Katie
mandolele.bsky.social
Katie
@mandolele.bsky.social
437% adorable
This year's glove repairs have begun, and will be yellow! Winter one was purple, winter two was green (and I met a very good pupper who wasn't trained not to chew gloves yet).
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is my doodle fridge and I love my doodle fridge. It's largely symmetrical, doodles are small, and erasing is not an option. A collaborative work, with my partner, done while waiting for things to cook. What does it mean? It means art is important, even if it's shit and on a fridge.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
£4 belt from the charity shop. Sorted.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The handle to my fridge broke a couple of days ago. I fixed it with superglue, but there's residue and it's bound to break again. A new one is £34.95 plus postage, with reviews like 'I've bought four in two years, they just keep breaking!'.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Strawberry and basil is so good together, I'm annoyed no-one told me sooner.
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Got myself a grown up lego set yesterday and spent pretty much all day making it. He's called Fucker, after the Eels song of the same name which mentions a little black cat.

I have saved Spunky for potential use on a future real cat.
October 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Look at that face. That's the face of a cat who is demanding other treats. Last few shows this morning, then home!
August 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I've done well in eating some vegetables every damn day. Just ate a family sized salad with some hummus and bread and feel all the better for it. My secret? POCKET SPORK!
August 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Bringing the 'Monday at the Fringe' vibes by having a drink before we head out for a midday wip. Tomorrow is a rest-ish day when we're home til 4pm, so it just makes the most sense to be mildly drunk all day today.
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Out til 2am last night, still awake before 7am. I don't even need to be up before 8.30. And that wouldn't exactly be a lie in. Thank god for coffee.
August 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I have spent 4 days redecorating the bedroom. I no longer have four layers of wallpaper (with a creepy Disney mural behind it) on my wardrobe wall, I have a black wall, as one would want. Consequently, full of wine. I deserve it.
July 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thank you, I always appreciate the recommendations! I spotted an error/typo type thing around Marcus Brigstock/Michelle Wolfe.
June 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
By sent I mean I'm absolutely sitting at the tables outside the place, he will do the ordering and talking and bring me food, while I browse the Internet and chain vape.
May 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I now have rainbow nails too, which is important for holidays. They'll get all fucked up tomorrow when I panic clean so the cat sitter doesn't judge me.
May 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I have been trying to renew my disabled smartpass (NI railcard/bus pass thing that gives a tiny discount) since February, but they've struggled to get a form to my address. One has finally arrived. The only details it wants I had to say to them via email/phone multiple times to get this form.
May 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
See.
May 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I turned it into a couple of stuffed crust wholemeal pizzas (balancing health and deliciousness) and there's a mini loaf on its second rise in my porch/greenhouse/proving room. I obviously did stuff to dough and washed up and fed the cats before letting social media know.
May 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Even though I have made bread pretty much every week for at least four years (and frequently before that, including a year as a pizza chef in a place that made it's own dough daily) I am still pleasantly surprised that it actually rises every time. It's a magic happy thing that makes me smile.
May 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I had a tiny tiny twitter following and I think none of them have joined me here? So I'm pretty much shouting into a void, and I honestly don't mind it. I don't have much to say. Just occasional pictures of cats.
April 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I should not have put the camera so close to the bed. This fucker keeps messing up my preset camera positions, by tapping the bloody camera.
April 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
He expresses love by playing guitar at me when I'm a bit drunk and want to sing. So we're even.
April 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I made Chris a big tray of meat in a spicy beer and tomato sauce, as I express love through cooking things I won't eat.
April 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
-Way cheaper
-Similar hand to mouth with controlled breathing action
-Brings joy to cats, kids and whimsical adults (the best kind of adults)
-Potential for a bonus maze (not on all bubbles, why?!)
February 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Yesterday we had our gutters cleaned, and they did the windows too for good measure. Today, biggest storm in 30 odd years, windows filthy again. At least they haven't fallen out and don't have a tree in them, I guess.
January 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Put in a tiny cat door to the bedroom, because it's absolutely fricking adorable.
January 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM