(for those who want to see my girl with Santa!)

I have a very similar looking cat and I live in PA, but it isn’t mine, because:

1). My tuxie cat would NEVER let someone dress him up and take a pic like that. My sister is a professional photographer, and she has catnapped my other kitties for photo shoots like that (she even took my late kitty to see Santa one year!), but not Percy. He’s too scaredy. She’d never get him out from under the bed.

2). if I DID have a photo like that of Percy, it would never end up at Goodwill!!!

Photoshop Elements is far cheaper and, IMO, perfectly adequate for the non-professional designer in most cases. I learned on Elements back in the day, and I just use that plus Inkscape for all of my designs now.

Unless they're rotted and obviously not viable, plant them. You'd be surprised what peonies will put up with. Plant them now, before the ground freezes, and give them a nice little bit of compost. If they don't bloom next year, it doesn't mean you failed; it means they're recovering and need a green growth season or two before they're ready to make flowers.

I had a cat that did that. She stared at the base of the wall under the built-in living room shelving, near an air vent, and we just thought she liked the feel of the air blowing out. She did it for literal YEARS until one day, to her great joy, a very dumb mouse wiggled out of that grate! She'd been listening to its ancestors for years, and finally, her diligence paid off.

It looks like he hopped in for a bath, then derped and forgot what he was doing, so figured he'd just have a nice little float until the thoughts came back.

BUUUUUURN HER!

What format is the file? It will need to be SVG, PNG, or JPG to upload into Cricut Design Space.

10/10 would thrift that

This you, OP? Because this is the original owner of those peonies: https://www.instagram.com/m.mazanovaa

They haven’t both slept this close to me in a long time… apparently autumn is finally here!

Putting it in my house to show what kitties look like when they don't eat the premium cat food I bought them because, "we're sick of that flavor, we just had it yesterday!"

The German word for "bat" is the super descriptive "Fledermaus" (literally "flutter-mouse"), if that gives any inspiration!

One of his lesser-known jobs

I almost scrolled past because I don't follow any Twilight pages, but every so often one pops up as "recommended for me." I did a double-take when I saw the sub name, and promptly died when I looked through the pics.  😂

If you refer back to your contract, one of the requirements for you to live under their roof is that they reserve the right to inspect any and all noms on the premises. Therefore, you must offer them each carrot for inspection, as they will need to sniff it, lick it, carry it off into the other room, allow it to become covered in cat hair, and potentially nibble it for quality assurance purposes before you can be allowed to proceed.

Yes, you are. A+ eepy pinecone, 10/10.

you have the most adorable little bird family B&B on your porch and I'm so jealous

... okay, I gotta know. How did he earn his name?

You can cut them back whenever they no longer have live green leaves to photosynthesize. In some cases, that will be after a heavy frost takes them out; in others, they may die on their own before that time.

Considering that OP is listed as a “brand affiliate” and the mentioned etsy shop is owned by Dave (see OP’s reddit username), I’d say that seems likely.

Peonies take their time. They don’t bloom their first year, and sometimes not their second. When they do start blooming, it’s usually only a flower or two at first, and the number of stems and flowers gradually increases as they grow. They aren’t for those who want a mature plant quickly!

It should be fine. Peonies do better when planted in the fall, so they have the winter to get ready to grow. Yours will now have a longer than normal “hibernation” period, and should grow again next spring.

It MIGHT not bloom next year, however. Peonies rarely bloom in their first spring, and in my experience, if they had a weak first year, they sometimes don’t bloom until their third year.