Average Jane

@averagejane.bsky.social

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I mostly talk about pets, board games, gardening, coffee and recipes. Embracing my inner crone by turning into your Mom Friend. I only speak for myself. Yes, I will go to brunch with you. | She/her

Brown and tan chihuahua sniffs at a chonky library copy of He Who Fights with Monsters.
Black and white photo of a woman in a flannel shirt in bed with one arm around a sleeping black cat.
The distinctive building at Tee Pee Junction in Lawrence, Kansas, built in the 1930s.
Elevator floor ID plate with the number 13
A glazed donut on a glass plate with a mug of coffee in the background.
Sign that says: LEFT TURN YEILD [sic] TO [bicycle icon]
Brown and tan chihuahua staring into your soul.
Brown tabby sits on a person’s lap with Tom Cox’s Everything Will Swallow You paperback and a cup of coffee in the background.
Sign in a shop that says: For every seal you break you will receive a free barn cat. Please do not open diffuser oils.
Weather radar map with a huge wall of storms heading right for Kansas City.
Gigantic fluffy black cat sitting in a ray of sunshine, looking out a glass door, relaxing on a nubby purple rug with a jade green door open behind him.
A brown and tan chihuahua gazes into the middle distance between gnaws at her prized yak cheese chew.
A shadowed brown tabby oversees a book haul laid out on a bed including The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah, Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher, The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, a couple of kids' books, and this year's Independent Bookstore Day freebie, Your Best Tomatoes: From Seed to Plate.
Package left next to a doormat that says, “Ask not for whom the dog barks. It barks for thee.” And behind the glass of the storm door, a brown and tan chihuahua barks ferociously.
A patch of pale purple iris blossoming.
A brown and tan chihuahua who knows what many English words mean, taught herself to walk into her harness in pitch darkness, and can be counted on to police cat fights. Verdict: Not dumb.
Hawk perched on a deck railing looking for snacks.
Brick street with old buildings and a black sign with white letters that says: Save 100% when you don’t buy anything
Photograph of a sleeping orange cat in a fuzzy costume with a headband and a caption that reads: Japanese designer created a costume that turns your cat into a tempura shrimp.
Brown tabby in a Pet Taxi carrier, questioning the life choices that have brought him here.
T-shirt quilt made from mostly early 2000s designs, many of which are from Threadless and other online sources. It’s hanging to dry on an outdoor clothesline.
Arts and Crafts bed frame with a footboard rail that juts out evilly at thigh-bruising height.
Close-up of horse sculpture having feelings. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo.
Weather app screen shot that shows a temperature of 92°F on March 20, 2026
A black dog on a beach holding a sign it uprooted showing a red “no” symbol over a black dog symbol. Caption says, “Become ungovernable.”
Blonde woman singing into a microphone wearing a fabulous faux alligator jacket and raising one fist in the air, flanked by older men playing guitar, bass and drums.
A bottle of Red Stripe beer on a painted table.
Brown and tan chihuahua stretched out on a grey comforter with a pattern of birds and red flowers.
An early morning drive through a neighborhood with sun rays highlighting the fog.
A brown tabby with a pink nose nestles on top of some blankets with his eyes closed.
A man standing at a chaotic workbench at Moon Marble Company in Bonner Springs, Kansas, making a marble from red Murano glass rods. A sign at the front of the bench reads: There will be a $5.00 charge for whining.
Enormous fluffy black cat in a floofy cat bed right next to a much smaller brown and tan chihuahua on a grey blanket.
The cover of the 1971 album Fragile by Yes with a watercolor illustration of an Earthlike planet from space with oversized trees and a fanciful airship with insect-like wings.
Shiny black cat with gold eyes, giving you the stink eye with her ears in the airplane position.
An icy mocktail in a tall glass that’s pink at the top and yellow further down. It involves pineapple and coconut, I think.
A silver Subaru covered with snow in an unshoveled driveway.
Candy nests made variously with desiccated coconut and semisweet chocolate, butterscotch chips or white chocolate dyed pale green, with jelly beans for eggs. Arranged on a glass serving plate, covered in plastic wrap.
Enormous long-haired black cat at the end of a bed with a much smaller brown tabby curled up asleep next to him.
Stand with six angled shelves loaded with books. It’s next to a doorway in front of an apricot wall with burgundy trim. There’s a stuffed cicada toy in larval form perched on top.
Visibly rusty metal Scooby Doo lunch box circa 1973. The border is yellow with a yellow plastic handle. The illustration shows a headless horseman on a cliff, poised to throw a jack o’lantern, with the full moon behind him. In the foreground, Shaggy and Scooby are fleeing in terror.
The book, “There Is No Antimemetics Division”
Brown and tan chihuahua chilling in a fluffy grey dog bed on a brown leather sofa.
Christmas photo circa 1970 of a blonde girl child wearing a yellow top, black and white checked pants, and white shoes. She's standing in front of a decorated tree with lots of wrapped gifts underneath and there's a faux holly garland around the door frame.
Photo taken in the 1980s of a young blonde woman with a mullet sitting in a living room in front of a Christmas tree and gifts, hugging a medium-sized black and tan dog.
A small, clear glass plate holding a chai-flavored cookie with a white icing swirl and a pink cookie with visible bits of maraschino cherry and chocolate chips. In the background is a Deep Thoughts coffee mug and a lighted Christmas tree.
A store display box of Dr. Oetker Baking Glue, missing two tubes.
The book Solomon’s Seal by Skyla Dawn Cameron near a cup of coffee in a pale blue mug showing cartoon cats playing with holiday decor. A decorated Christmas tree is in the background.
Stone and concrete staircase surrounded by vegetation. It seems mysterious, but actually leads to a zipline.
Cedar tree outside a house in the dark with multicolored lights twined around it.
A black cat in the foreground sleeping on a grey, donut-shaped felt bed with a grey tabby in the background next to a bookcase, lying on a vent set into a hardwood floor.
Silver, early 2000s Subaru station wagon with a cedar tree tied on top.
Brown and tan chihuahua reveals her DNA connection with her Doberman kin with ears up, teeth bared and tongue out in a yawn.
A skull-shaped dessert made from white cake and white chocolate with the top cut off and raspberry goo flowing out onto the plate.
Short-haired black cat with green eyes relaxing on a person’s lap.
Infestation of brown peppervine plants growing around an open storm drain next to a concrete driveway.
Box of pastries labeled Pumpkin Delights with a hand holding one item from the box showing a face-shaped treat with a downturned mouth. The caption reads: I think they accidentally gave me Pumpkin Distraughts.
Dark tortoiseshell cat with cloudy eyes reclines on a bed covered in black sheets with a winter gnome pattern.
Clear glass mug filled with cider and presumably whisky, garnished with a slice of dried blood orange and a whole cinnamon stick - sitting on a rustic wooden tabletop.
Grapevines and branches formed into a vague holiday tree shape with warm white lights. Main concern: cat interactions, esp. teeth.
Dark brown and tan chihuahua with a green and black plaid harness sniffs the base of a tree, surrounded by fallen leaves.