Brrr. #HorseLife

Signed up for a 5-week pickleball workshop that started today! Nice to see the Sears space being used for something at the mall. And pickleball was fun! Hopefully we get into some actual games next week now that we know the rules and stuff.

Brrrr.

Welcome to 2026, the future time of METROPOLIS, released in 1927.

Beat Thank Goodness You're Here the other day. What a weird, interesting, fun little game!

Home for Christmas Maud Lewis c. 1958

I don't mind if I type gibberish and my iPhone tries to guess and make a correction. Lately the kayboard has been substituting properly spelled, purposeful words for completely different words entirely. That's not cool.

2 months ago I mentioned land acquisition and property management. Today there's a Toronto Star headline saying supervised boards (2 are in dense urban areas where land is extra valuable) could close unused sites even though there's a moratorium on school closures. www.thestar.com/politics/cal...

Orange and Yellow https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4870

This is some Chair Company-esque weirdness. Those Vanity Fair photos are wild.

Just a light dusting of snow on Saturday morning for Santa photos. 😂

My D850 finally died while shooting Santa photos today. 😭 It must have a billion shutter actuations so I think I got my money's worth.

Tonight's episode of Pluribus:

The Raptors really are the north!

Hanging with Santa. 📸

Awesome Of Monsters and Men concert last night at History in Toronto! They sounded great, and I love the vibe of their new songs!

Still got it. 😂

Went to the Raptors/Lakers game last night and saw LeBron's double-digit scoring streak come to an end! What an era! Great game all around, except for the dagger heartbreaker at the buzzer for the Lakers win.

Thanks to @kingstonist.bsky.social for showcasing Youth Imagine The Future! Visit the exhibition at the Queen's Education Library in Duncan McArthur Hall (West campus)! www.kingstonist.com/news/youth-i...

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

That Chair Company season finale felt like it came from another planet. 😂 I'm still not quite sure what I watched but I'm ready for season 2. Give weird creators money to make weird stuff!

RENTAL FAMILY (2025)

Maybe I should post more art on bluesky

Some photos from Festive Friday in downtown Kingston. 📸

A wonderful tribute to Judith Brown, former Limestone District School Board Trustee who passed away in October 2024, from the Queen's Alumni Review: www.queensu.ca/alumnireview...

Congratulations to Karen McGregor and Tiffany Lloyd for being elected Chair and Vice Chair at our recent Limestone District School Board Annual Meeting! www.limestone.on.ca/news/limesto...

Lasting Warmth Billie Rae Busby 2025

Some photos from the Santa parade on Saturday. 🎅🏻🎄

A car being towed before the Santa parade yesterday. Merry Christmas! 😭

Happy 10 year anniversary to International Assassin, one of the most bonkers hours of TV ever created. The Leftovers season 2 episode 8 aired on November 22, 2015.

Sunset.

One week from today is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Join me for a FREE webinar on the 5Ds of bystander intervention and learn how you can safely intervene to interrupt gender-based violence! Cameras/mics off! Registration: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Now listening to Shot Ready by Steph Curry. Libby rules.

April and I saw The Songs of Johnny & June at the Thousand Islands Playhouse the other night! Great performances by the two leads, and the 3-piece band playing with them is super tight and sounds great. The show runs until November 23!

"In a news release, the Green Party of Ontario stated that 'under no circumstances should these offices be used as an excuse to eliminate trustee positions.'" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I just found out that our local library partners with a other libraries in Ontario for shared access on Libby, which vastly increases my access to audiobooks!

The provincial gov is allowing supervisors who replace school board Trustees to earn up to $350,000/year plus $20,000 in expenses. Our 10 Trustees, 3 Student Trustees, association fees, and expenses cost $185,291 in 2023-2024. I thought the gov wanted to save money? globalnews.ca/news/1152049...

Dropping our son off at the train station.

Connection, not isolation, and finding stuff to do together for the personal and the greater good. This should be the way forward for progressive politicians, from the NY Times. "A Little Noted Element Propelled Mamdani’s Rise: Gen Z Loneliness" archive.ph/i4CRg

Limestone District School Board chair pushes back against Ontario’s plan to eliminate trustees: globalnews.ca/video/115107...

Blending old and new downtown.

“School boards are far from perfect. Elections often have low voter participation, and boards are sometimes mired in controversy. But the same can be said for any governing body in a democracy,” said Kristina Llewellyn, a McMaster University history professor. 1/18 www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Took Lauren to see Of Monsters and Men in Toronto last night but one of the singers lost their voice! They played 4 songs without her then told us to keep our tickets and cancelled the show. Kind of a bummer but the songs they did sounded great so hopefully they can reschedule soon!

If you live in Ontario, we're privileged to still have free access to flu vaccines & Covid boosters. Get them! I just did! Immunocompromised/high risk can go now & everyone else can book now for appointments after Oct 28! Get them ASAP & you'll help make the holiday season safer for everyone 💪🏻

Maple and Birch A.Y. Jackson c. 1947-51

Throwback to Salsa in the Square at the end of August. The best weather!

On this day in 1992, the Blue Jays defeated the Altanta Braves 4-3 to win the World Series four games to two. It was the first time the World Series was won by a Canadian team. Blue Jays' catcher Pat Borders was named the World Series MVP.

WHAT A PLAY AND WHAT SHOT FROM STEPH

Great article highlighting the work being done to promote skilled trades in our school boards with st. Lawrence College. Sometimes you don't know what you're interested in until you try it! www.communitypress.ca/news/girls-e...

BREAKING: The Toronto Tempo are expected to hire Sandy Brondello as the franchise’s first head coach, per @benpickman.bsky.social.