Barbara

@batesbarb

She/they - queer midwestern biochemist and general homebody.

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Barbara @batesbarb· Jul 16

This one and the 2x2ft table with wires in various loops with wooden beads strung on it were both causes to assume my day was not going well

A waiting room with two small chairs, and a toy consisting of a small table with colored wires embedded in either side forming loops over the top with colorful wooden beads strung on it.

Barbara @batesbarb· Jun 24

A tabby cat looking out from the opening of a white covered cat bed.

A tabby cat with an orange belly sleeping in a round, beige cat bed. She is a ridiculous, contorted position

Barbara @batesbarb· Mar 11

Me: walking into my bedroom “Oh, maybe I do get why I related so hard to seeking out the animal comfort of resting, surrounded by greenery to be able to endure and try to change a scary and threatening world…”

A bedroom with light turquoise walls and dark woodwork. A bed with a brown blanket and a green pillow in front of a window with three hanging plants. A large monstera on one bedside table, and a set of shelves with several large houseplants on the other side of the bed.

Barbara @batesbarb· Dec 4

I extremely need @friends-table.bsky.social to add this guy to Perpetua. Maybe as friends with the dessert guys who played beachminton against Brontë and Antistrophe?

A tumblr post from user storywonker “They call me Johnny Six-Bowls. No, I don't smoke weed, it's - yeah, I know. It's cause when I cook I need a buncha those little bowls to put my stuff in. You know, cut up veggies and stuff. What's the word. Mise en place. Yeah. So I gotta have a bunch of em with stuff all prepped before I start. Elsewise it's all chaos. Anyway. You here to duel? Or should I give you head”

Barbara @batesbarb· Nov 21

Zelda tends to only do a half-roumd, but her daughter, Zora is a true champion of the roumd. I’m half convinced her father was a popple.

A longhair tabby cat curled on her side in a white, round cat bed, asleep.

A longhair tabby cat curled in a very tight ball on a grey textured cloth background.

Barbara @batesbarb· Nov 8

I finished my first quilt! I feel like it’s a pretty good first effort for a self-taught sewist on a second hand basic domestic machine. I probably could have gone a touch less magpie with the fabrics, but I didn’t. It’s exactly the cozy, cheerful touch my living room needs with winter incoming.

A multicolored handmade quilt on a pile of yellow fallen leaves.

Barbara @batesbarb· Oct 25

Zelda from a few days ago trying to subtly tell me it’s time to turn on the heat for the fall.

A longhair tabby cat partially under an orange and grey blanket looking at the camera with an annoyed expression.

Barbara @batesbarb· Feb 19

I got my cats a head bed a few years ago, and I have never in my life loved anything as much as my younger cat, Zora loves this bed. This is one of her less ridiculous sleeping positions in it.

A longhair tabby cat with an orange belly is lying on her back curled against the side of a beige cat bed with one leg sticking out over the edge.

Barbara @batesbarb· Feb 4

I have never in my life been as relaxed as Zora napping in her heated bed.

A longhair tabby cat with orange fur on her belly sleeping on her back with her paws tucked in in a beige cat bed.

Barbara @batesbarb· Feb 4

Not from today, but Zelda is a champion napper as well.

A longhair tabby/tortoiseshell mix asleep curled on a white, fluffy cat bed.

Barbara @batesbarb· Jan 28

TFW the human tries to get up after only an hour of morning cuddles.

A longhair tabby cat lying in a brown blanket looking very annoyed at the camera.

Barbara @batesbarb· Jan 27

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery #bloomscrolling My Hoya australis lisa is a beauty of a plant at all times, but the flowers she put out last fall were especially striking.

A close up on a group of white flowers with pink edges from a Hoya australis lisa in front of a white door

A green, yellow, and pink plant Hoya australis lisa in front of a white wall with a grouping of small white and pink flowers at the top of a circular trellis.

Barbara @batesbarb· Oct 8

Zelda has fallen deeply in love with the new kitty condo, and it’s so much cozy floof, I’m about to die.

A longhair tabby cat curled in a white cat bed in front of a teal wall.

Barbara @batesbarb· Oct 8

From a couple weeks ago, Zora being a very contented windowsill kitty.

A longhair tabby cat lying in a wood windowsill, looking at the camera.

Barbara @batesbarb· Jul 16

Two long haired tabby cats on a grey armchair. One lying along the back, just below a windowsill. The other lying on the seat, facing out toward the room.

Barbara @batesbarb· Apr 18

The Zelda and Zora hope you get a chance to rest and care for yourself.

Two longhair tabby cats sleeping with their foreheads pressed together. They are sleeping on sheets patterned with rainbows over mountains.

Barbara @batesbarb· Apr 14

She’s very sweet and cuddly. Pretty much anyone who sits down in my house will have a lap full of Zelda instantly. It shows when she’s sleeping, but awake, she looks like she has tested you and found you extremely wanting.

A longhair tabby/tortie cat sleeping curled on a light grey bed with an aqua wall in the background.

Barbara @batesbarb· Apr 14

I love RBF cats! My older kitty, Zelda has truly epic resting judgy face, and it just makes me want to snuggle her all the more to gain her approval.

A long haired tabby/tortise shell cat sitting on a leaf patterned blanket, looking deeply unimpressed at the camera.

A longhair tabby cat looking very judgementally at the camera. A blurry bedroom in the background.

Barbara @batesbarb· Feb 7

Welcome, new folks! Meet Zelda, perfecter of the morning cuddle, and Zora, who has a concern about the human willingly sitting in funny smelling hot water for hours on end.

A very fluffy longhair tabby cat sleeping curled on rainbow sheets pressed against a dark grey comforter

A longhair tabby cat leaning her head over the edge of a bathtub with a look of concern on her face.

Barbara @batesbarb· Dec 4

Please have Zora being the most ridiculously relaxed creature on the planet. She loves that heated bed more than anyone has ever loved anything ever.