Kate, Queen of the Squirrels
@pavlovcat.bsky.social
She/her. Michigander, AuDHD - Living with POTS, MCAS, celiac, & perimenopausal rage. Fuck fascists. Free Palestine.
Your 1 stop shop for TMI, soap box diatribes, native plant nerdery, cats, and cross-stitch.
I only repost images with alt-text.
Your 1 stop shop for TMI, soap box diatribes, native plant nerdery, cats, and cross-stitch.
I only repost images with alt-text.
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🌱🌿 Five Things You Can Do To Save the Butterflies:
1. Stop using pesticides and herbicides (unless you're trying to manage aggressive invasive species). Everything else I list will be designed to attract life to your yard and that's pretty pointless if you kill them after they arrive.
1. Stop using pesticides and herbicides (unless you're trying to manage aggressive invasive species). Everything else I list will be designed to attract life to your yard and that's pretty pointless if you kill them after they arrive.
That feeling when the twine holding your expensive shearling slippers disintegrates and you have to weigh the physical cost of driving to a cobbler 30 minutes away against the financial cost of buying new expensive slippers. And no, I don't currently have the capacity to try and fix them myself.
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
That feeling when the twine holding your expensive shearling slippers disintegrates and you have to weigh the physical cost of driving to a cobbler 30 minutes away against the financial cost of buying new expensive slippers. And no, I don't currently have the capacity to try and fix them myself.
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🪻🌼🐝🪶🌿💕 // early establishers // spread from Gardening for Biodiversity by the Wild Seed Project // gouache on hot press paper
#art #picturebooks #nativeplants
#art #picturebooks #nativeplants
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🪻🌼🐝🪶🌿💕 // early establishers // spread from Gardening for Biodiversity by the Wild Seed Project // gouache on hot press paper
#art #picturebooks #nativeplants
#art #picturebooks #nativeplants
Glad I waited for the Synthropol detergent to wash this piece that's all hand dyed fibers (except the white). You can see how much dye was released in the wash tub but the piece itself stayed pristine.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Glad I waited for the Synthropol detergent to wash this piece that's all hand dyed fibers (except the white). You can see how much dye was released in the wash tub but the piece itself stayed pristine.
Our neighbor is mowing whatever grass is showing through the snow in his yard. Wtf.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO SNOWBLOWERS AND LAWN MOWERS ON THE SAME DAY.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO SNOWBLOWERS AND LAWN MOWERS ON THE SAME DAY.
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Our neighbor is mowing whatever grass is showing through the snow in his yard. Wtf.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO SNOWBLOWERS AND LAWN MOWERS ON THE SAME DAY.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO SNOWBLOWERS AND LAWN MOWERS ON THE SAME DAY.
Okay but this really fucking sucks for gluten free people. Two of the pastas that are closest to gluten containing pasta are Italian: Jovial and Rummo.
putting the rest of my life on hold to build a bunker and stockpile orecchiette
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Okay but this really fucking sucks for gluten free people. Two of the pastas that are closest to gluten containing pasta are Italian: Jovial and Rummo.
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Shoulda stole the catalytic converter. No money in the starter
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Shoulda stole the catalytic converter. No money in the starter
One of my scariest driving moments: deer jumped in front of an oncoming car that was about to pass me on a two lane.
__ <-car
__ <-deer
__ <-me
Somehow instead annihilating us all, the deer swerved, gently bumped into my door, and then ran next to it until the other car passed and I stopped.
__ <-car
__ <-deer
__ <-me
Somehow instead annihilating us all, the deer swerved, gently bumped into my door, and then ran next to it until the other car passed and I stopped.
Sometimes I tell ppl the story of how a deer hit my sister’s car when she was 16 and flipped her into a ditch and now she’s scared of driving and you can always tell who grew up in the city because they’ll go “don’t you mean SHE hit the deer?”
no I do not
no I do not
"Oh wow a deer so graceful so beautiful" a person with minimal personal experience with deer which are expensive car seeking missiles that your neighbors feed because 'there'll be a monster buck next year'
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
One of my scariest driving moments: deer jumped in front of an oncoming car that was about to pass me on a two lane.
__ <-car
__ <-deer
__ <-me
Somehow instead annihilating us all, the deer swerved, gently bumped into my door, and then ran next to it until the other car passed and I stopped.
__ <-car
__ <-deer
__ <-me
Somehow instead annihilating us all, the deer swerved, gently bumped into my door, and then ran next to it until the other car passed and I stopped.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I know it's going to be 50 degrees this weekend but my heart says it's winter.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I know it's going to be 50 degrees this weekend but my heart says it's winter.
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On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
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Maybe it mattered who.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Maybe it mattered who.
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I’m not allowed to say how I actually feel without it going against terms of service
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I’m not allowed to say how I actually feel without it going against terms of service
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We can't give up now. ❄️
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We can't give up now. ❄️
I'm hearing Peter's voted No!
Just called and yelled at my senator (Gary fucking Peters) who's apparently going to tuck his widdle tail between his legs and vote with the GOP because he's retiring and doesn't have to give a shit about doing what his constituents want.
Piece of shit.
Piece of shit.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I'm hearing Peter's voted No!
Just called and yelled at my senator (Gary fucking Peters) who's apparently going to tuck his widdle tail between his legs and vote with the GOP because he's retiring and doesn't have to give a shit about doing what his constituents want.
Piece of shit.
Piece of shit.
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just called and yelled at my senator (Gary fucking Peters) who's apparently going to tuck his widdle tail between his legs and vote with the GOP because he's retiring and doesn't have to give a shit about doing what his constituents want.
Piece of shit.
Piece of shit.
Made my way out to the shed to read my book (The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durnst.)
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Made my way out to the shed to read my book (The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durnst.)
Pot of chicken soup on the stove.
Husband's working on a puzzle with the cats supervising. Miss 12 is watching Studio Ghibli movies and drinking a latte.
The snow is starting to stick to the grass.
Pretty sure we're nailing this hygge thing today.
Husband's working on a puzzle with the cats supervising. Miss 12 is watching Studio Ghibli movies and drinking a latte.
The snow is starting to stick to the grass.
Pretty sure we're nailing this hygge thing today.
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Pot of chicken soup on the stove.
Husband's working on a puzzle with the cats supervising. Miss 12 is watching Studio Ghibli movies and drinking a latte.
The snow is starting to stick to the grass.
Pretty sure we're nailing this hygge thing today.
Husband's working on a puzzle with the cats supervising. Miss 12 is watching Studio Ghibli movies and drinking a latte.
The snow is starting to stick to the grass.
Pretty sure we're nailing this hygge thing today.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Not much is sticking but it sure is pretty.
Alt text: A video showing the view from an upstairs window looking across a backyard with show covered bushes and trees, and green grass with small pockets of snow scattered across it. Big fat flakes drift from the sky. A Blue Jay flies from tree to tree.
Alt text: A video showing the view from an upstairs window looking across a backyard with show covered bushes and trees, and green grass with small pockets of snow scattered across it. Big fat flakes drift from the sky. A Blue Jay flies from tree to tree.
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Not much is sticking but it sure is pretty.
Alt text: A video showing the view from an upstairs window looking across a backyard with show covered bushes and trees, and green grass with small pockets of snow scattered across it. Big fat flakes drift from the sky. A Blue Jay flies from tree to tree.
Alt text: A video showing the view from an upstairs window looking across a backyard with show covered bushes and trees, and green grass with small pockets of snow scattered across it. Big fat flakes drift from the sky. A Blue Jay flies from tree to tree.
Doing another cross stitch fabric inventory and my take away is that I need to stop doing fabric of the month clubs in the fall plus I should avoid grab bags because dyers love to include lots of purple fabric in both of those and I don't use purple fabric.
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Doing another cross stitch fabric inventory and my take away is that I need to stop doing fabric of the month clubs in the fall plus I should avoid grab bags because dyers love to include lots of purple fabric in both of those and I don't use purple fabric.
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One of the worst things is the impact of wars and conflicts. The environment becomes filled with injustice; everyone has immense negative energy, polluting both the physical and the moral fabric. I truly don't know how future generations in Gaza will grow up I hope will be reconstruction,containment
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
One of the worst things is the impact of wars and conflicts. The environment becomes filled with injustice; everyone has immense negative energy, polluting both the physical and the moral fabric. I truly don't know how future generations in Gaza will grow up I hope will be reconstruction,containment
One of the joys of living next to a Great Lake is lake effect weather. What's the weather going to do this weekend? Nobody fucking knows. SNOW! Maybe. Where? Places. Maybe all and maybe some but also maybe none.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One of the joys of living next to a Great Lake is lake effect weather. What's the weather going to do this weekend? Nobody fucking knows. SNOW! Maybe. Where? Places. Maybe all and maybe some but also maybe none.