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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Catten have fleas which means All The Laundry which means I had an excuse to do the duvet cover replacement comparison: which is better, envelope or burrito? Report: Envelope is faster for me doing it alone, but burrito is SO worth it for the entertainment value of Being Helped By Cats.

Pre-duvet-dressing shot of two tabby cats laying on a bed with a rumpled duvet cover kicked diagonally across the naked and stained duvet.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Eclipse of the moon. August 2026

A very blurry partial eclipse photo. Just a dark field with moon in the center, the bottom half of which is kinda reddish. Shit photo, taken through a window, but that's what you get on the volunteer interwebs.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ruffles would like you to check out my debut space opera novel, A Dubious Hope. Link in my pinned post. Thank you, Bree.

A tabby kitten curled comfortably on a bed with a trade paperback behind him looks curiously at the camera. The paperback has an illustration of a young girl looking out a spaceship port at a planet below. The kitten and the young girl are back to back.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Yay!!! I dug through my photos for you--this was taken in Eastern Oregon roughly a decade ago. First time I'd seen a skink in ages and I was just as excited.

Blue-tailed skink facing away from the camera, on faded avocado-green shag carpet. The skink has a black back flanked with yellow racing stripes from head to tail base. The tail is a shockingly vivid blue hue.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The boys missed me (home from a 10-day writing retreat).

Two tabbies sprawl on a robed lap. One has his face buried on his brother's shoulder, the other stretches his white front legs along his bro's tummy. They are asleep.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Drying sheets without a clothesline when it's too hot to run the dryer (99F and 7 percent humidity)

Angled view of damp clean sheets draped over furniture on a carpeted floor. A glimpse of another draped sheet can be seen at top right. It's not a glamour shot.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

They would NEVER (in a heartbeat) steal your breakfast. #SnackPack #cats

Two tabby teen cats in a lap are intently focused on something (yogurt cup) directly below the camera. They are adorable, one laying his head on his brothers's back for a better view.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

TYPICAL frog crabs, @merriam-webster.com ? As opposed to an Atypical frog crab? For that matter, who has been crossing frogs and crabs? ... This is going to send me down a rabbit hole I'm totally going to regret.

A snapshot of a Merriam-Webster definition of RANINA: the type genus of Ranindae comprising typical frog crabs.
Raninian, adjective or noun.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Forgot the pet tax. Also envious of his ability to fall asleep so swiftly.

Tabby cat closeup: curled on his side, forelegs folded in front of his face, absolutely sound asleep in his human's lap.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I don't touch grass, I let my fur kids force me to do deep breaths and release my jaw. I mean, look at this. And now he's dreaming, chittering in his sleep. Awwwww.

Closeup of a tabby cat sound asleep, lower leg stretched over his forehead and visible ear, foreleg tucked under his widdle white chin.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Just look at that disdainful side eye. (His nap was disturbed by the photographer.) May your rest periods this week be undisturbed.

Closeup of an annoyed tabby cat, visible eye slitted and pupil shifted to the camera.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It bloomed and I was home to see it!!!!!! (This plant. Loves to grace me with its huge blooms when I'm out of town).

Confusion of sepals (?) above a very viened petal (Japanese iris)

Bamboo and baby's breath for size reference, iris bloom in lower center right, bud at center top.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#caturday Two of the Snack Pack trio enjoying a Saturday morning.

Two tabby cats curled around each other, sound asleep on a chair swathed in claw-protecting blankets, so relaxed they are forehead-down, throat exposed in slumber.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

So annoyed. This is a valve box. It contains valves that control the water flow to an irrigation system. WHY IS IT FULL OF DIRT. Second pic is after I troweled out a bushel of dirt. Someone thought this was good protection from freezing. The electric wires and I *deeply* disagree.

A confusing photo. There are day lilies top right. A fountain top left. A leather glove lays on the dry grass to the bottom left. The subject in question, a black plastic box set into the ground that should contain valves, is filled almost to the top with... dirt.

Closeup of a valve box, half excavated from the annoying pile of soil, showing the tops of four valves and the water pipes they control. Also visible are the maze of wires that truly should not have been buried in dirt.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Spring is moving into early summer, says the foxglove. You know, in case you wondered what the foxglove says...

Closeup of white foxglove blossoms, speckles disappoint up into the bell. Other blooms are in the background.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The reason I can't go to the bathroom for the past hour. #cats #SnackPack

Tabby boy curled up on a grey fluff blanket, tail touching his forehead, one paw stretched over his tail tip. He is completely relaxed and snoozing.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Cheeto is messing with powers he does not understand. @kbspangler.com

Tabby cat in the process of trying to bite the nose of a grey and white stuffed koala toy, also known as Speedy from A Girl And Her Fed.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"Surely you would not deny starving kitties a mere taste of your lunch?!?" Yes, they got yeeted from the table immediately after photographic evidence was taken. #snackpack #CanIEatInPeaceDamnit #cats

Two tabbies sit on a wooden table, one pretending to studiously ignore and the other staring fixedly at a plate containing a sandwich.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"Surely you don't plan to eat ALL that cheese by yourself?" Cheeto, this morning . #cats #snackpack #CanIEatInPeaceGoddamnIt

Tabby cat, forelegs planted on a lap blanket, staring longingly at something to the photographer's left (a plate of apple and cheddar offscreen). He is so intent that he is sitting on his brother, who is unimpressed in the background.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Attended a lovely wedding this weekend, having a slow start to my Monday. You've already seen enough bad news. Have a cat picture. #snackpack #cats

Two tabby cats sprawled asleep on a blanket in photographer's lap. One lays across the person's hips and the other between his person's legs, head on his brother's back.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

A break in the writing routine to shake things up. #amrevising #writing

Heart-shaped art in the foam of a small cup on a grey saucer, sitting on a white table next to a notepad and pen.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Sleep soundly and with abandon, Bluesky.

Tabby cat sprawled on a fuzzy-blanket-covered chair, his hindquarters upside down and his front half twisted so his head is on its side. His widdle forepaws are curled under his chin and his back legs stick straight up with limp paws. He's just adorably relaxed and sound asleep.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I call this masterpiece "Oatmeal, The Coveting." #cats #thesnackpack #pushycats

Bottom three-quarters of the picture is the blurry forehead and eye of a juvenile tabby cat, intently staring at something just below the camera. Between his ears another tabby is visible, seeking a way past his brother, next to the spine of a third boycat doing the same, so the entire image is basically three cats crowding their way toward the oatmeal bowl under the camera, just to show the viewer what it's like trying to eat breakfast here.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If you see this, post a pic without context (but with alt text).

Faint rainbow arises from behind a building against a somber cloud, and arches sharply upward, disappearing into a blue sky.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

At the Everyone Can Write Poetry session (Yes, You) session. #NWC48.

Five panelists, two in costume, sit at a long table and prepare for a poetry discussion.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Poets play with the close caption machine during READING OTHER PEOPLE'S POETRY at Norwescon. #NWC48.

Poets lean over a table to see what shows up from their speech.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

At "Reading Other People's Poetry" on the first day of Norwescon with @docnock.bsky.social on the panel. #NWC48

A woman sitting at a table with a microphone looks askance at the photographer. She is wearing a purple Norwescon lanyard, a raven pendant and a brown shirt, and sitting behind a name plate that says Larina Warnock.

Larina Warnock grins at the audience from a panelist's seat before a poetry event. She gestures with both hands.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Ooo. My order from the Etsy shop West of Expression arrived today. Gorgeous! Guess I have stories to write.

Two polished rock slices on a wooden table with a business card in front. Rock on left is a pocketed quartz-like white matrix utterly rife with tiny clear crystals, right rock is a banded thunder egg style in gorgeous browns to clear crystals in the center. Card in front reads "West of Expression, solid rock inspiration."

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I went to look to find out what version it was and it turned out my memory is crap. I thought they were urban decay? But they say Physicians formula.

A pic of two eyeliner sticks, saying "physicians formula" one black, one bronze, backside says warm nude eyes. A makeup box is open in the background.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I do not know what the coming months will bring. Life is very uncertain especially now. But. I planted peas today. So at least there will be fresh pea pods in my future. Have you planted any small joys for yourself lately? It takes less time than you think and future you will be grateful.

A semi-blurry picture of purple crocuses, not quite open yet, the nearest one nodding to the camera. There are brown leaves and other bulb leaves in the background.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

#caturday I am so catted right now I had to ask for a drink.

Two snoring tabby brothers, one with his paws leaning up on the other's back. The cat closest to the lens is curled up and the one leaning on his back is stretched out.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I have work to do!! I need to use the bathroom! But could YOU disturb this adorable creature?

A tabby teen kitten sleeps in my lap, one paw curled over his ear.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

IPHONE USER WARNING: my last update appears to have turned LOCATION ON for ALL PHOTOS. You might want to disable that. We are having an otherwise calm, no-news morn. Ruffles tries very hard to ignore his brother Frito, who has possession of the new catnip mouse.

Tabby teenager lounges, front legs stretched in front of him, on a fuzzy blanket. His ears are slightly back and he has a mildly irritated expression. In the background another tabby plays with a toy mouse.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A moment of peace in the household.

Two tabby teenagers curl around one another and nap, facing in opposite directions. The white-nosed one in front has his tail curled over his white feetsies, while the darker tabby lounges with one arm stretched along his brother's back.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Made five calls. Now a small moment of contentment before the next thing.

Tabby teen kitten with long white stocking and a white chest and snout lounges on a fluffy blanket. He's almost asleep, eyes closed, forelegs stretched in front of him.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Another real photo. Good night, 2025.

Salmon-colored sunset over a calm ocean, shot from a hillside. Lights of the coastal town below on the left, silhouettes of evergreens reaching into dusk-grey scuddering clouds on both edges.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

search your first name + “glamour shot” I skipped the more recent celebrity shots for this one.

Black and white photo of Vera-Ellen White, in a fitted strapless dark dress airborne white petticoats and a white lace ruffle high on the skirt.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

My evening has been lovely. This boy and a brother have been keeping me company. The snorons are loud.

Young tabby cat coiled up with one paw over his head, snoozing on a lap blanket.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

These kittens work so HARD at being asleep. Never seen the like. Ruffles, as an example.

Front half of a tabby kitty with his eyes and face scrunched up, falling asleep.

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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I'm not sure I could be more comfortable. Actually, I could use a drink. Which is across the room. But I'm not disturbing the sleeping kitten just for my comfort. Sigh.

Young tabby kitty sprawled on his side with his mostly cream chin exposed like an adorable little beast.

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