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Ella Frænka

@ellafraenka.bsky.social

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She/her, cis, het. Aunty Ella, it's the best job in the world. 1 husband, 5 cats, lots of niblings. Knitter and watcher of K-dramas. Went back to University and am working on my BA in English, and did Korean classes just for fun (안녕하세요 🫰🏻)

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · Oct 18

I really should pin a post about how I ruthlessly block anyone I get a weird vibe from. Like, Elon Musk and Keanu Reeves have both made like 3 different accounts so they can follow me because I keep blocking them.

I'm a nobody don't follow me me unless there's a good reason to.

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 9h

Good point! We've had a pizza stone for the oven or a dedicated pizza oven for so long that I didn't even think about that for a home baked pizza.

Nice trick!

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 10h

Is it just me that worries about the dough falling down? I don't see a sheet pan under it, just the rack. Maybe it's just because the picture is taken through the oven window and I can't see it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 10h

Day 8. Behold my recklessness

White background. Upper left corner has a black dot with the number 8 and a period in white letters. Next to it is the word "reckless" in black letters.
Below is a white box with black outlines. Inside, and outside the lines, is a reckless drawing of a blue box that is more like a diamond. On top of that is a recklessly drawn pink triangle. And on top of those is a recklessly drawn yellow spiral that overlaps itself and is very wonky.
An especially crappy picture!

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 10h

Day 8. Hug.

Nibling hugs are the best 🫂 especially when unprompted and "just because".
I just realized that I haven't started playing the hugging game with my grand-niece yet, it's about time.

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 10h

I strive to be content.

With what I have, with where I am, with life in general. It's much more rewarding.

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 10h

Two of our
Feline friends
Have been turned
Into #ash.

I have yet
To decide
On a final
Resting place.

Until then
They're still here,
Even if only in
My heart.

#vss365

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 11h

This immediately reminded me of the Mystic Bayu series by Molly Harper in which there is a character that brings a packed lunch of tuna casserole to work at least once a week and heats it in the microwave 🤦🏻‍♂️

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 1d

Day 7. In the sky or the sea, baby, you're a star to me!

White background. Upper left corner has a black dot with the number 7 and a period in white letters. Next to the dot in the center of the image is the word "starfish" in black letters. Below is a white box framed by black lines. Inside is a crappy drawing of a yellow star with green eyes and a pink mouth in the center. Surrounding it are blue squiggly lines supposed to indicate an ocean to make it a starfish rather than a star in the sky.

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 1d

Day 6 - I forgot to draw and post yesterday 🤦🏻‍♂️

White background. Upper left corner has a black dot with the number 6 and a period in white. Next to it is the word "pierce". White box with a black frame inside which is the outline of a pink heart with a blue arrow piercing it.

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 1d

Day 7. Gratitude.

I am thankful for my niblings. Be they by blood or by choice. As a PANK (professional aunt, no kids) they are my pride and joy.

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 1d

For the most par
The cats don't #clash
With each other.

However,
Mýsla is
A grumpy
Old girl.
She will hiss
At the teenagers.

Get off my lawn!

#vss365

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 1d

I dislike most notifications and have quiet ones if I need them. But the calendar ones are more noticeable.

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 1d

I like the digital calendars because they make a noise reminding me when things are happening. Otherwise I will forget - or have to set 300 different alarms on my clock app.

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sjvn @sjvn.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite new initialism: AI;DR I'll be using this a lot from here on out.

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Chris Oldwood @chrisoldwood.bsky.social · May 12

AI;DC is the new TL;DR…

*Artificial Intelligence; Didn’t Check

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 2d

What do we #associate with cats?

Allergies.
Fur.
Purring.
Making biscuits.
Cat barf.
Scratching posts.
Cat furniture.
Warmth.
Demanding.
Independence.

There's so many things.
For me, the main one is
Companionship 💙

#vss365

TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 2d

Good Morning writer/authors/poets ready for day 6 of our musical mystery tour?

Let's skip back to the early 80s music scene & Party Fears Two by The Associates one of my fave songs of all time, today's #vss365 #prompt, 06/10/25, is #associate.

What's your favourite party song?

two men singing and playing guitars in front of a window

ALT: two men singing and playing guitars in front of a window

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 2d

Day 6. My tools.

Two sticks and some thread. That's all I need. Of course I do prefer quality knitting needles and good yarn. But in a pinch almost any sticks and thread will do. Quality doesn't always equal expensive. Good middle of the road products are usually good enough for most things.

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 2d

A comic by @dogmodog: A goddess with pink hair and a dress is spying on earth, represented as a dome-like plate: Wow, I'm humanity's first God! Aww I wonder what they liked about me— my quick wit? My wry sense of humor? *mini text says pinch to zoom*. The third panel shows her looking at humans worshiping her statue, which turns out to be a thicc Venus statue. She glares at the earth in the fourth panel, irritated

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 3d

Day 5.

Hello dear!

White background. Upper left corner has a black dot with the number five and a period in white letters. Next to it is the word Deer. Below is a white box framed by a black border. Inside the box is a crappy black line drawing of what is supposed to be a deer.

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 3d

Cat's don't need
An #advert.
Usually the
Cat distribution system
Works perfectly well.

But if they made one
It would be
Soft
And cuddly
With just a hint of claws.

#vss365

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 3d

5th day prompt is mysterious door.

A mysterious door appears. I don't know if I am curious enough to open it. Or too rational and therefore don't worry about what's behind it. Hopefully it's something nice. There's always the option not to step through it.

Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 3d

I had not seen the last one before! Cannot imagine the taste of it.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 4d

Word of the Day is ‘tandsmør’, from Danish. It describes bread that is buttered so thickly you can see tooth marks in it after every bite. Its literal translation? ‘Tooth butter’.

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🎃 Lyse-Beast 🎃 @lyse.bsky.social · 3d

Things just happen, one after another. They don’t care who knows. But history … ah, history is different. History has to be observed. Otherwise it’s not history. It’s just … well, things happening one after another.

- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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Ella Frænka @ellafraenka.bsky.social · 3d

WOW! That guy has no reading comprehension and a vivid imagination that says more about his perverted mind than the story in the book 🤦🏻‍♂️