Liz Drummond
cretancat.bsky.social
Liz Drummond
@cretancat.bsky.social
Ex Open University Classical Studies student, hobby photographer and cat lover. Brexit exile, immigrant to Greece now living happily in Crete!
mum and Basil 01-01-2026
January 1, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Happy New Year! I don't know what is going on here, I only left them for an hour ...
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
it must have been a good boxing day party at ours, sorry I missed it
December 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
happy Christmas from the ginger cat department - Ginger and Marten are curled up together on a cushion waiting for Christmas lunch!
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
BBC at its best!
Antidote to the madness.
December 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Now waiting with bated breath to find out what the banana slug was up to ...
Short story Sunday:
There once was a California newt heading down a leafy trail 1/??
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Neighbourhood watch?
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Paint me like one of your French girls ..."

Vasilea (Queenie to her friends and Mum cat to the kittens) is posing ...
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@jennikaos.bsky.social this is the article I was talking about
Here's a tale for anyone who'd like to know what I've been up to over the last year... and if you're able to help/share, I'd really appreciate it.

Autistic StoryTime – Classical Studies Support share.google/0XfKZucMCoAr...
Autistic StoryTime
You may have noticed that I haven’t been around much this year. I used to post on this blog every week, but now I post very rarely. I used to be on all sorts of Classics-related committees, but ear…
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October 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
happy Saturday from Kali the microcat who is on fly catching duty today
October 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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I FEEL SO SEEN.
July 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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They paved paradise,
Put up a parking lot.
Paradise said: That hurt, but let me tell you about geologic time
June 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Half way through 2 weeks back in the uk and this came up on my feed … I’m with Basil - want to go (back) to Greece now. And yes I have memories of watching this on the Basil Brush Show.
June 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
And a happy second 'gotcha' day to PipSqueak - 1st June 2023 we found a poor little almost blind, sick ginger kitten the middle of the road. Look what a handsome boy he is now!
June 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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The other day, a friend of mine sent me a pic of a feral cat on a bit of a rampage. (Kitty is fine, he was just very upset.) The pic looked so much like a motivational poster, I had to make it into one. (Might have to click to see the text I added.)
May 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I'm a big bad 4 week old kitten and if anyone dares steal my toy I'll ...I'll ... I'll... squeak for mummy!
April 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Important cat theology update
April 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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There was a cat seismology paper on Arxiv Fools Day this year and nobody told me??!?
April 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Love a good niche account but love the flag even more ❤️
Inspired by @mark-carney.bsky.social and Canadians everywhere. We’re all fighting back on our home ice!
April 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
home in Crete after a whirlwind trip to London for a double OU graduation ceremony at the Barbican. My graduation was cancelled in 2020 so I told my daughter @jennikaos.bsky.social that I'd wait and we could graduate together - so here are 2 masters graduates for the price of one! #OUfamily 🧵1/2
March 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I wonder which cat this reminds me of @jennikaos.bsky.social
Day 79: Laundry Euphoria
March 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Brothers ...
March 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today in a picture ... another day clearing away the pruned branches of the olives ... Jimmy has of course been supervising.
February 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM