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Christianne Smith
@christianne67.bsky.social
Expat 🇨🇦 writer & poet who loves her husband, kids, & their husky. Passionate about books, botany, photography, cooking, & coffee.

⚠️ I report spam, scams, & bots. No AI. No crypto.

Progressive, Liberal Democrat Contented Atheist & Ally 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
"Never let another define who you are or limit the possibilities of all you can become." -CA67-

#Photography
#Quote #Writing
📷 #GalaxyS23Ultra
#MorningSkies
#Beauty #Nature

This morning's skies were the gift before the cost 🌅 gusting winds that numb your skin as they try to knock you over 🌬
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"As writers & poets we are more then the sum total of our words and yet we are the very essence of all we have the courage to create; the boundless impossible that is human imagination." -CA67-

#Writing #Quote
#Booksky
#Photography
🩷 #MorningSkies

Bon matin ☕️
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Tonight's dinner was a delicious success 🥂

#Foodsky
#Thanksgiving
🍽 #WhatsCooking
#Tradition
#KitchenChemistry

I'm thankful my daughter took care of all the dishes while I tidied the kitchen & put away the few leftovers.
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
While the stuffing & the duck finish roasting 🍒 cherry sauce & honey carrots are ready to plate.

#Thanksgiving
🍽 #WhatsCooking
#Traditions
#Foodsky

This is Ted Allen's slow roast #duck recipe which has become our Thanksgiving traditional dinner 🍷

#KitchenChemistry
#WhatsForDinner
#BonneAppétit
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
When you're too busy in the kitchen with dinner prep & @doranpayne.bsky.social prepares lunch and makes sure you sit down long enough to enjoy it #ThisIsLove 🥰

#Foodsky
🍽 #WhatsCooking
#Thanksgiving

And gets Hutch to not relentlessly beg while you're eating 😅 #DogsOfBluesky
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Preparation for tonight's dinner began at seven this morning, but a slow-roast duck is worth the wait and weight 😉

#Thanksgiving
#WhatsCooking
#Foodsky
#Tradition

The duck will be in the oven for 4.5 hrs ⌛️ baked mixed bread stuffing, honey carrots, & a salad will accompany it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yesterday's homemade batch of chicken stock became last night's Matzo ball soup 🥣

#Foodsky
#NoWasteKitchen
#ComfortFood

It was the perfect remedy for overcast skies that brought a dampness that seemed to sink into your bones.

#Traditions
#WhatsForDinner
#Healthy #Happy

Bon Jeudi ☕️
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"There's no time like the present to embrace who you are and take a step toward where you wish to be." -CA67-

#Writing #Quote
#Booksky

Workouts, an overcast walk, & dinner prep commenced 🍽 but in between it all, there's #reading & #coffee.

#MorningRitual
#DogsOfBluesky

Bon matin ☕️
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The weather inspires another batch of golden broth 🥣 which will become tonight's maztah ball soup.

#Foodsky
#WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen

A light soup & salad dinner before tomorrow's Thanksgiving slow roast duck feast.

#ComfortFood
#WhatsForDinner
#Holidays #Traditions
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
On this day seven years ago; Hutch was - just, out of that puppy phase but she's always our baby ♥️

#DogsOfBluesky
📷 #WhiplashWednesday
#Pauseforpaws

I would say she's "on guard" but it's always just a squirrel or a deer 🦌
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Finding the one who fully accepts you as you are rather than how they wish you to be, now, that is love, that is bliss." -CA67-

#Writing #Quote
#Booksky

After workouts & a very foggy morning walk, it's back to #reading & sipping #coffee.

Bon matin à tous ☕️
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Gray skies have rolled in once more
And again, I long for my long lost blue
To open windows and a sun-warmed front door
To hearing sounds of you." -CA67-

#Photography
#WritingExercise #Poetry
#Blueskies #Moon
#Verse #OneStanza
#FallFoliage

Bonne journée 🍷
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A little reading, a little coffee, and a few steps taken to ease into this overcast & soon to be rainy day ☔️

#Booksky

Bon matin à tous ☕️
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Boy, did you guys pick the wrong horse! Proving you are NOT a serious publication or source for any kind of reliable information - other than you bend right over for antiscience grifters.

#RFKJRiadrugaddictedtanningbedlovingLoon 🤡💩☠️
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Long ago seem the flowers
Those once upon a time mauve shades
The Memory of them are tall towers
Their withered remains
Now cast shadows on the graves." -CA67-

#Photography
#WritingExercise
#Gardening
#Poetry #OneStanza
#Bloomscrolling

Bon Mardi à tous 🍸
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"All confines - no matter how gilded cannot hold what is meant to be free." -CA67-

#Writing #Quote
#Booksky

As we wait for sunrise 🌅 there's #reading & #coffee; easing into Monday, one page at a time.

#Memoir
#Uncool
#CameronCrowe
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hutch in a mind-meld with Nanook & Sandy's urn 🥹

#DogsOfBluesky
#RainbowBridge 🌈
#LostFriends

Bon Dimanche à tous 🍸
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I was seeing ads on Facebook for this (mouth stickers 💋) and knew it just had to be pseudoscientic nonsense.

Thank you.

Ps* Read your book & throughly enjoyed it.
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ladies & gentlemen, this is my best friend's new dog #Bowie 🐾 and he is a stunner!

#DogsOfBluesky

Don't tell Hutch, but I'm experiencing serious #DogEnvy 🥰
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"What slumbers awakens. What is buried rises. What is forgotten is too often stirred until all pains are remembered. What is feared must be faced if we are to grow." -CA67-

#Writing #Quote
#Booksky
#DogsOfBluesky

As we wait for sunrise, there's #reading & sipping #coffee from #Darth's head 😁
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🎮 Ready, player One

"Food has entered the room."

#DogsOfBluesky
#HuskyLife

"You now have Hutch's full attention."

#HutchAlwaysHungryHusky
#DivaDog 👑
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hutch is setting the tone for this rainy day ☔️

#DogsOfBluesky
#HuskyLife
#WeekendVibes
#SaturdaySolace

Toebeans 🐾 🥰
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Holding strong to my New Year's resolution of reading more books 📚 I'm ready to begin my 68th, 69th, & 70th books of 2025.

#Booksky
#ReadMore2025
#ProtectYourPeace
#HomeLibrary
#Education
#FavoriteThings
#ReadBannedBooks

Bon Samedi à tous ☕️
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"we are no more than the organic matter from whence we came. It is the epiphany of life's finiteness that truly sets us free." -CA67-

#Writing #Quote
#Booksky

As we wait for sunrise 🌅 there's #reading and #coffee = #Bliss

Bon matin à tous ☕️
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
There's something so satisfying - almost comforting in feeding a #craving 🍔

#Foodsky
#WhatsCooking
#Homemade

The #treat that's become a burger due to the ridiculous cost of #beef.

#tRumpflation
#FoodCosts
#FeedingFamilies

Bon Vendredi 🍸
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM