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Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

I hope this extremely fluffy belly brings you happiness. I'm pretty sure she wanted me to pet her, but rudely all I did was snap this picture and go back to finding clean shorts to wear.

A blue (gray) cat lies on her back on a rumpled bedsheet, her extremely fluffy belly on display. It is not a trap. Mostly. Those tucked front paws are definitely innocent and not at all eager to play-fight.

June 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

Charles, a sleepy standard issue cat stretched out on a rumpled bed. He's using his front paws as a pillow and looks very content.

Shadow, a low-resolution (zoomed in) blue cat who's lying on her back and has caught her tail. She's staring right at the camera like "yeah, I'm 10 and acting like a kitten, what's it to you?" Her back foot beans are on full display.

March 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

If I posted fic more often I'd have *five* near-misses (the checking for kudos AGAIN one), but as it is I'm just. Hoarding WIPs because I'm a slow-ass writer.

Bottom of the thread with blank bingo card: bsky.app/profile/meik...

Fanfic Writer Bad (?) Habit Bingo. Despite ticking off 15 of 25 squares, there is no bingo. Four near-misses, though!

March 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

Cat butt? Cat butt. Right on the throat.

A human with her eyes closed, featuring one entire gray cat butt impinging on her chin and throat.

March 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

We can all use a lot of those these days. Here, I'll help.

Charles, a standard-issue tabby cat, doing cat yoga on a bed as seen from above. This one's probably Shrimp pose, he's all curled up except his back legs are stuck out real far.

Shadow, a blue cat with shiny fur and a white belly patch, on the same bed at a different time. She was probably cleaning her belly, but now she's staring at the camera while lying mostly on her back and her back legs sticking up and forward. The toe bean crop is excellent as always. She's lower-resolution because phone camera zoom is not great.

February 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

Guide to Troubled Birds image: a paint of a green and white bird, maybe a songbird, next to the caption:

Looking for trouble
and if I cannot
find it,
I will
create it.

February 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

tried to get a pic of the boy being long on my bed earlier today but he thought I was coming to lie down and he had to vacate the premises before I could try to snuggle him

alas, this was long enough ago that the bed is no longer warm

Charles, a standard-issue tabby, in the middle of stretching after standing from a good bedwarming. He's slightly blurry, somewhat off-center in the frame, and really showing off the flexibility of the feline spine; arched up in the middle of his back, down into the butt, and sharply up and down again for the tail.

February 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

I hope cats continue to be a pleasant addition to your day.

Two cats, a large standard-issue tabby (Charles) and an average-sized blue (Shadow), lie loafed on a bed just out of mutual swatting range. Charles looks even bigger because his front legs are stretched out real far, while Shadow only has one front paw peeking out from her loaf.

February 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

booooooo that's too long. here's hoping the delay is because they're prioritizing those hospitals I think you mentioned, and not because of incompetence.

anyway have a charlie boy. he still won't stay on my bed when I come to use it but he sure likes my bed when I'm at my desk

A long and round tabby, Charles. He is cozy on a bed. His legs are very stretched out; it looks like he's holding his back legs with his front paws. Possibly he's doing cat yoga, it looks like maybe a cat yoga pose.

February 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

@rahaeli.bsky.social May your break have been at least as restful as the Shadow using my mouse arm as a pillow.

Shadow, a blue cat, using her human's mouse arm as a pillow and seemingly glowering because her human is taking a picture of her instead of scritching her head. Her ears are perked up, though, so she can't be too mad.

February 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

Tried to get candid shots of the local celebrities but I think they're on to me... curse those feline senses

Charlie, a standard-issue cat, loafed on a bed. He's lowering his head again after glancing at the paparazza trying to get a candid shot of him on her bed.

Shadow, a blue (grey) cat, staring down the paparazza from the cave of a fluffy white cat tree.

February 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

It's taken a year, but I guess the fact that my room is the warmest in the house means the cats have come to an agreement that Charles can be in my room if he wants.

A standard issue black and tan tabby with a white chin lies on a red bed, being pet by a white human's hand. The picture is at an awkward angle where the cat's head is off the bottom right corner, because it's a front-facing phone camera shot.

January 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

I saw your suggestion to make a list to store up all the suspicious accounts we see! A fantastic idea that is. I hope these blurry cats amuse you.

An extreme closeup of the back of a calico's head (the late Frantic). The cat is blurry, while the pale pink human in the background is in focus despite being obscured by a furry noggin. Boy did this cat love getting between humans and their phones.

An extreme, blurry closeup of a standard issue tabby cat (Charles). He has stolen most of the white pillow, leaving little for the cozy burrito human behind him.

January 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

Well, that's a horrifying sentence. May it be the best-best case scenario, and also have a vintage cat pic for the road.

A calico cat (the late Frantic) standing crouched on her human's ear, lit by camera flash. The human is just visible as half a pink face, a green blanket pulled up to her nose.

January 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

evidence of the criminal:

A flash photo of a shiny gray cat having her head scritched by a pale hand.

January 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

@rahaeli.bsky.social couple of cats in your time of trouble

A blue (gray) cat curled into a circle, one paw over her nose. She's lying on a pile of blankets and looks very cozy.

A black and brown mackerel tabby cat, lying on a pile of miscellaneous fabric and having raised his head just in time to be blinded by the flash from human paparazzi.

January 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

jk she's on my hand now

the same grey cat using a human hand as a pillow. probably. there's an arm stretched out and disappearing under her fuzzy chin, at least.

November 22, 2024 at 8:41 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

there is a cat in my armpit tonight

A gray cat butt in the armpit of a lying-down human.

November 22, 2024 at 8:36 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

there's a certain charm to neko atsume (1)'s wobbly pixelated lines, but the way neko atsume 2 smoothed everything out is like, perfectly fine

Neko Atsume: a style with visibly pixelated lines, some of which are wobbly as if hand-drawn.

Neko Atsume 2: the same house style, but all the lines are smoother and less wobbly, and seem to be vectorized.

November 18, 2024 at 9:42 AM

Lielac

@lielac.bsky.social

so neko atsume 2 has a subscription option that's between less than 2 and like 5 CA$ a month depending on how many custom cats you want. so yes I am paying $1.5 a month to immortalize our late calico. and also have a helper cat who refills the cat food