She/her. Eclectic mama who loves books, music, woodworking, art, gaming and travel. But not all at the same time. Very happily married. Owned by 2 kitties. Living with stage 4 EHE. Human rights are non-negotiable. 💕 England -> Scotland -> California.https://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mw5ul36nps23Been very tired and on/off feverish for the last few days. It’s rather annoying, not knowing whether it’s some bug I’m fighting or the #EHE sprinkled all over my lungs. And, y’know, wherever else it’s hiding out, given we’ve not yet found the primary. #Stage4 #CancerSucks #EHEAwareness #FightEHE23 Sep 2026 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5ul36nps23https://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mvdn6ghcos2aFor #Caturday, here’s a super stealthy #HamishTheOrangeDoofus. I know it’s impossible to see where he is. How could anyone possibly guess? 😉 #cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky12 Sep 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdn6ghcos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mtcmehw6tk23For #BlackCatAppreciationDay, here’s my sassy little girl, #PandoraTheBabyPanther. She keeps me in line and shouts at me every day…and she’s wonderful.17 Aug 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcmehw6tk23https://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mqzj4cnvuk2i#HamishTheOrangeDoofus is…doing…something? Who knows? I certainly don’t. Either way, a late #Caturday post from the orangest boy to ever orange.19 Jul 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzj4cnvuk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mqkybfookc2eOh for goodness sake! #HamishTheOrangeDoofus has stolen a sock from the laundry again! 😄 #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #orangecats14 Jul 2026 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkybfookc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mqicci7ums2fAnd as he’d hate to miss out on our belated #Caturday, here’s #HamishTheOrangeDoofus. He’s trying to watch me and stay awake, but he’s tooooo sleeeeeeepy. #cats #CatSky #CatsOfBluesky #OrangeCats12 Jul 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqicci7ums2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mqi2iivh2k2fA late #Caturday entry as little #PandoraTheBabyPanther is curled up in my lap and too cute for words. #cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky12 Jul 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqi2iivh2k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mpz7czxmlk2gTeaching my son basic wood turning today, and I’m so proud of how he’s taking to it! He’ll have his first pen in no time. 🥰06 Jul 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpz7czxmlk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mpx7saaeo22vA bit late for #Caturday, but #PandoraTheBabyPanther has obviously found the noise of the last few days’ fireworks all too much…so she’s stretched out on my beloved @gordonchristie.bsky.social and in deeeeep sleep. #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky #BlackCat #ILoveMyHusband06 Jul 2026 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpx7saaeo22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mpwr3xydic2rMeanwhile, in Scotland. https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/fighting-birdy-scottish-man-arrested-after-allegedly-using-seagull-in-assault/05 Jul 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwr3xydic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mptpbrrq6c26Just putting this out there in the hope it’ll spread a little awareness and knowledge. Before I was diagnosed with #EpithelioidHemangioendothelioma, I hadn’t heard of it and it’s easy to feel unseen and alone when you have such a rare, incurable disease. #RareCancer #Sarcoma #Cancer #EHEAwareness04 Jul 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptpbrrq6c26https://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mpklsaeq7k2hNever wanted to have to walk into one of these again! Saw surgeon: definitely stage 4 #EHE, definitely all over my lungs, definitely a pain in the neck. She’s seen 3 cases in her entire career. Need more scans to up the excitement! Sigh. #CancerSucks #RareCancer #EHEawareness #sarcoma #fightEHE01 Jul 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpklsaeq7k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mor46yntls2sGuess which rare #BreastCancer survivor went and got an even rarer, unrelated #cancer? Rare cancers are not Pokémon, people. We should not be catching ‘em all. #EpithelioidHemangioendthelioma #EHEAwareness #EHE #sarcoma #rarecancers #rarecancer #MyBodyIsTryingToMurderMeAGAIN #WTF21 Jun 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mor46yntls2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3moixcnce3k2eMe: I hate staying in bed and recuperating. I feel usel… #HamishTheOrangeDoofus: see attached photo. Me: OK, I’m cosy here. I guess I’ll deal a LITTLE longer. 😃17 Jun 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3moixcnce3k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3moa7uzn6sc24Are hospital machines created to give patients beep-symphony nightmares? Because I swear this one is driving me crazy. YES, machine. I know I’m tachycardic right now. My medical team knows I’m tachycardic right now. Machine, do you honestly think your incessant PING sounds will SLOW my heart?! 🫪🤷‍♀️14 Jun 2026 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3moa7uzn6sc24https://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mo7kq5ergc2aIt’s #Caturday! #HamishTheOrangeDoofus and #PandoraTheBabyPanther hope you’re having a great weekend. 😊 #cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky14 Jun 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo7kq5ergc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mnthk6nnj22tSo…lungs. Do I *really* need them? At the moment, having had a couple of pieces taken out of one of them, I’m about to be done with the entire idea. Lungs are PAINFUL. Halp.09 Jun 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnthk6nnj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mn3qwpr5bc2bIn a bid to get me to rest up and avoid chores before my surgery on Thursday, my awesome husband has brought me out for #bingsu. Mango cheesecake FTW!30 May 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3qwpr5bc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mmzpacuux22zI am unreasonably excited at this arrival. Do I love quinacridone paints? Yes. Do I need more paints? No. Do I now have too many #watercolour paints? Arguably, but I’ll poke you with the pointy end of a size 8 round if you try to take them from me. 😆 Off to swatch these beauties… #DanielSmith29 May 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmzpacuux22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mms7a24puk27Update: I did not, in fact, resist the banh mi fries. They are delicious.27 May 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mms7a24puk27https://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mmrwbcpbyc2qMeeting a friend for a good catch up at my favourite Vietnamese tea shop. They so lots of fancy things, but my favourite is this simple lemon mint Assam tea. So good! Now I just have to resist their banh mi fries……….26 May 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrwbcpbyc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mmae2djylk2tExistential dread even worse after medical chats, so I’m doing the only reasonable thing by having bingsu (Korean shaved ice dessert) to temper both the sense of impending doom and the effects of the BURNING BALL OF FIERY DEATH in the sky. #Cupertino #California19 May 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmae2djylk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mm3a3jctdk2e#california [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3a3jctdk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mlvhm2p6lk2kVery early start this morning, and there’s gorgeous fog over the Santa Clara Valley hills. If I block out the freeway, it almost looks like Scotland! 😄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿15 May 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvhm2p6lk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gillchristie.bsky.social/post/3mlgy4w43kc2jI can’t get a good photo so please pardon the blurred pic, but can anyone who’s good at identifying #spiders take a guess at what species this one is? #SpiderID #spider #identification09 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:yz6ftfpi5imgemacmnba2ggb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgy4w43kc2j