Katherine Carleton

@kcarleton.bsky.social

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Waves hands about wildly.

Trying to capture the 3/4 moon which is a weird shade of pink. Trees and powerlines, too.
Orange and white tabby in a highly unusual yoga pose, looking contemplative.
A sun dappled close up of a mostly-in-bloom purple lilac clump. I can almost smell it.
My hand holding an empty bag with bite marks on it. Label reads “Catnip - organically grown in Canada by expert kittehs”.
Photo of a few bars of music, marked with the words ‘Tempo di “Brain”’
A photo of Peterborough’s safe injection site (soon to be defunded by our moronic provincial government) freshly tagged with the words “Dirt Box Greyhound for this Enablers”)
Orange and white cat, shaped like an Easter egg with limbs and a head. in an odd pose on a blanket-covered couch. Hard to describe, but I will try. Lying kinda propped up on one side. Back legs extended. Front legs looking super short and primly folded on his giant middle. Possibly he has a pouch?
Photo of the side of a red brick apartment building with green plastic Muskoka chair and beautiful pink bird/insect/something as tree ornament.
Orange and white cat licks his chops and looks expectantly for more.
A photograph of a magpie - gloriously annoying black and white bird - in a dead leaved street tree. Blue sky behind. Feels like spring. On Feb 2 in Edmonton.
A screenshot of Evan Solomon’s BlueSky “page”. Running to be Liberal member for Toronto Centre. 1003 followers, following 1 person. 0 posts.
Animal footprints in snow. Weirdly, one paw print is very distinct, and the other is not. Pegleg raccoon, or…?
Orange and white cat caught in the act of cleaning himself in a favourite location on the back of the couch. One back leg is poised for action.
Photo of an explanatory note that accompanied a cheque for $12.99 (USD) - the “result of a settlement reached by President Trump’s Federal Trade Commission with Amazon.com regarding allegations that Amazon violated the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act in connection with Amazon Prime.”
Merriam-Webster”Your 2026 Word”: moribund.
Margaret Dumont and Groucho Marx, all dolled up. He is leering. They are in the dance floor.
Photo of an east facing sunporch corner. Orange horizon, outline of houses, strange multi-coloured pendant Christmas lights in the window. Best I could do.
A lei-wearing, bespangled Elvis Presley sings on a television screen. Spanish subtitles appear below the image, saying Quando voce sentir derrotada. I could find an online translator or simply guess that it’s when people say mean things out loud.
Heavy metal-looking tshirt displaying recorders, fire and the words “Hot Cross Buns”.
Four very loved cats on a messy unmade bed, from 2013. All late and lamented. Meet Ezra (Holstein), Sam (orange), Boris (black), Susie (brown tabby, ears only)
Photo of a fortune-cookie fortune that reads, “You will have an exciting business adventure.”
A plastic skeleton riding on the back of an equally plastic flamingo, on a lawn.
The Peterborough AIDS Resource Network truck, kitted out in rainbow colours.
Orange and white cat wearing a cone of shame. Head is invisible, paw is bandaged (as is his tail, to keep the catheter in place) and he is closely inspecting a beat up couch at the vet’s.
Rocky and Bullwinkle!
Dropdown menu on the NHL Players Association website. Top item on the list? “Accessbitily Issue”.
A colourful picture of people flying around in one of those midway rides where you sit in a bucket attached by chains to a giant central thing that spins around and makes you feel dizzy.
A photo of someone (me!) holding a fortune cookie fortune between her thumb and forefinger). It reads: “A confidential tip will clue you in to a great financial deal. 49 1922 3246“
A video clip of a traditional New Orleans jazz group - Otis and his Honey Lambs - playing Milenberg Joys. The group includes cornet, clarinet, trombone, saxophone, banjo, washboard, drums, bass and piano and it is playing (mostly out of sight) on a front porch with good acoustics and bad sight lines!
Why, it’s Ted Baxter from the Mary Tyler Moore show.
A fortune cookie message, reading “You enjoy sharing your dreams and plans with others.” Except you animals, I guess. You’d just laugh.
Black bowl filled with foil-wrapped eyeball candy and a few super-bouncer eye balls.
“Ask your body”
Other side of 2 dollar coin on a stick. Bear!
The amazing Giant Two Dollar Coin of Campbellford. Photo of a great big bi-colour coin on a stick.
Orange and white tabby in an uncharacteristically thoughtful pose atop an angora throw.
Orange and white tabby sitting on the back of a couch on a blue and yellow angora throw (and similarly-coloured paintings on the wall behind him by Peterborough’s own John Climenhage), looking as though he’s about to talk.
Orange and white tabby sitting in an awkward “I’m cleaning my tummy” position atop a yellow and blue plaid angora throw on the back of a couch. And glaring at the taker of the picture.
A photo of the season’s first Genuine (none of this ever-bearing crap) Ontario strawberries.
A streaky pink peony bud on the verge of exploding.
A fortune cookie message held in someone’s left hand (mine). The legend? “Be content with your lot. One cannot be first in everything.” (Lucky numbers 14 16 18 34 44 46)
Two pictures on a grey wall. One reads “roll with it” and has an image of a roll of toilet paper; the other says “go for it! Take the plunge” and depicts two dancing toilet plungers.
A yard crowded with tables, stuff and people. A sign reading PATHPeterboroigh Axction for Tiny Homes. Home Lives Within Community.
Lilacs!
Photo of a shady garden, tree in the background and a small but vibrant clump of white trilliums.
Tulip magnolias on a fine old tree: variegated pink buds in various states of pre-bloom.
Flying canoes! In the air! A Canadian flag. Some balloons. Somewhere in the distance, Emma Harrison, Peterborough’s new member of Parliament, is speaking.
Photograph of a small tub of chocolate peanut butter ice cream sitting atop my car. In the background, a sign reading “Enniskillen General Store: Home of the BIG BABY!”
Photograph of a price label on a bag, held to the camera with a very mangy/looking thumb (mine), said label reading “Cherry Crueller”.
Yellow sign with white background, read g Elections Canada M-F 9 am-9 pm Saturday 9 am-6 pm, Sunday 12 pm-4 pm telephone 866-204-8448
A close up of a tree branch, well coated in a layer of shiny ice. In the background, tree trunks and a street.
Snipped out item from a newspaper. Title: WORD. Text reads: Re “My guitar centres me and serves as an island of solace in dark times” (First Person, March 27): Exactly. (Signed) Alex Lifeson Toronto
Silver grey gleaming box like building with Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts written on it. A tantalizing glimpse of water beyond.
A photograph through a hotel room window. The view is of the back end of several other buildings. The sky is visible if you press your nose against the glass. At street level, tiny people wait for a bus.
Ginger tabby and white cat poses on a window ledge in the sunshine, looking beseechingly over his shoulder. WHY IS MY BOWL EMPTY is the implication.
Close up of a purple yoga mat with a folded golden blanket at the top edge. Within the blanket’s folds, an orange and white tabby cat peeks out.
An octagonal tower - purple-lit - with a small dome on top of it, and a weathervane on top of the dome, featuring the cardinal directions and two geese in flight.