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Paula

@mspmeyer.bsky.social
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Photos. Theatre. Baking. Reading. Films. Writing. Most of these things are constantly interrupted by Henry and Matilda the cats. Arsenal fan, so generally of uncertain mood. Cambridge, UK. She/her.

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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy #Caturday from Henry, who was just trying to get a photo opportunity in his favourite box when he was photobombed by his sister…
A large ginger and white cat sits in a box on its side, facing the camera. A muzzle and a set of whiskers encroach on the shot from the top left hand corner.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Henry is sad about the heatwave and disputes that lying *next to* a cooling mat is not the most logical approach to improving matters.
A large ginger and white cat lies on his back on the floor. He is next to a blue cooling mat, because he is a fool.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hey, Matilda! Do a nice pose for people for International Cat Day!
A small calico cat sits on a rumpled bed, back legs akimbo, one ear back, mouth open. It’s not her best look.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Always exciting to be editing your photos and find you’ve captured a horse eating a tiny person head-first.
A beautiful shire horse is pulling a plough driven by a man in a blue shirt and red braces. There are legs which look as if they are protruding from the horse’s mouth (that are actually from a man in shorts walking past).
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It is cooler today, so after days of over-heated lethargy, Matilda is full of beans…
A small calico cat is inside a grey play tunnel, staring out of the hole. Her eyes are wide, she is partially upside-down, her whole demeanour screams ‘menace’…
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A nice thing - King’s College harvests its wildflower meadow every year with beautiful horses and traditional equipment. I went to see it this morning.
A shire horse pulling a piece of equipment I do not know the name of, shamefully - in the background there are orange flowers on a climbing plant; one man leads the horse, another guides the equipment.A shire horse walks in front of the main door of King’s College Chapel.A shire horse walks towards me across the wildflower meadow.A shire horse stands in the wildflower meadow in the shadow of King’s College Chapel.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Cambridge was looking pretty this morning.
A view from a bridge over the river Cam, under a bright blue sky. A few people are sitting on the wall of Trinity Hall and there are several punts on the river. No one has yet fallen off their punt, but it was early.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ooh, a hydration break… #thefootball
My ginger and white cat Henry drinking out of the tap.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I realise that the football and the heat have combined forces to render me a mere shell of the woman I once was.
A close up of a smart watch showing a decrease in sleep duration from 6hrs 48mins to 5hrs 13mins average for the week. I am a wreck, I tell you. A wreck.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We have been looking after my daughter’s cat this week while she and her wife are away, and being 95% fluff, Mimi has thoughts on this heat…
A Ragdoll cat lies on a pale duvet - she has been caught mid-meow so she looks as if she is wailing…  A close up of the wailing Ragdoll’s face…
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Matilda has had enough of the heatwave.
A smallish calico cat lies on her back on a cooling mat. It is not elegant.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In which Henry does not understand the bladeless fan and attempts to catch the air coming out of it…🤦🏼‍♀️
A large ginger and white cat raises a paw to bat the air coming out of a black bladeless fan. We love him, but really.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
My view at 6am today. Because even in a heatwave, Matilda does not believe in personal space.
A calico cat lies upside down on a duvet - the photo is taken looking down the bed, by the poor, squashed soul in there at the time.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
For #Caturday, a selection of things that Henry likes to do in the heat.
A large ginger and white cat is asleep.A large ginger and white cat is asleep in a slightly different position.A large ginger and white cat is asleep in another slightly different - well, you get the idea.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Just told Henry he needs to step up and be Prime Minister. He was initially surprised but I explained about Wes Streeting and now he’s fully on board and ready to serve.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So either I ordered a sofabed which came today or Henry met a genie and wished for the biggest cardboard box in the world.
A large ginger and white cat sits on top of a huge cardboard box. He cannot believe his luck.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
We have spent the long weekend so far redecorating the daughter’s old bedroom and miraculously, Matilda is not green…
A small calico cat sits in front of a freshly-painted green wall. Her myriad calico colours are entirely devoid of green paint. Those of us who know Matilda acknowledge this as an Easter miracle.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I feel sad that the US does not have the joy of faffing.
A screenshot of the NYT Spelling Bee, asserting that ‘faffing’ is not a word.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I accept that Henry’s big handsome face cannot improve the news, but it’s still nice to look at, so I offer it here.
A great big ginger and white cat lies on his side and stares into the camera with big golden eyes. His whiskers are magnificent. He is not the sharpest knife in the kitchen drawer and his expression confirms this - but he’s big and squishy and improves almost any situation.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Henry has strong feelings about me trying to watch the figure skating tonight.
A large ginger and white cat stands on a laptop keyboard, completely obscuring the screen with his considerable bulk.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Daffodils and snowdrops and hellebores, oh my - on this 275th and final day of January, some hope of spring for my fellow SAD-sufferers out there, from Anglesey Abbey this morning!
A group of bright yellow daffodils, with plentiful greenery.A group of snowdrops, in sun and dappled shade.A single white hellebore, with beads of dew on the petals.A pretty pink blossom - maybe verbena? I should have looked this up before doing the alt text…
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
For #SquirrelAppreciationDay, a chonky chap I met a few years ago…
A really very chubby grey squirrel. Seriously, this guy is not shy at the buffet.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Matilda and I thought we’d watch a little tennis in bed.
It’s dark, but a laptop is showing the Australian Open tennis - this is a close-up of Cameron Norrie. The back view of a cat is in front of the keyboard, her ears lit by the glow of the screen, which she is watching.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I call this one ‘Just Looking…’.
A small calico cat sits on the arm of a grey sofa looking up at a decorated Christmas tree. While currently blameless, she is clearly plotting.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The girls came round to open their wedding presents. Matilda was a big fan.
A small calico cat sits in the middle of a pile of gold, silver and white wrapping paper. A small calico cat stares straight at the camera, appalled at the suggestion that the wrapping paper might need to be cleared away.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Yesterday the daughter married her girlfriend. It was a completely wonderful day - plus I am now a mother-in-law which is obviously a very young and hip thing to be…
Two young women in wedding dresses hold hands - there are bubbles in the air all around them as a confetti substitute. One has red hair and carries a bouquet of predominantly red flowers, the blonde woman holds a white one with winter foliage. They are beaming.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Thank you so much!! It’s been such a lovely day - there was even a bit of sun! Here they are!
Two young women in wedding dresses, walking through a curtain of bubbles that served as confetti!
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Daughter’s wedding now nine days away. I am therefore baking sourdough for sanity.
Two really quite good-looking actually sourdough loaves on a cooling rack.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The daughter’s wedding is four weeks today and I’m ABSOLUTELY FINE.
An image of Freddie Mercury singing ‘I’m Going Slightly Mad’. He’s absolutely fine, too.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Henry helpfully demonstrating the essence of cats.
A large ginger and white cat lies in a battered cardboard box, next to a luxurious, and completely empty, cat bed.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I was a bit nervous before going to see Neil Hannon and the fantastic @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social in Cambridge last night. I’m a bit freaked out by crowds, but I’ve loved them for years and I’m so glad I went. It was absolutely brilliant. Thanks to Neil and the stunning band!
Neil Hannon playing guitar on stage with his band, with blue and green lighting behind. Slightly blurry, but I don’t care!
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
This weekend I am cat-sitting this ridiculous Botticelli Angel in feline form…
A huge Ragdoll cat faces the camera in a loaf shape, her huge blue eyes gazing upwards. She sits on a green duvet, her massive white paws just visible. Seriously, she’s so pretty it’s unfair.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Apologies for doing a bread post like it’s 2020 but I tried a new folding technique and my sourdough came out all perky so I just wanted to share.
Two loaves of very perky sourdough on a cooling rack.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Yesterday, exactly five years to the day after she matriculated as a new undergrad (pic 1), the daughter did it all over again before starting her PhD at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (pic 2). Very proud of her (and the increasing amounts of black cloth she gets to wear as the years go by!)
