Lefty ratbag, looking for a way forward. Long covid 18mos from Nov 22, recovered now. Crazy cat lady, part time uni student, overwhelmed gardener. Mama to 28yo daughter, 20yo enby, 17yo trans girl. Cheerfully reinventing myself. Tasmania/lutruwita.https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3ljrr4ovduc2uOur first and most intransigent feral girl Rhea, finally allowed out of her post-surgery recovery pen, contemplates becoming an inside cat. It took years to get to this point. IDK how we're going to fit her in considering we have too many cats already, but we'll figure something out.07 Mar 2025 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljrr4ovduc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3ljgzbigmw227These two cuties were trapped in our garden the other day and taken to a rescue. Mum is still around but very wild, so we couldn't find anywhere who could take her too 😞 Guess I'll just have to trap her and work on winning her over myself so we can get her spayed, as I did with our feral matriarch.03 Mar 2025 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljgzbigmw227https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lg36uptghs22Grainger says, "Who, me? I did nothing. It wasn't me, honest."19 Jan 2025 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg36uptghs22https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lfk4lucmcc2vTaking two of my daughters (or at least, one daughter + one mostly femme-presenting non-binary chidlet) to MONA tomorrow for the final day of the Ladies' Lounge installation. Very much looking forward to it. We keep saying we should go more often, then somehow another year has gone by before we do.12 Jan 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfk4lucmcc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lfbly5u2ic2jI have had problems with my central locking for a while, but in today's installment of the saga, I have managed to lock myself *in* my car. I could climb out the passenger side because it's only a problem with my door and none of the other doors are locked, but jeez. What a stupid problem to have.09 Jan 2025 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfbly5u2ic2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lequaag4o226It has taken me several weeks, but I have finally conquered the blackberry hedge along the side of the driveway, and it looks so much better out there now! I still have to trim the bank on the opposite side, but that's only grass. Front yard doing slightly less violence to local property values now.02 Jan 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lequaag4o226https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3ldsm54i7cc2yHappy summer solstice! 🌞 ☀️21 Dec 2024 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldsm54i7cc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3ldmuwovfmc2w👋 I've only had covid once, to my knowledge, and it disabled me for over a year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2024 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmuwovfmc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3ldkk2atm4s2zMade follow-up appointment with GP re new ADHD meds. Did not put it in the diary. Forgot to reply to SMS the day prior, or call to check the time. Rang half an hour after appointment time to find out. Luckily, GP is used to me and managed to fit in a phone call. Conclusion: meds not working yet.18 Dec 2024 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldkk2atm4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3ldffoe3wdc2iHot, sunny, and the wind is coming up. I dislike this combination.16 Dec 2024 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldffoe3wdc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lc32puw6zk2fGosh I love being able to use my brush cutter again. I didn't think I had enough stamina back to get out there with it earlier in the year, but in the last week I've been doing a little bit at a time and making a dent in the wilderness of my yard, without overdoing things. I missed this!29 Nov 2024 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc32puw6zk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lbt5iqbyds2qI did my three days in a row at work and while I am a bit achey and sore (and could have slept more), I otherwise feel fine. Pretty stoked to have gotten to this point two years on from my original covid infection, when I was still using a wheelchair or walker to get around in February of this year!26 Nov 2024 03:58 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbt5iqbyds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lboloccolk2vI've been at work now for three months, and am starting to feel like I’m pretty close to my pre-long covid baseline again. I did a 6 hour shift on my feet, then got home by 2pm and pottered around doing gardening, laundry, cooking and general life-functioning, without needing a nap or feeling sore.24 Nov 2024 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lboloccolk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lbe23jmeys24Apparently, the smoke detector in the hallway outside the bathroom is also a steam detector. Hmm. Not very helpful!20 Nov 2024 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbe23jmeys24https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lbc5rybkgs24It may have been a little while since we've vacuumed, when my husband turned it on to do the living room rugs and half the cats immediately levitated to the top of the wardrobe in shock.19 Nov 2024 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbc5rybkgs24https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lb7govoxts22Buying our youngest daughter the new RecipeTin Eats cookbook for her 17th birthday was the best decision I've made this year. I haven't had to cook dinner for a week.18 Nov 2024 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7govoxts22https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lb7ar73f7c22What is this thing we have of taking photos of our cats when they are up by the ceiling? Could it be that any part of the house below head height is currently far too chaotic for public consumption? Pugsley says yes.18 Nov 2024 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7ar73f7c22https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lazoj4rcac2nStyx may be regretting his life choices here.16 Nov 2024 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazoj4rcac2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lauau43ljs2pTroublesome cat looks unlikely to forgive me any time soon. Poor darling, I do feel bad about not having had time to work more consistently on carrier training, and it may come back to bite me later. But at least she's no longer in thrall to her demanding uterus and all of us can get some peace now.13 Nov 2024 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lauau43ljs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3lasvv72zak23This has been an excellent week for our colony. The trap-shy matriarch was coaxed into a new outdoor enclosure and is safely contained, to be spayed when her new litter is weaned. And our second most troublesome girl, who lives inside but is incredibly hard to handle, was finally spayed. Success!13 Nov 2024 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lasvv72zak23https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3l4g4osytuh2hGood heavens. Our missing cat turned up in the garden this evening, with her head stuck in a tin. She was so thin and bedraggled that I didn't even recognise her at first. It's been 4 months since she escaped, and over 2 months since she was last seen. I hope she doesn't disappear on us again!18 Sep 2024 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4g4osytuh2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3kvxav7w3mw2sFormerly clingy cat has been spotted outside for the first time in a few weeks, but ran away when approached. At least she's okay. I am conflicted about whether to try trapping her as it's clear she was just waiting for another chance to escape after being retrieved previously.28 Jun 2024 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvxav7w3mw2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3kvnzlqcujl27Our cats are having a rotten year. We took Noel, the loveliest tuxedo boy in the world, to the vet last week for suspected UTD, and while he was in hospital on fluids he had a massive heart attack and couldn't be revived. No warning signs at all, and the vets were right there and did all they could.24 Jun 2024 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvnzlqcujl27https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3kufdex5xgr2eThe lurgi which has knocked out the whole family isn't covid - it's RSV. A great relief. I still feel rotten, but at least I'm no longer worried about my long covid symptoms returning.08 Jun 2024 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3kufdex5xgr2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3kuanlygulr2eWoe. I had avoided any further infection since getting covid in Nov 2022. Now, despite N95s all round and isolation for the plague-bearers, I have finally come down with something - probably only a cold (multiple negative RATs from everyone in the household), and it's knocked me out completely.06 Jun 2024 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3kuanlygulr2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3ktz7fyby2c2iFor the few people who read my posts, an update on the missing cat. Sadly, she seems to have decided on a return to the wild & hasn't been seen for several weeks. We've chased up various local sightings, but no luck. We do have two other former ferals who come and go, so hopefully she'll come back.03 Jun 2024 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktz7fyby2c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3krfapywf5c2wClingy cat update: she just allowed herself to be reminded that she likes kisses & pats, but she does not wish to be picked up, & clearly still has no interest in coming inside. Now I am wondering if I should take her to the vet when she does return, after such an abrupt personality change 🤔01 May 2024 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3krfapywf5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3krddud4ces24Previously-clingy cat has taken up permanent residence under the shed and refuses to allow anyone to come anywhere near her. I am entirely baffled by this radical personality change. If you had asked me which cat was the least likely to want to go outside, this one would have been top of the list.30 Apr 2024 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3krddud4ces24https://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3kqzoyjcj222mClingy cat escaped a second time and has been refusing to come anywhere near the house for several days - not even for food. This is the only time she's let me get close, and she disappeared under the shed immediately afterwards. I have no idea what is going on in her head?26 Apr 2024 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqzoyjcj222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelancrewitch.bsky.social/post/3kqcgd2pa3g2cExposed tree roots on the river bank.17 Apr 2024 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:jdiqko5hqd3chtepm4docjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqcgd2pa3g2c