Nerdygretel
@nerdygretel
“Antifa” = anti-fascism FFS! 🙄 Mom, wife, educator, metalhead, secularist, pro-choice, ally, anti-racist, #unionstrong, animal lover. Motto: Do no wrong, but take no shit! No DMs, porn, religion/spiritual stuff TYVM
A timeline cleanse and an introduction: the newest member of the family, Buttercup 🐰 (Bad pics bc she’s got the zoomies, and I’m no nature photographer 😅)
Andy Borowitz is one of my heroes. Thanks for keeping me sane with your satire 🥰
I was one of those people until ten years ago, when an older shelter cat stole my heart. We currently have five cats (not counting her, bc sadly, she passed away earlier this year). All I can say to them is “come to the cat side; they make biscuits.” (Pictured: the girl who started it all)
I may be imagining it, but there seems something uniquely serene about the way a rescued cat sleeps when it feels at home.
Informal belated Caturday survey : Hubby adopted this delightful fella yesterday, but we are still unsure of what to name him. The contenders are: Poe Grimm Hades Leonidas What say you, Bluesky?
Clover is activating her laser vision in honor of Caturday (photo credit to my eldest child 💜)
This lovely baby got me wondering if it’s what Cubans call colibrí. It is not. Colibrí is the term for hummingbirds, and zunzun refers specifically to another bird native to the island, the bee hummingbird. This little fella:
What a difference! When we first met her versus today. Happy two week adoption anniversary, first vet visit, and Caturday to Blueberry 🫐💙
I have a tortie named Clover too! Did you also choose the name bc of their association with bringing good luck?
This was in yesterday’s “Letters from an American” Substack by Heather Cox Richardson, who I wish would become our first woman president, but we are too stupid for that! Anyhow…I took a screenshot to fit the character count. I just HAD to share:
My first cat, the one who taught me I wasn’t just a “dog person,” the sweet girl we adopted from the shelter when she was 8 years old, almost 10 years ago, passed away. She had a good life, died peacefully, but I am a mess. She was the best girl. Below is my daughter’s IG post; it was perfect.