Here it is. My first ever post on Mastodon. I wanted to make sure I got off on the right foot here, so I’m including a “Cat Pic” as my offering to the Social Media Gods. We shall see if they are appeased.
Bruno eyes a beautiful glass ornament from his perch 2/3rds off the way up our Christmas tree. There are no more glass ornaments in our tree, he got 3 later that night. The rest went back in the box.
Let’s just say, I’m early for next week’s #Caturday.
@MrFarland that is gorgeous. Great shot.
@MrFarland Welcome!
Awesome and worthwhile post! 🤩
@MrFarland the cat pic has been accepted. Welcome 😁
@MrFarland Lovely cat (and sorry about the ornaments!)
@MrFarland Beautiful shot! Welcome to Mastodon.
@MrFarland
Did you do your morning supplication in the direction of the birthplace of the prophet John Mastodon?
@MrFarland I'm not the Social Media Gods, but I'm appeased! How adorable!
@MrFarland Every day is cat day. Bruno is darling.
@MrFarland Welcome to the fediverse! Hope you enjoy the casual vibe we have here.
@MrFarland great initial post! Welcome! 😉
@MrFarland oh, you're pretty courageous for having tried to put glass ornaments in your tree with a cat in your house! 😼
@MrFarland welcomes 👋👋 cat posts are the way to my heart :p
@MrFarland
Dang, couldn't have gotten your first toot more right: hashtags, alt-text, and a gorgeous cat. Hit the trifecta, man.
@MrFarland a photo with a cat is always a good Idea
Welcome
@MrFarland in our house that's known as "crazy kitty face" and leads to only trouble
@MrFarland
Welcome! Bruno is beautiful!
@MrFarland a strong start and welcome
@MrFarland I came home last week to my tree knocked over and Rory looking 👀 at us when we came in.
@suibhne2 Probably just a matter of time here.
@GardenerPodcast He’s beautiful! Our labs Lily (Chocolate) & Sadie (Black) passed within a year of each other a couple of years ago. We’ll probably be dogless for a while. Bruno is not a fan and our lives are way too hectic right now.

@MrFarland
Oh my dog, they are so precious. I've never had a Chocolate lab - only a yellow - and now Mr. Max.

I totally understand how much work they are.
Most days Max and I walk the woods for at least an hour.

@MrFarland Hi! I don’t have any pets right now but I love to see pictures of cats.
@MrFarland very smoochable cat 👍👍👍👍 10/10 would smooch
@MrFarland I’m definitely not a god, but I’m appeased by your cat pic. What a sweetie!
@MrFarland Welcome. Happy you’re here.
@MrFarland Alt text and everything! Welcome. 🙌
@MrFarland well I love cats and D&D so following for more excellent stuff.  
@MrFarland Hi, Don. I am not the D&D /board gamer in my family. That would be my SIL. I do have an IT tech background and am setting up a Minecraft server for my 7yo grandson. He has been playing the game for going on three years now. I spend a lot of time helping and playing with him, and he is already using the command line. I am new to Mastodon as well, so know few people here yet. Pleased to meet you.
@MrFarland Ah, I offered a dog pic as my first pic. Good call. Adorable kitty. Following for more! 😍
@MrFarland This is how you make an entrance. Welcome to Mastodon 
@MrFarland @Beth Thank you. I don't know if it's customary to post your cats when you join here, but it should be.
@nclee @MrFarland @Beth It's not just customary, it's the law! (I asked around. 😎 ) N.C.
Welcome Mr Farland, you can FOLLOW the #Cats hashtag,.. and be discovered. Actually Beth did that for you, so, this is just a warning toot, next time, 😅 failure to post your cat could result in another plea to hashtag your #cat , OK, 🇨🇦 EH?
#HoHoHo Good luck with that tree
@Rasta @MrFarland @Beth I'm posting my cat just to be safe.
@nclee Cute Cat. We used to have a Gentle Giant but we lost him to Cancer in his 18th year. We had to get those three cats to replace him
@Rasta I'm so sorry to hear that! I'm glad you got 18 years of friendship with your cat.
@nclee Great time with him. We paid $1000 to try and save him, and worth every beer can we had to pick up to pay for it (just kidding) was pricey but we were worried a BIG senior cat with cancer might not be strong enough.. But he made it through surgery, 3 more months on his 9th life, like a kitten again, doin' things, fishing, boating, chilling on hot days.. but then, the tumor came back and it was going to starve him to death. He (as every cat) had the best life possible. All our cats rescues
@MrFarland What a great photo. Welcome
@MrFarland Bruno looks at the ornament with fascination! 😺
@MrFarland FYI, we don't talk about Bruno.