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North Facing Tower
@northfacingtower.bsky.social
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Slattern, American-made grisette

#Cats #Recipes #History #Travel #Kitsch #Outlander #Skol. Snark not intended to be mean-spirited.

Refugee from the hellsite. I’m not looking for stress; not politically focused. Mostly replies, re-posts, & quote-posts
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Part of this was filmed right outside Fayetteville; it is now need a rarity. I know other stuff has been filmed here; I remember this filming when I was very young. I was quite taken by the name.
Movie poster for Martin Scorsese’s movie “Boxcar Bertha”.
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Share a TV series from the 1960’s you love 📺
Maxwell Smart, speaking on his shoe phone as Chief looks on. Get Smart TV series.
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Rani days thanks for letting her know. She frequently complains nobody ever tells her what’s going on around here 😾
A tabby cat sitting prone on a desk. Her front paws are curled under, and her mouth is open as if she is speaking.
April 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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She’s not Jim Morrison’s 20th Century Fox; she’s not Marc Bolan’s 20th Century Boy. She’s a 21st Century Queen with fab Mid Century Modern swag. Let’s raise a Tunatini 🍸 to @mouthandtrousers.bsky.social @ilikefugazi.bsky.social

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Tabby cat sitting on a counter. She is wearing a Mid Century Modern-style collar tag that says “Rani”. She is looking slightly to her right; not directly facing the camera.
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Just figured out why she kept a 90’s Lifestyle recipe booklet. Not a good reason, but honestly better than thinking she had that for the content.
Mailing address & price for 1) Best Ever Bread Recipe booklet, and 2) Del Monte cookbook Favorite Recipes Instructions for ordering Hershey’s Homemade In cursive
April 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Of course!
Domestic longhair black cat sleeping on an electric blanket.
April 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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I’m afraid to read this one. I like her look though - proper 90’s Cooking Gal attire.
The end.

#Food #Recipe
A cookbook titled ‘“90’s Lifestyle”. Looks like it may have been a magazine or newspaper insert.
April 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Surprise! It’s the ‘90’s!
Magazine advertisement for Hormel Chili used to make a chili dog.
April 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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My Dad did not fish. #Food #Recipe
From a newspaper food section. Recipe for dough balls to catch fish.
April 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Really just plain old Fredo. Is this the recipe the breadstick place uses? #Recipe #Food
Magazine advertisement featuring a recipe for Campbell’s Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo
April 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Indeed I believe it still is. Does Bobby Flay make one? #Recipe #Food
Newspaper article titled “Coated potato chip called ‘Elite Treat’”
April 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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So nice it gets a mention twice. “Keeps Well”, I bet it does. #Food #Recipe
Recipe for All or Nothing Salad typed on a recipe card.
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Ok. I can’t complain about having my popcorn named after a Mexican revolutionary, but the 90’s white folks Bob Marley Tribute popcorn is a step too far (yes, at the time this was published, it was meant to evoke Bob Marley). Reminds me of Spinal Tap. #Food #Recipe.
Recipes for Viva Zapata Popcorn and Reggae Popcorn
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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1990 - 2005 I had one, did you?
Advertisement for the Fry Baby electric deep fryer
April 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I’ll take Nothing for $200. #Food (debatable) #Recipes
Handwritten recipe for All or Nothing Salad
April 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I don’t recall her ever making Swiss Steak and I pray she never chose to make it this way. #Food #Recipes
Recipe for Pizza Swiss Steak it from a newspaper
April 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Surprise! It’s 1999 back when we white folks weren’t at all racist.
Aunt Jemima pancake mix advertisement featuring a black child peering over a stack of pancakes. The heading is Surprise!
April 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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After many years, I finally got around to going through my mom’s #Recipe File. Nice looking file, btw. I found some delights I don’t recall her ever making & such. A thread #food
Brown file pouch with Recipe written on it
April 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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If anybody knows Iggy Pop, here’s a pic of his Dad at Camp Victory in Texas in 1944 training in the Army Air Corp in WW2.

I have this book because my uncle is in it, and I was looking for his pic. Found it, and found Osterberg, too. Was kind of a cool surprise #Punk #IggyPop
James Osterberg, on left. Father of Iggy Pop. Cover of the 1944 “year book” for Victory Field, a training camp for the Army Air Corps during WW2, in Vernon,TX. The Army Air Corps was the predecessor of the U.S. Air Force.
March 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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“Meat Sticks” is a generic name @bitchesthecat.bsky.social came up with and it cracks me up. They are cat treats, many brands.
Box of Delectables Squeeze Up cat treats.
March 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Here is my girl, OTRB. I identified her as a Tortie. Cat Twitter (back in Twit days) told me that if there is white, she was a Calico in the US, and a Tortie in the UK. So your gorgeous sweetheart can be considered a Tortie as well. Whatever you call her, they have that same spicy personality.
Dilute Calico Scottish Fold
March 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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#Cats #CatsOfBluesky
Any experience to share on transitioning from free feed? I have 2 16-year olds who have always had free feed. Will the sound scare them? Tips? Many thanks for any responses.
Sure Feed cat feeder box. Allows you to give your cat a specific allotment of food rather than leaving a bowl of dry food out.
February 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Cartoon rendering of a happy shrimp.
February 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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This one is all about that; it’s & squirrels. No barfing though.
A brown tabby cat lying on an electric blanket on a sofa. The photo catches her meowing. She is complaining. About what? Who knows.
February 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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A human skeleton displayed in a college biology classroom. It is presented upright (“standing”). The wide open mouth looks like it is screaming after freeing its mouth of black masking tape.
February 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM