Andrew Staples
@acstaples405.bsky.social
Writer, picture-taker, lover of beagles. Ottawa-based (not that there is anything wrong with that), Atlantic Canadian adjacent. Quelqu'un qui aime les deux solitudes du Canada.
Here to tweet!
Here to tweet!
E pluribus felicitam (out of many (things) happiness).
From my dimly remembered high school latin.
From my dimly remembered high school latin.
March 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
E pluribus felicitam (out of many (things) happiness).
From my dimly remembered high school latin.
From my dimly remembered high school latin.
The past is prolgue.
March 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The past is prolgue.
Prefer the posters about the space race. "IN THE NAME OF PEACE."
February 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Prefer the posters about the space race. "IN THE NAME OF PEACE."
You don't say. I wonder why that would be?
January 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
You don't say. I wonder why that would be?
Even if I really want it to be true? This seems unfair, somehow.
January 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Even if I really want it to be true? This seems unfair, somehow.
This is my favorite Lawren Harris piece: North Shore, Lake Superior,1924. In the National Gallery of Canada.
January 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is my favorite Lawren Harris piece: North Shore, Lake Superior,1924. In the National Gallery of Canada.
Same. Name is Clark.
January 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Same. Name is Clark.
We return to things that brought us joy, or at least the possibility of a different perspective.
December 22, 2024 at 3:31 PM
We return to things that brought us joy, or at least the possibility of a different perspective.
December 21, 2024 at 6:45 PM
#nightphotography
Byward market, Ottawa - in the fog.
Byward market, Ottawa - in the fog.
December 13, 2024 at 1:47 PM
#nightphotography
Byward market, Ottawa - in the fog.
Byward market, Ottawa - in the fog.
Block. And add alt text if you post pictures. Welcome; this place is somewhat less toxic than the other one.
Even my dog, Clark, thinks so.
Even my dog, Clark, thinks so.
December 13, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Block. And add alt text if you post pictures. Welcome; this place is somewhat less toxic than the other one.
Even my dog, Clark, thinks so.
Even my dog, Clark, thinks so.
4 legs good. 2 legs bad.
November 19, 2024 at 3:55 PM
4 legs good. 2 legs bad.
In celebration of the anniversary of my arrival on the planet, a reflected fiery sky, taken earlier this week (that's me, bottom right).
Old age should burn and rave at close of day.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day.
November 11, 2024 at 3:09 AM
In celebration of the anniversary of my arrival on the planet, a reflected fiery sky, taken earlier this week (that's me, bottom right).
Old age should burn and rave at close of day.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day.
This one is in Havana. Alas, no windmills nearby.
October 11, 2024 at 4:10 PM
This one is in Havana. Alas, no windmills nearby.
A Butterfly from Provence, to celebrate 10 million Bluesky-ers.
September 20, 2024 at 7:45 PM
A Butterfly from Provence, to celebrate 10 million Bluesky-ers.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,035,474!
September 20, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,035,474!
Clark, contemplating the unfairness of untethered squirrels.
August 9, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Clark, contemplating the unfairness of untethered squirrels.
An interesting window at a wine tasting room in the NY Finger Lakes (FLX).
July 17, 2024 at 10:52 AM
An interesting window at a wine tasting room in the NY Finger Lakes (FLX).
I see your roses, and up you a vase of begonias.
July 16, 2024 at 12:07 AM
I see your roses, and up you a vase of begonias.
