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

Me and my wife rediscovering everything we own after storing it for two years:

Michael Scott looking at the camera surprised with his mouth open and eyes wide

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

American asked us 2 days ago for any tracking info so they could “try to find our bags” 😅 Just happens to be our first time using AirTags in luggage 🙈

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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 · 18/11/2025

Over 4 days, over 2 dozen people across the country rallied together to raise $2.5k to keep my former coworker from losing his apartment and service dog. With little time to spare, we tried. And we did it. It was worth it. We did it. Helping one person at a time will echo through to the next ❤️‍🩹

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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 · 16/11/2025

Update: Over $1,400 was raised today ❤️‍🩹

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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

the more AI art I see, the more imperfect art I want to create with my own hands

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

it’s funny how the rise of AI has unexpectedly caused me to let go of feelings caused by perfectionism line isn’t straight? great, my hand was sore torn paper? great, evidence of the journey paint smudge where I hadn’t planned it? great, proof of human error

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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

bsky.app/profile/braf... It’s true 🏠

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

this car has taken me everywhere over 214k miles. driven through 36 states. multiple trips from Washington State to Alabama and back. off road adventures. too many nights car camping to count. initially never thought I’d even like having a Prius, but Perry the Prius is the goat

A periwinkle blue Prius parked on the side of a highway in Texas looking out to the Guadeloupe Mountains

A periwinkle Prius drives through the brush outside of Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada

A periwinkle Prius covered in snow at a rest stop in Wyoming

A periwinkle Prius covered in bumper stickers, carrying two orange kayaks on the roof and parked in front of trees, grass, and a lake

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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

That’s fantastic! It’s so important, and takes courage to seek out. Proud of him too 😊 I found a fantastic group of friends when I returned to school at BC, I hope he thrives where he’s at and where he’s headed!

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

Geez, I can imagine 😩 Oh my gosh, this reminded me - my wife is taking a couple online classes this quarter and her running start classmate shared in her introduction that she has been in online school “since the pandemic started in 5th grade” 😭😭😭😩

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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 · 17/09/2025

Oooh, I didn’t know this, thank you so much for sharing with me - I will do that! 🥰

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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

honestly the only reason I’ve started using voice tools - typing at 100+ wpm is not fast enough 💀

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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

R5 One shot 10 second timer 10 second exposure 24mm f/4 at 2500 ISO #CanonPhotography

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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

consumption is out of control 😳 we’ve made an intentional effort to cut back, reuse, recycle, and didn’t fill any of the bins to the top as a household of 5. how do I help my neighbors with this 😅

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