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the ubiquitous Tikatu
@tikatu.bsky.social
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One husband, three adult kids. Writer, jewelry maker, loom knitter, quilter, cat mom of (currently) 4. Still learning, growing, & doing what brings me joy. 🐈‍⬛ Website: https://tikatu.com/musemoves/
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A scrolling palate cleanser and the definition of a late bloomer. Cut this from a bush today. (I live in South Carolina but my roses all bloomed in May.)
A pink rose in full bloom, set in a small green and white Wedgewood vase, and surrounded by knitted pumpkins in orange, gold, and white.
October 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Found this on tumblr. Thought it was appropriate for the current climate.
A cartoon, half color, half black and white. On the color side, an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is dragging a child wearing a backpack from a building labeled "Elementary School". He is pulling the child towards the black and white side, where a group of Nazi officers and World War Two German army personnel are throwing a child into a railroad cattle car. The cartoon is signed "Jouquette".
July 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Like mother, like son. Mama Maya's to the left Runt of the litter Butternut (Nutty) is on the right. #caturday
Two cats sleeping on a wooden desk. On the right is a dilute orange tabby cat named Butternut, nicknamed Nutty. On the left is his mother, Maya, a gray (blue) torbie.
June 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Aww! Looks just like my June-Bug!
Orange makerel tabby curled up on a white cushion covered with pale green fronds.
June 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Pippin (rear) and Maya (front) do not get along--unless I'm between them. Pippin doesn't like to share. #caturday
June 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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My official desk cat, Maya. #caturday
A blue and silver torbie laying on a desk next to a keyboard.
June 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Three out of four getting along ain't bad. Butternut's in the basket. Maya's on the pedestal, and June-Bug's the one with her head upside down. #caturday
#catsofbluesky
#gnuPeterMorwood
May 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Just felt like sharing this today. Not sure where the quote came from, just found it reblogged on Tumblr.
A post from someone named "thrashkink-coven". posted on February 16, year unknown. It says, "Putting humans in a brutal capitalist system and then saying 'it's in our nature to be greedy and selfish' is kinda like putting a human at the bottom of the ocean and saying our 'true nature' is to drown."
May 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Your cat and my Pippin are nearly twins!
April 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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March 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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That's an older picture, taken when he decided to claim our oldest cat's favorite aerie for himself. Here's a more recent photo:
An orange and cream tabby cat with almond shaped eyes lying on a pile of towels. A gray towel is draped around the background.
March 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Finally finished reinforcing the upper edge of my late mom's vintage tapestry. The hanging rings were coming off and needed to be fixed somehow. I decided not to reuse the original rings; I'll use curtain clips and rings instead. #craftiverse
A sheet-wrapped tapestry in the background. In the foreground, a line of beige reinforcement tape, a tomato pincushion with needles sticking out, a portable work light, a spool of invisible thread on its side, and two old tapestry rings. The tapestry rings consist of two metal circles, one larger, one smaller, with the smaller ring welded perpendicular to the larger one. One of the rings has a bit of tapestry and thread still attached. A close-up of two old tapestry rings. They consist of two metal circles, one larger, one smaller, with the smaller ring welded perpendicular to the larger one. One of the rings has a bit of tapestry and thread still attached. A vintage tapestry hanging from a black curtain rod against a paneled wall, at the end of an oak table with matching oak chairs. The tapestry depicts a scene of a mounted, bearded, turbaned man carrying off a veiled woman in puffy red trousers, a golden vest, and slippers. The horse is jumping a small stream. They are followed by two mounted, turbaned men who are likely bodyguards. In the background is the night sky, with a large crescent moon, and the yellow silhouettes of domed buildings with minaret towers. Palm trees are also visible. The scene is framed with a black and yellow border. The tapestry's colors are faded and its red fringe is tattered in places.
March 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Butternut's almost a year old! Today he (and the rest of our clowder) let me get a 2-hour nap in the recliner--without trying to become a lap cat! #caturday #catsofbluesky
March 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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From Tumblr, to those who voted for the current administration but really do not like what it's doing.
Text block, white letters on mottled red and black background stating, "You are allowed to say, at any point, I can't support this. Even if you did. Even if you were unsure. You can at any point say "this has gone too far." And while the best time to say that was earlier, second best time is now."
February 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Overweight, middle-aged woman with a round face and short, dark blue hair. She is wearing rimless glasses and a teal t-shirt.
January 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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In the Craftiverse, I'm looking for my fellow loom knitters!

An example of my work:
A knitted afghan with wide stripes of purple and cream laid on a queen-sized bed. Each stripe contains strips of rust, blue, or green. The afghan covers the bed's surface from left to right and almost covers it from head to foot.
November 20, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,210,077!
September 17, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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My name is Linda. I have an orange cat, but she doesn't sit on my laptop. She walks across my keyboard. So do the other cats in the household. I don't have any pictures of them doing this (I'm usually busy shooing them off) but I have other pics.
An orange tabby cat laying on a pile of towels with her head hanging over the edge of the pile. A wide-eyed gray, orange, and white calico cat laying atop a gray cabinet. In the background is a framed picture of a young man in an US Air Force uniform hung on a paneled wall and the corner of a framed US flag. The face and paw of a dark brown and black tabby cat sleeping in a sunny cat bed. In one corner id the edge of a green plant pot.
August 23, 2024 at 11:21 PM