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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels

@pavlovcat.bsky.social

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She/her. Michigander, AuDHD - Living with POTS, MCAS, celiac, & perimenopausal rage. Fuck fascists. Free Palestine. Your 1 stop shop for TMI, soap box diatribes, native plant nerdery, cats, and cross-stitch. I only repost images with alt-text.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · Mar 8

🌱🌿 Five Things You Can Do To Save the Butterflies:

1. Stop using pesticides and herbicides (unless you're trying to manage aggressive invasive species). Everything else I list will be designed to attract life to your yard and that's pretty pointless if you kill them after they arrive.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 2h

I'm sure there will be future weird dreams that are related. My subconscious is doing its own shadow work and uses dreams to provide progress updates.

Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 4h

I went from 11 ct. aida to 40 ct. linen because I'm afflicted with a similar form of delusion. Now 40 ct. is my favorite, so it worked out!

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Pin and Stitch @pinandstitch.bsky.social · 19h

Have had a bit of a hiatus with my needlework for health reasons and it's been months since I felt well enough to pick up a project.

But today, I finally finished my #blackwork from @loosethreadstitch.bsky.social

Photograph of a blackwork embroidery depicting a stem of pink and white orchids, with green buds at the top of the stem. The blackwork is stitched on deep green Aida fabric.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 4h

Love the color gradient!

Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 4h

I love that fabric and I'm sorry for your loss.

Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 4h

I've stitched three gifts and hated every minute. Somehow women especially have had it drilled into their heads that even their hobbies should benefit other people.

Now I only stitch for me.

Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 7h

Lol. It was out of character for mine.

Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 7h

My impetigo was a white boogery looking scab that closed the whole nostril (I'm having flashbacks - it was so embarrassing), but yeah it definitely wouldn't have looked like a white bead.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 8h

My test parcel to the US went fine - sat at customs a couple of days then zipped to destination.

But I'd really like to get an order or two in next couple of days so I have more data on best way to handle things before Xmas rush.

Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 16h

Looking for a little magic? I'm slowly adding more labradorite pendants, and US shipping is open once more - it may be slower than usual, but nothing has changed on your side (the tariff stuff all gets sorted at my post office).

oishiny.etsy.com

#Handmade #ShopIndie

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 8h

Impetigo? I had that in my nostril a couple times as a kid.

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Philip and Rollie TF, rememberer of Aggie @ripperelse.bsky.social · 10h

Please share spooky Halloween scores -- instrumental movie scores of spookiness / fun / scares. Can't go wrong with Halloween itself. Candyman, too!

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 10h

I knew within a few days because all I wanted to eat was salami (I didn't like salami) and the dog wouldn't stop shoving his nose in my crotch.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 10h

realized there was a war taking place and I wasn't yet powerful enough to protect myself. So I fled and tried using my powers to hide as much as I could. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. I woke up during the pursuit. It was exhilarating and terrifying all at once.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 10h

used the power. Just with my focused intentions I could cause people to forget I was there, alter their movements, etc. But it was a struggle to maintain enough focus and my "spells" would quickly fade. Which became a problem quickly as another women with the same power began attacking me and I

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 10h

I had a weird dream last night. It wasn't lucid but it had one moment of me thinking in the dream "this is just like when I could fly."

A woman (a witch?) pulled me aside and told me that I had a special power to affect the people around me. The moment she said it I knew it was true and immediately

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 12h

The amount of neurodivergent and disabled children who are about to be abandoned, traumatized, and funneled toward homelessness, addiction, poverty, and crime is truly horrifying.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13h

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
10:21 AM • 10/11/25 • 2.1K Views

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 12h

Well maybe this conversation was a way for your dad to say hello.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 12h

Awwww

Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 13h

Orange Boi seems to have taken up full residence in our yard. He patrols the stream bank like barn cat Bean used to so I'm calling him Pinto. Miss 12 says it should be Edamame or Eddie for short. Votes welcome.

He's not as skittish as the other two. Sauntered away from husband instead of bolting.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 14h

When I die, I hope I can haunt my yard and watch all the tiny trees I planted grow. And if anyone tries to cut them down I'll go full on poltergeist.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 14h

It was the 10th anniversary of my mom's death this past week. Yay for my conscious mind not fixating on it this year but the body always remembers.

Kate, Queen of the Squirrels @pavlovcat.bsky.social · 1d

My body just decided I needed to feel my heartbeat in every extremity.

My symptoms have really ramped up the last couple weeks. I thought it was anxiety about the OBGYN appt but that's come and gone and things are not settling down. Dizzy spells, vasovagal stuff, lots of gut cramps. I'm baffled.