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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Where I’ve lived over the last 10 years: U-District/Seattle Wedgwood/Seattle Downtown Bothell Laurelhurst/Seattle Eastgate/Bellevue North Admiral/West Seattle Kelsey Creek/Bellevue North Issaquah + 5 months in Tuscaloosa, Alabama + 8 months living in my car across over a dozen states I’m tired

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Would love to have a word with whomever is writing this script

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

¿Podemos quedarnos aquí para siempre?

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The universe really said, it’s time to let go of attachments 💀 12 days with no belongings of our own 😂😂 Thank you American Airlines 😂 Honestly, it’s fine. I’m fine. We’re fine. Somehow this is the least anxiety I’ve felt in two years.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

what we said was going to happen is happening right now

screenshot of fucked up by Macklemore playing on Qobuz

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

someone said they couldn’t unsee Ms. Now in the MSNCB rebrand so naturally I made this

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

hosted a little game night and realized I unintentionally had coworkers present from FIVE different jobs I’ve only worked at 7 places lol they’ve shown up for me in more ways I could imagine. grateful to have crossed paths with such amazing people. the work was temporary, connections are forever.

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

#Seattle / #Bellevue folks I’m taking photos tomorrow to raise money for a friend in a dire situation He’ll soon be unhoused and lose his service dog He’s a former coworker who has faced a series of unfortunate events, it could happen to any of us Message me to book 🙏 thank you for your support

Mini-session photoshoot fundraiser on November 15th at Robinswood Park in Bellevue. Suggested $150 donation for a 20 minute session. Pets and humans welcome

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

becoming a fan of doing whatever this is 🎨

Masking tape on a white paper with colorful paint pen marks scribbled all over

The result of masking tape on a white paper with colorful paint pen marks scribbled all over, after the tape has been removed. Four rectangles containing the scribbles remain, with crisp edges that are slightly raised showing the layer of paint.

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

accidentally fried my work laptop while IT was setting me up with a new one, they said, one time, someone showed up and didn’t know where their laptop was ?? when further questioned, they casually said they put it on the roof of their car while loading up and it flew off somewhere along the way 😂😂

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Big thanks to this pumpkin for providing joy this week 🎃 First go at scraping vs carving went well 👹 #Halloween #Spoopy

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Drawing mountains at midnight was just what the doctor ordered #Tahoma #MountRainier

A pencil sketch of Mount Rainier with a variety of curvy and straight lines doodled around it to represent the landscape and sky

Paint pen used on top of pencil showing an illustration of Mount Rainier with wavy lines in the foreground colored in with blues, greens, and some purple, and the background showing sun rays of yellow, orange, and pink, with some wavy blue lines with white stars showing through in multiple places

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

did some rough math and realized I’ve spent well over 10,000 hours driving my Prius since 2014 does that make me a subject matter expert on driving Prii

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

why is everyone in Croatia this year lol what is happening

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

the way my music shuffled from Killing In The Name by Rage Against the Machine to the New Seekers singing I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing feels like the American experience rn

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

mentioned to my dentist that I’ve seen him for almost a decade now “this practice has only been open 6 years though?” and then he learned 2016 was actually 9+ years ago the pandemic years really did a number on our perception of time

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

parents waiting with their teens for the bus in suburbia gives me flashbacks discovering the metro bus at 12 with my friends, no way for our parents to track us - bopping around Capitol Hill, U district, Northgate, until learning transfer tickets expire & getting stranded with no money or phones 💀

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Shoutout to the child with the bubble gun for the clutch timing 🫧 and to my phone stretching the last 1% of it’s battery for one last picture Final evening of the #WashingtonState Fair, 2025 #PuyallupFair #Celebrating #125years

A colorful metal set of stairs in the foreground leads up to the classic Swings ride at the Washington State Fair. People are suspended in the air, spinning across the top half of the image, with a beautiful yellow, orange, and blue sunset peaking out from behind a Ferris wheel and Mardis Gras amusement ride in the background. Bubbles are visible floating through the scene through lines of people on the right behind the metal barrier.

