Cislyn Smith

@cislyn

Writer, editor, crafty person. Frequently covered in cat hair, often wearing many hats. Dream Foundry, Flights of Foundry, Small Wonders Magazine

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Cislyn Smith@cislyn· 16d

New cast! I’m in this one for another month, but I am allowed to put any weight on it. No walking, but this is progress. I’m elevating it because it’s tighter than the last and I was swelling some, but I have a guardian.

Purple cast on a blue bed, very elevated, with a black cat nearby guarding the toes.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· 29d

What if I was a fairy queen? @peculiarityshop.bsky.social goodies make dreary days sparkle.

A white person’s hand wearing four rings - a moss agate with a band like a branch, a ruby with a kind of filigree band, a big chunk of quartz in an elaborate leaf-like setting, and a blue pearl in a round Bali setting. A blue pearl pendant is balanced across the fingers.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jul 11

This one… I’m really curious about the stone, and if that’s a daffodil (my fave flower)

A closeup of a tray of silver rings with one circled

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jul 5

I'm having kind of a rough time of it. At the appointment on Friday they discovered that it's not just one bone broken, it's two. Wait, whoops, three. I'm still completely non weight bearing, and now they're talking surgery and yeah. This really sucks. Anyway, here's Blizzara being a pillow.

Blizzara, a white tabby cat with brown spots around her ears, is up on top of red and white pillows in a bed, just behind my head. I'm looking slightly back towards her and smiling while resting my head on her side.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jun 27

Bubbles has no idea what’s happening but is delighted I’m mostly stuck in bed.

A gray and white tabby looking earnest and a little confused. She is standing on top of a closed laptop next to my heavily splinted leg.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jun 27

Blizzara is keeping me company today. Every time I move a little she purrs louder. 😍

A mostly white tabby cat with round spots at her hips laying next to a tray on a bed.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jun 24

Managed to get an appointment to replace the ER splint with a better one and whew that’s so much better. Before and after.

Cislyn’s right leg, clad from the knee down in a slightly disintegrating splint.

Cislyn’s leg, now clad from the knee down in a very secure and stable looking splint, which is no longer trying to devour her pinky toe and fall apart.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jun 22

Welllllll shit

$A cropped medical test results image. “Ankle Min 3 Views. Results: acute no displaced medial malleolus fracture”$

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jun 19

@peculiarityshop.bsky.social bestie has received birthday dragon ring and loves it! Thank you!

A silver opal dragon rung on a hand with painted red nails

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jun 1

Also, these two @peculiarityshop.bsky.social rings are also bringing me sheer delight. The colors!!

A white woman’s hand wearing a gold wedding band, a silver leafy branch looking ring with a moss agate, and a two tone silver amber ring. They shine.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Jun 1

Critters! I love my little guys so much @peculiarityshop.bsky.social !

A white hand on a black bag co eyed with green beetle paintings, wearing three silver rings: a snail and leaf, a moth, and a snake

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 29

Hiiii! Is that an aquamarine in the blue green one? Sizes on these? Thank you 💜

A tray of rings with two circled with green hearts.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 14

I love her so much

Vanta sitting in a small cardboard box on a messy dining room table. Her eyes are big and round and she wants some cuddles.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 14

Being adorable is how Vanta gets away with it! This cat opens zippers and pulls out drawers to steal things. She will yoink something from an allegedly secure place, come and dance in front of me with it in her little mouth, and then scamper away. Crime. Cat.

A black cat with a white blaze on top of a cat tree. Her eyes are wide and her ears are slightly back, and she is up to something.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 14

Vanta, on the other hand, loves crime. She has stolen SO many things. Hair ties, lip balm, a small purse, daily pill boxes, necklaces, pens, and another bag of treats. I am confident in the guilty verdict.

A black car with yellow eyes, Vanta, contemplating her next heist.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 14

To be fair, there are three other cats here. However, Blizzy doesn’t care about treats at all, Bubbles isn’t spry enough to get up where the treats were and is way too dumb to open the bag, and Void may have participated in looting but not the snatch and grab.

A white tabby cat, Blizzara, in a cardboard box. She looks innocent

A gray kitty with a white chin, Bubbles, sitting on a lap. She looks confused and innocent.

A black kitty with a smaller white blaze, Void, sitting in a suitcase. He looks totally innocent.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 14

The crime. The criminal.

A pink and blue bag of cat treats on a linoleum floor. The bag is ripped open in the middle with many little bite marks around the hole.

Vanta, a black cat with a white blaze sitting on a pile of board games. She looks unrepentant.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 11

Ok, so, I have a picture of the hat but it is on someone and I don't want to post them without permission. So instead, the costume I based the hat on - the hat is basically a smaller version of this (this thing is effectively Cislyn sized)

A giant jellyfish halloween costume - the top is a shiny irridescent dome of blue-green fabric. Deconstructed shower scrubbie tentacles and lights hangdown to make the tentacles. Much hot glue was involved. Also a sombrero.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 11

😂 I can do that. When I grabbed the bandaid I didn’t notice it was hello kitty, and I have ZERO idea how these got into my first aid kit

A thumb with a pink hello kitty bandaid awkwardly on the top of it. A gray cat lounges in the background.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 11

Sparkly mail from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social!

A white woman’s right hand wearing two silver rings - amethyst and mystic quartz.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 8

Yep!!

A kitty climber with sisal scratching pad on the bottom art and fluffy soft things on the top, on a cluttered porch

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 8

I still need to figure out what to do with this. This is a hexagonal fossil table top, and the epoxy coating has mostly come off and is gross. It’s from my dad (of course), but I don’t have a base for it or know how to spiff it up again.

A hexagonal fossil table top. The center is a giant ammonite. Each slice of the hex has many, many fossils. It is in poor shape right now.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 8

Egg chair triumph!

A wicker egg chair with white cushions on a cluttered porch. In the foreground is a cat tree, and two low tables are nearby.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 8

Oh good these should be swapped at least most of the sticker labels fell off so I can’t tell which thing goes where! 😫 A sensible person would have noticed before now. Ah well!

A wicker egg chair, in progress, but the top two pieces clearly need to be swapped as their connecting holes are on the outside instead of inside

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 8

The Ottoman Empire expands to my porch. And the egg chair progresses, with quite a lot of cussing and balancing things on my head.

A faux wicker ottoman with a blue cushion. It looks comfy, except for the fact that it is buried in packing materials and the parts of other furniture.

The egg chair, in a very Humpty Dumpty state. Four panels have been attached to the seat. You can see that it is a lovely day outside, beautiful blue skies I am filling with cusses as I work.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 8

Project: Make the Porch Nice continues. Today, ottomans (ottomen?) and at least one chair. The ratcheting hex wrench set is saving me. Also I get to be quietly happy about casting hexes all day.

One faux wicker ottoman next to pieces of another. Both are on a screened in porch.

A small ratcheting wrench set, with a bunch of interchangeable hex wrench heads.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· May 4

Just a heads up that I'm getting errors on the website... I've checked my connection and it seems fine, so I wanted to let you know just in case... (and yes I was trying to click on the pretty pearl lol)

Screenshot of the peculiarity shop webpage, with a "widget didn't load" error.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Apr 30

Void is extra cuddly lately. Only belly rubs, no screaming into him, ok?

Void, a black cat with green eyes sitting on a blue blanket with his legs tucked. His head is lifted and he’s sniffing toward the camera.

Void, now on his back on the blue blanket, paws tucked up and belly showing. It is not a trap.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Apr 24

My dad used to give me geodes for me to smash open in my Easter basket, wrapped up like eggs. He had a lovely collection and I definitely picked up the love for shinies from him.

Two cabinets side by side with four shelves of rocks and fossils displayed.

Cislyn Smith@cislyn· Apr 23

Some @peculiarityshop.bsky.social shinies have arrived and I have new every day rings to wear! The four strand gold puzzle ring and the white and yellow gold band on my ring finger are happy for company!