There’s been a death with an elder relative of our family so I’m going to be off here for a bit.

There were a mourning dove couple outside our feeder this morning. More signs of spring!

Magnolia for a cloudy morning

The sun in daffodil form. Such lovely day today for a vote 🗳️ .

I went on a podcast with Ryan to talk about ‘The Wedding Banquet’ and it was a lot of fun!

Had a GREAT time finally meeting @brainchain.ca and bringing her on the #matineecast to talk The Wedding Banquet. Take a listen! #PodcastSky #FilmSky www.thematinee.ca/episode347/

It’s so cloudy here today and I’m trying to manifest ranunculus blooms like these ones I saw on Wednesday.

Happy 40th Birthday to Carmen Sandiego! Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego was released on April 23, 1985 by Broderbund. The Almanac it shipped with was updated with each new print run, which gives you an easy way to identify which edition a copy is. But what if you come across a sealed copy?

Ferdinand Zecca visualized pedal-powered personal airships as the future of air travel in CONQUERING THE SKIES (1901), one of the earliest science fiction films ever made.

This completely new, diesel-powered daily transcontinental train featured Budd-built streamlined stainless steel cars and domes. These stainless steel cars were so well built that they are still used on VIA Rail trains, over seven decades after their construction. 3/3

I just got the BEST ever misdial voicemail about Jazz Fest and how I'm an amazing saxophone player. It wasn't a prank. More updates to follow.

In #JapaneseFolklore kage onna appear as the shadows of women on windows and doors, even when there is no one around to cast them. You are most likely to see them late at night when the moon is bright. Other than being absolutely terrifying, this yokai is... #yokai #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday 1/2

#ThursJay As a rule the Bluejays just squawk from wooded areas and pay no attention to the feeders. Yesterday a few were having fun swooping from one tall tree to another. This one kept moving around in the small maple tree with feeders. Finally! Photos! 🪶

A quirky perspective of the Cattedrale di Parma taken on this date in 2023. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQs #Travel. #Photography #Churches #Architecture #Art #ThrowbackThursday

Is it just me or does she have some epic side eye?

i love them

Misty pastel sunset and Willets on the beach. 🪶

Why ben thei so numerous The songes about rainbowes And what doth lie on the othir syde? "Rainbowes are visiounes Yet onlye illusiounes, And rainbowes have no thynge to hyde."

Since we are reposting ballet music 🩰.. here is an excerpt from legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp’s ‘Brief Fling’ youtu.be/xKSctOQDjpk

I'm in the mood for some classical music, so I'm gonna listen to this piece. Love love LOVE Aaron Copland... #CodingMusic #CopingMusic Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring (Complete Ballet for Orchestra) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL6R...

In Hangul, yadang/야당 refers to an informant or a snitch. Since opening in Korean theaters at the #1 spot, Yᴀᴅᴀɴɢ: Tʜᴇ Sɴɪᴛᴄʜ has remained in the top position. Ahead of the film’s 4/25 opening in the US & Canada, Kang Ha-neul and Park Hae-joon discuss their film with K-Cᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ Wɪᴛʜ Jᴀᴇ-Hᴀ Kɪᴍ.👇

There were no great women novelists in English before Jane Austen. The only 18th c. authors worth talking about were a handful of dudes. That's what I was taught in college. But it's so not true. The 1730s were a hotbed of female literary brilliance. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

🌙 🌟 Over the next few hours the crescent Moon will appear close to the planet Venus (closest approach at 3h UT on April 25th). The event is best seen in the pre-dawn sky. But anyone can also see the pair during the day using just their eyes! First find the Moon. Brilliant Venus will be nearby. 🔭

ZORG / PAWK / STOOPS

Morning light on Loch Indaal, Islay.

Tilly found her stash of three balls that had overwintered in the corner of the plot. And is feeling pretty smug about it.

Buttercup and Dandelion

Into the centre of a daffodil

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#20GreatCanadianTunes (Day 2 - counting backwards) This is just pure indulgence… Measha Brueggergosman and Martin Short singing ‘Misty’ youtu.be/woRmdBU3X9k

It's a travel MISSION of mine to find cool doors! #AdoorableThursday

I have one too #AdoorableThursday

I forgot I had a door for #AdoorableThursday . Two serious faces on Wellington Street

A lovely bit of yellow forsythia and daffodil greenery (yellowery?) at Wallace Emerson Park.

In exciting garden news 🗞️ 🌱, my lemon balm has come back. I didn’t know it was a perennial.

The amount of ass dragging I’m doing at the gym today is gargantuan.

I don't think I've ever captured a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker from quite this angle--and, happily, this one had its best breeding plumage on display! ❤️❤️❤️ #Sapsucker #CentralPark #birding

Magnolia report! The smaller tree on Edwin is out! And the big tree on Ruskin is just about to burst.

I sometimes get fascinated counting the different ages of brick on the Planet Storage Building

It’s going to rain here so it’s bleakly grey. Maybe I’ll just share a photo of the unhappy pair of concrete lions 🦁 I saw yesterday on my jog.

Weather report. Really warm although it feels like it’s going to rain.

We just published a new study on COVID-19 in Ontario, and it turns out, the way we measured cases may have been way off. Why? Because testing wasn’t equal across age and sex groups. That skews what we think we know. In epi-speak this is called “ascertainment bias”. Here's what we found:

I introduce the coon-taur. Part coonhound, part man. #DailyDogJoy2025 #dogsofbluesky #hound

If you're looking for information on Pope Francis's death and funeral and the conclave that will elect the next pope, follow Vatican reporter @colleendulle on Instagram. She's a graduate of Loyola University's School of Communication and Design (and a former student of mine). #VaticanReporter

So satisfying

I have an Etsy shop! I’m selling prints (framed and unframed), mugs, and magnets. I just finished putting together the first set of items for sale. Please take a look, if you’re so inclined, and maybe spread the word. slowquietimages.etsy.com

Heading to bed 💤 with you being judged by the pigeons of Station Street

My son has made 42 Easter fondant eggs dipped in dark chocolate. I terrified him by letting him know that my mother used to add a small handful of paraffin wax in the chocolate to make it more shiny.