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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Lily is just a happy camper! She’s especially happy because I have her favorite winter blankie out and she just cuddles on it all day and night.

Lily, a gray and white cat, is completely asleep and sprawled on a c2c crochet blanket with fluffy purple ombré yarn Rangoon from pale Lilia to dark purple

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

It’s Birthday time! Today, Lily turns 15, and I turn 40! Quite the big day!

A photo looking from above at Lily, a gray and white cat, who looks up at the camera waiting for you to give her wet food.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 18/07/2024

We haven’t gotten a Lily update in a while! She’s enjoying her desk, but isn’t so pleased when I attempt to type. My hand is there for her to rest her paw on, not for me to use!

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits on a desk with her flexed paw on top of my hand. Under my hand is a keyboard, but there’s no way I’m getting to it.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

Last summer, I rearranged my office so there’s nothing on the desk and Lily can sprawl. Best thing I’ve ever done! Now she just lies there, purrs, and expects tummy rubs the whole time I’m working. Teaching online is way better when you’ve got a purring cat!

A closeup of Lily, a gray and white cat, lying on her side. Her front paws are curled like a bunny and she has a look of pure satisfaction and happiness.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

On the one hand, I’m spending all day grading papers. On (under) the other hand, CAT!

Lily, a gray and white cat, is getting a tummy rub looking happy.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

My apartment is still under construction and the patio is a mess, but I got the table and chairs set up for the sole purpose of her sleeping here.

A lovely gray and white cat soundly sleeping on a rod iron chair with a teal cushion and a big pillow with a bright teal and coral floral design behind her.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

I’m set up at a coffee shop with a great view! Let the eclipse begin!

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

Okay, two squirrels are having a date on my patio and my cat is pissed. Also, there is lots of, uh, “romance” going on 😬

Lily, a gray and white cat, looks through vertical blinds out a French door at a squirrel perched on an empty planter outside.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

Lily is very much enjoying the blanket I made her ❤️

Lily, a gray and white cat, sleeps on a pretty crocheted blanket.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Construction at my apartment is very bad this week, so Lily has come to my office with me from 7-7 (when the apartment complex said it would be ridiculously loud). She loves my office. My officemate and I even have a couch for naps, so it’s a home away from home! My students adore her of course.

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits on a desk chair looking up while at a college professor’s desk with a pile of papers to grade and a fun bulletin board on the wall.

Lily, a gray and white cat, stands at an office door that has one of those narrow windows that goes down pretty far. Her front paws are along the bottom of the window as she looks back at the camera as if to ask for permission to leave.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

If you see this, post your favorite fictional vehicle.

The cat bus from Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro is looking at Totoro with his headlight eyes.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

Once more, the cat carrier opens and Lily peers out. Will it be Phoenix home? Car? Hotel? Or—is it possible? It’s Texas home! We’re back!

A closeup of a black cloth cat carrier opened slightly to reveal an eye, nose, and part of an ear from Lily, a gray and white cat, sniffing and looking skeptical yet excited.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

First road trip of 2024 underway! Despite the image (which was just cute), Lily actually loves traveling!

A photo of Lily, a gray and white cat, inside a cat carrier looking through the mesh. At the top in meme font it says “Choo will rue this day for locking meow, the great and mewty Queen Lily! in a bag! Rawr!

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

Lily seems quite perturbed that I won’t let her travel in the suitcase. Nope, she’s stuck in her carrier next to me!

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

My mom & I are making sense of my old playmobile stuff. We kept everything in fairly good condition with the sets loosely together (at the very least I still remember what goes with what). Apparently the house alone is worth thousands (we have two), but we’re setting up for my little nieces to play.

My mom sitting at a table covered in playmobile with arms outstretched.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Lily is becoming quite the Karen while visiting my parents! 😂

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits in a dining room chair at a dining table covered in a teal tablecloth with flowers on it. There's a cup in front of her and silverware is just visible. She has an expression like she's just waiting to be served, and a Karen haircut has been photoshopped onto her head.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Happy New Years, everyone! Lily made it through happy, healthy, and unimpressed by the fireworks!

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Lily is soaking up the last rays of 2023... The past two years, my family has spent New Year's Eve at the emergency vet with her. We're really really hoping it doesn't happen again this year!

Lily, a gray and white cat, lays on her side/back with her tummy exposed and her front paws curled like a bunny. Her eyes are closed and she's in the sun. She's partially lying on a crocheted mat, and there are various crochet and computer things lying around that she's moved out of the way.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

It’s so amazing he can do it! Here’s one of his dogs that the lamp is based on 😊 This is Baxter!

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

Merry Christmas from a lucky holiday kitty! She’ll be sporting a new collar (once she wakes up) and batting around some new toys!

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Merry Christmas Eve from me and this sweet marshmallow of a kitty. May you all have as much joy as I have rubbing that tummy of hers! 😂😊🥰

Lily, a gray and white cat, lies on her back with her tummy showing and paws curled. Her tummy is white, and she’s pretty rectangular like a marshmallow.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

This was so much harder to make than it might look. I was following a YouTube walkthrough except it was in Japanese, so I just had to watch closely, plus the walkthrough was for a panda, so I had to improvise to make a cat. It’s a present for my sister-in-law, who I hope can look past the flaws!

A crocheted cat coaster. The body/tray is white, as is the head, and there are purple ears, paws, and tail. The face has purple stripes, green eyes, and a pink nose, and is a little wonky. There are pink pads on the front paws.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Well, it may be 2 days late, but I finally baked my lussebullar (Santa Lucia buns)! They came out of the oven just in time for fika! (I sound so Swedish, don’t I? 😄) Has anyone else baked anything fun this holiday season?

I, a white woman with brown hair to the shoulders in a light purple sweater, sit a a table with a Christmas mug in one hand and a golden-brown saffron bun in the other. In front of me is a plate of the buns, which are in the shape of Ss with a raisin in each bend. In the foreground is another Christmas mug belonging to the person taking the picture, and you can see that we’re having hot cocoa.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

Lily is surprisingly social for a kitty with me for a mom. She’s also in love with that basket. That may have played into it lol.

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits in a circular woven basket extending her head to sniff a 6 year old girl sitting next to her and petting her. The girl is blond and in a purple shirt and coral pants with red sandals.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

Lily has a bench at my parent’s house that looks out over her Arizona domain. She’s truly a queen!

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

It’s that wonderful day: Travel Day! Lily and I are chilling at the airport waiting for our flight. She’s pretty calm, but is it all an act?

Lily, a gray and white cat, is in a cat carrier. I’m holding up a flip to reveal a mesh panel that Lily sits behind. Above it says “Meowmy will rue this day”

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Lily is having a great day because I’m grading peer reviews, a tedious and mind numbing task that lends itself to rubbing her tummy. Clearing off my desk for her this summer remains one of my best decisions, and she loves the mat I crocheted her!

Lily, a gray and white cat, lies on her side with her tummy to the camera on a purple/white/teal crocheted mat on a desk under a monitor. My hand is on her tummy as I rub it. She looks extremely happy. You can practically see her purring.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

The great fast is over! Lily and I survived 14 hours without cat food, her vet appointment went well, her results look as good as can be expected, and the food dishes are full once more!

A picture of Lily, a gray and white cat, or rather of her head viewed between several scratching posts as she lays in the lowest level of a cat tree. Along the top, text reads: "Meowmy stopped giving food and now gives again, what does it all mean?" Her expression is philosophical as she ponders deep questions of the universe like this.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Hour 6 of fasting. Lily will never forgive me. The incessant meowing is now punctuated by moments of calm as she sits and purrs loudly as if trying to persuade me to feed her. I’m clearly not sleeping tonight. The vet appointment can’t come soon enough!

Lily, a gray and white cat, stands sideways on the carpet and looks at the camera pleadingly, desperately, sadly…

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

It's always the holidays when technology goes wrong, and there's no one around to help! I think petting should work? There's a low rumbling that lets me know the file is still there. Once I get this up and running, Thanksgiving is on!

Lily, a gray and white cat, lies on her side with her back to the camera, totally sound asleep. She's on a desk with some crocheted stuff all around her. Above her text reads: Cats/Lily/Boot.exe Stopped Working.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Lily is showing some paw this Caturday!

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits like a sphinx with her front paws extended a ridiculous amount forward. She’s looking slightly off to one side contemplatively.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

So ever since my crochet hobby began, I've been buying pretty yarn. And since I buy from Amazon a lot of times, it's cheaper to buy in bulk (seriously, 3 for $12 as opposed to $9.99 for 1). I may have overdone it over the past month or so 😅

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits next to a huge, enormous pile of multiple colors and types of yarn looking at the camera. At the topic is a caption that reads "Meowmy, you has a problmew."

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

Lily will never forgive the indignity of being brought to the vet yet again!

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits inside a cat carrier with mesh between her and the camera. She's looking at the camera with a look of utter despair.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

I've been playing around with #DAZStudio again! Here's my latest. My friend @vivissiah.bsky.social challenged me to make a market on a space station, and I had some fun with it! Most of the alien characters are designed by me to some degree (none are out of the box, so to speak). #digitalart

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Lily is loving the fact that I’m crocheting so much! She’s got her mat to sleep on and a constant stream of projects to inspect!

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits on a purple, white, and green crocheted mat on a light wood desk while sniffing a purple round with a bunch of stitch markers in it that’s sitting in front of her.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Sorry I haven’t been on much. Lily has finally rounded the bend! She’s off antibiotics but has picked up a cold. However, she’s starting to be affectionate again!

A picture of Lily, a gray and white cat, sitting like a sphinx with her nose extended forward and eyes mostly closed as she sniffs. She’s outside under a table. Above, a caption reads: Lily ponders the great questions of life. Below, a caption reads: Why is mum not petting me?

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Lily wanted to come outside, she’s letting me pet her, and she’s purring! Feels like her old self after a very long illness ❤️

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits like a sideways loaf looking at the camera and squinting. Above her a caption reads: So we meet again, mum.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Lily spent some time window gazing today!

Lily, a gray and white cat, looks out a window with open blinds from a spot on a desk with a computer next to her. Above, in meme font, is says: Upon this day of Purrtober I found the neighbor... The fang are they doing?!

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Lily is slowly getting better. It’s still a big achievement when she leaves her little hidey hole, it’s especially great when I can get her to eat, but today she wanted to go outside, and she was alert and sniffing things and almost back to normal!

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits under a small table next to railing on a patio overlooking a green area. There’s chicken wire covering the railing. She’s in the middle of blinking which gives her a slightly judgmental expression.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

My cat came to class with me today and my students were delighted. She did really well and doesn’t seem too traumatized lol… I’m hoping she’s healthy enough that I can leave her at home on Thursday! Cat tax of her when she was having a good spell yesterday.

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits like a loaf on a gold and green king pillow that’s in front of a large cat carrier. This is her hideout when she’s not feeling well.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

So they all decided they needed to discuss how to co-exist in the galaxy... I'm not too certain how that went, or if it derailed!

Eight aliens of varying appearances, all vaguely humanoid, sit at a conference table engaged in discussions. Behind them is a view of outer space filled with stars and galaxies. Image created with Daz Studio. #DazStudio #Daz #art #scifi

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Lily is less than impressed with my crocheting skills, but she's happy to bap the results and attack the yarn!

A picture of Lily, a gray and white cat, standing on a desk staring down at a long patch of purple crocheted yarn. Her expression is one of disdain, disgust, mild horror. Above her head it reads: The fuck is this?

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

It’s time to grade papers, so what does that mean? You guessed it, time to learn an entirely new skill! I’m feeling a lot more confident in my crochet skills. Here’s a hyperbolic surface I made! Bonus, I learned the math behind it, too! (…please don’t make me go back to grading! 😭)

My hand with a round ball of teal and blue variegated yarn in a hyperbolic surface, which basically just looks like curvy ridges. It almost looks like a brain except the color. #crochet #academicsky

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

My cat Lily has a propensity for getting belly rubs, and I just happened to catch her in this adorable pose, and, well, it's pretty clear what she was thinking! 😂

A picture in meme format with text at the top that reads "Looking for a good time? I got just the belly you need." The photo underneath is Lily, and gray and white cat, sitting on her cat tree facing away from the camera but looking back at the camera and winking. Yes, I actually got a picture of her winking! I'm amazed at my photo skills sometimes. #cats

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Pawlice Chief Lily has decided that my attempts at hyperbolic crochet are unpawful!

A photo looking top down at a desk surface. At the top is a spool of purple hombre yarn. A thread is coming from the right to connect to a circle of crocheted yarn with a purple hook in it. Next to the thread, a white cat paw is extended, claws slightly extended as if to prevent what's happening. #cats

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

I got a keyboard tray so my cat could sleep unimpeded on my desk and I could still use my computer. Naturally she now sleeps on my lap and has taken over the keyboard tray. This is a daily occurrence, and yes she is typing stuff 😂

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits with her butt between my legs and her front half on a black keyboard tray. The keyboard is angled to the left. Her left front paw is on the keyboard typing P’s and semicolons. The mouse is off to the right.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

As some of you may know, I've gotten back into digital art using Daz Studio (despite ongoing technical issues). I was inspired to create this scene by a creation myth from the #Stellima universe of @vivissiah.bsky.social! I hope I do justice to it, but I enjoyed making it! #art #dazstudio

A 3d art rendering of a female-appearing person (a hermaphrodite) with pinkish skin holding or creating a planet that's dark with cooled lava with some red patches shining through and a light layer of clouds. The character has two antennae (eye stalks) and long purple hair being blown back by the force of creation. All around the character are stars and galaxies.

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

All your keyboards are belong to me!

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits like a loaf with her front third of her body on my keyboard. She’s looking at the camera with a look of contentment and a bit of challenge. #cats

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Lily is a little grumpy about the second book in the Imperial Saga as she's scared of dragons, but if you like dragons, you'll love it! Even if you don't, Lily assures us that there are still plenty of good parts as Tahirah and Ari continue to plot the downfall of the Emperor! Link in reposted post!

Lily, a gray and white cat, sits in her cat tree looking away sulkily from the cover of Knight of the Dragon, the second book in the Imperial Saga with a black cover with silver font and a silver circle with a dragon. Above the picture it reads "Fine, I will read it for the good parts."

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Anne Winchell @awinchell.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

I'm getting in some early morning writing with my writing coach, whose keen ability to stay focused helps me get through these writing sprin- oh something shiny! 😂

A picture of my ipad screen with Lily, a gray and white cat, poking up her head behind it. I'm on the couch, the ipad and keyboard are on my lap, and Lily is perched behind. She's looking off to the side, distracted. At the top of the picture it says "Mum needs help writing, I am here for her... Oh what's that?"
#writing #cats #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

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