoingdownofthesun #RoyalNewfoundlandRegiment #letpeacereign #singyouhome #canada

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Sing You Home - Remember Them At The Rooms
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November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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"Take two minutes would you mind, it's a pittance of time..."

Thank you, Terry Kelly. #lestweforget

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Terry Kelly - A Pittance of Time (Official Version)
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November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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With apologies to Wallace Stevens, Cassie & Herby demonstrate his poem Sunday Morning "Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair..." Cassie doesn't deign to wear a peignoir. #blueskycats #caturday #rescueisthebestbreed #adoptdontshop #sundaycats
Her greeneyed worshipfulness, the dilute calico Cassie Marie Growltiger is lounging on top of the buffet cabinet. Her hind end seems to have gone missing in this picture but it IS there, in all its floofiness. Another greeneyed kitty, this one Herby the Badass Tabby, lounges with my coffee mug and an orange, and ipad for good measure. He doesn't eat oranges and doesn't read poetry, but it's a relaxed Sunday morning here for sure.
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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@mikebrowne.com Going to send you an email or voicemail but wish you would embrace Bluesky. Your podcast is my 'recipe' when cooking and baking in my Nova Scotian kitchen.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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With apologies to Wallace Stevens, Cassie & Herby demonstrate his poem Sunday Morning "Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair..." Cassie doesn't deign to wear a peignoir. #blueskycats #caturday #rescueisthebestbreed #adoptdontshop #sundaycats
Her greeneyed worshipfulness, the dilute calico Cassie Marie Growltiger is lounging on top of the buffet cabinet. Her hind end seems to have gone missing in this picture but it IS there, in all its floofiness. Another greeneyed kitty, this one Herby the Badass Tabby, lounges with my coffee mug and an orange, and ipad for good measure. He doesn't eat oranges and doesn't read poetry, but it's a relaxed Sunday morning here for sure.
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A rose is a rose is a rose... Crocus rose, 7 November, 2025, Nova Scotia. Defiantly still pushing buds. A good metaphor to hold on to for all of us. So say we all! #gardensky #bloomscrolling #rosesofbluesky
The pinky peachy bud of the David Austin rose Crocus, which will open to soft yellow-white. My favourite rose for its hardiness and length of bloom time.
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Remember, remember, the 5th of November. Guy Fawkes Night is often celebrated in my home province of Newfoundland, not so much in Nova Scotia. Waiting for the wind to die down so I can plant my new #daffodils for next spring. #springbulbs #gardeningsky #blueskygarden #bloomscrolling
A split-corolla daffodil, Sunny Side Up, with soft yellow blooms and lots of frills. (photo from bulb catalogue) One of my favourite mini daffodils, Pipit has yellow corona (outer petals) surrounding a white cup or corolla. Dainty and beautiful. Photo from bulb site. Jetfire is a mini daffodil with reflexed outer petals of yellow, and an orange corolla, or cup. Lovely little charmers.
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Swiped from Facebook. This has been a day that didn't shine. But we are all still breathing, and the healing purrs of cats work on human as well as feline spirits. Although purring in my ear at 4 am, that wasn't great, Herby. #blueskycats #rescueisthebestbreed #catsmakeeverythingbetter
An art poster of a female person with black hair and a gold sweater holding a white cat. There are flowers drawn around the female and cat, and the caption says "Not every day has to shine. Some days are for breathing." The green eyed tabby devilchild Herby giving his best "who, me?" look while laying in a wicker cat bed. Does this look like a cat who woke his human at four am by licking and purring in her ear?
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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The cats demonstrate their opinions of #fallback, which they consider just a reason to be limp and plan world domination. As long as they get lots of love, treats and toys, they really don't care if it's dark or light outside. #blueskycats #adoptdontshop #rescueisthebestbreed #cats #sundayfunday
A pale ginger tuxedo cat and his sister, a dilute calico, playing footsies. The resident tabby badness sprawls on top of a cabinet, surrounded by rainbows from sun catchers. The long cool Loki cat in a black tux sprawls while his pale ginger brother thinks about attacking him.
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Princess Cassie Marie Growltiger deigned to wear a reindeer hat once, but she says no way is she going to wear a Halloween costume. Just as well as we don't get trick or treaters here. Happy Samhain Eve, everyone. #blueskycats #halloweencats #adoptdontshop #rescueisthebestbreed
Green eyed dilute calico wearing a reindeer hat and her best tolerant expression.
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A late October treat: Hamamelis virginiana is in bloom, and the fragrance from those funny, tassel-like flowers is delicious.

#gardenSky #gardeningFeed #gardening #bloomscrolling
Photo of a fall-blooming witch hazel, with its yellow flowers and delicately sweet fragrance. The last bloomer in the garden, I believe.
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Another busy busy work day, so I'll just share this lovely piece of artwork and wish everyone a terrific Thursday.
georgekocar.bsky.social George Kocar @georgekocar.bsky.social · 15d
Daily Cat, October 30th, Layla
#art #cats #feline #kocar #gkocar
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Apparently, today is National Cat Day. In my house, that's every day. These three characters sat up nicely to receive their treats, while Loki the deaf tuxedo kitty had his delivered to him. #blueskycats #cats #adoptdontshop #rescueisthebestbreed #whiskerswednesday #nationalcatday
Very pretty dilute calico sits up politely for her treat. Green eyed tabby cat looks fierce but he's very polite receiving a treat. Pastel ginger tuxedo Sandy has learned to sit up for treats, too.
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Too busy to create a post so I'll just share this lovely creativity. Blue and cats, how great is that?
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Oh, yes, excellent point. I will discuss this with his royal Tabbyness when I go back up to try to make the bed (with four cats it can be a challenge).
jwbfat16.bsky.social Bruce @jwbfat16.bsky.social · 19d
There's a potential for a Nobel Prize in Physics too, if the feline deigns to show you how to work the portal back to its home dimension from within the bedding.
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Never mind science and peace and literature… A Nobel prize is deserved for the person who can successfully stuff a queen size duvet into its cover while being “helped” by a cat. #caturday #adoptdontshop #blueskycats #blueskytabbies #rescueisthebestbreed #helpfulcatishelpful
Photo is of a very bug eyed bad tabby cat, who is trying to help his human stuff a duvet into a duvet cover.
October 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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How true is that? I've been up since before 0600 since some furballs decided to have a gymkhana this morning across the bed, down the stairs, back up again and over my head. There was no point in trying to go back to sleep. Now they're all asleep.
catanddogtips.bsky.social Cat And Dog Tips @catanddogtips.bsky.social · 21d
Often 'On Tour' in our house...👇🐱😂 #Cats #Catlovers #BlueSkyCats #CatsOfBlueSky
October 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The Long Cool Loki in a Black Tux keeps his own schedule as to how he wishes to express himself, thus his #tongueouttuesday is on #friyay, in anticipation of #caturday #Blueskycats #cats #rescueisthebestbreed #blueskytuxedocats #adoptdontshop
A very handsome and green-eyed Tuxedo cat sits in a box with his tongue touching his nose, in anticipation of a treat or three.
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Canadians in particular ... but if you are looking to re-wild your front lawn or other areas on your property, these websites can be a big help. #sustainable #gardening #pollinators #environment
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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October 23, and we are still enjoying local #Novascotia strawberries! Got them at #Stirlingfarmmarket at lunchtime and they are sweet and worth every penny. #localfarmers #eatfresh #strawberries
A quart basket of ripe strawberries, grown right here in Nova Scotia, on October 23, 2025. These are grown in trays inside large greenhouse tunnels and are day neutral berries, meaning they will bear until a freeze.
October 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Awesome, congrats!
annagutmanis.bsky.social Anna Gutmanis @annagutmanis.bsky.social · 22d
As I eagerly anticipate the premiere of the 8th Annual NY Cat Film Festival on Sunday, I am grateful for the nominations that "Oh Catnada!" has received from other festivals! #CatFilmFestival #FilmForACause #CatLovers #CatsOnScreen #NYCCatEvents #CatsOnTheBigScreen #OhCatnada! #nominations
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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My friend Miranda of @randamart.bsky.social makes the most wondrous painted bottle lamps, including many with cats on them. I have given these as gifts plus have four of my own from her & they make me happy even on the greyest of days. #blueskycats #catsinart #localartisan #cats
A rainbow of colour in a number of painted bottle lamps done by my friend Miranda of Paintedlight.ca, including a number with cats on them. They are beautiful and an excellent way to repurpose lovely bottles and keep them from the landfills.
October 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM