Sallliss (@sallliss.bsky.social)

@sallliss.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 4:46 PM

Vertigo says he’ll send you good thoughts

A small orange kitten loafs nonchalantly, knowing that the bars of the cat gate casting shadows on him cannot contain his magnificence

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 12, 2026, 4:19 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

Vertigo escaped containment again. He's proving to be pretty well impossible to wrangle back upstairs. So. I guess he lives in the sunroom with the other kitties now.

A small orange kitten hides behind an old, blue glider chair, upon which sits a one and a half year old almost adult grey tabby cat.

A small orange kitten hides under a cat tree as a large orange cat stares out the window.

A small orange kitten sits warily on a cat ramp as a large black cat sneezes on a pillow in the foreground.

A security cam shot of a small orange cat in a cat basket, staring out the window, as a grey cat sits in a basket in the background, and a black cat lies on a blue pillow covered in way too much cat hair.

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 11, 2026, 11:31 AMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

Our local owls are very loud this morning. You're not going to sneak up on prey that way, guys... keep it down.

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 11, 2026, 12:16 AMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

Ordered dinner tonight (carryout) from a Greek place. Ordered a Greek salad, some pork sticks and a lamb stick. Put "please no onions, as I have an onion allergy. The greek salad was 1/4 onions by volume. I didn't get lamb. I got pork -- covered in onions. Their phone number is disconnected...

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 10, 2026, 3:02 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

I'm really bad at promoting the business. Anyway. I make jewellery. It's cute. You should buy some so I can continue to make more. This is our Spiral Raindrop necklace.

You can find it, and many others, here: montgomeryramsay.com

A model in a black shirt wears a Spiral Raindrop necklace in the sun. We can't see the model's face. Is she smiling? Is she laughing? Is she squinting and grimacing because it's bright and sunny and we just cut her face out because of that? No one knows.

A Spiral Raindrop necklace lies on a white surface at a kind of 45 degree angle. The necklace itself is a twist of wires spaced evenly apart in an angled almost American football-like shape. There are 9 of them. Their shape creates truss supports that reinforce the structure of the necklace while keeping it light. At the top is a bail with a hexagon in the middle. Why a hexagon? As if you really need to ask.

A Spiral Raindrop necklace hangs against a white background. No one is wearing it. How is it hanging? There's no obvious table. Where is that shadow coming from? Does anything exist in this reality beyond that of the necklace itself, and, if not, who is around to take the photograph? None of these existential questions will be answered by purchasing one of these necklaces, but they won't have to be, because it's pretty, and you will forget all about them the moment it arrives in its branded purple Montgomery-Ramsay box.

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 9, 2026, 7:49 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

I love that this video starts off looking like a photograph because NO ONE IS MOVING -- not the kids nor the squirrel they're eyeing through the window. Then, after a moment, Starlet swishes her tail and it breaks the spell.

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 9, 2026, 11:41 AMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

Hallow wants to know why no one was up at 4am to play. Vertigo was. But he's a BOY. And boys are the WORST.

A tortie cat looks down on the camera with a permanent look of disapproval.

@sallliss.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:15 AM

🚨Containment Breach🚨

A tiny orange kitten sitting like a loaf, not looking like he could totally fit through the bars of that child gate, no sir, definitely not

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 7, 2026, 6:39 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

This was something I saw yesterday... and... I have questions.

A dish or bowl of some kind, around the lip of which are 25 ceramic bunnies that are part of the dish itself -- too delicate to be handles, but too in the way to not be handles. One assumes the dish is decorative, as I suspect washing this thing would be a nightmare. It is very much not my thing, but I applaud the excess.

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 7, 2026, 2:49 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

Some of yesterday. A trip around some of North Georgia.

A cider flight and some meat pies at BJ Reece's cider house. The meat pies were mediocre, but hunger is hunger. One of the four ciders we had was worthy of buying some to take home. Two of them were high alcohol and kind of tasteless, and one had some lovely flavour overshadowed by a plasticky taste that ruined it all.

Fresh nutella mini doughnuts. Some wandering doughnut stand (a food truck sans truck) was set up at the cider house, and the fellow there was making fresh doughnuts in something like 20 different flavour options. They were insanely good and a horrible health decision, but OH such a good flavour decision.

Expedition: Bigfoot -- the original location in Cherry Log, GA. If you've ever been fascinated with the sasquatch legends, or just fascinated with the people who are fascinated by the sasquatch legends, this is THE place to go. We first spotted it on our way to the mountains after our wedding back in 2017, when it had JUST opened. And I HAD to stop, 'cause, I mean, how often do you get to see a Bigfoot museum? I didn't think it would stick around. Seems kind of fringe. But it's apparently so popular they've opened 2 additional locations. It has large collections of things like alleged bigfoot imprints and recordings of supposed sasquatch calls and documentaries and kitsch. It's pretty glorious. A bit pricey, but it goes to the good cause of supporting someone's wild, mad dream, so I'm okay with it.

A shot from across the highway of BJ Reece's Apple House. We opted NOT to go to the apple house this go 'round, as we'd already hit up another one we kind of like better (Mercier Orchards in Blue Ridge, GA), but the cider house across the street is a nice stop, and it was past lunchtime. Even on a Tuesday in mid-afternoon, the cider house had more traffic than I've seen some restaurants get for dinner crowds, and the parking lot at the apple house was packed.

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 6, 2026, 2:20 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

5 years ago today, my wife and I were driving around in the hills in Vermont while waiting on some photography for our launch collection in the new brand (Montgomery-Ramsay). It was perfect weather, and just the right time of year.

A photo of my me and my wife standing in front of a mountain vista with some colourful trees around us.

@sallliss.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:04 PM

🚨Containment Breach🚨

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 6, 2026, 11:46 AMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

Vertigo has discovered that there are cats outside of his room, and he DESPERATELY wants to meet them. Big Tiger came up to begin the detente, and Vertigo is hooked. He's now sitting at the cat gate, crying out for friends.

@sallliss.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:46 PM

A rousing game of “eat your face”

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 5, 2026, 2:55 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

Ahhh sisters...

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 5, 2026, 1:42 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

Friend of mine is looking for a good handmade leather wallet for her husband. Anyone have any recommendations of leatherworkers I can send her way?

@sallliss.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 1:02 AM

Bah. It wasn’t ruined. You were immobile for a day or two, but it was pouring rain for those days anyway. Injury probably slowed you down enough that I had an actual chance of keeping up with you

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 4, 2026, 10:51 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

10 years ago today, @sallliss.bsky.social and I arrived in Venice to have a redo of our previous year's trip, where I wound up hospitalised on our first day, ruining Sarah's first ever trip to Europe.

The redo trip was really nice. I miss those days. My dad was still getting around and healthy.

A selfie of me and Sarah from San Giorgio, with the camera looking toward San Marco across the water. It's sunset.

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 4, 2026, 12:44 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

There was a time when old Uncle Joe was SO scared to come into the house and eat while I was in the room (unmoving), that he had to be escorted and coaxed by Little Tiger, who showed him it was safe. This morning, Joe blocked my path and then hissed at me because I wasn't petting him...

@neil-ramsay.com Oct 2, 2026, 11:45 PMReposted by @sallliss.bsky.social

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!