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@mittenbird.bsky.social
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MI→GA→VA. cat mama to Coal🖤, Steele🩶, and Lissy Lou💔🌈. auntie, historian, musician, genealogist. probably squinting. mad online (and offline too). lurking in the comment section. she/her or they/them. opinions mine. #FireUpChips
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mittenbird.bsky.social
I was playing Little Kitty, Big City last night and the cat sounds were a little too realistic for Coal @littlekittybigcity.bsky.social
Coal, a sleek black cat, looks wide eyed and alert Coal looks at his brother Steele, a gray tuxedo cat, who’s at the top of a beige cat tree. Coal is trying to figure out if Steele heard those meows too.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
tfw mom sneezed and it interrupted your very important people-watching work
Steele, a gray tuxedo cat with white paws and a tiny white mustache, looks at his mom with an irritated expression on his cute little face. there is a window behind him, which he was looking out before she interrupted him.
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
Coal, who is very much Not A Lap Cat, is currently in my lap.

I am so proud (and very cozy)!
Coal, a sleek black cat, curled up on a green blanket with an abstract white floral pattern in his mom’s lap
November 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
every day is national cat day at our house, but happy national cat day anyway
Coal, a black cat, and Steele, a gray tuxedo cat, watching over the neighborhood from the living room window. they are on top of a black shelving unit. Coal is lying down and Steele is sitting up.
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
Coal is a very handsome boy, and he knows it!
Coal, a black cat, is perched on a shelf on top of an old tablet. his big yellow-green eyes are very bright and he almost looks like he’s smiling.
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
these two. they started bapping each other seconds later, but look how sweet and organized they were in their respective cubicles. 🖤🩶
Coal, a black cat, sitting inside a grocery bag in a black cube shelf, while his brother Steele, a gray tuxedo cat, is perched inside the cube directly underneath Coal’s. Coal is looking at the camera and Steele is looking off into space.
October 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
my mustachioed gentleman sends his regards to your mustachioed gentleman.
Steele, a gray tuxedo cat, looks at the camera that his mom has put in his face. he is sitting in a bathtub because he likes to hang out in there for some reason.
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
Coal thinks the noise from me brushing my teeth is UNDIGNIFIED. 😾

practically heard him clearing his throat behind me to let me know he was there and monitoring my activities.
Coal, a black cat, stands on his back feet on a light wood floor. he has his front paws, with claws out, on a white doorframe, and is looking around the doorframe at his mom in the bathroom with a slight look of reproach.
October 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
October 7, 1948: my great-great-grandfather, a longtime baseball and softball umpire, in the newspaper with his local baseball team after they were league champions. he’s the guy in dark coveralls in the front row.

I did not inherit any of his hand-eye coordination, for the record.
picture of a group of men with the title “Champions of Top of Michigan League”
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
also, my great-great-uncle said there were too many girls at dances when he was a high school freshman in 1939 lmao

(a lot of my family history comes from him via my brother. Uncle Bob did not like me as a teenager since I was shrill and opinionated even then, but he enjoyed my brother’s company)
article from northern Michigan newspaper in 1939 entries “Freshmen Name Faults of Dances”
October 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
these two would constantly post on nextdoor if only they could type

(thank goodness they can’t type)
Coal, a black cat, and Steele, a gray tuxedo cat, look intently out the window at a busy street. Coal is crouched on a shelf and Steele is sitting next to him. there are tree branches and a brick wall visible through the window.
October 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
Steele, the bathtub gremlin
close-up picture of Steele, a gray and white tuxedo cat with a little white mustache, a tiny white patch on his forehead, and white whiskers. his ears aren’t visible, and he is standing in a white bathtub, looking at the camera.
October 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
I definitely have more, but this is Coal, my vampurr bat of a cat
Coal, a black cat, looks at the camera upside down from his perch in a cat tree. his fangs are visible.
October 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
Coal thinking highly uncharitable thoughts after I pspspspsed him
Coal, a sleek black cat, lying on a beige carpet with one long front leg stretched out in front of him. he looks annoyed with his human behind the camera.
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
“how did you find me in here, Mom?”

well, Coal, the crinkling gave you away.

(in a basket that makes a LOT of noise with some clean sheets)
Coal, a black cat, stares at his mom with wide yellow eyes. he is in a striped fabric basket with a dark green sheet next to him.
October 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
Steele was all cozy in bed when he heard a cabinet door close in the kitchen, and now he’s afraid he’s missing something…but not enough to get up and investigate.

those ears. so alert!
Steele, a gray tuxedo cat with a little white mustache, in a beige cat tree. his eyes are wide and his ears are standing up very tall.
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
my sweet Lissy Lou showed up 10 years ago today. these are the first pictures I took of her, on September 21, 2015.

she’s been gone for a little more than eight months and I miss her every day. forever my best girl. 🖤🤍
Lissy Lou, a tuxedo cat with a grumpy face and a little pink nose, sits on a brown chair at a brown table. her chin is at the height of the tabletop. Lissy Lou, a tuxedo cat with a pink nose and a downturned mouth, stands with her front feet on the table and back feet on the chair. she was looking up and also showing off her fancy right front sock.
September 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
just Coal enjoying some belly rubs after yelling at me from atop the cat tree for ten minutes. I think he looks a little smug about this
Coal, a black cat, relaxes with his eyes closed as his mom rubs his belly
September 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
current cat inventory:
-one (1) freeform loaf cat
-one (1) half-octopus cat (assembly instructions misplaced)
Steele, a gray and white tuxedo cat, relaxes sleepily on a black shelf, while his brother Coal, a sleek black cat, sleeps with his legs in a pile dangling out of a cat tree
September 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
cat? no, no cats here, mom. just one tough and scary vampire bat.
-Coal, probably
Coal, a sleek black cat, looking at his mom upside down from the perch atop his cat tree. one of his fangs is visible.
September 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
just moments after I walked in and realized Steele had burrowed under the blanket (it was close to 80° in here) and Coal was sitting on him so he couldn’t come back out.

Coal wasn’t thrilled I scooted him over, and I’m not sure Steele had any idea what was going on.
Steele, a gray tuxedo cat, and Coal, a solid black cat, look at the camera. they are sitting on a white blanket with a black lamp and beige cat tree in the background. Steele is partially wrapped in the blanket.
August 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
happy black cat appreciation day from Coal, who wishes I’d stop bothering him unless it’s time for dinner
Coal, a black cat, peers over the top of his cat tree. he is refusing to look at his mom, who is trying to take his picture. he has his chin and one front paw resting on the sides of the perch he’s resting in.
August 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
tfw brother does a scrungly yawn and sets off your scrungly yawn too. yawns are contagious!
Coal, a black cat, is curled around his brother Steele, a gray tuxedo cat, on a beige couch footrest. Steele is yawning. Steele’s yawn is almost done but his fangs are prominent. now Coal is yawning too and his tongue is very visible. they both have their eyes closed.
August 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
mittenbird.bsky.social
something about Coal often reminds me of Jiji. I can’t quite figure out what it is, but there’s definitely something.
Coal, a black cat, stares at his mom with wide eyes from the top of a cat tree. his ears, eyes, and nose are visible. Jiji the cat from the movie Kiki’s Delivery Service
August 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
mittenbird.bsky.social
sometimes you stare into the void and it stares back.

not today, says Coal - he was sleepy (assume he had a long day of running around with his brother) so he closed his eyes.
Coal, a black cat, rests in the top of a cat tree in a darkened room. his eyes are closed and it’s difficult to see any features on his face; he looks like a silhouette.
August 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM