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CanadianChick (aka SkepCdnChick)
@canadianchick.bsky.social
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The godless Canadian liberal baking & gardening accountant you were warned about. Team Cobra Chicken. Slava Ukraini. She/her.
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My neighbour (@janikiu on Insta) has a Yule Cat painting I love!

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A painting of a winter forest scene at night. A giant black cat with yellow eyes looms over a snow covered cottage in the forest. The lights inside the cottage glow warmly. A small orange cat is looking up at the Yule Cat in awe.
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Thanks - here’s one for you!
This zinnia (part of the Joy mix from Windfall Flowers in Kamloops BC) has three rows of Ray petals that shade from magenta near the centre to orange on the ends. The deep pink centre is surrounded by a halo of bright yellow pollen florets.
August 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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This particular tomato (Purple Pear) has a tendency to throw a lot of oddly shaped fruit - double or triple bodies are not uncommon.

This one cracked me up.

Is it a bunny? Or a longhorn steer? A proto-cephalopod? Does it just want a hug?
A pale pink oval shaped tomato with two appendages or outgrowths from the stem end that curve out and away from the body. In this photo the tomato is on its side with the appendages pointing up like bunny ears or a longhorn steer’s horns. This is the same as the first photo with bunny ears, but a side view In this photo, the tomato is upside down so the appendages look like legs or tentacles attached to an oval body In this photo the tomato is upright with the stem up, and the growths are reaching toward the camera like arms opened for a hug
August 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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I’ve got two plants who are turning out head-sized tomatoes as well. (Kim’s Civil War Oxheart).

(I harvest at breaker stage to avoid losses to pests, including the two legged kind)
A large green tomato with pink blushing sits on a scale. The scale reads 1 pound, 10.7 ounces A large green tomato, blushing with pink on one side sits on a scale. The scale reads 1 pound, 8 ounces.
August 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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According to Elections Canada, if the intention is clear, a mis-spelling will be ok. Voters are given a candidate list.

The long ballot people could have done something amusing here…

www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
Screenshot from elections Canada - the text shows a sample ballot and has the following text: How do I vote using the adapted ballot? The adapted ballot will have a blank space where you write the name of your candidate of choice. A list of candidates will be provided to you. What happens if I spell the candidate's name wrong? As long as your intention is clear, your vote will be counted, even if you misspell the candidate's name. However, if you write only the name of a political party, your ballot cannot be counted.
August 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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In Tomato News, I picked a few pounds of tomatoes this afternoon. (At breaker stage, they will be a deep deep pink when fully ripe)

Two. I picked two tomatoes.

This is “Kim’s Civil War Oxheart”.

The largest is badly catfaced, so it won’t all be useable, but that’s still a pretty chonky tomato!
A very large heart shaped tomato, still green with coral pink blushing. It fills my entire hand. The first tomato, on a scale that reads 1 pound, 10.7 ounces (that’s 757 grams). A large, but slightly smaller heart shaped tomato, mostly green (the blushing is on the other side). It fills up most of my hand The second tomato on a scale that reads 1 pound, 8 ounces (that’s 680 grams)
August 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Timeline cleanse. Look at this enormous tomato from my garden. It’s a Kim’s Civil War Oxheart. I harvested it at “breaker stage” to avoid damage from pests (including thieving humans). Fully ripe it will be a deep pink. Haven’t tasted one yet, but looking forward to it!
A giant tomato that completely fills my hand. It is an “oxheart” type, which means it is shaped like a heart with a blunted pointy bottom. It’s about half ripe, pink-orange on the bottom shading up to yellow green on the shoulders
August 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Sunday #FlowerReport - buzzy bee edition
A bumblebee working on a vibrant dark red sweet pea (Reknown is the variety) Bumblebee butt on a pale blue cornflower Fuzzy bee napping on a pink zinnia
August 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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They start green, turn black from the shoulders down, but will stay a little green on the bottom until they hit breaker point and go orange ish and then rose.
Small baby tomatoes on the vine. They are dull and opaque with a little fuzz on them. There is a purple blush starting at the shoulders on down A cluster of more mature black tomatoes. They appear almost fully black and are very shiny. The underside of a cluster of tomatoes , where you can see the bottoms are still very green, even tho most of the tomato is a shiny black
August 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Fully ripe they are deep pink on the bottom and under the calyx.
August 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Since the post was removed - for posterity
Post Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social I'm sorry cyclists, but yes, many of you are smug. You do have a tendency to adopt ableist takes, and to ignore the material disparities that make cycling as one's primary mode of transportation a rather exclusive choice. July 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
July 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Or is this that whole “I’m not saying they’re ableist, just that they are doing ableist things”?

Signed, disabled occasional cyclist who usually drives but supports more cycling infrastructure.
July 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Also a few pics of the garden entrance, and one from the side.
The entrance to a garden plot on a hot sunny day with a vivid blue sky. There is a grey wood framed gate on a chicken wire fence. The garden opens to a natural cedar pathway that leads to a round metal flower bed. On either side of the gate are huge tomato plants. The opening to a garden plot with a natural cedar pathway that leads to a round metal flower bed. On either side of the gate are huge tomato plants. You can also see pops of pink, yellow, red, orange and white from the flowers and some large yellow onions on the right A side view of the garden plot at eye level. It is very lush and filled with plants in every shade of green, tall tomatoes and bright coloured flowers. It is a sunny day with a vivid blue cloudless sky.
July 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Warm rain this week has caused the garden to go berserk! Harvested garlic ahead of the rain this week, all heads were bigger than standard grocery store size, but some were massive (they will shrink as they cure). Had four onions starting to bolt so I harvested them as well.
A very large head of Red Russian garlic with stem and root attached and covered in dry dirt. It fills the palm holding it completely. Three heads of garlic of good size, covered in dirt, with stems and roots still attached. A very large yellow onion that covers the whole palm of the person holding it. It still has some roots and stem attached. Four freshly pulled onions in a grey and orange harvest basket. Three are small to medium grocery store sized. One is quite a bit larger
July 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Here’s a butterfly in my garden
July 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Also - car flowers!

I started bringing a screw top container with water and a little plant food in it when I go to the garden. Lets me rest a bit when I get home before arranging them. Bonus is using the cup holder to bring them home!

Scabiosa, snapdragons, zinnias, strawflowers and sweet peas.
Interior of a car. In the cupholder by the gear shift is a blue and orange container with a big bunch of flowers arranged haphazardly. The dominant colour is pink, from snapdragons, sweet peas and small zinnias, , but there are pops of orange and white zinnia, yellow snapdragon and burgundy scabiosa.
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Pulled my garlic today, just before the rain. Was gonna wait another week, but some early signs of rust showed up in the last couple of days , so time to pull these beasts. Russian Red, pulled 18 heads.
An orange and grey silicone basket is filled with freshly dug garlic heads. The heads are still on long green stalks with several dried yellow leaves near the dirt-encrusted heads. 4 heads are visible, but there are 18 in the basket.
July 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Timeline cleanse. Lil harvest basket. Flowers (cornflowers, sweet peas, snapdragons, zinnias), mint, tarragon, celery, a handful of snap peas, some kohlrabi. Kinda wanted to pose with those like a dude with a fish 😂
An orange and grey basket holds a container of mixed flowers, some green herbs and celery. The flowers are shades of yellow, pink, red, blue and burgundy. Two green kohlrabis being held up by their leaves. The backdrop is a flower and vegetable garden.
July 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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My garden is my therapy. In the winter I can plan it while eating meals made with things I dried, canned and froze. In late winter and spring I can start seeds, and then comes all the transplanting and direct sowing and harvesting. And the preserving.
A garden plot in a community garden with a chicken wire fence, containing several beds of plants and cedar mulch path. The beds are full of tomatoes, brassicas, onions, celery, flowers, herbs and more.
July 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Another garden pic for @caramelrhapsody.bsky.social

This is most of my plot at about 1pm today.
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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In case you missed my post - these are the Chantilly snapdragons in my garden plot.
June 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Thanks! Here’s one from a week ago
Part of a community garden plot. The focus is a circular raised bed made of green metal, filled with tall flowers - snapdragons and scabiosa. The flowers are in all shades of white, yellow, pink, orange and purple. In the foreground is a patch of white, blue and purple cornflowers.
June 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Sunday #FlowerReport from my garden - Chantilly Snapdragon edition.

With their wide open faces, this variety doesn’t look like the classic snapdragon I used to squeeze to make “talk” as a child. But what they lose in interactivity they gain in showy beauty!
The foreground is a tall Chantilly snapdragon with beads of water on the blossoms from a light rain. The flowers are coloured in an ombré pattern from the bottom (oldest flower) to the top (newest). The older flowers are a buttery yellow with apricot coloured blushing near the throat. The top flowers are a peachy pink, with deeper shades near the throat. Around this stem are the leaves and blossoms of other flowers. A pale pink Chantilly snapdragon with rain beads on the petals. The flowers darken in shade toward the top of the flower stalk. The background is other green leaves and some coral coloured flowers and a cedar mulch pathway in natural brick red. A coral orange Chantilly snapdragon with water beads on the petals. The yellow of the pollen on the stamens is quite bright. In the background are a burgundy snapdragon and some blue, white and light purple cornflowers, as well as a natural cedar mulch and lots of green leaves A burgundy pink Chantilly snapdragon playing host to some small flies with green iridescence. In the background there are other snapdragons and zinnias and a garden plot covered in pale gold straw mulch.
June 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Timeline pause.

Look at this stunning scabiosa i grew. You can see why its called pincushion flower!
A dark burgundy flower with a blurred green and tan background. The flowers is round and densely packed with tubular petals in roughly concentric circles. About half rhe tubes have a flattened pink pistil (female part) while other tubes have a white stamen with a ball-like end, that looks like a round headed pin.
June 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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While later varieties will be much more flavourful, there is magic in the first locally grown, red-all-the-way-through strawberry.
A large red strawberry with a bite out of it, being held by the stem. It is red all the way through, not white/pale in the centre like imported strawberries. The dirt in the background suggests that this was sampled at a local farm, which it was.
May 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM