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Amanda Hammill 🇨🇦 🎨
@amandahammill.bsky.social
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Health systems research and policy wonk. Retired from McMaster University department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. Now reaping joy from painting, gardening, and my 3 🐈 #inkandessenceart #HamOnt #alcoholinkartist
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And some deep thoughts
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Big Calico grin for you
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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#caturday Sally's silly Saturday 'smile'
This is Sally, our mostly white Calico sitting in her cat tree. The camera caught her mid-yawn and it looks almost as if she is laughing
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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My husband had a total knee replacement 3 weeks ago. The boys, Max and Jack, alternate with him from the recliner to the bed. This is now 😊 ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Three's company! #photography #stunday #bumblebee #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #triplets #threescompany #eastcoastkin
Three bumblebees on a purple Knautia bloom
October 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Lazy #caterday
My three cats enjoying a lazy Saturday in the breezeway. In a chair on a sheepskin is our youngest kitty Sally, a spicy Calico. On a black and white checkered pillow on the floor below is our oldest boy Jack, a Russian Blue and Max, a domestic shorthair tabby
September 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Hello back from my Ontario garden!
September 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Not a cloud in sight
#coloraday #bluetue #bloomscrolling #photography #bluesky
A purple Canterbury Bell bloom against a pure blue sky
August 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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When the backyard neighbour's birthday party #bouncycastle matches your flowers and makes your garden statue of Sappho look like Rapunzel seeking her prince 😆😊 #photography #mygarden #bloomscrolling #flowers #photographersofbluesky
Unintentional colour coordination with the neighbours 😆Background: A pink, blue, purple and white bouncy castle Midground: lattice fencing and cedars Foreground: staue of Sappho among deep pink, red, white and mauve giant phlox, yellow coreopsis and black-eyed Susans.
August 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Ar least my garden is loving the heat in southern Ontario.
#MacroMonday #Flowers #ColorADay #PinkMon #Garden #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling #echinacea #phlox #magenta #photographersofbluesky
A large grouping of magenta echinacea with double pink and white giant phlox paniculata behind it
August 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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My three cats, this spicy little Calico is Sally, thank you for reminding their clueless human that extra treats are the norm on International Cat Day! #internationalcatday #calico #catsofinstagram
A Calico kitten, with one black ear, one orange ear and white face, peeking over the top basket of a cat tree
August 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Two double-petaled #Platycodon ( #balloonflower ) for #Twosday
#bloomscrolling #photography #nature #photographersofbluesky
Double-petaled white balloonflowers, with blue veining
July 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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It's what's inside that counts! #daylilies #mygardentoday #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #nature #photography #flowersonfriday
Inside view of a daylily. Purple petals, yellow and lime green center, purple pollen coated pistils Inside view of a daylily. Pink and magenta petals, yellow and lime green center, yellow and pink pollen coated pistils Inside view of a daylily. Peach and light yellow petals, bright yellow center and pollen coated pistils Inside view of a daylily. Bright red petals, yellow center, and red pistils tipped with yellow pollen
July 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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When it's 108F with the humidex even the #monarch #butterflies can't be bothered to move when I come 5" away to get a close up. #heatwave #bloomscrolling #echinacea #invertebrates #photography #nature
Close up head-on shot of a monarch butterfly on an echinacea center
July 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Did you hear what Katydid?? This one was hiding inside a double ruffled daylily #macromonday #photography #photographersofbluesky #nature #katydid #bloomscrolling
A close up shot of a bright green Katydid inside a creamy orange, doubled-ruffled daylily
July 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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The #monarch #butterflies have finally arrived. Captured this shot inside the blooms of a Lacecap Hydrangea #lacecap #hydrangea #macroMonday #photographersofbluesky #bloomscrolling #invertebrates #photography #nature
A head-on not often a monarch butterfly in a white lace-cap hydrangea bloom
July 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Shades of orange #ColorADay #OrangeSun
July 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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a Mason bee enjoying breakfast #pollinators #masonbee #photography #photographersofbluesky #naturephotography #stunday #EastCoastKin
A close up shot of a Mason bee
July 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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A bumblebee balancing on Astrantia Major blooms. Shot with Canon Rebel
#Photography #balance #bumblebee #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #OnlyBeautifulThings #Stunday #PhotoHour #Nature #PhotographersOfBluesky #macrophotography
A bumblebee balancing on Astrantia Major blooms
July 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Today's daily #Daylily deadheading count: 238
I love July in the garden! Already well over 1000 blooms and many more to come #bloomscrolling
A purple bowl containing 238 spent Daylily blooms set against the backdrop of the garden. This is my daily chore in July
July 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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It's #insectthursday and this #blackswallowtail was a most obliging subject
#Butterfly #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Bloomscrolling #bugsky #Invertebrates #nature #macrophotography #pollinator
A side capture of a Black Swallowtail butterfly on a magenta Echinacea bloom A top view of a Black Swallowtail butterfly enjoying the pollen from an Orange Butterflywees
July 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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A close up shot of the inside of a Platycodon (aka Balloonflower) blossom. So very #alien looking! #macromonday #photographersofbluesky
#photography #bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #nature
A close up shot of the inside of a Platycodon (aka Balloonflower) blossom. The petals are purple with deeper purple veining. There is a blue and white orb at the tip of the pistel and the light reflected in it is like a star.
July 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Here’s my submission for #ColorADay #OrangeSun #EastCoastKin #photography #hamont #hamilton #photographersofbluesky
A bright orange sun sinking behind the escarpment in Hamilton Ontario. The sky and clouds are various shades of orange, some treetop branches are silhouetted in the foreground
July 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#fridayflowers #orange #photography #bloomscrolling
July 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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#fridayflowers #purple #bloomscrolling #photography #nature
July 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM