Catherine
@cathrinous.bsky.social
French speaking lawyer from Quebec, Canada. I love history, books, polyphonic renaissance and baroque music, canning, jam making and travels.
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Séjour à Rivière-Ouelle pour une fermeture tardive du chalet.
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Séjour à Rivière-Ouelle pour une fermeture tardive du chalet.
C’était très beau tôt ce matin, mais l’électricité ne fonctionnait pas. Elle est revenue vers 13h30.
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
C’était très beau tôt ce matin, mais l’électricité ne fonctionnait pas. Elle est revenue vers 13h30.
Emily Carr, Canadian (1871-1945), Yan, Q.C.I., 1912, oil on canvas, 99.5 x 153 cm, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Carr was an associate of the Group of Seven
Carr was an associate of the Group of Seven
October 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The majestic Saint-Lawrence river and the Pélerins archipelago in the Kamouraska region.
October 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The majestic Saint-Lawrence river and the Pélerins archipelago in the Kamouraska region.
I just finished this book from Moudhy Al-Rashid, which I discovered through Booksky. The author describes the life of people, from the mightier to the most humble, that lived in ancient Mesopotamia as great kings and civilisations succeeded one another. A very knowledgeable and accessible book.
September 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I just finished this book from Moudhy Al-Rashid, which I discovered through Booksky. The author describes the life of people, from the mightier to the most humble, that lived in ancient Mesopotamia as great kings and civilisations succeeded one another. A very knowledgeable and accessible book.
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Les mirabelles de notre arbre. Finalement, après des années d’attente!
September 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Les mirabelles de notre arbre. Finalement, après des années d’attente!
I am so happy! After 15 years during which deers and porcupines destroyed my plum trees leaving only one or two plums for our consumption, I had the idea to install a chime nearby. The sound is pleasant and effective to frighten them. Here is my first harvest.And the Damas plum trees look promising!
August 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I am so happy! After 15 years during which deers and porcupines destroyed my plum trees leaving only one or two plums for our consumption, I had the idea to install a chime nearby. The sound is pleasant and effective to frighten them. Here is my first harvest.And the Damas plum trees look promising!
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The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
If you go to Paris, many will advise you, you must go to the Louvre; but then, if you go to Paris, as nearly as many will advise you, you must not go to the Louvre.
www.openculture.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
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This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
August 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
Soir d’opéra à Bergame.
An opera evening in Bergamot.
An opera evening in Bergamot.
August 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Soir d’opéra à Bergame.
An opera evening in Bergamot.
An opera evening in Bergamot.
Visit of the Mille Miglia Museum in Breschia. Visite du musée Mille Miglia à Breschia. De belles voitures! Nice cars!
July 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Visit of the Mille Miglia Museum in Breschia. Visite du musée Mille Miglia à Breschia. De belles voitures! Nice cars!
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Tom Thomson, Canadian (1877-1917), Northern River, 1914-15, oil on canvas, 115.1 x 102 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
July 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tom Thomson, Canadian (1877-1917), Northern River, 1914-15, oil on canvas, 115.1 x 102 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
My flowering rhododendron.
May 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My flowering rhododendron.
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This seagull will be the first living creature to know there's a new Pope outside of the Conclave.
May 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This seagull will be the first living creature to know there's a new Pope outside of the Conclave.
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Jose Manuel Grandío braves below-zero temperatures to witness a stoat jumping high into the air above the snow.
When he spotted this stoat jumping mid-air on the last day of his trip, he saw this as an ‘expression of exuberance’ as the small mammal hurled itself about in a fresh fall of snow.
When he spotted this stoat jumping mid-air on the last day of his trip, he saw this as an ‘expression of exuberance’ as the small mammal hurled itself about in a fresh fall of snow.
April 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Jose Manuel Grandío braves below-zero temperatures to witness a stoat jumping high into the air above the snow.
When he spotted this stoat jumping mid-air on the last day of his trip, he saw this as an ‘expression of exuberance’ as the small mammal hurled itself about in a fresh fall of snow.
When he spotted this stoat jumping mid-air on the last day of his trip, he saw this as an ‘expression of exuberance’ as the small mammal hurled itself about in a fresh fall of snow.
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Do you know the whereabouts of any of these paintings by women artists from the 17th-century Netherlands? (Louise Hollandine von der Pfalz wins in my book!) #earlymodern #arthistory #womenartists #nmwa
Eight Paintings by Women Artists Sought for Exhibition - CODART
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington D.C. and the Museum of Fine Arts (MSK) in Ghent are currently preparing the first survey exhibition on women artists from the Low Countrie...
www.codart.nl
April 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Do you know the whereabouts of any of these paintings by women artists from the 17th-century Netherlands? (Louise Hollandine von der Pfalz wins in my book!) #earlymodern #arthistory #womenartists #nmwa
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
I recommend Martin Walker’s Bruno Chief of Police mystery novels. They take place in Dordogne, a region he knows very well and contain a vivid description of the inhabitant’s everyday life. M. Walker is a specialist in geopolitics and he uses this knowledge to craft his intrigues.
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I recommend Martin Walker’s Bruno Chief of Police mystery novels. They take place in Dordogne, a region he knows very well and contain a vivid description of the inhabitant’s everyday life. M. Walker is a specialist in geopolitics and he uses this knowledge to craft his intrigues.
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This reads like a horror story
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This reads like a horror story
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As you can see in this mosaic, young boys are playing with tiny chariots. In another mosaic of the same villa, little girls are picking up flowers.
For #MosaicMonday this week we're at Villa Romana del Casale!
In the antechamber of the apsidal hall, we have this mosaic of A 2-horse chariot race where the chariots are drawn by birds and driven by children belonging to the four factions of the Circus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
In the antechamber of the apsidal hall, we have this mosaic of A 2-horse chariot race where the chariots are drawn by birds and driven by children belonging to the four factions of the Circus.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
February 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
As you can see in this mosaic, young boys are playing with tiny chariots. In another mosaic of the same villa, little girls are picking up flowers.
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“…she makes you feel that you are there in the Jane corner and she’s quietly digging you in the ribs, or whispering some smart, superior snark to you.” Love this take on #JaneAusten by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The Jane corner: where I need to be just now!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
Jane’s world: fans and admirers pick their favourite Austen characters
Helen Fielding, David Baddiel, Nicola Sturgeon and other cultural figures celebrate the great writer’s 250th birthday
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“…she makes you feel that you are there in the Jane corner and she’s quietly digging you in the ribs, or whispering some smart, superior snark to you.” Love this take on #JaneAusten by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The Jane corner: where I need to be just now!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
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February 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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