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Dana S
@mapperbee.bsky.social
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Technology Cassandra, photographer, knitter, real hard hitter. Mostly just posts cats, crafts, and garden photos.
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Been taking weird mushroom pictures lately
A small brown mushroom is surrounded by bright green moss. You can see the gills of the mushroom in the side A closeup of several brown ridged shelf fungi. The photographer was looking down at the fungi, which are in bright golden sunlight A side view of brown shelf fungi, which are in the shade A small brown mushroom is pushing through bright yellow-green moss
October 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Came home this evening and was extremely surprised to find a little mouse trapped in my bathtub. No idea how the little guy got in there, and now I have to bleach out an entire bathtub.
A white bathtub with a small brown mouse huddled in the corner. A closer photo of a small brown mouse huddled in a corner of a white bathtub. A small brown mouse as seen through the translucent side of a takeout container, where the mouse hung out on his way to being released away from my yard and the neighbors' cat A black and white fluffy cat who never even knew that there was a mouse in the bathtub.
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I have made 32 jars of pickles now I am very tired and want to sleep for three weeks
A top down view of six pint jars stuffed with small green cucumbers, with mustard seeds, dill, garlic cloves, bay leaves, and chilies added in. A side view of six pint jars stuffed with small green cucumbers, with mustard seeds, dill, garlic cloves, bay leaves, and chilies added in. 24 jars of pickles sit on towels to cool. 8 jars of pickles sit on towels to cool.
September 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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This is definitely why I have so many books on the go, my cat steals them. It definitely has nothing to do with getting distracted and starting new books all the time.
A black and white fluffy Muppet of a cat sits with all of her paws on a paperback book with an orange cover.
September 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Chocolate in my local Costco is unbelievably out of budget now
A sign at Costco, advertising a box of 48 Kit Kat bars as being on sale. The regular price is $65.99, and they're $14.00 off, and can currently be bought for $51.99, which is still completely bonkers
September 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Been a bit busy lately but I still have nice garden things happening
A close up of a blue and purple delphinium I picked up on sale Four magenta cosmos A yellow osteospermum with a purple center that is also covered in water droplets A sliced red tomato that is somewhat shaped like a human heart
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Took a weird sunset reflection photo last night.
A photo looking up into the sky at dusk, beside a large window. The top half of the frame has a darker reflection of the blue sky with pink wispy clouds, and a leafy treetop that take up the bottom half of the frame.
August 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I finally finished and blocked this guy, going to enter it in the local fall fair
A blue cowl with a colour work pattern of stars, diamonds and halibuts done in purple is pinned to a lavender blocking mat
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I just found it last night, and I am very proud of myself for not even yelling, buuuut I am pretty upset. Went to the nursery today and got some advice, and some quick dissolving fertilizer. The stems are still green, except maybe the rightmost one so I'm going to try to save the poor little buddy
The same poor mangled raspberry canes from above, after getting water and fertilizer and a quick trim to clean up the raggedy weed whacker cuts
July 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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I've been trying to get a black raspberry plant for my yard for a while. It's tricky, because the nursery gets them in March and then I need to keep them alive for months in a pot in my house. I finally succeeded this year, and got it planted out a month or so ago. And then, last week, this happened
Raspberry canes cut very roughly abby a weed whacker. There's about ten centimeters or so of stem left on each one z with no leaves.
July 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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I came in second place in a club nature competition, which was kind of neat
A yellow crab spider hanging out upside down on the under side of a buttercup. The spider is biting the head of a fly.
June 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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May 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Maybe a bee sticking its little tongue out is just as great
A bumblebee rests on a fuzzy mint leaf beside a drop of water with honey in it. She's had a rough day. The same bee on the same mint leaf, sticking out its little tongue so it can drink the honey and water!
May 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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They get a lot redder than that, at least the ones I grew did
A ripe red coffee cherry against a green background A closeup of red coffee cherries in a clear glass.
May 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Apparently spring is trying to happen or something.

I have never in my life had my garlic come up this early in the year. Also I wish I had mini daffodils in my yard, but those are at my friend's place where I've been house-sitting.
Yellow and purple crocuses are growing out of last year's dead grass Pink lungwort is starting to bloom, with pink five petalled flowers, closed green buds, and green leaves with pale green spots Green garlic shoots are poking out of brown earth covered with scattered dead leaves Yellow mini daffodils poke out of the dead brown leaves covering a flower bed
April 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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This is Mako, we're reading Murderbot too
A black and white fluffy cat stands over a paperback copy of Network Effect by Martha Wells. The cat's back thigh has shorter fur from a haircut she had for a surgery in February. She's all healed up now, and is looking forward to getting her fluffy pants back.
April 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Back on my photo bullshit, this time for a competition about lines
A photo taken on a sunny day of a building reflected in the nothing but windowed side of another building. A high key photo of some frosty grasses lying flat on top of fresh snow A photo of bright white hoarfrost on twisty lilac branches, against a dark background of more frosty lilacs
April 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Just going to post some of my favorite stills from Ghibli movies for no reason whatsoever
A narrow opening winds between two rows of tall rhododendron hedges. This is a still from Spirited Away. A woman with gray hair in a braid and wearing an old-fashioned blue dress stands in a field absolutely filled with wildflowers. This is a still from Howl's Moving Castle. A girl in an orange and yellow outfit stands at a bus stop under a red umbrella, with a second little girl in a blue raincoat on her back. It's pouring rain, and a giant fuzzy creature stands beside the girls with a leaf on his head. This is a still from My Neighbor Totoro. A girl and a woman are in a brown wooden boat, approaching train tracks that are under water. This is a still from Spirited Away.
March 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Someone saw me reading a copy of Woe by @lucyknisley.bsky.social at the bookstore today, and they had to buy a copy
A copy of Woe, A Housecat's Story of Despair by Lucy Kinsley sits on a shelf
March 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Mako got her stitches out! The vet tech said she might still try to overgroom her incision, so she's still got her surgery pants on for a couple of days
Black and white fluff ball wearing a teal surgery suit lounges on a red plaid blanket and gives the camera a bit of side eye Black and white cat has gotten even more comfortable in her teal pajamas snuggled in the red plaid fleece blanket
March 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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My tuxedo cat, like Kim, also is too smart for her own good and wants to fight god, so this checks out
A tuxedo cat with long white whiskers looks startled A tuxedo cat is standing on her hind legs like a meerkat, looking up at the camera and yelling for her dinner A tuxedo cat stretches her paw towards the camera, looking up like a goober A tuxedo cat is lying on her side on a brown wooden table, with her ears somewhat flattened. She looks like a gremlin.
March 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Apparently things are bad but I get to hang out with this creature who still needs to wear her surgery pajamas
Black and white fluff ball wearing teal surgery pajamas is all curled up with a pile of her little white paws in front of her Black and white cat loaf in teal surgery pajamas giving the camera some epic side eye
February 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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We've still got our tree up in the bookstore I work in...we may have taken the decorations off, but it's still lit and standing
A rainbow coloured Christmas tree stands in the window of a bookstore
February 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Mine is stuck wearing pajamas for another week until her stitches are out, and she's currently quite annoyed with me, but I am so lucky to have the little fluff gremlin
A black and white cat wearing teal surgery pajamas. She looks very fashionable. A black and white cat wearing teal surgery pajamas stares intently, wondering how she managed to get herself into this mess.
February 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Had a nice time with my knitting group today
A magenta shawl on circular needles sits on a table with a black cherry soda and a blue and white notion bag A scruffy gray dog leaning on my brown booted foot, which is basically the best. The dog looks like Sprocket from Fraggle Rock.
February 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM