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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I second. I'd never crocheted a single thing in my life but I watched this video and made Romulus a snuggle sack. youtu.be/R94oZkzEklQ?...

Tabby cat with just hishead poking out of a chunky green yarn crocheted sack.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Romulus cozy in a snuggle sack.

Beautiful tabby cat in a chunky green yarn crocheted snuggle sack. Only his face is visible.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hedy busy with more of a hedge snooze than a hedge watch today.

Black cat snoozing on a flat red bed which is itself on a fluffy fleece bed in front of a picture window. She's facing the window with one front paw stretched out in front of her

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hi Happy! Romulus was the bravest boy at the v e t for his annual checkup today. He didn't even hold it against me for a minute.

Striped makerel tabby cat sitting on an end table backlit by a lamp. His white eyeliner and pink nose look gorgeous. His black tail tip is wrapped around his front paws. His eye are 90% closed because momb had to use the flash.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Y'all ever hurt yourself doing something stupid then try to undo it by doing the opposite? I gardened like a maniac today with a bum shoulder and knee. I have big plans for tomorrow if I can still walk.

Three bare garden beds edged with limestone

Massive patch of dirt where earlier today there was thick horrible deep Dallisgrass

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ooh, so exciting! We been watching and waiting and hopinh, but its still dry here.

Tabby cat outstretched and belly up on the porch floor.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hi Flanoy! We had a long weekend so today was the first day back tovwork and OOF. Please hit us with the special.

Mackerel tabby sprawled on a porch floor. Belly up, back legs fully extended. Front legs reaching toward the camera.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

After Panguban was Zella, cat who wore hats

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

After Sugar came Pangurban, my cow kitty. We slept spooning and he'd hesdbutt you hard on the mouth. And if you didn't make a smooch noise when he headbutted in the mouth hard, he'd do it again until you made the smooch..i lived him so much.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another #tbt with Sugar, maybe 1978. I'm the one on the right

Two little girls showing off their lilac tabby point kitten. I'm about 7 wearing a yellow gingham dress and white tights.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For #tbt, this is Sugar, circa 1979. She was my best girl from W Germany into my 2nd grad degree in Texas 1997.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Whew! There's maybe 2 more bags' worth of debris to wrangle but that'll have to wait for another day. Come on, fall!

A full compost wheelie bin and 4 lawn waste bags full of the weekend's efforts to reclaim the yard.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hedy's lizard friend is back and she's not even paying attention.

Black cat on red bed, which is on a fleece bed in a picture window. Her back's to the window, through which you can see greenery and if you zoom, a spiny lizard outside in the brick

Close up of a Texas spiny lizard with a green, black, and white pattern, on a pink brick window ledge

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Rom and Hedy and I would like to be in the chat. I'd love to know some of my questions and posts are going straight to the most devoted cat people. For instance. Check out Hedy's secret white stripe! It's been nearly 2 years and she just decided to show me.

Black cat getting pets wile reclined on her left side. A white strip of fur is visible above her right haunch.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ooh, look! Hedy's lizard friend joined her for hedgewatch today. 2nd photo is zoomed in on the lower right corner of the window.

Black cat on a red cat bed, which is itself atop a fleece cat bed. She's looking h out a picture windowsill a green yard. in the lower right corner of the wondow is a spiny lizard on the pink brick outside

Zoomed in image of the spiny lizard at the lower right corner of the window sunning himself on the pink brick outside. He also is looking out into the green bushes as if on hedgewatch.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I did such a double take! Its like the call is coming from inside the house. Eerie.

Striped tabby cat curled up in a tight circle, inside a gray doughnut shaped furry cat bed. A circle within a circle.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hi, Flash! Hedy's enjoying some brushies. Do you like brushies?

Black cat lounging on a pink and orange bedspread. She's being brushed by her mom with a palm-held groomer.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not much right now. This morning there was tiny bird on the trellis. Sometimes a cool spiny lizard comes and suns himself on the brick. I think she and the lizard are pals.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hedy doing a hedgewatch at 3:14 central.

Black cat in a shady room on a red flat bed on a large fleece bed with tall sides looking out into a sunny yard. There's lots of green and probably a few birbs and lizards out there. She's facing the camera, but you can't tell because of the contrast.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Romulus doing a hard snoozle ar 3:12 central

Striped kitty sound asleep in a tught circle inside a fluffy gray round bed. He fills the interior space of the doughnut shape.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is her. Just picture it.

Fluffy white powderpuff chinese crested dog.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is Romulus. The most social kitty all the land.he loves visitors and is happy when they pick him up and dote on him.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I've had just about enough of this BS. By this point I'm September 2024 i had installed a whole new garden and lined it with limestone.That "chance of rain" a week from now? That's a lie they keep telling us to give Austinites enough hope that we don't start flinging ourselves off overpasses

Austin 10 day forecast is brutal and restless. They toss us a crumb of a chance of rain next Friday just so we don't despair but it's transparent lie and I'm despairing

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The sadness of watching the Austin weather bubble repel the rain

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Maybe Romulus should be your negotiator. He even gets pastry tax.

Close up of a tabby kitty face coming to assess a tax on whatever snack you may have. He has green eyes, a pink nose, and a white muzzle.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hedy and Romulus want in on this!

Blue pickup truck bed with several cat stickers pasted in.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Excellent idea with the @samindy4.bsky.social eggy and crinkly papers combo!

Tabby cat playing with red tissue paper. He has a bit sticking out of his mouth.

Tabby cat stalking a toy under red tissue paper. His crocheted egg toy is visible.

Tabby cat with his head and frony paws coming out from under red tissue paper to grab his crocheted fried egg toy.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Oh Bertie! So happy to see you. All is normal here with Romulus and Hedy. But how are you and Dade? How was your summer "vacation"?

Relaxed black cat on red bed on a low table looking out the window. Also on the table is a tabby sitting up with his back to the window facing the camera

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Ooh, twinsies! Though I'm sure Romulus thinks of it as a dog bed he comandeered.

Tabby curled in a croissant, snoozing away in a furry gray doughnut shaped bed.

Tabby cat on his back with his belly spots exposed. He's on a furry gray doughnut shaped bed using the rim as a headrest

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thank you for this important information! I better get busy appreciating Hedy extra today.

Black cat curled up on a colorful quilt. All her feet are in a stack. Lovely amber eyes peering out of a black mass of cat-shaped form

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Romulus is scootching in from stage left and he brings a cocktail for @peggypooneth.bsky.social

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It's a good thing I like okra. This week's haul.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm a bad/lazy photographer so mostly a lurker here, but I appreciate the plundercats so much! Such a fun, positive, loving place to take respite from the real world. I'm so attached to all the kitties and their humans.

Romulus the tabby, head back and mouth wide open, as if belting a power ballad.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I am similarly blessed. These are from my giant volunteer tomato bush.

Handful of 11 pea-sized red tomatoes. In the background is a turquoise colander full of more.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Let's check in on the little guy 6 years later. It's 1000 degrees and he's making sure I'm not chilly.

Gorgeous makerel tabby on mom's outstretched legs. His tail is on her belly and his frony paws are below her knees. He's looking over his right shoulder so we can see how he grew into his once comically late ears. They're still large, just no longer comically so.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#tbt of the first known pic of Romulus. It's his adoption photo. He was 10 weeks old and less than 2 lbs. Those ears always had bigger plans.

Tiny tabby kitty with comically large ears.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I'm sorry you're anxious. I've also had an uncharacteristically anxious day myself. Let's hope tomorrow is better. Here's Romulus drunk? with fun at his wine bottle scratcher.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Hedy (in lap) and Romulus (standing) live in Austin, Texas

Statue of Willie Nelson seated with his guitar, Trigger. Added images show Hedy, a blank cat, in loaf pose on his knee, and Romulus, a mackerel tabby, standing, and reaching toward Trigger.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Gah! Muther truckin skeeter inside the dat blamed house!

Meanwhile in Texas meme. A b&w drawing of a 50-ft mosquito in s city square carrying off a man while other men flee in terror.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

When Romulus was an babby I had an elder pup who had always wanted a kitty. Back then he was often wet from her licking!

Baby tabby being the little spoon to a big white pitty. They're spooning on the couch

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Mister Romuls will stay like this all afternoon for siesta close by. When he wakes, he'll come to my lap for a bath. #catsofbluesky tell me: Why isn't the bed a good place for a bath? How about the other bed? What makes humom's lap the preferred bath spot?

Sleeping tabby kitty curled like a croissant, snoozing away in a round gray furry doughnut bed.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Baby Romulus in the summer of covid.

Impossibly handsome, impossibly big-eared 3-m-o mackerel tabby kitten, draped over momb's shoulder. Mom is wearing a striped tank top. Kitty is facing the camera sideways with his white muzzle and eyeliner popping

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I did a double take and had to pat Romulus to make sure he wasn't moonlighting and your house. Good night Jinx, momb. And all the cats and their servants.

Tubby mackerel tabby cat curled up, smoozing on a pink, white, and orange quilt. His white chin is upturned and if you look closely you can see his mlep

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I have one like that! Hedy. Adopted from the shelter when she was about 5. Super skitty. She's gloriously comfortable and affectionate now. You can tell she was adored. I imagine her person died and she found herself homeless. I'm so happy she's with me.

Black, amber eyed beauty in loaf pose, facing the camera atop a cat tree

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here's my super social barnacle kitty, Romulus. He greets every visitor and lets them pick him up. He has a devoted following. They bring him presents. People aren't convinced i have a second cat.

Gorgeous mackerel tabby. Always close to momb.

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