A young blonde woman stands in front of her college in a black academic gown.A slightly less young woman stands in front of her College gates wearing a rather more voluminous academic gown.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This photo popped up as a memory and I can’t remember whether the daughter’s small bears were re-enacting Romeo and Juliet or Much Ado. Sometimes home education was a lot of fun…
A collection of very small teddy bears are wearing assorted masks, clearly at a grand ball!
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
At Henry’s annual vet check yesterday, it was suggested that he might be a trifle portly. He is processing the news.
A large ginger and white cat sits with his paws neatly crossed. His expression is thoughtful (and maybe slightly hurt).
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
We moved some furniture around at the weekend and it has taken Henry FOUR DAYS to work out that he can still get up on the windowsill he likes.
A large ginger and white cat sits on a windowsill on a sunny day - he’s behind a grey curtain. His expression is sweet, and also incredibly dim. We love our dim cat very much.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
A heron feeling reflective in town tonight.
A heron sits on a river bank, there is a large tree behind them. Both the heron and the greenery are reflected in the water.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Punts, geese, sunshine, an absolute shitload of scaffolding - all of summer in Cambridge together in one shot…
A view over the River Cam - there are three double punts full of people in the foreground, plus three geese. The sky is a deep blue, and on the left of the picture is a whole building’s worth of scaffolding.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A pair of red kites has recently started sailing regularly over the garden - they make such a distinctive whistling noise (sort of weeoo-eeoo-eeoo, maybe?) and I have so far completely failed to take a decent picture of either of them.
A silhouette of a red kite against a grey and cloudy sky.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The sun is out, exams are over, it’s May Week, and Cambridge is letting its hair down…🎉☀️😎
A view of the Cam from a bridge - there are several punts, another bridge in the distance and groups of students sitting on the wall of Trinity Hall. It’s extremely sunny and the sky is blue with a few picturesque fluffy white clouds.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I made the cats, who are much too hot, a fun waterpark! The ice cubes melted in less than five minutes and Henry mostly drank it, but it provided a brief diversion…
A calico cat and a ginger and white cat are investigating a white washing-up bowl filled with water, several coloured ping pong balls and a blue rubber duck. The cats are mildly diverted.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Extremely rare footage of Matilda actually sitting on her cooling mat. Normally she sits on a horrible lumpy cushion she insists is her favourite bed, and glares grumpily at everyone because she is so hot…
A calico cat lies on a bright blue cooling mat. She is sprawled out, looking straight at the camera. My carpet really needs a hoover.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Sometimes Henry is too sleepy for playtime so we balance things on his head to make him feel he’s contributing.
A large ginger and white cat sits in a sphinx-like pose. A fluffy blue ball is balanced on his head. He is insouciant.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Once again I am an empty nester, as our baby blue tits fledged from the garden bird box this morning (it’s always during the late May bank holiday!). This pic was from a few years ago - this year’s family were much shyer!
A rather raggedy-looking blue tit parent brings a bright yellow caterpillar to their family in a wooden bird box.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
There is consternation about an ice cream van…
A small calico cat and a large ginger and white cat are staring out of the frame towards the window. They are sitting on a grey armchair with blue patterned cushions.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The approach of summer in Cambridge heralded by our first sighting of the Pimm’s punt.
A view over the Cam featuring several punts, one of which contains a large white crate of Pimm’s. It’s a very hot day and the sky is extremely blue.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Memories just threw up this photo from 2020 where the daughter somehow looks like a candidate on The Apprentice who’s designed a particularly brutal range of shape wear.
A young blonde woman in a bright red dress and bright red lipstick stands against a leafy green background. Her arms are crossed and she looks as if she means business.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Matilda is now an elegant lady, but is still as obsessed with admin as she was as a kitten.
A calico cat sits neatly with paws in front, on an unmade bed. A tiny calico kitten sits next to a notebook and pen on a desk.
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Paula @mspmeyer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My two idiots are three today! Henry is celebrating like this, but wants you to remember his glow-up from the sickly scrap we adopted…
A vast ginger and white cat lies on his back in the sun with a daft expression.A tiny, scruffy kitten with a hairless muzzle and flea bitten paws sits on a grey sofa. It is a pathetic sight!
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