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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · 1d

In this crazy world, here is the #Caturday sunrise over a kitty loaf.

Photo of a black cat kitty-loafing in front of a window. Her back is to the viewer as she looks outside, and she is silhouetted by the morning sun.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · 15d

#Caturday report: Ninja "helping" me change the sheets. 🐈‍⬛

Collage of 4 photos of a black cat in various unhelpful poses as she rolls around on the bed linen

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · 21d

#Caturday report: the moment when both cats realize the other cat is there.

Collage of two photos showing nearly identical images with a close up of a calico cat's face peeking out from under a blanket in the left foreground and a black cat in the background right side sitting in the blanketed lap of a human. In the top photo the calico cat is looking forward, and the black cat has her eyes closed and her head slightly down. In the bottom photo, the calico's eyes have widened and she looks as though she's heard a noise behind her, but the blanket on her head blocks her view. The black cat's eyes have opened, and she's looking towards the calico who is invisible under the blanket.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · 28d

Belated #Caturday report: why I accomplish nothing on weekend mornings 🤷‍♀️🐈‍⬛

Photo of black cat sleeping on pink plaid pajama legs

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Sep 7

Belated #Caturday report. Ninja and Mutsey briefly tolerating the sight of each other because breakfast is more important.

Photo of two cats crouched on either side of an open doorway. In the foreground black cat Ninja waits in the hallway, while in the background about two yards away, calico cat Mutsey waits by her empty dish.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Aug 31

#Caturday report: we had visitors, so Ninja hid most of the day, and only re-emerged after the strange humans had left.

Photo looking up a staircase to the second floor where a black cat looks cautiously down to see whether the coast is clear

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Aug 24

#Caturday report: in which I serve as a cat bed and head-scritch dispenser. (I missed posting last weekend because I went down to Chicago to see the Caillebotte exhibit at the Art Institute and the Japanese print exhibit at the Cleve Carney Museum - see bonus image)

Collage of 4 photos of cat faces. In the top 2 photos the black cat Ninja looks adorable as she uses my knee as a pillow. In the bottom 2 photos, the calico cat Mutsey looks derpy as I geve her head scritches.

Collage of two photos of artwork. Top image is painting "Paris Street: Rainy Day" by Gustave Caillebotte. Bottom image is print of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Hokusai.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Aug 16

Making me feel old 😜

Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Aug 9

#Caturday report: Ninja yawning

Photo of a small black cat yawning widely to give a clear view of her fangs and tongue

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Aug 3

We are never sure ourselves 😉🐈‍⬛

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Aug 3

#Caturday report: SightEngine confirms the cats in our house are not AI-generated.

Collage of two screen shots showing a calico cat with two floral egg cups on the left and a black cat curled up with her tail around her on the right. Both images are labelled "Not likely to be AI-generated or Deepfake" with the percentage of likeliness listed as 1%

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jul 27

Belated #Caturday collage: Let Sleeping Cats Lie. Clockwise from left: black cat Ninja, calico cat Mutsey, and guest appearance by my sister's farm cat.

Collage of three photos. On the left a vertical photo of the face of a black cat sleeping with her paws extended in front of her. On the right top photo is a plump calico cat sleeping sprawled on her back. Right left bottom is the upside down face of a gray tabby cat lying in green grass with her eyes closed and front right paw extended across her forehead to show her toe beans.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jul 21

I need to rewatch - it's been too long 🤪

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jul 20

Belated #Caturday report: We took Ninja for her annual vet visit on Friday. She has a new carrier with an easy-to-remove top, much to her chagrin.

Collage of two photos of a small black cat named Ninja in a cat carrier on a vet's exam table. The first photo looks through the open door of the carrier at Ninja huddled in the back looking concerned. In the second photo, the top of the carrier has been removed, and Ninja crouches in the base.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jul 20

@czelticgirl.bsky.social You came to mind this morning because I'm 99% sure it was you whom I discussed this movie with back in the days of Twitter. I'm saddened to see that 88% of Flickle players could not identify it.
#Flickle #1195
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Screen shot of my Flickle game results with title "You got today's Flickle!" A line of six squares with the first square green indicating I guessed correctly on the first film clip. Text reads "How did everyone else do?" with statistics indicating only 1% knew the film on the 1st clue and 88% did not know it at all.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jul 13

#Caturday report: This past week was Ninja's adoption anniversary. My husband brought her home from MADACC on July 7, 2018.

Photo looking at the side of a staircase on the left and a wall on the right. A small black cat faces the camera as she sits very primly on the edge of a step in the opening between a banister and the wall. A poster for the Dropout TV show "Game Changer" hangs on the wall beside her depicting host Sam Reich as a magician with the tag line "He's been here the whole time."

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jul 6

#Caturday question: Cat or Tribble?

Photo of a black cat curled into a circle with her nose tucked her paws. She almost looks like a furry spherical tribble from Star Trek, except for the tip of her ear sticking out.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jun 29

#Caturday report: Ninja watching the bird bath on the deck

A collage of two photos. On the left, a black cat stares intently out a window. On the right is a blurry photo taken through a window screen of a large grey plastic saucer full of water on a wooden deck with a solar-powered fountain floating in the middle of it. A sparrow perches on the rim of the saucer to take a drink.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jun 21

#Caturday report: who says black cats are harder to photograph? 🤪

Collage of 4 photographs. The top two are blurry photographs of a black cat. On the top left she covers her face with her paw as she cleans herself. On the top right she sniffs the camera so her eyes and the top of her head fill the image. In the bottom left photo her face is more in focus as she hangs her head over the edge of a blue pillow and glares at the camera with hal open eyes. In the bottom right photo a calico cat poses adorably in a well lit spot holding a toy fish between her front legs.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jun 14

#Caturday Cattitude

Collage of two photos showing close ups of a cat looking very annoyed at the human whose lap she is sitting in, because the human has to get up. The photo on the left is a calico cat. The photo on the right is a black cat.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jun 8

#Caturday comparison: black cat Ninja = 7 lbs (3 kg) vs calico cat Mutsey = 13 lbs (6 kg).

Collage of two photos looking down at the top of two cats loafing on the floor. The black cat Ninja in the left photo is significantly smaller than the calico cat Mutsey in the right photo. Although there's a wooden ruler on the floor next to each cat to provide some scale, it doesn't really provide an accurate measurement of their length since Ninja has her head tucked in tighter than Mutsey does.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · Jun 1

#Caturday standoff

Photo of two cats glaring at each other. At the top of a photo a black cat crouches on a table top peering down at a calico cat staring up at her from underneath the table.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · May 25

#Caturday report: two cats continue to glare at each other from opposite sides of the room.

Photo looking from a dark hallway through a doorway into a lit room. In the foreground a black cat loafs on the floor at the entrance to the room. In the distant background, the face of a calico cat is staring at the black cat out of an opening in a white crinkle tunnel toy.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · May 17

#Caturday report: the ongoing exploration of how close two cats can inch towards each other from different sides of the room before hissing ensues. 🙄

Collage of two photos in which a black cat loafs on the left side and a calico cat is on the right side. In the top photo the two cats are resting on either side of the room apparently ignoring each other. In the bottom photo they are sitting about two feet apart, still apparently ignoring each other. The black cat stares off frame while the calico cat eats out of a bowl.

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Carolyn B @vintagepix.bsky.social · May 10

Finding that Ninja is very prim and disapproving around the intruder cat. She also chased Mutsey back into my office, when the intruder dared to venture out in the hallway, so she's determined to keep this insolent intruder in her place.

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