the Bad Girl of the Library

@librarymelle.bsky.social

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she/her/hers. Always cold, frequently hangry, seldom clever, never fun. Opinions half-baked and own. Trying in every sense.

A sweet-faced black cat with big golden-jade eyes lounges on a cream-colored fuzzy blanket with a plush blue blanket behind her.
A photo of a trio of young common milkweed plants growing healthy and strong beside a white downspout for a house with blue siding. A ginormous bunch of dandelion greens growing beside red brick is in the foreground.
An extremely close-up photo of a black cat’s snoot, her nose and chin prominently centered with her golden jade eyes in the background.
A photograph of a black bowl of blooming bright yellow pansies on a concrete step in front of blue siding.
A photo of a small black cat laying on her side with one paw tucked under her chin and one paw extended, and along with her tiny cat head, snuggling against out-of-frame LibraryMelle’s thigh. LibraryMelle is wearing black lounge pants with hot pink star designs. In the background of the pic, LibraryMelle’s partner’s legs and red-white-and-blue plaid lounge pants are visible.
A portrait photo of a sleek, sweet-faced black cat with squinting light golden jade eyes. She is smooshed on a couch with a blue-and-white pattern.
A blurry screenshot of an adult Cooper’s hawk standing on gray-brown grass and holding a stick in their beak.
A photo of black-and-white cat Zelda and black cat Minne curled up together on a fuzzy faux-snow-leopard-print pillow
A very close-up photo of a little black cat face with a shiny black nose and big golden jade eyes
A grainy photo of a 7 week-old black-and-white kitten with a round head, huge Disney character eyes, tiny paws with little pink-and-black-speckled toe beans staring directly into the camera. The kitten wears a blue collar with a silver jingle bell as big as her pink-and-black-speckled nose and is atop a blue comforter with a pattern of black bears and white trees printed on the fabric.
A photo of a bowl of snacking veggies — baby carrots, small sweet peppers, and sliced cucumber rounds — with a small dipping dish of hummus and hot sauce.
A portrait photo of all-black cat Minne with huge, gentle pale jade-golden eyes staring beyond the camera. A messy bedroom is in the background.
A photo of black plastic frame glasses folded up and placed upon an e-reader sleeve made from a fabric with a muted slate blue color and featuring black cats sitting atop shelves with spell books, trailing purple-leafed vines with pink flowers, and interspersed with white right-handed palmistry maps, moons and stars
A photo taken from behind glass looking down on a snow-covered yard with starkly beautiful dried brown-gray stems, leaves, seedheads, and grasses peaking out above the snowfall. There are rabbit animal tracks in the snow. Because the photographer took the photo from inside, the snow-covered deck railing in the foreground and roof overhang on the right are visible in the photo.
A very close-up photo of a black cat’s nose with her pale golden-jade eyes visible in the background.
A photo taken from above of three cats — black-and-white cat Zelda, small black cat Minne, and large black cat Goblin — curled up on the couch with LibraryMelle (implied but not visible). The girls Zelda and Minne are curled in little balls; Zelda next to the colorful Leech Lake Tribal College blanket covering LibraryMelle’s legs and Minne to the far left on the fuzzy faux-snow-leopard pillow. Goblin is stretched out over the aforementioned blanket covering LibraryMelle’s legs.
A meme of Squidward’s tentacles holding a sheet that reads “Stop overthinking you mf”
A not-well-composed photo of two cats on a couch (and LibraryMelle’s lap) — a black-and-white cat curled up on a fuzzy faux-snow-leopard-print pillow and a black cat curled up on a knit Leech Lake Tribal College blanket styled after the Pendleton Glacier National stripes. The base of a tissue box is in the frame.
A close-up photo of potato leek soup which looks like velvety cream with green chive flecks and tiny ground black pepper specks
A close-up photo of sliced leeks, chopped yellow potatoes, and green chive flakes simmering together in broth
A photo of a black-and-white cat daintily balancing and easing herself from the back to the arm of a blue couch.
A photo of two black-and-white cat paws balanced precariously on a bronze-colored towel rack in front of a white trimmed window.
A close-up photo taken from the angle of the underside of a small black cat’s head. Her little black nose and wispy black whiskers are prominent.
A photo of a black-and-white cat who was rudely awakened and is curled up in an open fabric pet carrier
A close-up photo of a sweet-faced black cat with light sage-green eyes, a tiny wet black nose, wild and wispy black whiskers, and a tiny sliver of a bright pink tongue not fully retracted into her mouth
The album cover for Cluck Ol’ Hen, a live recording by Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby. The album cover shows a black-and-white photo of a white limousine parked behind a chickenwire fence while inside the chicken pen bluegrass legend Bill Monroe plays mandolin with maybe a dozen chickens around him.
A photo of a blissed-out black cat lying on her side and nuzzling against the knit blanket she is atop. LibraryMelle’s pinkish white hand is resting just behind the kitty’s head.
A photo of two black cats on a blue blanket spread over their person’s lower torso and legs and propped up on an ottoman. Small Minne cat is in the foreground on the lap, and big cat Goblin is curled up next to the feet on the ottoman.
A close-up photo of black-and-white cat Zelda staring directly at the camera.
A screen capture of a still from aerial footage of demonstrators lining a pedestrian bridge over a five lane section of highway
A close-up photo of cut-up vegetables — white-fleshed potatoes with speckled brown skins, translucent yellow onion shards, dark green poblano pepper pieces, orange carrot discs, light green celery crescent moons, smashed garlic cloves, and one golden cherry tomato — gently sautéing together in a stainless steel soup pot.
A close-up photo of a small black cat attacking the end of a pigtail of braided brown hair which is secured with an orange elastic holder. The attack is happening on brown overalls supporting a Duluth Trading Co label. Two cast-off shoes are in the background.
A photo of a simmering pot of potato-poblano-corn chowder
A seven-second long video of a mix of vegetables — onion, celery, carrot, garlic, potatoes, and poblano — cooking in a soup pot
A close-up photo of a late season common oxeye / Heliopsus helianthoides with a delicate spiderweb built around its petals
A close-up photo of a common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) on a late season purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
A close-up photo of a tiny, humble-looking, weather-beaten, insect-eaten sunflower persists amidst dying vegetation alongside the blue-and-concrete building in the background.
A close-up video of small black cat Minne whiffle-purring
A small black cat lies on her side with her paws up, her green-gold eyes opened wide. She lounges upon blue sheets.
A wide-eyed LibraryMelle holds a copy of The Oatmeal’s How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You” while black-and-white cat Zelda looks at LibraryMelle.
A simmering soup base of carrots, celery, onion, poblano, potato, two tiny cherry tomatoes, leftover salsa, veggie bouillon, hot sauce, and liquid mesquite.
A yellow-petaled sunflower with a brown canter is weighed down after rain with droplets still visible on the flower.
A small pinkish-white hand holds a cellophane package of Aldi Deutsche Kitchen Spaetzle Swabian Egg Noodles in front of a glass door overlooking a weathered deck.
A screenshot of a text exchange between librarymelle (in blue right-aligned text bubbles) and librarymelle’s spouse (in gray left aligned text bubbles). Exchange text is as follows — TUE 7:35am librarymelle: “I found the sandwich bread on the floor too late.” librarymelle: [inserted pictured of sliced sandwich bread with the bag and corners clearly chewed and eaten by a still-unnamed feline culprit] librarymelle: “Some pieces might be salvageable.” TUE 8:16am spouse: “Minne!”
Album cover art for Hot House (1995) by Bruce Hornsby featuring a painting of jazz legend Charlie Parker on saxophone playing alongside bluegrass legend Bill Monroe on mandolin.
A bouquet of sunflowers and Minnesota native wildflowers (purple coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, ox-eye daisies, New England aster, cardinal flowers) in a clear glass vase on an oak table in front of a sunny white-framed window
A restaurant table spread of vegetable noodles, white basmati rice, egg coconut curry, and a plate of godhamba and egg roti. Spouse’s hands are visible in the background and holding a spoon.
A black cat with golden eyes scowls at the camera from behind the metal bars of his cat carrier.
Autumn Beauty sunflowers — in the foreground a orange-and-golden petaled bloom and behind it in the background a deep blood-red and orange-tinged one.
A photo of Goblin, a big, medium-hair black cat, with his left paw tucked over his nose and his fluffy tail curling over his right eye while his left golden-jade eye stares toward the camera.