Blanche K

@blanchekolaczek

She/her. Spouse. Parent. American. Lectroid. Chicagophile. Russia watcher. Trying my best. Please look at the photos of my cats.

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Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· 13d

Live Toast cam

A fluffy cat with orange pointed coloring and slightly crossed blue eyes sitting on a carpet and a cardboard scratcher

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· 23d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

A drawing of frog and toad from the books by Arnold Lovell. They are riding a tandem bicycle.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· 24d

Chicago people - if haven’t tried this cold Polish soup you are missing out!

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· 27d

Reskeet with your mental state

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jul 11

You need to get to Roma’s Italian Beef.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jul 11

The Chicago neighborhood where I live has historic brick bungalows and a rare abundance of parks and playgrounds. What I love most though are the flower gardens. It’s really Urban in Horto here.

A flower bed with a honey lawn sign that has folksy colored flowers decoration and the slogan “Chinga la migra”

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jul 4

"For this is your home, my friend, do not be driven from it; great men have done great things here, and will again, and we can make America what America must become."
- JAMES BALDWIN, THE FIRE NEXT TIME

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 28

#flowerreport Chicago

Close-up of dark, dark red hollyhocks with lighter pink red hollyhocks in the background in front of a brick house

Close-up a beautiful pink red holly hawks in front of a brick Chicago bungalow. Other flowers in the distance.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 25

Does he count?

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 21

America, you have gone too far…

An ad for donuts called Mountain Dew Dunkers containing Mountain Dew soda. They are green and a bottle of Mountain Dew stands there alongside.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 20

Boring Wisconsin parking lot, spectacular sky.

A parking lot. Evening Light blazing in the sky with dark clouds around.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 19

PS from yesterday:

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 19

#flowerreport from Hermosa, Chicago: The linden trees on Kostner and Wellington are blooming and their sweet scent is heavenly. Magic.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 18

Go to Obama.org for the opening ceremony live June 18

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 18

name a tv show you're positive no one remembers but you

A poster from a short lived 80s tv show called Wizards and Warriors

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 14

#FlowerReport Chicago: hollyhocks!

A close up image of wine red hollyhock flowers blooming in front of a red brick bungalow.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 13

#Caturday greetings !

In the foreground a short haired orange cat meows in greeting while from behind him a fluffy blue eyed cat stares straight at you. Both cats sit by an old wood grained window.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 8

The catalpa trees are dropping their gorgeous blossoms all over Chicago. Magical. #catalpawatch2026

A close-up view of a catalpa tree blossom that has fallen from the tree onto somebody’s car windshield. It is a trumpet shaped blossom with a scalloped edge, white with striking red and deep fuchsia accents in the center.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 5

It’s the week in Chicago when the amazing catalpa trees are in their glory! Our most beautiful native midwestern tree. #CatalpaWatch26

Catalpa tree in full bloom on a sunny day in Chicago.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 2

Is there a deep dish #pizzasky?

Deep dish pizza in a cast iron skillet. Homemade.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· Jun 1

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone.

Flufffy cat being held like a baby with feet up and outstretched . He is relaxed and happy.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 31

Underwhelmed by #Caturday night.

Orange tabby cat in the loaf position on a gray sofa, with his eyes slightly downcast and a glum expression on his cute face.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 30

Our city has rats so tough that they chew a new hole into the poison box to get to it faster.

A black plastic rat poison box. The entrance hole is visible, but there is another hole at the corner, where a rat has chewed through the box and made a new opening.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 26

On top of all the other horrors going on in the US right now, there is this at Speedway.

A roller dog rack at a Speedway gas station store in Wisconsin. There is a glistening sausage on the rack with the label “Dr Pepper sausage 530 calories”

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 24

Thinking about the Civilian Conservation Corps and being thankful for the people who worked and the work they did that continues to be enjoyed by us.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 20

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap

Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 19

Another beautiful photo of Milwaukee Ave Chicago

Street scene with a restaurant patio in the background lit with twinkling lights. There’s a white car parked by the curb, and in the foreground there’s a light pool with a bright yellow sticker that says “Mr. piss” on it

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 17

The Mrs Columbo TV show starring Kate Mulgrew does show that Mrs Columbo was quite the looker tho

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 17

This hat brand really hits different in the US. Made me shiver. In the window of a Mexican store on Diversey Ave.

Blanche K@blanchekolaczek· May 13

#Floofsky