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book reader, cross stitcher, servant to cats
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poppetbear.bsky.social
My giant floofball has crossed the rainbow bridge after a brief illness. It was quite sudden, he just seemed to have an upper respiratory infection but it quickly got worse and his major organs started shutting down ... he would have been 11 next month

RIP my Sammy, we'll miss you lots
photo of Sammy a very fluffy ginger and white cat lying on his side on top of a footstool with his head tilted so he's looking at the camera upside down. He recently passed away from a sudden illness
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
This is my boys Sammy (has more white) and Dean. They're Maine Coon x brothers
2 ginger and white cats named Sammy(left) and Dean sitting on a medium sized sofa style dog bed. They're curled up sitting with their butts up against each other and leaning against the padded bolster style back + sides of the bed. They're eyes are slightly closed giving them a resting bitch face look - they were not amused with having their picture taken
May 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Apparently, watching birdies is exhausting ...
a ginger cat with white feet, nose and throat lies deeply asleep on the middle box of a grey cat tree. One foot dangles off the front of the tree box and his mouth is slightly open
May 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Many more things blooming now, definitely warmed up a lot

Azalea + Spanish bluebells
pinkish red blossoms all over a azalea shrub large clump of light blue Spanish bluebells
May 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Someone's being a grumpy pants ...

(that bookcase is 47" wide to give an idea of how large Sammy is)
An orange and white cat is stretched out on top of a bookcase under a window with a less than happy facial expression
May 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
My xygocactus usually blossom in November/December but last year nothing. Noticed last week that the small one was putting out buds. There's only 2 for sure but it looks pretty anyway
photo of a small xygocactus plant with a fully open orange-red blossom and a still closed bud above in front a window with shear curtains. A portion of a x-stitched aida fabric is on a scroll frame in front of the planter
March 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Back to the Future Delorean is here
February 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Dean playing with a ribbon while enjoying his favourite part of Christmas - diving through wrapping paper and boxes
a fluffy ginger cat sits amongst xmas wrapping paper, bags, and boxes while chewing on a decorative ribbon ... that was taken from him shortly after much to his dismay
December 25, 2024 at 9:08 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
and now the inevitable smackdown begins ...
two ginger cats sitting on the furniture in front of the window. They're now staring at each other and about to start smacking with paws ... because they're brothers and it always ends in a fight when they're bird watching together
November 3, 2024 at 9:54 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
the look when you're busted taking pictures ... (that's Dean)
two ginger cats sitting on the furniture looking out the window but one has turned to the camera with an exasperated "must you?" look
November 3, 2024 at 9:51 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
there be birdies outside ...
two ginger cats are sitting looking out a window at birds. There are planters behind them and a xmas cactus + candle holder in front of them on the furniture their fuzzy butts are on
November 3, 2024 at 9:46 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
>25% done on latest x-stitch project, this one's going much slower than the tiger one - it has 26 shades of brown from lightest cream to almost black and some of them are so similar it's taking forever to relocate on. This is the top half of the pattern and cloth is rolled up ~20cm so top cut out
photo of a cross stitch in progress on large piece of aida cloth. only 25% of stitching has been done (top half only of pattern) but can see enough of pattern to discern as lion's head in profile against the sky
September 20, 2024 at 12:01 AM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #841,757!

I didn't think I'd been on here for a year but apparently I have. Enjoying here much more than the former place
Bluesky notice saying I'm the 841,757th user
September 17, 2024 at 6:49 AM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Someone is sulking this morning because there's noisy machines outdoors and I'm not letting them on the catio (loud + dusty out)
Close up of Dean - a ginger and white fluffy cat - resting his head and front paws on a cardboard scratching pad. He has a sad facial expression as he's not allowed out on the catio so he's going to pout until he can go outside
July 2, 2024 at 8:15 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
This comic reminded me of @faineg.bsky.social thread on different pizza toppings around the world. Never fails to surprise me how strongly some people hate on others likes

Macanudo by Liniers
Macanudo comic strip by Liniers. Cook is making a pizza, placing different toppings on then looks thoughtfully at a pineapple
February 3, 2024 at 4:31 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
It's a bit early but seeing as we've got dry weather for now I put the xmas lights up outside. Which meant digging out the xmas tree stuff too so started putting that up too. Dean loves "helping" with xmas tree decorating (I keep it up on a table so there's less "help" redecorating)
ginger and white cat sits under a black coffee table while looking under assorted colour bead garlands and xmas tree light strands ... he's been "helping" get everything untangled and ready for the tree
November 27, 2023 at 3:54 AM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Had to get a new pair of shoes for everyday use but the boys are very happy to have a new box to sits in even though they just barely fits (that's Sammy, the 22lb boy who's >3ft long stretched out)
A large ginger and white fluffy cat lies scrunched up in a shoe box looking annoyed at having his picture taken
November 20, 2023 at 8:16 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Because apparently my new slippers are the best-est ever things to sleep on (according to Sammy)
a large ginger cat is tightly curled into a ball showing only his back and sleeping atop of a fuzzy grey slipper
October 9, 2023 at 9:02 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Dean loves blanket season but now I'm stuck under a purring lump
a ginger cat is curled up asleep on a red/black plaid blanket covering a person's legs
September 25, 2023 at 6:18 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
I had this present on the kitchen floor this morning, don't know where they found it but glad I didn't see it moving first
curled up dead spider on laminate floor with dime beside it for scale
September 18, 2023 at 6:58 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
when you want to sit in the chair and your brother won't share - Dean (right) eventually got the seat to himself after the inevitable squabble
two ginger and white cats sitting together on a chair giving each other looks that precede a fight
September 16, 2023 at 7:41 PM
poppetbear.bsky.social
Not a very active poster but hi 👋 to Bluesky

My current floofs (in profile pic) are Sammy and Dean, Maine Coon x's and I usually post about them ... or my cross stitching ... or my titchy garden ... or complaining about the PNW where I live

Here's a bigger pic of the boys:
pic of 2 ginger and white fluffy cats on a chair, one sitting in front of the other while looking at the camera
September 5, 2023 at 11:18 PM