From the Porch Sarah Robertson n.d.

A beautiful day to paint and I’ve missed it. All sprayed up to scare off skeeters and a lovely breeze. This is my first painting; 8x10 oil on board. #pleinairpainting #albertaartist #canadianartist

Second painting of the day - another 8x10 oil on board. All I had to do was turn around and there was something else to paint. Our planet is so beautiful! #pleinairpainting #oilpainting #albertaartist #canadianartist

"Old Perlican" (2024) 16" X 20" acrylic on canvas painting by Reilly Fitzgerald. Original painting available

We need to resist this shit SO HARD. Fuck this guy and this data centre. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The wonderful things Alberta will soon enable!

🇺🇦 Our soldiers fully liberated Novokhatske in Donetsk region.

Well damn. “While much of the Conservatives’ advertising focused primarily on attacking Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberals continued to rise in the polls and eventually won the election, despite a sizeable financial disadvantage and prior polling deficit.”

This is Oggie and Opal. Oggie nibbles when he's nervous, and he gets nervous on car rides. 13/10 for both

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

Maisy Joe Coffey 2022

Sur le Saguenay Bruno Côté 1989

Neils Harbour, Cape Breton Island Isabel McLaughlin 1941

Today’s Canadian painting is “Forgive and Forget” painted by Jack Bishop in 2023.

Vent de mer Jean Paul Lemieux 1963

Science literacy involves learning just enough about cancer to understand that cancer is not in fact trying to heal you no matter the pseudoscience promoted in the alternative medicine community.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Fishing Boat in the Harbour Maud Lewis c. 1964

Summer Sky Holly Dyrland 2024

People are the soul of the frame. #streetphoto #streetphotography #YEG #iphone

Smith says that this is going to protect Albertans' electricity affordability. Cough. Albertans pay the highest electricity rates in Canada. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Peskov: "Russia has never started a world war" The history of Russia:

The meeting will be by the window and tea will be served.

"Scientists are still debating whether I'm a kitten or the world's cutest dust bunny.” #cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” ― René Descartes

Super pretty warrior outfit he’s got on. Which any gamer will tell you is an important part of setting up your character before an activity.

In 1970, David Milgaard was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Gail Miller. He spent 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, but his mother never gave up and fought for his release. This is his story. 📸 Saskatoon Star Phoenix 🧵 1/12

Reactions to US defeat. "America rigs the World Cup then bows out as a laughingstock" - Globe and Mail 'Overturn this': Belgium mock Trump as USA dumped out of World Cup - London Evening Standard "Where a Trump controversy and a thumping U.S. defeat leaves Infantino’s stained World Cup" - NYT

New post: A fantasy pipeline to Sarnia #cdnpoli

Cobalt Yvonne McKague Housser 1931

Linger Adele Webster n.d.

Did you know I have a YouTube channel. You can subscribe for free at: m.youtube.com/@abandonedal... #abandoned #alberta #youtube

Along the Coastal Shores of the Salish Seas Traditional Native Territories Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Syilx 2023

Bird & Blooms... I run and take pictures of interesting things, so you don't have to. 148.93 km, Jan 2026 152.62 km, Feb 2026 139.18 km, March 2026 171.92 km, April 2026 182.52 km, May 2026 163 km in, June 2026 #streetart #running #photography #murals #YEG #BlueTue #bird #blooms #art

Today’s Canadian painting is “Argentia: The Ruins of Fort McAndrew” painted by Christopher Pratt in 2013.

Morning Sunshine J.E.H. MacDonald 1926

"Silver Birch Revisited" (2025) 16" X 20" acrylic on canvas painting by Reilly Fitzgerald. Original painting available

Kyle Lowry Joanne Tod 2019

🕯️The death toll in Vyshneve, Kyiv Oblast, as a result of Russian strikes last night has risen to 7. Another 29 were injured. Four rescuers were among the wounded. Ukrainian authorities reported that five streets, and nearly 100 houses in total, were destroyed.

Couple on the Beach Alex Colville 1957

No additions needed, Perfect in your imperfections, Whole just as you are. #Haiku #words #nature #photography #bloomscrolling #PinkMon #lifeisbeautiful #perfectlyimperfect

I see COVID. I don't see a "lost decade". Beware people flogging graphs with preliminary data. Phil below uses the updated revised data. GDP growth is an important goal. But you need to start with the right data if you want an accurate diagnosis of our challenges.

Wind Emily Carr 1936

Together Forever Jim Oskineegish ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

The Graphic Arts Building... I worked in the #graphicarts back in the day. It was a hands-on trade until it was improved to death by digital. This old building received its art-deco exterior in the 1930s. It was torn down in 2022. #Alphabetchallenge #WeekAForAbandoned #YEG #Architecture #Edmonton

Today’s Canadian artwork is “Elwha at Comox”’created by Roy Henry Vickers in 1993.

BREAKING! After complaining by U.S. President Donald Trump, FIFA agrees that all further World Cup penalty kicks by the USMNT will require the opposing team's goalkeeper to face in the opposite direction.

⚡️Omsk Refinery Hit. Distance from the state border of Ukraine - almost 2.5 thousand km ✅This is the last of the 11 largest gasoline producers in the Russian Federation to be hit by Ukrainian soldiers. 1/3