Erika

@krystolla

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Erika@krystolla· 4d

It’s that Caterday feeling

White cat, asleep, jaw hanging open just enough that his tongue is visible.

Erika@krystolla· Jun 21

TFW a nesting box is too much responsibility because I can’t tell if these are house sparrows or not. I don’t wanna kill baby birds but also they are horrible invasive monsters here. 😭

Potentially evil babies birds in a huddle at the bottom of the bluebird nest box. Probably not bluebird babies, I think those look more silvery.

Nest in a bluebird box that’s halfway between ‘cup like’ and ‘domed’, maybe beer mug like? Includes feathers from at least three different species.

Erika@krystolla· Jun 12

Garden pictures! Because it’s too humid to do any gardening after 8am. 🥵🌱

Quietness rose (pale pink) with May Night salvia and blue waterfall Campanella in front of a peachy-pink brick wall.

Queen of Elegance rose showing the color transition between warm and cool pink from inner to outer petals.

Slightly battered Quicksilver climbing rose. I love a lavender rose.

Bolero rose, clear white and perky amidst rain dappled leaves three weeks after I was convinced it was dead.

Erika@krystolla· Jun 5

It’s not a ‘bank glitch’, it’s theft. Just because a big company does it doesn’t make it okay. Ugh. Hope your luck turns around soon. Please enjoy a picture of my fur demons, it can’t hurt.

Two white shorthaired cats snuggled up with each other.

Erika@krystolla· May 14

Fezzik says I can’t just take his picture anytime I think he looks cute. But he is wrong. Infinite pictures is the cost he pays for looking that good.

Erika@krystolla· May 10

This is James, reminding you that if hydration doesn’t help then naps are also good.

Close up of the grinning, sleeping face of a white cat. His mouth hangs open so you can see his little teeth and the curve of his slightly protruding tongue.

Erika@krystolla· May 3

At least the Jolly Green Giant just pushed canned goods not nightmares.

Giant grinning green man wearing a toga of leaves and green pixie boots tried to convince you to eat canned corn by saying it is ‘One of your five a day’.

Erika@krystolla· Apr 27

Husband insists I include something that he didn’t bring into the house. I painstakingly cleaned, patched, and restuffed this elderly teddy bear so I’m sure the fact he’s definitely haunted is not going to cause *me* problems.

Nearly furless, patched teddy bear with a bright interested expression.

Erika@krystolla· Apr 27

Our most cursed object is the stuffed toy monkey with rhinestone buttons for eyes but I’m not putting a picture of that on the internet, the world doesn’t deserve it. Runner up is Golf Monkey (chimpanzee, I know) that feels racist and is also aesthetically alarming:

Porcelain statue of a chimpanzee dressed as a golfer (or caddy). Particularly notable is the teal and yellow color scheme and the open bag of deflated golf balls or cookies.

His shirt says ‘Bob’ because a third of my husband’s family is named Robert for tradition?

Erika@krystolla· Apr 20

The tree peonies are starting to bloom.

Dark magenta/red bloom of a tree peony is opened just enough to reveal yellow stamen. The peony variety is Black Dragon Brocade.

Erika@krystolla· Mar 21

This is James.

Solid white cat lying in a basket. He’s got his tongue sticking out, one eye closed, and he’s tipping backwards.

Erika@krystolla· Mar 19

Cats are such graceful, majestic creatures…

Back half of a fluffy cat, legs up, squashed against the corner of a refrigerator.

Erika@krystolla· Mar 7

Jessie and James, momentarily taking a break from aiming sibling torment at each other.

Two short haired white cats peek over the edge of a cat tree basket they are sharing.

Erika@krystolla· Feb 20

Every year I’m compelled to take a photo of the first spring blooms because they feel magical and impossible after the winter.

Erika@krystolla· Feb 17

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show off the most recent cat image on your phone.

White cat shows off his pink toe beans with a grave expression.

Erika@krystolla· Feb 16

I made all the flowers for my wedding out of coffee filters - cheaper and more environmentally friendly than getting real flowers. I reused the flowers in an Easter wreath.

Wreath with white coffee filter roses and a plush rabbit.

Erika@krystolla· Jan 24

POST AN EMERGENCY CAT PIC IDK, James is just Like That.

White cat pulling a flying Superman pose while resting his elbows and chin on a denim clad leg.

Erika@krystolla· Jan 19

No more crochet for me, I guess.

Two white cats strategically laying across a lap and crochet project.

Erika@krystolla· Jan 11

My Madison was, indeed, named for the mermaid named after the street.

Brown patched tabby sprawls indolently across a denim clad lap.

Erika@krystolla· Dec 22

I had a mini-coon too, she had a pedigree like royalty but her future as a queen was lost to being spectacularly ill as a kitten. She missed maybe nine months of growth. She was raised by vet staff and did not understand how to cat. Our sweet chaos monster.

Solid blue main coon cat who seems to be square to match the box she’s curled in.

Erika@krystolla· Dec 15

This is the kitten I would have kidnapped if I wasn’t an upstanding citizen (most of the time). Black smoke Egyptian Mau cats are magic - ghost markings though a smoke coat fade out in every other breed but this one. Seriously, this kitten is perfect.

Tiny black smoke Egyptian mau kitten. Even my substandard photo skills captured the black-on-smoke spots.

Erika@krystolla· Dec 15

The costume contest wasn’t until the next day but I snagged a preview. This guy had just aged out of the kitten class and the jacket compressing his fluff just made him seem tinier.

Lynx point Birman dressed as a punk in a Mohawk and Jean jacket. Seems to be reconsidering domestication as a concept.

Erika@krystolla· Dec 15

As with all Abyssinian cats, this guy was too smart to just doze through the show and instead plotted shenanigans the whole time.

Ruddy Abyssinian cat with the intent gaze on the judge’s toy collection that spells trouble for later.

Erika@krystolla· Dec 15

I had a really hard time getting a picture of the Burmilla. First time I’ve ever seen one, even as a long time cat fancier. Didn’t manage to catch him out of the ring either.

Excellent view of the silver chinchilla coat on the Burmilla, except totally hiding his face.

Reasonable shot of the Burmilla from the front, not a great view of that unique coat and he’s hiding behind his best of color ribbon.

Almost got both coat and face, except ears are hidden behind the ribbon and nothing is quite correctly in focus.

Erika@krystolla· Dec 15

This guy was a hugger - open the cage door and you get a slinky soft cloud to the neck immediately.

Flame point Javanese cat looking intently into the audience for his person.

Erika@krystolla· Dec 15

Assorted pictures from my visit to the cat show this weekend, because we all need some cat pictures right now.

Erika@krystolla· Nov 25

Synchronized sibling snuggles.

Two white cats line up along the edge of a large dog bed in identical loaf positions.

Erika@krystolla· Nov 19

This is Griffin. He’s a Devon Rex, and was probably around eight years old when we snagged him from a local shelter. He was a delightfully opinionated character, and he won over my ‘cat-hating’ father by force of personality and involuntary cuddles.

Brown Devon Rex cat curled into a circle on a tan patterned comforter.

Erika@krystolla· Nov 16

Fuzzy ragdoll cat on a dog bed next to a beleaguered cow colored dog toy. The dog, curled haphazardly into a small cat bed, cannot be seen from this angle.

Erika@krystolla· Nov 3

Timeline cleanse. Monday is rough.