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Mahonia brightens the December garden. #bloomscrolling #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

Tuesday’s customer service reminder! 😊 A sign on a diner wall taken a few years ago.

Before posting a reply, I’m practicing the pause & triple filter: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? … I may be replying a lot less. Listen 🎧 to Tim Tamashiro’s Sufferless podcast ‘Don’t Hit Send: The Monk trick That Protects Your Peace.’ shows.acast.com/sufferless-w...

𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. -𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 #November #poem

Amazing clip to close tonight’s scroll fest,… g’night all.

Said goodbye to this alder yesterday with its branches drooping precariously over the hydro & cable lines. Thanked it for its summer shade and leaf mulch for the garden beds. 🌳 Sadly, today it was felled by experienced tree guys. 🪵 The logs will now season to provide a neighbour winter warmth. 🔥

“More than just a cleanup, this effort became a powerful, silent lesson in ethical responsibility, revealing how contamination impacts the entire ecosystem—from the soil to the delicate, salmon-bearing streams.” Kudos to the organizers & volunteers! #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦 youtube.com/watch?v=TSl9...

“Gratitude is great and an appreciative approach has been shown to be effective in all sorts of way, so what sort of ugly, no-good, two-bit, ornery curmudgeon would be against it?” A good read! 😊 🙏🏻 ⬇️

Doodle naps are the best! ❤️ #dogs

The right leader at the right time! 🇨🇦

Sunday evening reverie: Hebe’s last flowers. #blooms #bloomscrolling #garden #nature #VancouverIslsnd 🇨🇦

THIS ⬇️ “The tanker ban is not an attack on industry… Hecate Strait has already made the decision for us.” 🇨🇦 Keep the #TankerBan #HecateStrait Read 👀 “Hecate Strait: The Ocean That Decides Whether the Tanker Ban Lives or Dies’ posted on Reboot Alberta by Jon Auger: www.facebook.com/share/p/1QP4...

Follow the $, it’s always about profit! 😔 😡 “… suit alleging that the parent companies behind Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube ‘relentlessly pursued a strategy of growth at all costs, recklessly ignoring the impact of their products on children’s mental and physical health’….” ⬇️

Thank you for your service @bobbyrae48.bsky.social & looking forward to following your next chapter! 🇨🇦

My flags are flying in today’s storm! 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 👀 A good read by @hcrichardson.bsky.social to understand the depravity of the latest ‘peace’ proposal: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... 😢

‼️ Friends, this is very important. Please share to whoever this may concern, especially if you are in the United States. Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.

What the rains have wrought! 🍄‍🟫 #mushrooms #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨

Today is a gift.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘩'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯. - 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 #autumn #poetry

"If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." ~ Will Rogers Happy Heavenly Birthday Zeus! (2005-2014)

Welcome aboard! 🇨🇦 “Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont is crossing the floor, defecting from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s official opposition caucus to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals.” - ctvnews.ca Cartoon by Steve Nease: www.oakvillenews.org/columns/cart...

It made perfect sense at the time. As I slowly turn the former home office into a sewing den & can now find absolutely nothing. Every day a new discovery!

Looking southward from my perch this morning on a rain soaked Island in sovereign 🇨🇦 ,… the world seems a little bluer & brighter! 🦋 YAY DEMS ~ way to go! 🌟

PM Carney on Poilievre’s economic plan: "We can retreat, slash the deficit, hope for the best—wait and see if the trickle-down ever comes. That will gut the support to the most vulnerable Canadians just when they need that support the most. And it won’t grow our economy." ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️

On Thursday night, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is hosting an online event called "Feathers in the Frost," which is all about birdwatching in the #winter. If you can't watch it live, you can still register and they will send you the recording. I signed up. natureconservancy.ca/events/feath...

A special Thank you to the #BlueJays team for uniting Canada, for bringing hope, you guys made the playoffs amazing, nail biting and the team was so full of passion to bring a win home to Canada. You will always be Canada's baseball team. @bluejays.com #ThankYouBlueJays #Canada⚾🧢🍁

“𝘕𝘰, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘐, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐, 𝘐, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦” 🎶 ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor 1978

Happy Hallowe’en BlueSky gardeners! 🎃 🧙 👻

Hallowe’en eve colours. #ThrowbackThursday 🍁 #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

Eye-catching bright red skimmia berries. 🍁 #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

These doctors helped eliminate measles in ’98. Here’s how they did it #VaccinateYourChildren #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Leaves blanket the lawn. 🍁 #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

Last blooms,… the Floribunda rose ‘Iceberg’ has been pruned, wrapped in burlap, and covered in the garden shed for the winter. 🤞 🍁 #autumn #rose #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

Photos: Iconic Indigenous artist selling landmark B.C. gallery

A carpet of fall colour. #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul.” ~Luther Burbank 🌱 #gardening #bloomscrolling #photograghy

A gift of bright Nasturtium flowers spilling over the neighbour’s fence. #autumn #bloomscrolling #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

“Canada’s brain gain” 🍁

Hey Bluesky followers, can I ask a favour? Please vote for Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue: www.landrover.ca/en/experienc... Joey’s story: 🦦 www.facebook.com/share/p/17N9... Thanks/Merci! 🙏🏻 🇨🇦

Colours of the season,… maple style! 🍁 #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

Last pink Cosmos blooms. #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

Fall reflections. #autumn #garden #nature #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦 📷 peytonfoto 2020

Closing in on the dahlia season finale! #dahlia #blooms #bloomscrolling #garden #nature #photography #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

Monday memory: Peach & purple sunset surrounds the Chrome Island lighthouse in Baynes Sound. 📷 peytonfoto 2015

Empathy + Action = A Better World Thank you, Jane Goodall

“Through the weekend and into Tuesday, our roundabout artwork will be orange to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.” ~ Town of Qualicum Beach #EveryChildMatters 🧡 #NDTR #TruthAndReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay

🧡 #EveryChildMatters 🧡 #NDTR #TruthAndReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay 🇨🇦