Three weeks ago, my husband and I were hanging out with monarchs in the highlands of central Mexico. We stayed two nights with a small family run business near Macheros. What a magical place 🦋🇲🇽⛰️ cerropelonbutterflybnb.com

“What did you see?” asked Toad. “I saw the sun coming out,” said Frog. “I saw the birds sitting and singing in the tree. I saw my mother and father working in their garden. I saw flowers in the garden.” “You found it!” cried Toad.

Stayed at my aunt's house in Toronto. Next door they were blasting music, singing and dancing but honestly I felt happy that they could experience joy I didn't fall asleep until 1 am and that was absolutely fine.

Dave Rheaume (Canadian, b.1957) "Toboggan Night," 2019 Acrylic on canvas #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.

Always has been a brutalist masterpiece. Spent a couple of months here as a 16 year old volunteering for the summer camps. There were lots of good memories here even after that summer.

got new art put up today! my nephew won this painting ‘snerks’ in a raffle and i’m absolutely in love with it 🥰 artist: sacred layers by aviuk, an inupiaq artist from utqiagvik, alaska

It bugs me that the media says that Canadians are just boycotting the US when it comes to travel Somehow these articles never mention that a lot of us Canadians are paying attention to what's happening and we are *also* scared and angry

Snow day for our school board, @wr-dsb.bsky.social ☃️❄️🪏⛷️ What will you be doing today?

Just paying the Internet with cat tax

My brain randomly reminded me of my favourite point and click video game made back in 1996, The Neverhood, something I hadn't thought about in 20 years and now refuses to let me go to sleep.

Correction/Update: Seems like ION LRT in Waterloo uses electric switch heaters as well which work fine in winter/snow. Wonder what the difference is.

This is Minneapolis: Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city. Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.

‘A no is a no’: Coastal First Nations tell Carney they won’t change stance on pipeline, oil tanker ban.

More gas station nocturnes on the way… 6”x6” oil Available

When introducing the idea of Completing the Square, I find numerical examples in base ten can be a helpful stepping stone for pupils. Bridging the gap between numbers and algebra.

Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

Airlines don’t have to tell you how much legroom you’ll have on your flight. Here’s what you need to know #Canada Time to fight for seat pitch regulations! Regulation could help establish basic level of service, aviation expert says www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Pretty good book so far

My cat Pancake loves singing and bringing plastic springs to me.

I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.🪶 So pretty! www.featherbase.info/zh/home

Orange slices #oilpainting #art

A smattering of what’s happening in #Ontario ERa

Happy New Year!

Beaver Norval Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe 1983

Vegan fish tacos (breaded oyster mushrooms) in #CDMX #MexicoCity #Mexico

"Alberto" has been harvesting mushrooms at Monterey Mushrooms for almost a decade under a UFW contract. He says the union contracts guarantees workers many important things including paid vacation days and holidays like Christmas and New Years. #WeFeedYou

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and happy holidays!

Kitchener restaurant offers free food on Christmas Eve

[my house, 20 years from now, listening to "baby, it's cold outside"] my son: man, this song is real weird me: it used to get cold outside

I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

I really don't like systems that force libraries to pay-per-use and I wish libraries themselves were more upfront with users about how much every movie you take out from Hoopla or Kanopy is costing the library.

A Song of Winter Franz Johnston n.d.

I managed to secure a cabin at MacGregor Point Provincial Park for the Huron Fringe Birding Festival!!! Woohoo!

Rick Steves going full YIMBY is the kind of content I *crave*

Got this super cute blanket yesterday, that my cat, Pancake, was also enjoying with me next to the fireplace

The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.

Friends

One of a series of mixed media drawings of musicians playing at an Irish music session in Mill Road, Cambridge #mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle

Monday morning

Practicing pattern rule with my multilingual learners. Then we used @desmos.com graphing calculator to check if we were correct or not This lesson was a hit! #WRDSBmath #ITeachMath #mtbos

My kitty cat having a post dinner nap 💤

3D rendering in the 90s. Adobe Dimensions 3.0.

Plow came back around and blocked us in. Husband and I knocked it down in less than 20 min. Also trying to be heart careful, don't lift past your shoulders and watch your heart rate as you're shoveling!

Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:

For those without kids, this what tonight sounds like: Will it be a snow today tomorrow? Will it be a snow today tomorrow? Will it be a snow today tomorrow? Will it be a snow today tomorrow? Will it be a snow today tomorrow? Will it be a snow today tomorrow? Will it be a snow today tomorrow? Will i

I make stained glass!

‘Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery’ www.cp24.com/news/canada/...