💕 Gill 💕

@gillchristie

She/her. Eclectic mama who loves books, music, woodworking, art, gaming and travel. But not all at the same time. Very happily married. Owned by 2 kitties. Living with stage 4 EHE. Human rights are non-negotiable. 💕 England -> Scotland -> California.

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Bluesky

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💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· 25d

#HamishTheOrangeDoofus is…doing…something? Who knows? I certainly don’t. Either way, a late #Caturday post from the orangest boy to ever orange.

A light ginger cat, on his back with his front paws in the air and his back paws to the side, upside down in the camera frame. He’s on a light grey sofa and a dark grey blanket.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jul 14

Oh for goodness sake! #HamishTheOrangeDoofus has stolen a sock from the laundry again! 😄 #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #orangecats

A ginger cat, sitting up and looking very proud of the black sock in front of him.

A ginger cat fighting with a black sock in his mouth.

A ginger cat playing with a black sock on a grey rug.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jul 12

And as he’d hate to miss out on our belated #Caturday, here’s #HamishTheOrangeDoofus. He’s trying to watch me and stay awake, but he’s tooooo sleeeeeeepy. #cats #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky #OrangeCats

A very sleepy-looking ginger cat stretched out on a light grey sofa.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jul 12

A late #Caturday entry as little #PandoraTheBabyPanther is curled up in my lap and too cute for words. #cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky

A small black cat, curled up and sleeping on a black skirt with her back legs stretched out.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jul 6

A bit late for #Caturday, but #PandoraTheBabyPanther has obviously found the noise of the last few days’ fireworks all too much…so she’s stretched out on my beloved @gordonchristie.bsky.social and in deeeeep sleep. #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky #BlackCat #ILoveMyHusband

A small black cat flopped on a man’s blue jeans and deeply asleep.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jul 4

Just putting this out there in the hope it’ll spread a little awareness and knowledge. Before I was diagnosed with #EpithelioidHemangioendothelioma, I hadn’t heard of it and it’s easy to feel unseen and alone when you have such a rare, incurable disease. #RareCancer #Sarcoma #Cancer #EHEAwareness

A yellow banner saying with a yellow and red awareness ribbon saying “July is Sarcoma Awareness Month. EHE is an ultra-rare vascular sarcoma.”

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jul 1

Never wanted to have to walk into one of these again! Saw surgeon: definitely stage 4 #EHE, definitely all over my lungs, definitely a pain in the neck. She’s seen 3 cases in her entire career. Need more scans to up the excitement! Sigh. #CancerSucks #RareCancer #EHEawareness #sarcoma #fightEHE

The main entrance to Stanford Cancer Center, California.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jun 23

It’s made a really pretty - and very practical and hardwearing - bowl. 😊 I kept it very plain because I just wanted to show off the quirky grain.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jun 17

Me: I hate staying in bed and recuperating. I feel usel… #HamishTheOrangeDoofus: see attached photo. Me: OK, I’m cosy here. I guess I’ll deal a LITTLE longer. 😃

Hamish, a ginger cat, is contentedly curled up by the pillows on a bed.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Jun 14

It’s #Caturday! #HamishTheOrangeDoofus and #PandoraTheBabyPanther hope you’re having a great weekend. 😊 #cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· May 30

In a bid to get me to rest up and avoid chores before my surgery on Thursday, my awesome husband has brought me out for #bingsu. Mango cheesecake FTW!

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· May 29

I am unreasonably excited at this arrival. Do I love quinacridone paints? Yes. Do I need more paints? No. Do I now have too many #watercolour paints? Arguably, but I’ll poke you with the pointy end of a size 8 round if you try to take them from me. 😆 Off to swatch these beauties… #DanielSmith

A large tube containing 14 different tubes of quinacridone-based watercolour paints.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· May 26

Meeting a friend for a good catch up at my favourite Vietnamese tea shop. They so lots of fancy things, but my favourite is this simple lemon mint Assam tea. So good! Now I just have to resist their banh mi fries……….

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· May 19

Existential dread even worse after medical chats, so I’m doing the only reasonable thing by having bingsu (Korean shaved ice dessert) to temper both the sense of impending doom and the effects of the BURNING BALL OF FIERY DEATH in the sky. #Cupertino #California

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· May 9

I can’t get a good photo so please pardon the blurred pic, but can anyone who’s good at identifying #spiders take a guess at what species this one is? #SpiderID #spider #identification

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· May 6

#HamishTheOrangeDoofus Update: still following me around and looking after me with cuddles, head bumps and purrs. Including some loud purring into the phone when I was talking to the hospital, which delighted the administrator I was talking to. 😆 #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #CatsAreAwesome

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· May 6

Today is not a good day…and that’s an understatement. #HamishTheOrangeDoofus understands the assignment though, and is comforting me by being ridiculously cute. #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 30

This claro walnut wood has some fascinating grain patterns! #woodworking #woodturning #turning #woodsky

A piece of wood mounted on a lathe. The wood has unusual, swirly patterns in various shades of brown.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 22

#PandoraTheBabyPanther is sleeping with her tail over her eyes to block out the light. 😄 So cute! #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky

A small, pure black cat, Pandora, curled up in a blue and yellow quilt and sleeping with her tail over her eyes.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 21

I’m attempting to convince Pandora that she doesn’t REALLY want to be on my side of the bed. She has (very squeaky) opinions. I’m currently still sitting on the bed. She hasn’t moved. Next move suggestions?! #PandoraTheBabyPanther #cats #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky #help

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 21

I’m basically on bed rest today after being quite ill in hospital, but got up to drink some juice. I got back to the bedroom to find that a smol void has made herself right at home, and is mewping if I try to move her. #PandoraTheBabyPanther #cats #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky #IWantMyBedBack

A small, pure black cat wrapped up in white sheets and a blue quilt, and staring at the photographer.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 20

FREEDOMMMMMM!

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 17

My little #PandoraTheBabyPanther has got in on the snuggle action. I’m very warm. They’re like ambulatory, fluffy, vibrating hot water bottles.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 17

I’m sick in bed with a fever today, and I feel pretty awful. Thankfully, my sweet little #HamishTheOrangeDoofus is staying with me. Kitty snuggles are very healing, don’tcha know? #cats #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 16

#HamishTheOrangeDoofus is enjoying being on the big bed. #PandoraTheBabyPanther remains unimpressed. 😆

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 16

Also: my Pandora is a feisty little sass-pot with loud opinions on everything, but she’s also the sweetest wee slinky princess who loves a warm snuggle at naptime.

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 16

I think she’d get along with my boy, Hamish. They kind of look like they’re ready to slump on couch for an evening of TV and drinks. 😆

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 15

Welcome to Bluesky! I don’t have a dog, sadly, but I am bossed around by my cats, #HamishTheOrangeDoofus and #PandoraTheBabyPanther. Pet photo tax paid below. Your dog is beautiful! What’s his name? And yes, 10/10 totally boopable snoot. 🥰

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 15

💕 Gill 💕@gillchristie· Apr 9

This is Damocles, the server rack. He replaced Sam, who I previously posted about and who has gone to live on a farm upstate. Damocles is afraid of heights, so he feels victimised by his cruel placement near the ceiling. Poor Damocles. #GooglyEyedObjects