Curiosity Cat
@curiositycat.bsky.social
Always wanting to know what's around the corner & over the horizon, & determined to find out.
(Avatar & banner is painting of a kitten in an upturned umbrella, at sea with high waves on either side, floating toward the sunrise.)
Art by Petra Brandström
(Avatar & banner is painting of a kitten in an upturned umbrella, at sea with high waves on either side, floating toward the sunrise.)
Art by Petra Brandström
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Such a lovely story 👇
This could be a long and rambling thread. Be patient with me.
I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯
I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯
October 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Such a lovely story 👇
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Traffic lights in West Sussex
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Traffic lights in West Sussex
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
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When you go for a run in a little forest and a gust of wind shakes a maple as you're passing and all of a sudden golden brown leafs are swirling and rustling and fluttering all around you, playing in the dappled sunlight...
That? That's quite nice.
That? That's quite nice.
September 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
When you go for a run in a little forest and a gust of wind shakes a maple as you're passing and all of a sudden golden brown leafs are swirling and rustling and fluttering all around you, playing in the dappled sunlight...
That? That's quite nice.
That? That's quite nice.
@premeemohamed.com
Hi Premee, do you know this person exists? They draw & make instrumental music inspired by bugges and other critters. 🐜
Everything I've listened to so far is quite gentle but interesting, and you might appreciate it. 😊
www.youtube.com/@camiidae
Hi Premee, do you know this person exists? They draw & make instrumental music inspired by bugges and other critters. 🐜
Everything I've listened to so far is quite gentle but interesting, and you might appreciate it. 😊
www.youtube.com/@camiidae
camiidae
i like making music. and drawing. and bugs. and making music and drawings about bugs.
i also like working on conceptual albums. for these projects, i choose a source of inspiration for both the music...
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@premeemohamed.com
Hi Premee, do you know this person exists? They draw & make instrumental music inspired by bugges and other critters. 🐜
Everything I've listened to so far is quite gentle but interesting, and you might appreciate it. 😊
www.youtube.com/@camiidae
Hi Premee, do you know this person exists? They draw & make instrumental music inspired by bugges and other critters. 🐜
Everything I've listened to so far is quite gentle but interesting, and you might appreciate it. 😊
www.youtube.com/@camiidae
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If you need a little hope this morning - the current tween trend involves decorating clothespins with affirming messages, then clipping them on friends' backpacks when they're not looking.
Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️
Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️
September 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If you need a little hope this morning - the current tween trend involves decorating clothespins with affirming messages, then clipping them on friends' backpacks when they're not looking.
Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️
Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️
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Delightful microfiction, if you like dragons and/or cats.
The knight stood, triumphant, over the prostrate dragon. He raised his sword high above his head and-
"I wouldn't if i were you"
The voice was in his head. Confused, he glanced around. A black cat was cleaning a paw, casually nearby.
He raised the sword again.
"Are you REALLY, really sure?" /1
"I wouldn't if i were you"
The voice was in his head. Confused, he glanced around. A black cat was cleaning a paw, casually nearby.
He raised the sword again.
"Are you REALLY, really sure?" /1
September 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Delightful microfiction, if you like dragons and/or cats.
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A breathtaking sight! The ultra-rare “Firework Jellyfish” captured on camera nearly 4,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface.
📹: @nautiluslive.org
📹: @nautiluslive.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
A breathtaking sight! The ultra-rare “Firework Jellyfish” captured on camera nearly 4,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface.
📹: @nautiluslive.org
📹: @nautiluslive.org
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
I am *shocked* - SHOCKED I TELL YOU - to discover there is ONE WEEK left to summer. Where did it go?!
I am off in search of it. Have packed bindle full of sammies, am wearing my sturdiest walking shoes, & have both a warm jumper & big floppy hat.
I may be a while. Stay lovely - & adventurous. 😊
I am off in search of it. Have packed bindle full of sammies, am wearing my sturdiest walking shoes, & have both a warm jumper & big floppy hat.
I may be a while. Stay lovely - & adventurous. 😊
August 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I am *shocked* - SHOCKED I TELL YOU - to discover there is ONE WEEK left to summer. Where did it go?!
I am off in search of it. Have packed bindle full of sammies, am wearing my sturdiest walking shoes, & have both a warm jumper & big floppy hat.
I may be a while. Stay lovely - & adventurous. 😊
I am off in search of it. Have packed bindle full of sammies, am wearing my sturdiest walking shoes, & have both a warm jumper & big floppy hat.
I may be a while. Stay lovely - & adventurous. 😊
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Today's Love Letter is to a tiny clay bowl; to stability and fragility; to the pursuit of using one good thing to make another good thing.
A Little Clay Bowl
A Love Letters Feature by Sarah Gailey - August 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
August 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today's Love Letter is to a tiny clay bowl; to stability and fragility; to the pursuit of using one good thing to make another good thing.
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It's easy to feel small right now.
When I do, I picture my favorite fractal (OK I don't have a favorite, I love them all, but you get the point).
I picture a fern, a tree, a capillary bed, a river delta, neurons branching.
When I do, I picture my favorite fractal (OK I don't have a favorite, I love them all, but you get the point).
I picture a fern, a tree, a capillary bed, a river delta, neurons branching.
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's easy to feel small right now.
When I do, I picture my favorite fractal (OK I don't have a favorite, I love them all, but you get the point).
I picture a fern, a tree, a capillary bed, a river delta, neurons branching.
When I do, I picture my favorite fractal (OK I don't have a favorite, I love them all, but you get the point).
I picture a fern, a tree, a capillary bed, a river delta, neurons branching.
@loneyjane.bsky.social I thought about you & your bike rides when I found this - I hope you enjoy! 😄
'Cycleangelo' - dude who sketches with his bike!
gpsdoodles.com
'Cycleangelo' - dude who sketches with his bike!
gpsdoodles.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
@loneyjane.bsky.social I thought about you & your bike rides when I found this - I hope you enjoy! 😄
'Cycleangelo' - dude who sketches with his bike!
gpsdoodles.com
'Cycleangelo' - dude who sketches with his bike!
gpsdoodles.com
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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For my Star Trek music nerds out there and Klingonophiles. This is amazing. And the story of the music system based on yav, raD, and QIH. So awesome.
August 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
For my Star Trek music nerds out there and Klingonophiles. This is amazing. And the story of the music system based on yav, raD, and QIH. So awesome.
Writing tip: Don't let the novel tea wear off...
New comic for The Southampton Review.
New comic for The Southampton Review.
August 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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hey i just met you
and you’re a white whale
so here’s my number
and call me ishmail
and you’re a white whale
so here’s my number
and call me ishmail
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
hey i just met you
and you’re a white whale
so here’s my number
and call me ishmail
and you’re a white whale
so here’s my number
and call me ishmail
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July 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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I draw trees and add their GPS reference. So you can venture out to find them and enjoy their company.
August 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I draw trees and add their GPS reference. So you can venture out to find them and enjoy their company.
@premeemohamed.com Do you know about these?
EntoLive is a series of (mostly) free webinars about (mostly) UK #entomology by the Biological Records Company.
This one is about weevils. 640 SPECIES of this peculiarly lovable beetle IN THE UK ALONE!
HTH! 🥰
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-to...
EntoLive is a series of (mostly) free webinars about (mostly) UK #entomology by the Biological Records Company.
This one is about weevils. 640 SPECIES of this peculiarly lovable beetle IN THE UK ALONE!
HTH! 🥰
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-to...
Getting to Know Weevils
Join Mark Gurney (UK Weevil Recording Scheme) for an introduction to this adorable, fascinating and diverse group of beetles in the UK.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@premeemohamed.com Do you know about these?
EntoLive is a series of (mostly) free webinars about (mostly) UK #entomology by the Biological Records Company.
This one is about weevils. 640 SPECIES of this peculiarly lovable beetle IN THE UK ALONE!
HTH! 🥰
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-to...
EntoLive is a series of (mostly) free webinars about (mostly) UK #entomology by the Biological Records Company.
This one is about weevils. 640 SPECIES of this peculiarly lovable beetle IN THE UK ALONE!
HTH! 🥰
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-to...
@ianbossons.bsky.social - Hi! How can I reach you about a possible commission? I can't seem to DM you here & I don't see an email or contact form on your website. Thank you!
July 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@ianbossons.bsky.social - Hi! How can I reach you about a possible commission? I can't seem to DM you here & I don't see an email or contact form on your website. Thank you!
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'Hello human, nice to meet you'
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
'Hello human, nice to meet you'
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RAIN!-just stood out in it bc HEAVENLY but also to sniff that delicious scent from the parched ground-petrichor.
The scent of petrichor consists of geosmin, a molecule released by bacteria & blue-green algae in the soil &plant oils (phytoncides) released when rain hits leaves.
Human noses can... (🧵)
The scent of petrichor consists of geosmin, a molecule released by bacteria & blue-green algae in the soil &plant oils (phytoncides) released when rain hits leaves.
Human noses can... (🧵)
a dirt road in the woods during a rainstorm
ALT: a dirt road in the woods during a rainstorm
media.tenor.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
RAIN!-just stood out in it bc HEAVENLY but also to sniff that delicious scent from the parched ground-petrichor.
The scent of petrichor consists of geosmin, a molecule released by bacteria & blue-green algae in the soil &plant oils (phytoncides) released when rain hits leaves.
Human noses can... (🧵)
The scent of petrichor consists of geosmin, a molecule released by bacteria & blue-green algae in the soil &plant oils (phytoncides) released when rain hits leaves.
Human noses can... (🧵)
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New to owling, this junior long-eared owl is inspecting the equipment:
“Well now, let’s see what we’ve got here… "
✅ Big flappy thing for flying
✅ Floofy belly
✅ OMG LOOK AT THOSE GRIPPERS
#birds
“Well now, let’s see what we’ve got here… "
✅ Big flappy thing for flying
✅ Floofy belly
✅ OMG LOOK AT THOSE GRIPPERS
#birds
July 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
New to owling, this junior long-eared owl is inspecting the equipment:
“Well now, let’s see what we’ve got here… "
✅ Big flappy thing for flying
✅ Floofy belly
✅ OMG LOOK AT THOSE GRIPPERS
#birds
“Well now, let’s see what we’ve got here… "
✅ Big flappy thing for flying
✅ Floofy belly
✅ OMG LOOK AT THOSE GRIPPERS
#birds