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

200+ seeds from a single dried marigold flower ✨ #gardening #gardensky #flowers

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I just want to go float on an inflatable pizza slice for like 3 hours

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

my body does not move fast enough for my brain

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

when your inner child wants to run around your camera on the beach at 1am, you say yes selfie with the #MilkyWay 🥰 #Oregon #Photography

a person at night wearing in sweatpants, fleece, and beanie standing on a beach engraved with footprints all around, holding their hands up to showcase the Milky Way shown above

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

after a lifetime of living in the area, I witnessed my first whale breaching in the PNW, in the middle of Elliott Bay from the ferry to Bainbridge 🥹 photo from very far away with a 400mm lens @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov

a whale shows its belly and throws its fins up as it breaches in front of a beach along Seattle

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NPR @npr.org · 01/08/2025

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

you’d think I would come to expect hearing the Blue Angels after living in the Seattle area for my entire life but nope, every year they scare me silly flying overhead while I’m in the backyard 💀

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Stepping on a wasp repeatedly with socks on, thinking I have a rock in my sock until….. 0/10 do not recommend. My bad for creating a pollinator garden 😭😭💀

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

garbage pick up was delayed in my county for 2 weeks because of the strike and I’ve never seen people lose their minds like this over not knowing how to handle their own trash for 14 days 💀🤦 my neighbors with no kids have piles out for pickup that look like an entire colony lives there lol

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Me: Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday! My wife: Wtf are you talking about 😭

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

my 3 year old niece yelled at me from across the house today demanding I put RuPaul on the speaker hahaha

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

home is where the Prius is 🏕️

A campsite with camp chairs and a blanket illuminated by rainbow LED lights strung from the trees to a car. The car is a Prius with a large 4-person tent attached to the hatch.

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

My dad is currently fishing in Oregon, floating the length of the state by river - at 74 years old. This weekend, my mom out-hiked me on our camping trip, completing like 4 trails that would’ve taken me out - at 70 years old. I freaking love my parents

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Things I’m excited for when we get a new car: - a working key fob for the first time in 5 years - being able to maintain the speed limit on the freeway for more than 30 minutes - 4WD - not scraping over speed bumps with the catalytic converter shield - more space for dogs and gear for adventures

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We be snacking on peas, cooking with peas, giving peas away 😂 absolutely in love with how this is going lol

A hand holds out a wooden bowl of melting sugar snow peas with the climbing vines in the background

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

every time I have a video go viral I’m reminded of why I don’t do this for my personal life lmao 🤦

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

a video of the 80sq ft of mint in my garden is going viral and people in the comments feel really strongly about me selling it instead I’m plotting to set up a little basket by our mailbox to offer extra herbs and veggies to neighbors, for free not everything has to be profitable 😵‍💫

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

So, these mystery plants could either be Queen Anne’s Lace, or poison hemlock? 😩 Help me identify? One is starting to bud, so we may know soon - I see tiny hairs on the stems & poison hemlock is hairless? The bit of purple developing has me concerned but I don’t see any dark spots. #flowers #garden

An unruly plant growing from a container in a garden that looks like it could be Queen Anne’s lace or poison hemlock. Slightly darker purple is visible at the intersections of offshoots

A thin plant with carrot-like leaves growing from a container in a garden that looks like it could be Queen Anne’s lace or poison hemlock. Chicken wire is wrapped around it

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

when I hear Ellie Goulding, I’m immediately transported back to hours of counting & pulling Starbucks stock from the walk-in storage in the basement of the hospital I worked in during my early 20s (we had to take an elevator 5 floors down + drag the cart like a mile to get product lol)

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

normalize submitting support tickets with no support request, only praising the team for their work a tool I work with everyday made an update that just slashed the time it takes to do my least favorite task by 25-50% 🙏🙏🙏🙏😩😩😩😭🥹🙏

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

first pea pods harvested this morning 😍 so sweet and crunchy! turns out I planted sugar snow peas, not sugar snap peas 😂🤷 small difference, still just as stoked!

A hand holds out a bunch of sugar snow peas in the foreground, with climbing pea plants visible in the background

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Just randomly remembered when I had to become a certified construction flagger at one of my jobs because they could pay us minimum wage instead of using contractors lol sometimes these experiences feel like fever dreams at this point

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

5 years ago, couldn’t talk in front of a small group without a panic attack This week, I’m presenting at a live webinar Trying to pause and recognize these moments of growth as much as I can

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Bridget Raftery @braftery.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

why can’t we sort texts on iPhone by unread yet seems like it would be a pretty simple feature 🤨

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