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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s never a contest when there is a hedgehog.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Apparently Bertie is under the sofa. #Caturday

birds eye view of a rug and the front of a sofa with a small black and white paw sticking out from under the sofa

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Can confirm. We also have a specific “Thanksgiving nail” that is used to hammer holes in the top of the can in order to get it out in pristine condition. The holes allows for airflow to break the suction hold that can has on the cranberry sauce. Yes, you can use a knife but that’s less fun.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Aaaaaaaaauuuuuuuugggggghhhhh! I have just seen a Christmas ad on TV. 😡 It is not even midway through October people 🎃

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Apparently it was “Bring your tall wading water fowl to work Day”. We had both a great blue heron and an egret in the ponds today. I only managed to get an ok picture of the egret. I need a better camera!* The kids were convinced the egret was an albino flamingo 🤔. *phone (sigh)

A distant picture of an egret looking for snacks in a pond framed by reeds in the front and trees in the back. The reflection of the egret can be seen in the water and it is a gloriously sunny day.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Here are two turkeys on the way to work - on my way to work, I’m not sure where they were going. Happy October 🍁🍂

Two wild turkeys walking into the woods.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Here are some cows. 🐄 #cow

A herd of cows stand on the banks of a river at the bottom of a green hill with a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds behind. One cow stands in the river drinking and another stands in the river looking at the camera wondering what the heck I’m doing.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Saw this majestic gentleman at the pub. #notacat

Stocky terrier cross sitting at attention on a sofa diligently waiting for owner to return.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Ever feel like you are being watched? 😬 Friend has now been relocated outside 👍

Ginormous spider on ceiling over my favorite chair.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

“By popular demand and because we sorta like it too, we present again a photo of a station cat that appeared in publications throughout the country after The Dope Sheet let several thousands see how cute it was. It is guaranteed to cure the mulligrubs.”

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

“The Dope Sheet offers this as its pin-up of the day, aiming to give one and all a pick-up for the new week. We think we’ve hit the bull’s eye. S’funny, though, how cute a kitten can be and how sorry a cat is.”

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

On the back of the picture are the original photo and newspaper clippings from the on board newspaper of the kitten.

Picture of the back of the painting which has two newspaper clippings and a photo taped to the back. The photo is a black and white image of a cat and her kitten from which the oil painting was based. The two newspaper clippings are from “The Dope Sheet” a navy paper which shows pictures of the kitten a few of weeks older- one image is of her peering around a corner and the other is of her confidently striding towards the camera.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Not sure of the date but family lore has it that when my Great-grandfather was in the Navy (he was a chaplain) he took a picture of the ship’s cat soon after she’d given birth to a litter of kittens. Later my Great-grandmother made a painting from the photo, which I now have. #Caturday #caturday

Oil painting of a startled black cat with her back arched and her eyes wide open. Next to her is a newborn orange and white kitten with its eyes closed struggling awkwardly to get up.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Seen on way to work- Deer- 1 and this little guy who was really not bothered that I wanted to walk past him on the way to my car.

Chipmunk sitting on his haunches having a snack.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Yesterday was eventful! Seen on way to work *- Bears (2) Seen on way home- Turkeys (2) Deer (1) *technically hadn’t left home yet 😮

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Seen on way to work- (1) hot air balloon (4) deer (1) great blue heron Who knew a Tuesday could be interesting ?

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I didn’t realize until this morning how much stuff came home in my pockets yesterday. Yesterday was busy 🙄

Picture of pocket contents-
1 very small pocket knife
1 ear plugs
1 scissors
1 green ribbon
5 markers of various types
1 small wrench
1 ear buds
1 lip balm
2 AA batteries (dead)
1 watercolor pencil
1 #2 pencil

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Turkeys seen on the way to work (1) #turkey

View from a car of make turkey puffed up in defiance on the side of the road.

Close up of previous shot.
He’s not best pleased.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Going into the weekend on a big high 🥺😃

A student’s pencil drawing of a tree with no leaves and a heart next to it. The words, Thank you for being an amazing theater teacher are at the top.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#PortraitChallenge Smudgey fun 😶‍🌫️ Portrait of a young woman, drawn with pastels on paper by Federico Barocci, sometime between 1585-1590

Copy of a close up portrait of a woman’s head in three quarter view looking to the right, done in charcoals and pastel.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/04/2025

This is Autumn. She was born without one paw. Gets along just fine with three, but still sometimes uses a prosthetic leg when she wants to blend in. 13/10

a small dog wearing a black and orange bandana, collar, and leash sits on a leafy dirt path and looks up at us with large brown eyes. she's white with brown spots on her ears and eyes. she has brown speckles on her left paw, and her right paw is actually a bright orange webbed duck foot. she likes to have fun with her prosthetics.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

…and then I had his older sister. It never hurts to retell a good joke. 👍

A pair of “brownies” - two brown construction paper E’s.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A kindergartener brought in a treat for class 😂

An E cut out of brown construction paper - making it a brownie.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Remarkably good day yesterday in Ulverston visiting with friends. ☀️

A comerant sitting in the sun on the lower part of an old wooden canal lock

Two swans not bothered by pedestrians relaxing in the sun. I’m not used to being so close to a swan without them being grumpy about it.

View from below looking up at “The Hoad” - a lighthouse shaped monument to Sir John Barrow, with a blindingly blue sky behind it.

View of a singular park bench surrounded by daffodils with Morecombe Bay and the hills of the Lake District as the background.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Early-mid-late forties 🎈

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Cookies/Biscuits should count #caturday

On a blue and green floral plate there are shortbread biscuits in the shape of cats and a fish with the words “purr”, “meow”, “kitty” and “snack” stamped on them.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Starting to look like spring. 🌷

Close up picture of crocuses. The internet tells me they are “early crocuses”. They are a very pretty open petal purple flower with a yellow center. It’s good to learn something every day isn’t it?

View over a hedge to see lambs with their mums in a field.

View of rocky rushing water - bigger than a brook but smaller than a river - framed by trees with no leaves. I enjoy that in early spring everything has a yellow-green glow.

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

ONLY 16 MORE SLEEPS UNTIL INTERNATIONAL PENCIL DAY.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Warm enough for eating ice cream outside ☀️ (There is no temperature restriction on my eating ice cream inside.)

Picture of two dishes of ice cream in the sunshine on a picnic table.
(It was consumed before it melted.)

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Always nice to come back to come back to my desk and discover the cupcake monster fairy has been to visit 🧌

Picture of a cupcake decorated with orange frosting 2 big teeth and two eyes - one of which is a black eye. Yumm!

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Posting old work on new space 🦋 😃👋 #illustration

Illustration of nursery rhyme-
Three men from Gotham went to sea in a bowl
If the bowl had been stronger my tale would be longer.
Inset circle with illustration of 3 large men in a bowl in choppy seas framed by evening view of still waters with mountain background and full moon.
The text is above the inset circle and the last line curls around the circle and ends up in the water.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Current view of lap. I need to get going but he’s purring. Obviously trapped for the foreseeable future. Send more coffee! #caturday

Picture of a black cat happily purring on a lap.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Happy Lunar New Year! 1st and 2nd grade clay projects. #snake #yearofthesnake

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The hardest part was figuring out the spacing for the slots and the images. I did quite a bit of math that ended up not being helpful. It was easier to cut a strip of paper for both the ID and OD and to the fold the paper evenly by halves to get the correct spacing measure.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I ended using a round headed pin through the plastic lid as the pivot point.

View into zoetrope in which the cartoon strip of paper can be seen.

Image of strip of paper on table used inside zoetrope for animation. It is next to the two different half oatmeal cartons.

Bottom view - plastic carton lid with a round headed pin.

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Have been low level obsessed w the idea of making a zoetrope and as I finally got through the big carton of oatmeal, I thought I would give it a go… #animation #illusion #zoetrope

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Realized I should have saved this for #caturday

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Sarah @smism.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Did some sewing with Pre-K. Massive amounts of fun!

Paper cutout hearts and stars that have been colored with crayons and then have yarn sewn in regular and (mostly) irregular patterns.

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