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Samantor
@samantor.bsky.social
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Progressive educator, lover of cats, Mistress of the Harvest. She/her
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2 weeks into this parenthood thing and it is alternately overwhelming, exhausting, euphoric, and terrifying.
A middle aged white woman with long red hair smiles at the camera. She is holding a blanket-wrapped bundle on her chest with a tiny ear poking out near the top. It is a baby.
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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One of the best parts of the weather turning colder is that the cats want to snuggle with the humans. Gemma never wants to sit in my lap in the summer!
A small orange cat looks at the viewer from her spot cozily curled up on a lap covered in a patchwork wool blanket
October 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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One thing I did not expect during pregnancy was for my most standoffish cat to decide that my pregnant belly is the most wonderful thing in the world
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Beach time with the wife continues to be a core relationship experience
July 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Morning coffee on the salt marsh is a great way to begin a vacation day.
June 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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It seems trite to wax poetic about the symbolism of the first fragile flowers of spring, but damn if it doesn’t get me right in the feels every fucking February.
Dozens of tiny pale purple crocuses push their little blossoms above a carpet of decaying leaves and bark
February 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Gemma would like to add that she, personally, has died at least a dozen times due to late feeding. Don’t let your cat become another hungry statistic.
A tiny orange cat sitting on a pile or blankets opens her mouth in a plaintive howl.
February 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I love this recipe. It comes together pretty quickly, has pretty standard cookie ingredients except for the fresh ginger, and is very reliably delicious.
January 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Aspens turned gold in the autumn in the mountains in Colorado
A grove of aspen trees with pale yellow leaves with bright sunshine coming through the branches.
January 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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I lost the earrings I’m wearing in this picture, and that makes me sad. But I look pretty good here.
A middle aged white woman with an auburn braid looks at the camera. She is wearing a blue floral dress and a pale green cardigan. She has a faint smile.
January 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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This is a very satisfying NYE craft. This little dude is in for a hell if a year.
A lemon made to resemble a pig, with toothpicks for legs, whole cloves for eyes, ear shapes cut from the rind, and a penny in the mouth slit. It stares at the viewer with a mysterious little smile on top of a red tablecloth.
January 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Mischka and T-Rex have decided to do butt snuggles on the couch in the shape of a heart, and my chest is exploding with love and joy.
A tuxedo cat and a calico cat curl into round cat coils facing opposite directions. They vaguely form the shape of a heart. They are laying on a quilt.
December 31, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Gemma is having a decadent lie with her people on this lazy vacation morning.
A small orange cat stretches her little arms out over a nest of fleece blanket. Her claw are out and her little eyes are half closed in relaxation.
December 23, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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I refused to allow T-Rex to continue her communion with the plastic bags. I am a thief of joy, an enemy of pleasure, cruelly denying my cat the one thing that will make her truly happy.
A fat calico cat chews on a gallon size ziploc bag filled with other ziploc bags. Her little pink tongue is lovingly caressing the plastic while her bottom teeth stick out.
December 8, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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Pie report 2025: seven pies this year for 8 diners. Not quite one pie per person.

The line-up this year:

-apple cranberry
-pumpkin
-brown butter pecan
-pear frangipane tart
-mixed berry ginger with streusel topping
-sour cherry
-cheesecake topped with cranberry lime curd
A refrigerator filled with nothing but pies. The top shelf has a berry pie, a pecan pie, and a cranberry apple pie. The bottom shelf has a pear frangipane tart, a sour cherry pie, a pumpkin pie, and a cheesecake topped with cranberry lime curd.
November 28, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Feeling extra cute today
A red haired white woman wearing a purple shirt smiles at the camera
November 13, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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Gemma has the right idea this morning. Getting out of bed is for chumps.
A tiny orange cat looks directly into the camera as she snuggles in a nest of fuzzy blankets
November 9, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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Lighting this morning is beautiful, weather is lovely, and I have a mug of hot tea on my deck. It doesn’t counteract *gestures to the world in general*, but I’ll take it.
A white woman with pulled back red hair smiles softly at the camera. A canopy of trees is in the background.
July 15, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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This is Lima, who belongs to another costumer and likes to be baby swaddled against her mama’s chest while her mama sews.
A tan and cream spotty cat with vivid blue eyes gazed up at the camera from a pile of white fabric A tan and cream spotty cat rolls around in hedonistic delight on a pile of yellow quilted fabric
June 24, 2024 at 1:10 AM
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This is Baby Bat, who belongs to a YouTube costumer I like
A small black cat with green eyes licks her nose.
June 24, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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This is a cat from a high school friend.
A regal tabby cat with a white belly stares at the camera. She is sitting on a blue and white shelf in a suburban backyard.
June 24, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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These are simultaneously the dumbest thing I’ve ever made and the best thing I’ve ever made
A series of four valentines with brightly colored watercolor hearts topped with watercolor Guinea fowl. They say “I’m grate-fowl to know someone so egg-cellent,” “I think you’re DELIGHT-FOWL,” “You’re wonder-fowl!” And “You’re an eggs-traordinary colleague!”
February 9, 2024 at 4:48 AM
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My favorite part of the snow is the little fuzzy hats on my porch pumpkins
A porch is rail has five pumpkins, in shades of green and orange, lined up in a neat row. They are topped with several inches of snow, making it look like the pumpkins are wearing fuzzy white hats
January 18, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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This is her right now
A small orange sits on a lap under a blue and white blanket, looking plaintively directly into the camera, her eyes wide
January 3, 2024 at 4:55 AM
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Just a girl and her cat, settling down for a winter nap
A white woman laying her head on a pillow looks up at a small orange cat nestled on the pillow next to her head.
January 3, 2024 at 4:12 AM