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Melissa "Auntie Yaga"
@riversdaughter.bsky.social
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The River's Wayward Daughter, Witch of November, full-time denizen of October's Hall. Mythic blogger, and brumesmith. She/her
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We nearly lost this little jerk when he was about 5 months old to a couple strands of hair. He was doing the accordion routine. Thankfully he pulled through, but it was a close call.
A small black cat with a white patch on his chest staring pointedly at the camera, demanding playtime from Mom.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Bodach is being picturesque while he waits for Mom to turn the fireplace on.
A small black cat sits in front of a brick fireplace with a black metal screen. His head is turned to the side, looking toward a window just outside the frame.
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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And thus begins The Day of Soup's Bounty.

The Stocking begins...
A large stock pot on a black stove, filled with a turkey carcass, vegetables, bay leaves and 22 cups of water.
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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We do make a damned good bird.
A kitchen table with a golden brown turkey and bowls of mashed potatoes, stuffing, squash and other Thanksgiving foods.
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Good morning from Púca.
A closeup of a small black cat with a little white patch on his chest. He's loafed on my hip, willing me to get out of bed and feed him breakfast immediately.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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The Disaster Cats say "Thank you!"
3 black cats on a grey multi-tiered cat condo, looking at the camera.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I did the thing. Did you?
A hand holding a red, white, and blue "I voted today" sticker.
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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The Disaster Cats say Happy National Black Cat Day!
Three black cats dozing on a grey chair with an orange blanket.
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Púca says that it's chilly.
The side of a distorted black hoodie, with a small black cat tail sticking out of one side. The hoodie is still being worn by a person.
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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*happy zombie noises*

I win! Now I'm going back to bed.
A slightly soggy notebook and pen on a low granite wall in the pale grey light of a drizzly dawn.
October 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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A grainy photo of a house with shrubbery and a fence. A section of the bushes is circled where a blurry grey and black raccoon face in profile is peering out just above the fence.
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
riversdaughter.bsky.social
It must be fall...
A frog on the waterline of a flooded cranberry bog.
September 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Three black cats on a rustic screened-in porch.
September 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Happy Caturday from the Disaster Cats! #Caturday
Three black cats dosing lazily around on a screened porch.
September 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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New album cover from the Disaster Cats just dropped!
3 black cats on a cat tree. One is a blur of motion while the other two stare at it.
August 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Oisín is Lord of the Porch. #caturday #blackcatsofbluesky
A black cat lounges regally on a patio loveseat on a screened porch.
August 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
August 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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If you see this, post something toothy!
A photo of a black catish creature yawning, exposing a mouthful of pointy white teeth.
August 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Shout-out to my Xt5 for deciding to focus on the railing and not the butterfly because Reasons, I guess.
A beautifully crisp section of grey wood railing with a very blurred and out-of-focus Painted Lady butterfly beside it.
July 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The weather hasn't been nice enough to bring the Disaster Cats out on the porch for a bit. They are *very* happy to be back out today.
Three black cats on a very rustic screened porch.
July 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Púca has Opinions about me taking his picture and stopping petting him.
A small black cat with yellow eyes tucked behind someone's legs on a blue patio seat, looking somewhat perturbed.
July 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Everything is stupid, please enjoy this photo of Oisín being an adorable gremlin-child.
A black cat is curled up asleep on a crumpled paper bag on a grey stone tile floor in front of a black stove.
July 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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New profile pic. I needed a change.

(For those who go by pic and not username, the old one is below.)
A close up of a small black cat with a white chest patch.
July 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Today's black raspberry harvest was big enough to need a bowl!

The patch is still small, so this is the current largest harvest we've gotten from it to date.

Not bad for a plant that volunteered itself next to the house...
A wooden bowl with about 3 dozen small black raspberries on the bottom.
June 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Shoutout to the days when the sun wasn't trying to smother us all!
A river in winter, with ice gathering along the embankment and hanging from low-hanging sticks and grasses.
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM