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Veronica
@veronicaf.bsky.social
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She/Her. Soapmaker. I foster lots of cats, and have a soft spot for ferals and feral rehab. Autistic/ADHD. Disabled-cEDS. Tasmanian. Lost everything in a house fire, Nov '24

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Kittens are pretty good though. Carolina is leading the way and squashing her brother into submission.
A small tabby kitten is sitting on top of a grey cat cave, which is collapsed under her weight. You can see me lifting an edge to show her brother's tabby face, just peeking out from inside the squashed cave.
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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I got my first invoice from the builder today and I have spent the last three hours hyperventilating.

Like yes, there is insurance money to rebuild the house but omfg this is A LOT of money at once.

And we are BARELY started.

PSA for today: Make sure you are fully insured. Properly.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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RELEASE ME.

AM NOT CRIMBINAL.

DO NOT DESERVE JAIL.
A small tabby kitten clings to the bars of her crate, showing off her incredible spotty belly. She is screaming and I'm almost sure you can hear it through the photo.
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Snow storm on Brinkrow End Terrace
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Winnie remains small and ridiculously cute.
A very very adorable grey kitten curled up and sleepy in a white fluffy bed.
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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OMG this FACE.

Cayenne was NOT thrilled with my presence this morning. I made it worse by laughing and baby talking him.
A small tabby kitten, with his ears sideways and back, glaring utter daggers at me as I scratch his chin and cheek. He is furious. He is hissy! He might be enjoying it a teeny bit but his face does not share that sentiment. His tabby sister is looking at my hand like "but you could pat me?" She is just behind him.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Day two of the spicy babies. Carolina purrs a lot once she relaxes, and Cayenne had a little purr for me too.

They're playing and eating and calling for all the big cats to come rescue them.
Two tiny tabby kittens inside a grey fluffy cave. Carolina at the front is basically squashing her brother into the shadows at the back.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Churu really is miracle treats.

Please welcome Carolina (squashed) and Cayenne (squashing), our little spicy babies.

And thank you to @perclexed.bsky.social for suggesting chili names.
Two very small tabby kittens. Carolina, on the right of the photo, is tentatively licking at the churu tube I am holding, while her brother Cayenne squashes her into the bed so he can also get into the churu.
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Sabine update! She has decided sitting on the couch within patting distance is acceptable!

I am SO proud of her.
I am sitting on a blue stripe covered couch, and you can just see my hip. About 25cm away sits Sabine, a black cat with a white splash on her chest. She is letting me stroke her cheeks and chin while we sit quietly.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Little spicy babies!

Little boy at the front and little girl in the back. I've shown them the joy of churu, and I'll probably leave them to decompress a bit.
Two small tabby kittens inside a grey cat cave. The kitten at the front has churu on his nose and he is licking churu from a tube I am holding.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Apparently bleach scented fingers are catnip for Winnie. I'm typing one handed while she chomps me.

(I washed my hands with soap twice, so she should be safe)
A small grey kitten intently clutching my fingers with her paws while she chews on my fingertips. Winnie, a grey kitten, is attempting to fit my entire pointer finger in her mouth while she frantically clutches my hand so I can't move it. She's very chompy but carefully not being too rough.
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Sabine is SO MAD. I picked up her front legs and held her hostage and KISSED HER LITTLE HEAD.

She's been angrily grooming herself for five minutes now.

(But she didn't hit me!)
A very glorious black cat with a white splash on her chin. She's sitting on the front of an armchair and her eyes are very wide and very green.
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Shhhhhhhhhh but I have some spicy babies coming today. The rescue is doing kitten math as they wait for remaining littermates to be trapped, so I'm taking 2 and the third is being paired with a friendly little guy.
Three very scared and spicy looking tabby kittens, huddled in the back of a cabinet. They have a light green fluffy blanket to keep them snuggly.
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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OPHELIA SAT STILL!

I mean, right before and after this she was using my stomach as a wrestling ring to play with her sister, but look at how pretty she is.
A very very pretty kitten sitting up tall. She is tabby and white, and has a little pink nose and very excellent white whiskers.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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She's so pretty.

I am aware I share more photos of Winnie than Ophelia lately. It's because Winnie is very content to be a chill little lap baby and Ophelia is a chaos demon who won't sit still for photos.
A very glorious little grey kitten, lit from the side by the afternoon sun, making the whole photo very dramatic. She has one paw stretched out with claws in my leg and she had been chewing my knee.
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Yesterday afternoon, watching the chickens and gravel trucks come in and out was serious business.

Meg was clearly slacking at her job, but Tom and Crumpet were on it.
Three cats in front of a sliding glass door. Tom and Crumpet, both tabby cats, are sitting up tall, and looking inside the room towards me as I take the photo. They have identical expressions on their face which say "wtf are you doing bothering us, this is important supervising!" Meg, a black cat, is lounging, sprawled at their feet with one paw on a scratching pad. She is unbothered. Living her best life in the sunshine with a red cat ball between her back paws.
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Winnie is the cutest. Unbothered by the site traffic. Living her best life. Tried to steal my dinner. A++ kitten.
A small sleepy grey kitten gazing at me from her bed on clean towels. She is ridiculously pretty and has green eyes.
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Tom has decided he probably doesn't need to supervise the building ground works today, and has returned to his favourite spot in front of the door to watch chickens instead.
A mostly ticked tabby cat lounged on the mat in front of my glass sliding door. He looks very put out by me disturbing him to take a photo.
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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The kittens have discovered the towel storage box.

Winnie is unimpressed with me bothering them. How dare.
Two very cute kittens sitting inside a plastic container filled with folded towels. Ophelia, a white and tabby kitten is sitting up and looking very very cute. Winnie, a grey kitten, was asleep behind Ophelia and I woke her up. She is giving me an excellent glare. The box lid is latched at the far side, so the kittens have a partial roof.
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Today has been many many many loads of gravel delivered and compacted down. But look! It looks almost like a house site now!

I think tomorrow is foundation digging and plumbing.
A very large open space with lots of grey gravel packed down on the ground. There are wooden hurdles to show edges, although the actual concrete will be smaller than the gravel space. To the right you can see Sadie, a brown and black dog sniffing around.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Everyone was very huffy that I wouldn't hang out with them or let them jump on my work benches, so they fell asleep instead.
A small tabby and white kitten curled up in a patch of sunshine in front of a sliding door. She has pressed her entire head into the back of a black cat, who is laying down but looking up at me. A small grey kitten with green eyes, laying down but somehow leaning up against the shelf next to her. She is in the sunshine.
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Omg I have made SO MANY hand creams for online!

I finally found a moment to restock our goat milk hand creams in SEVEN varieties!

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Top down photo of many many aluminium tins of goat milk hand cream with black and white labels.
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Eepy perfection!

They were so sleepy they made me sleepy too, so these photos are a few hours old.
Two kittens curled up asleep. This is a close up of a very sleepy Winnie, a grey kitten, snuggled into her sisters tabby and white head. Ophelia, a tabby and white kitten, who has melted into sleep with her head between my hip and the chair arm. Her nose is very pink.
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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This kitten is 0% bothered by anything. Machinery noises, vacuum cleaners, nothing.
A very small and very plush grey kitten asleep in the crook of my arm. You can't see her face but her ears are sleepy relaxed ears even though my husband was vacuuming.
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM