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Sarah
@smism.bsky.social
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Maker of things. Teacher of stuff. Illustration. Theater & Theatre. Also - cats 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

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WIP Christmas present. 🤫
#caturday
#stainedglass
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Four wild turkeys on a roadside - wondering why there was such a fuss about a chicken
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Aaaaaaaaauuuuuuuugggggghhhhh! I have just seen a Christmas ad on TV. 😡 It is not even midway through October people 🎃
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Apparently it was “Bring your tall wading water fowl to work Day”. We had both a great blue heron and an egret in the ponds today. I only managed to get an ok picture of the egret. I need a better camera!*
The kids were convinced the egret was an albino flamingo 🤔.

*phone (sigh)
A distant picture of an egret looking for snacks in a pond framed by reeds in the front and trees in the back. The reflection of the egret can be seen in the water and it is a gloriously sunny day.
October 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Here are two turkeys on the way to work - on my way to work, I’m not sure where they were going.
Happy October 🍁🍂
Two wild turkeys walking into the woods.
October 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Here are some cows. 🐄
#cow
A herd of cows stand on the banks of a river at the bottom of a green hill with a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds behind. One cow stands in the river drinking and another stands in the river looking at the camera wondering what the heck I’m doing.
July 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Saw this majestic gentleman at the pub. #notacat
Stocky terrier cross sitting at attention on a sofa diligently waiting for owner to return.
July 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Ever feel like you are being watched? 😬

Friend has now been relocated outside 👍
Ginormous spider on ceiling over my favorite chair.
June 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I feel shunned😂

#caturday
#Catrday
Image of Cat shaped salt and pepper shakers turned away from the camera.
June 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Not sure of the date but family lore has it that when my Great-grandfather was in the Navy (he was a chaplain) he took a picture of the ship’s cat soon after she’d given birth to a litter of kittens. Later my Great-grandmother made a painting from the photo, which I now have.
#Caturday #caturday
Oil painting of a startled black cat with her back arched and her eyes wide open. Next to her is a newborn orange and white kitten with its eyes closed struggling awkwardly to get up.
June 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Seen on way to work-
Deer- 1
and this little guy who was really not bothered that I wanted to walk past him on the way to my car.
Chipmunk sitting on his haunches having a snack.
June 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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WIP
#caturday
#stainedglass
A vertically oriented work in progress in stained glass comprised of two squares stacked on one another one each framed with rectangular clear bevels. The top square has a black cat with white paws licking a paw, and the bottom square has a black cat stretching. The background in each square is comprised of pastel blue, green, yellow and pink streaked glass.
May 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Yesterday was eventful!
Seen on way to work *-
Bears (2)

Seen on way home-
Turkeys (2)
Deer (1)

*technically hadn’t left home yet 😮
May 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Seen on way to work-
(1) hot air balloon
(4) deer
(1) great blue heron
Who knew a Tuesday could be interesting ?
May 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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I didn’t realize until this morning how much stuff came home in my pockets yesterday. Yesterday was busy 🙄
Picture of pocket contents- 1 very small pocket knife 1 ear plugs 1 scissors 1 green ribbon 5 markers of various types 1 small wrench 1 ear buds 1 lip balm 2 AA batteries (dead) 1 watercolor pencil 1 #2 pencil
May 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Turkeys seen on the way to work (1)
#turkey
View from a car of make turkey puffed up in defiance on the side of the road. Close up of previous shot. He’s not best pleased.
May 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Going into the weekend on a big high 🥺😃
A student’s pencil drawing of a tree with no leaves and a heart next to it. The words, Thank you for being an amazing theater teacher are at the top.
April 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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#PortraitChallenge
Smudgey fun 😶‍🌫️

Portrait of a young woman, drawn with pastels on paper by Federico Barocci, sometime between 1585-1590
Copy of a close up portrait of a woman’s head in three quarter view looking to the right, done in charcoals and pastel.
April 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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PSA from Fergus
#Caturday #caturday
Photo of Fergus, a black cat, sitting in font of a sign that says, “Tine spent with cats is never wasted.”
April 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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This is Autumn. She was born without one paw. Gets along just fine with three, but still sometimes uses a prosthetic leg when she wants to blend in. 13/10
a small dog wearing a black and orange bandana, collar, and leash sits on a leafy dirt path and looks up at us with large brown eyes. she's white with brown spots on her ears and eyes. she has brown speckles on her left paw, and her right paw is actually a bright orange webbed duck foot. she likes to have fun with her prosthetics.
April 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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A kindergartener brought in a treat for class 😂
An E cut out of brown construction paper - making it a brownie.
April 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Remarkably good day yesterday in Ulverston visiting with friends.
☀️
A comerant sitting in the sun on the lower part of an old wooden canal lock Two swans not bothered by pedestrians relaxing in the sun. I’m not used to being so close to a swan without them being grumpy about it. View from below looking up at “The Hoad” - a lighthouse shaped monument to Sir John Barrow, with a blindingly blue sky behind it. View of a singular park bench surrounded by daffodils with Morecombe Bay and the hills of the Lake District as the background.
March 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Cookies/Biscuits should count
#caturday
On a blue and green floral plate there are shortbread biscuits in the shape of cats and a fish with the words “purr”, “meow”, “kitty” and “snack” stamped on them.
March 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Starting to look like spring. 🌷
Close up picture of crocuses. The internet tells me they are “early crocuses”. They are a very pretty open petal purple flower with a yellow center. It’s good to learn something every day isn’t it? View over a hedge to see lambs with their mums in a field. View of rocky rushing water - bigger than a brook but smaller than a river - framed by trees with no leaves. I enjoy that in early spring everything has a yellow-green glow. Close up picture of daffodils.
March 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM