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Heath Arcadia
@heatharcadia.bsky.social
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Drinker, eater, hiker. Lover of cats, frogs, and snails.
Lived Central Texas for almost 40 years. Now living in the Willamette Valley, Oregon.
(she/they)
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Well, I guess we can't get rid of this box any time soon...
Two cats sitting on a cardboard shipping box in a living room. The front cat is a brown-grey tabby in a loaf pose. The back cat is black and white and is just laying on its belt with its white front paws sticking out in front.
October 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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What I say upon discovering that my husband has once again taken a lot of edibles and is drinking bourbon
An ad for a sandwich at the fast food chain, Arby's. The text reads "Loaded Italian is Back," above a photo of the sandwich.
September 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Huge missed opportunity to make this better by spelling it "cum"
An ad in a psychedelic art style for a live show called "Come Together: A Burlesque Tribute to The Beatles" happening on September 20 at Salem's Historic Grand Theater
September 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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HMMMMM...
A photo of Face Rock, a large seastack off of the coast of Bandon, Oregon. It resembles a head in profile, tilted back, either rising out of or sinking into the ocean. Its mouth appears slightly open as it gazes upwards to the right. Smaller seastacks are visible on the right abs waves lap upon the sandy shore. The illustration used on the movie poster for the anime film, End of Evangelion. In the illustration, a pale head in profile, tilted back, either rises out of or is sinking into the ocean. Its mouth appears slightly open as it gazes upwards to the right. Ruins of buildings to the right and left are dwarfed by the large head. The red ocean water ends at a sandy beach, where a female figure in red sits next to a standing male figure in a white shirt and black pants, both of their backs to the viewer.
August 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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It's going to be a lazy #caturday indoors today, as it is going to soon get too hot to go out and enjoy the catio. Google and Lycos are making do with their indoor hammock.

#cats #catsky
Two cats (one black and white, one brown-grey tabby) lay together in a window-mounted hammock. The black and white cat faces towards the viewer, his eyes half open. His white legs drape over the tabby, who is facing the opposite direction, eyes closed.
August 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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That's it, I'm starting an emo band and this is our name.
A Facebook post from FOX 12 Oregon that reads "2 alarm fire destroys party supply store in N Portland" Under the text is a photo of a large, orange plume of flames bursting out of the side of a grey building in a city street.
August 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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@eyewasbored.bsky.social: Texas Boi
A photo of my husband holding a Shiner beer while wearing an Evil Mopac hat and a terrible Texas shirt (obviously created by AI; it's mostly text and the most readable part reads "United States of Texas Texas"). Also there are two digital clocks in the background showing the time as 5:12, which is the area code for the Austin-area.
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Google Streetview screenshot of a chubby redish-haired femme in all black standing in a street corner. Their head is down because they are crying, which I can tell even though I can't see their face because I am them.
August 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Imagine being the reason this sign had to be put out at the car wash.
A white sandwich board style sign sitting outside of the neighborhood car wash. In black letters it reads "Warning please know how to put car in neutral before entering"
July 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Fin & Fowl in Silverton. I wanted poke.
A bowl of raw salmon surrounded by different, colorful vegetables
July 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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My high ass thought this was some semi-abstract cat sculpture and was like, "Hell yeah, I want that funky kitty!" Then I read the description.
A screenshot from a Facebook group called "West Salem (Oregon) Area FREE" it includes a photo of a metal contraption with four supports on suction cups (these look a bit like legs) and a handle pointing up (this looks like a tail). Overall, it looks like a cat. The caption reads "Super heavy duty fry cutter with different grid attachments. West Salem pickup." It's not a cat.
July 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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"Mom! Can my friend come in and play?" #caturday
A photo of the back of a brown-grey tabby on a window sill, looking outside at another brown-grey tabby that is looking inside.
July 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Oh, excuse me sir, I didn't mean to walk in on your occult #caturday ritual
An over-head photo of a black and white cat with greenish-gold eyes sitting in the "loaf position" in the middle of a salmon-colored bath towel. Four mesh "boingy" spring toys surround the cat: One in front of him, one behind him, and one on either side.
June 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Every Wednesday, we walk down to Goodwill. I had seen this the past two times, but didn't get it. Today, I didn't see it at first and got sad... So when I DID find it, I knew I had to bring it home with me.
June 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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A barricade decorated with rainbow balloons positioned at the end of an alley. The walls of two beige buildings rise at each side. Arched across the alley are sculptures of swimming fish, which today were silhouetted against a cloudless blue sky.
June 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Hey, that was my sister's nickname in high school!
A yellow box-looking contraption with the words PARTY PUMP printed on it. (It's apparently for balloons, because it also says Zuru Buncho Balloons, but THAT wasn't my sister's nickname in high school.)
May 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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We visited Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast today and saw so many harbor seals... Including pups, one of which was born only six hours before we arrived! I love this place, and today was one of my favorite visits.
A large white seal with a small grey pup nursing it A small grey seal pup looks at its mother. Next to them is another sleeping seal, and above those three is a really round sleeping seal. A grey seal pup swims in a small channel of water while its mother looks down at it from the rock above. A mother seal and pup, head-to-head, resting.
May 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Yesterday, I ventured out to Chehalem Ridge Nature Park for the first time. While the weather wasn't ideal (on a clear day, the Cascades can be seen from the top of Iowa Hill), the hike was lovely and I spotted much wildlife.

#oregon #hiking #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #outdoors #pnw
A landscape photo taken from the top of a grassy hill. In the center of the picture is a coniferous tree. The background shows rolling hills of farmland, including a pink field, with a background of foothills of a mountain range, which is tinted blue. The sky is cloudy. A photograph of a small brown squirrel sitting on a tree stump that is covered in green moss. The squirrel has its tail raised and looks like it is about to take off running. A young deer, its antlers just coming in, grazing on green foliage in a green wooded area. A chipmunk sitting on a fungus-covered log, its hands in front of its body and its face slightly turned towards the camera, as if it was interrupted in the middle of its lunch.
May 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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@eyewasbored.bsky.social and I are high and watching MAC AND ME
The "Mom, can we have?" meme "Mom, can we have [picture of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial]?" "No. There is E.T. at home" "E.T. at home... [picture of Mac and Me]"
May 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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"Now where did my brother go?"

#cats #cat #catsky
Two step stools stacked on top of one another. Sitting on the top stool is a brown-grey tabby cat. Underneath the stools a black and white cat is hunched over.
May 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I found an old person meme in physical form at Goodwill.
A photo of a hand holding a black frame containing a yellow piece of paper with five butterflies printed on it, along with the words: 5 things you can't recover in life 1) A stone after it's thrown. 2) A word after it's said. 3) An occasion after it's missed. 4) Time after it's gone. 5) Trust after it's lost.
May 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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I was cursing myself for not bringing my actual camera with me to the coast today because there happened to be decent bird action, but thankfully, this Brown Pelican let me get close enough to get a couple of decent phone photos before taking off.
Siletz Bay, Central Oregon Coast
#birds #birding
A fairly large brown bird with a white belly, standing on a piece of driftwood on a white sand beach. It has webbed feet and an almost comically long beak and a thin, S-shaped neck. The same bird, lifting its wings about to take flight. In this pose, you can really see the tuft of lighter-colored feathers on its head, which resemble a tiny mohawk.
April 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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This isn't the first time I've eaten sushi alone in a forest, and, honestly, it's probably not gonna be the last time, either.
A to-go container with a messy sushi roll and an albacore nigiri and a pink water bottle covered with stickers sitting on a tree stump in a forest. A yellow skunk cabbage blossom can be seen in the background.
April 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Ducks at the beach
A pair (male and female) of mallards on a sandy beach in front of waves on an overcast day
April 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I made my first visit to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm last week. It cost more to get in than I'd normally be willing to pay, but I wanted to see what it was all about. While this is definitely not going to be a yearly outing, I had fun and the flowers were beautiful.

#willamettevalley #oregon #tulips
An old barn with rows of various colored tulips in front of it and a blue sky behind. Next to the barn is a semi-modern windmill.
April 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM