While playing our usual morning game of keepaway with Bean’s favourite toy, my husband accidentally threw it behind a loaded bookshelf. While we frantically search for a yardstick, Bean is in mourning😢 #DogsofBluesky #Blueskydogs #sadterrier

The world cannot afford billionaires.

For #TerrierTuesday, in tribute to Canadian icon Catherine O’Hara, here is Bean’s favourite song. Love to all of the funny, feisty, stubborn, adorable, irreplaceable terriers of Bluesky. #DogsofBluesky youtu.be/fKWP-PcEwyY?...

Trying out my new sprout/microgreen grower under Wilbur’s watchful eye. The perforations in the seed tray area bit too large for the smaller seeds, unfortunately. I wonder if lining the tray with a coffee filter would work for my next “crop”?🌱

When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.

Let’s not forget what happened to Quebec’s economy when separation became a real threat.

Yet another must read for Canadians, especially those in Alberta. The Alberta separatists and Trumps MAGA folks just can’t see the world is moving to renewables and their dependency on oil is a fools path. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/27/o...

“Canadian lawyer leads movement to have Alberta join the U.S.” Here, in Alberta, they want you to believe that it’s about independence, not about becoming the 51’st state. In the USA, on Fox News, they tell the truth. Register at Forever-Canadian.ca to stop this treason.

“Normal. Inevitable.” #RIPAlexPretti youtu.be/oU7LOpQFOPQ?...

One last munch on Reggie The Heffalump while Dad suits up for their morning walk. #TerrerTuesday #DogsofBluesky #Blueskydogs

Bean‘s favourite Christmas lick mat has been a welcome distraction while the weather’s been too cold for long walks. #terrier #dogsofBluesky #Blueskydogs #peanutbutter

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Do potato buns count as a vegetable? Asking for a carb-obsessed friend .

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

May I just say how profoundly proud I am for having the restraint to stay away from my Christmas peppermint bark stash for nearly a month? I was trying for February, but these are desperate times. external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%...

The only way to tell this is parody is that the real Trump is rotting before our eyes: youtu.be/L2c03zWoE4s?...

I’m somewhat ashamed to admit I’ve just eaten two homemade crumpets, slathered in butter and wild blueberry jam. It’s gonna be a hard week, so I figured I’d pre-game some carbs.

Pancakes are the women’s pants of breakfast cakes.

Sunset pup #Terrier #DogsofBluesky #Blueskydogs

When I’m sinking, St.Dolly never fails to lift me up: youtu.be/McaD2PG8jOE?...

After weeks of clearing our (massive, semicircular) driveway with standard snow shovels, we finally broke down and bought one of these bad boys: www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/yardw... . . . at which point the temperature rose dramatically and the skies cleared. You’re welcome, Alberta.

I was a wee bit annoyed at having to use my little old laptop for the Zoom exercise class I started today, but now I’m relieved the screen’s so small I can only see the instructor, and not the class members who can stand on one foot for longer than 5 seconds. Smug little balance keeners ;-).

Well, those boots were not made for walking

I was feeling pretty hopeless this morning about, dunno, pretty much everything when an unexpectedly funny email exchange with a colleague reminded me that good people exist; it’s just that the noise from the awful ones tends to drown them out. Let’s make kindness loud today.

Here’s a simple checklist for what’s still in YOUR hands, Canada.

Sounds like David Cochrane hit the nail on the head today on CBC: "Amercia isn't the way America is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is." -David Cochrane On PnP, Jan. 6, 2025

Me, reading headlines this week #Bluntcards

For #TerrierTuesday, here’s a throwback to Bean’s first taste of the #whitestuff in March 2020, when she arrived from Mexico in the middle of a cold snap. we had to put the poor girl in two coats before she stopped shivering. #blueskydogs #dogsofbluesky #rescuedogs

I’m over the bone-numbing weather, but thoroughly enjoying the fluffy frost-trees:

Pierre Poilievre’s Personal Assistant Explains Why He Supports Trump Invading Venezuela youtu.be/NBrSxfzpSpI

This isn’t about “saving alberta”. The same folks pushing separation to save Alberta from “Canada’ collapse” are also advocating for Quebec to leave Canada. This isn’t about Alberta. It’s about destabilizing and destroying Canada. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Let’s just say my moods have been a bit - um - variable? this Christmas uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1b37d...

Seriously, I need my snowshoes to get to the compost bin.

After our very dry autumn, I am grateful that we’re getting much-needed moisture. But, pleeeeze (at least for a while 🙏🏻) tenor.com/search/docto...

I didn’t have “respected bastion of long-form journalism becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of Trump Media“ on my bingo card, but here we are. I assume the “writer” of this hogwash will be giving back his GG book award, since it comes from such a treacherous country? Buh-bye, Atlantic!

May you never be too old to search the skies on Christmas Eve. #DogsofBlueSky #BlueSkydogs #Terrier #Goodallyear

As a former (and hopefully future) handspinner and weaver, this song reminds me of the good wishes baked/spun/woven/painted/sewn into things that are lovingly handmade. May your holidays be filled with comfort and joy. youtu.be/8Gh8Xye_ZX0?...

Two more sleeps!

The only version of Jingle Bells for me: youtu.be/Itf19FxYqtw?...

This was one of my Mom’s favourite; an Elementary school music teacher, she‘d sometimes have a senior class sing it in the Christmas concert while younger kids played around a downstage Christmas tree, pretending to fall asleep at the end. youtu.be/-I2KeRtvJ-A?...

This is such an exuberant version. Christmas bouzoukis, anyone? youtu.be/Nd_f-85rIhI?...

I’ve been listening to a few of my childhood favourite carols and songs today. So many memories of being curled up on the couch, watching the lights blink in the Christmas tree and hoping I’d put enough pennies on the tone arm so the records wouldn’t skip. youtu.be/RPPArZ-xGoY?...

Dear listeners, When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song. Not as escape — as evidence. Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds. If hope is hiding, it often hums first.