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Becca Patterson
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Crazy cat lady, author, all around weirdo. She/Her
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Tonight I got a chance to go see a display model of the fridge we're planning to get. The numbers say it's about the same size as our current fridge, but it feels so much larger. I'm looking forward to organizing things so everyone can find what they want. gofund.me/a52c52e66
The interior of a display model refrigerator. There are two doors each with several shelves. The main chamber has 4 drawers and two moveable shelves. There are display cards that are not legible in this picture on the shelves.
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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I would expect the wise dinosaur to recognize the mouse.

-Kitty
Kitty, a gray cat, sitting on a zebra print matt looking back over her shoulder
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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I am just a cat bed.

#CatsOfBluesky #CatLife #cats
Kitty, a gray cat, snuggling in my, a white woman with long brown hair, arms.
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I helped this person out by blocking them, since they didn't seem to know that they could block me if they didn't like what I was saying.

Remember, you don't have to like everything, there's plenty to like instead. If you don't like something, just move on. If it bothers you, block it.
Screen cap of someone responding to one of my posts saying "I'm not sure this is any of our business"
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Reskeet with a frog to scare ICE
A happy looking green frog sitting on a moss covered log. He's got pinkish orange toes and yellow lips.
October 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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404 followers not found.

Someone else follow me so I can clear up this error.
screenshot of my profile page showing 404 followers which is circled in red.
September 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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I've been good.
The part where I can't post a picture without alt-text helps

You can get your rating here: cred.blue/alt-text
An info graphic sharing my Bluesky Alt Text Rating. It asks "How consistently do you use alt text?" with my username in a blue box. There are buttons for analyze in blue and share results in gray. The analysis shows 273 posts analyzed, 9 contain images, 5 are replies, 9 posts have alt text. My score is 100.00% with a smiley face and a gage with the bar all the way over in the green area.
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Find joy in the little things.

Like new math rocks.

Although these are the large print edition, so maybe they aren't so little.

#DnD #Gaming #LittleThings
A set of blue and purple gaming dice with hi contrast numbers laid out in a line.
September 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Now they are baked and looking a lot like hot dog buns.

I think we'll call this a success

The process can use a bit of refinement, but I'm overall happy with the results.
A baking sheet with hotdog buns baked to a golden brown. The hot dog buns baked to a golden brown with a frozen hot dog for scale
August 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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One nap later and the second rise seems to have worked.

I really need to work on my portioning.
A baking sheet with 8 roughly hot dog bun shaped blobs of dough.
August 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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All was well and the buns were ready to rise when this little gremlin decided to walk all over them.

I love her, but there are moments

I got them reshaped and set over warm water baths to rise.
A kitchen shot with two baking sheets covered in white cloths. Macie, a brown tabby cat, is sitting in the cat box in the foreground looking a little annoyed.
August 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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The dough came out really soft. It argued with me about getting shaped.

I won.
A baking sheet with parchment paper and 8 small strips of dough.
August 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Off to a good start. The dough is rising well even though the AC is in overdrive already today (it's going to get ugly hot outside today).
Bread dough half filling a metal bowl. There are various kitchen things cluttering the background.
August 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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2.2 secs - time between my pants hitting the floor and Wumpus snuggling in them.

5.3 secs - time between my pants hitting the floor and me getting my feet out of them.

#CatsOfBluesky #CatLife #Cats
Top down shot of Wumpus, a black cat, loafing in a pair of black jeans on the floor.
August 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I don't think it's fair that the dog's daily medication is bacon flavored and mine is not.

#DogsOfBluesky #DogLife #Dogs
Trixie, a brown and white English bulldog, looks skeptically at the camera
July 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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This is the view out my office window right now.
I have towels trying to contain the water that has already leaked in.

The rain can stop any time now, please and thank you.
A window looking into a window well with water rising about 3 inches above the bottom of the window
June 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Bread making is alchemy.
Not science
Not even art
It's an arcane practice that should be entered into with great caution.

#Bread #Baking #Alchemy
A loaf of sandwich bread with the top spread out like wings and drooping over the sides of the pan which is no longer there.
June 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I give you three cats "helping" with the laundry.
Three cats helping fold t-shirts on the bed. Kitty, a gray cat, is in the front left. Wumpus, a black cat, is in the front right. Macie, a brown tabby cat, is in the back
May 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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All hail Princess Wumpus of Clan Underfoot!!
She just alerted me to an imminent low blood sugar event before I got in real trouble.

#CatsOfBluesky #CatLife #Cats
Wumpus, a black cat, lounging on a black blanket with Blue Fuzzy, a mouse shaped cat toy. Wumpus is reaching out toward the camera with one paw
May 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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This actually came out of the oven hours ago, but I needed a nap and then there were errands and other things that needed doing.
Anyway, here is a beautiful loaf of bread that I made all by myself.
I'll make another one tomorrow morning.

#Baking #Bread
A loaf of bread, nicely golden brown with one black mark on the top.
May 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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We have a counter top oven, so I bake for only 6 minutes un covered to start getting color then I cover it with foil. This is what it looks like at 6 minutes. The next round will be 50 minutes.

#Baking #Bread
A bread pan with a partially baked loaf of bread poking up over the top. The bread is just beginning to brown on top. The oven is a small round counter top oven just big enough to fit the loaf pan
May 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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And here's the bread after rising for 16 minutes. It's going to need a few more minutes to be truly ready, but I probably won't take a picture.

#Baking #Bread
A loaf pan with a puffy blob of bread dough that almost reaches the top of the pan. The pan is sitting in a water bath with a towel flopped behind it.
May 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Today I'm baking bread
It's sodium free for my mom
I forgot to take pictures before this, but here it is just getting into the loaf pan to start it's rise.
The yeast we use only needs one rise to make good fluffy bread.

#Baking #Bread
A loaf pan with a small glob of bread dough in the bottom. There's also a spatula and crumpled paper towel in the background.
May 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I don't remember where I picked this up (if someone knows where it came from please let me know) but it seems particularly relevant here:
A two panel cartoon. In the top image a human figure sits on a ledge labeled "idea" and a vase sits on another ledge labeled "results." The empty space in the middle is labeled "being cool" In the lower image, the "idea" and "results" ledges are connected with something solid labeled "being cringe" and the figure is walking across to the vase that is now all shiny.
April 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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All Hail Kitty-nurse Macie!
She woke me from a nap when I started to have a blood sugar crash, allowing me to treat it before it became critical.

Please give her all the love you can.

#CatsOfBluesky #CatsLife #Cats
Macie, a brown tabby cat, sitting on a white cushion in front of a black wall. She's turned her head to look directly at the camera. She has one paw lifted up.
January 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM