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The CatWirks

@stormybailey.bsky.social

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home of Snow, the Snowshoe cat. @snowshoememphis.bsky.social, where I nap, write, bend wire, string beads, paint, draw, drink coffee and occasionally wash dishes. She and I are slowly socializing feral kittens. All photos mine unless indicated.

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 23h

Tabouli & Denzel finally trust me. Tabs' tail serves as a chastity belt but she rolled belly up last week. Def a little femme. Yesterday was 1st time she did not flinch when I stroked her back. Denzel has a long battle scar on left rear leg. First feral to let me pet him. Healing for us all 💕

young gray tabby girl and deep silky black boi eating from their own individual paper bowls, one can of food each with a third can ready if they ask for it.

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 3d

I will miss those [447633-warm-summer-nights].

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 4d

My first year in 5 to welcome trick-or-treaters, 3 little ones and 3 big ones (16, I think). I had 4 cats (Denzel loved them), 1 Care Bear and 1 princess who thought the whole thing was suspicious. I couldn't remember where I put the candy so I gave out snack size Fritos. They were a hit.

vintage illustration of three black cats summoning spirits with a Ouija board.

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 5d

your guide to Halloween baking.

a dozen individually baked chocolate chip cookies with issues identified by caption: control, baked too long, too much baking soda, melted butter, ionized plasma butter, live scorpions, haunted, too much chanting, not enough chanting, sentient oven, too much flour

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 5d

I want this art on a shirt. This is the best portrait of me that I have ever seen. <3

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 7d

I just always assumed the reason he dances that way is he doesn't want to dislodge the poo in his diaper.

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 8d

After a summer of doctors/vet visits, Snow and I are glad for autumn! After a year of socializing my ferals, I am able to actually pet them! Beautiful voids Spike, Denzel and Jimi show up for meals with sweet, shy gray tabby, Tabs. Bonding with her has been slow but no one can resist me for long.

young black cat named Spike, waiting patiently while I prepare his dinner. He likes to sit on the edge of this planter where the oxalis is thriving. He knows he is photogenic and is proud to have his picture taken.

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Snow Days @snowshoememphis.bsky.social · 8d

Hello, friends! I missed you! 😸 I got really sick this summer and lost weight. I thought my time was up. But Stormy took me to the vet a few times and helped me get well. So I'm back on the job as Stormy's aide and front door sentry. But food and naps are still my first priority. #TheSnowPlace #cats

Snow the Snowshoe cat, sunny side up on the bed.

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 12d

O Canada. You cannot tweak the nose of the emperor with no clothes. (But thank you. Maybe it'll buy a clue for the Reaganites.)

What the Ronald Reagan ad that got Trump so angry was really all about | CNN Business

President Donald Trump has canceled trade negotiations with Canada over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-tariff speech delivered by conservative hero and former President Rona...

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · 12d

I just have to say out loud to the world that the destruction of the East Wing of the White House has caused me heartache not since the death of David Bowie. Something in America has died. Not sleeping, dead. I will mourn this for a long time.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Apr 27

A Jane Austen cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Microdosing Jane Austen at the Office

Panel 1: A woman sits at a desk which has a computer and a coffee on it. She says
"I read a line or two of her writing every hour to keep a mild Regency buzz throughout the day."

Panel 2: In a conference room with colleagues, she says
"Meetings take on the thrill and romance of a glamorous ball."

Panel 3: Typing at her computer she says
"My emails are elegant, formal and heaving with restrained passions."

Panel 4: "I glance demurely at eligible suitors as I daintily nibble a pret sandwich." she says as she looks across at three men at a different table.

Panel 5: She leaves the office and says "It's not all been positive: on Tuesday I read a whole page, and before I knew it, I'd declined three proposals, danced several quadrilles and scandalously revealed an ankle!"

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · Apr 22

"A scar is a sign of strength…the sign of a survivor. "

Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Apr 23

I spent several days wondering if we have two gray tabbies or just one. This is Diva. If she is the only one, then she is a shape shifter.

Snow looks for her all day. Snow lets me know when porch food needs replenishing. Diva is family, whether she likes it or not. But I suspect that she does. <3

closeup of young female gray tabby cat with distinct white markings and gorgeous black "eyeliner"

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Apr 10

if I saw you coming I would surrender immediately. 😎

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Apr 7

the biggest game of chicken I have ever seen.

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Apr 7

remiscent of Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks."

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Apr 1

George was out back by the old shed.
I stepped out to say hi.
He got ready to bolt but didn't.

Then at the front door,
George was waiting!
How could he run that fast?

Back to the kitchen for cat food.

OMG, there are two Georges!

I have another black kitten!

Young adult with older kitten, both solid black. George is on the left. They are looking at a car that just parked across the street. Driver is exiting the car with a dog on a leash. George stood his ground but his mini-me was too scared to stick around.

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Apr 1

thank you for introducing me to a new litho technique! Looks like fun! <3

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Mar 25

I am breaching my own policy for a minute. I am so embarrassed. On so many levels. About so many things. But most of them about what passes for government in my country.

Rant ends here.

This has been a Public Service Announcement. Or not.

A 1989 quote by Pete Hamill, former editor in chief of the New York Daily News.
Subtext reads, "The above quote by Pete Hamill was written in 1989 after then citizen Trump took out full-page ads calling for New York State to adopt the death penalty following the arrest of black and Latino teenagers
in the Central Park Five rape case.

"The boy showed us his cards then.
But we were too busy counting our chips."

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Mar 25

I'm pretty sure that she does. Snow is the mother of us all.

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Mar 24

But it was "good TV." Ratings probably through the roof. And Hegseth looks good on camera.

It's kind of scary that I have learned how to think with his brain.

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Mar 24

Snow saying her prayers.

Snow Days @snowshoememphis.bsky.social · Mar 24

It's good to have a catitude of gratitude. Be sure to thank your humans whenever you can. #SnowDays #SnowshoeCat #CatsOfBluesky #FureverHome

Snowshoe cat with her head in woman's hand and her paw wrapped around the woman's forearm.

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The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Mar 23

I am addicted to it. I have a couple of sites who publish it daily and I am there for it.

The CatWirks @stormybailey.bsky.social · Mar 23

the area sirens just sounded. Thunderstorm coming in like a bomb. Head for shelter. Half a banana for scale. #weirdweather
#bringyourpetsin #MemphisWeather