The Spicy Crone.
@christinedeleon.bsky.social
Veteran content strategist. Believer in human-centred systems design. Restorative justice practitioner. Jazz nerd. Persistent writer.
Proud Canadian 🇨🇦
Proud daughter of immigrants 🇵🇭
Proud Londoner 🌉
https://christinedawndeleon.substack.com
Proud Canadian 🇨🇦
Proud daughter of immigrants 🇵🇭
Proud Londoner 🌉
https://christinedawndeleon.substack.com
Coming home from straight edge raving. Dancing is medicine. Also, I love London’s 24h tube at the weekends.
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Coming home from straight edge raving. Dancing is medicine. Also, I love London’s 24h tube at the weekends.
Skyscrapers. September, 2025. Toronto, Canada.
October 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Skyscrapers. September, 2025. Toronto, Canada.
I grew up in an era when Toronto was called ‘Hogtown’ and I always thought it was because of all the Harley Davidsons. I just searched it up and apparently it’s Hogtown because of the pork industry. Whatevs, I prefer the Harley story and here’s a beauty from the other week @johnflores.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I grew up in an era when Toronto was called ‘Hogtown’ and I always thought it was because of all the Harley Davidsons. I just searched it up and apparently it’s Hogtown because of the pork industry. Whatevs, I prefer the Harley story and here’s a beauty from the other week @johnflores.bsky.social
Metro Toronto Reference Library.
September 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Metro Toronto Reference Library.
End of summer dried bouquet: lavender, Chinese lantern, elderberry, fennel, and achilia #bloomscoll
September 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
End of summer dried bouquet: lavender, Chinese lantern, elderberry, fennel, and achilia #bloomscoll
It’s giving Cultural Revolution.
August 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It’s giving Cultural Revolution.
I never thought I’d miss rain so much, but as London enters its fourth heatwave, I find myself walking in the rain as often as I can. Wednesday evening’s rain was beautiful and roses do much better in a cooler climate.
August 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I never thought I’d miss rain so much, but as London enters its fourth heatwave, I find myself walking in the rain as often as I can. Wednesday evening’s rain was beautiful and roses do much better in a cooler climate.
As a side note to the earlier mushroom, the Lake District was where English Romantic poets took opium and did their thing.
August 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As a side note to the earlier mushroom, the Lake District was where English Romantic poets took opium and did their thing.
🍄 but in real life. Someone/something has taken a little bite. Anyway, this is the most Alice-in-Wonderland-CS-Lewis-caterpillar-and-a-hookah mushroom I’ve ever seen.
August 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🍄 but in real life. Someone/something has taken a little bite. Anyway, this is the most Alice-in-Wonderland-CS-Lewis-caterpillar-and-a-hookah mushroom I’ve ever seen.
The Lammy/Vance bromance. I dunno…. I’m his constituent and I’ve never felt less represented by him than this precise moment.
August 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Lammy/Vance bromance. I dunno…. I’m his constituent and I’ve never felt less represented by him than this precise moment.
I found these fellas in the window box this morning. I wonder what they’ll look like on the other side of their transformation.
July 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I found these fellas in the window box this morning. I wonder what they’ll look like on the other side of their transformation.
Timeline cleanse. Some planting in the garden this year that I’m particularly proud of:
Agapanthus, foxgloves and enchanter’s night shade. #bloomscrolling
Agapanthus, foxgloves and enchanter’s night shade. #bloomscrolling
July 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Timeline cleanse. Some planting in the garden this year that I’m particularly proud of:
Agapanthus, foxgloves and enchanter’s night shade. #bloomscrolling
Agapanthus, foxgloves and enchanter’s night shade. #bloomscrolling
All of the above plus
*baking
*sewing
*baking
*sewing
July 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
All of the above plus
*baking
*sewing
*baking
*sewing
Stevie got on stage in a jacket that had John Lennon and Marvin Gaye embroidered in to the front in big sequins. He opened with a message of peace and kicked off his set with “Imagine” and I was nearly in tears.
July 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Stevie got on stage in a jacket that had John Lennon and Marvin Gaye embroidered in to the front in big sequins. He opened with a message of peace and kicked off his set with “Imagine” and I was nearly in tears.
When you’re this far away from the stage, it’s all about the singing and dancing and having fun with strangers around you. It was a good, wholesome atmosphere that was lively and fun. Stevie is an incredible musician/performer - one of the best concerts of my life.
July 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When you’re this far away from the stage, it’s all about the singing and dancing and having fun with strangers around you. It was a good, wholesome atmosphere that was lively and fun. Stevie is an incredible musician/performer - one of the best concerts of my life.
Crappy iPhone image but still so compelling I had to document it.
July 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Crappy iPhone image but still so compelling I had to document it.
The legend that is Jeff Mills.
June 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The legend that is Jeff Mills.
When I got married and settled down in London, I would come to the National Gallery when I was homesick for Canada and gaze at this painting of a lake and a small island of evergreen trees in the distance. It reminded me of my childhood summers at the family cottage.
June 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When I got married and settled down in London, I would come to the National Gallery when I was homesick for Canada and gaze at this painting of a lake and a small island of evergreen trees in the distance. It reminded me of my childhood summers at the family cottage.
The National Gallery’s permanent collection is free to everyone. I come here when I’m feeling a bit down and escape into worlds across time and place. Here a painting of the Grand Canal in Venice from
around 1740 by the artist Canaleto. #London #art #baroque #neoclassical
around 1740 by the artist Canaleto. #London #art #baroque #neoclassical
June 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The National Gallery’s permanent collection is free to everyone. I come here when I’m feeling a bit down and escape into worlds across time and place. Here a painting of the Grand Canal in Venice from
around 1740 by the artist Canaleto. #London #art #baroque #neoclassical
around 1740 by the artist Canaleto. #London #art #baroque #neoclassical
Cute activity in my garden this afternoon. A fern leaf unfurling and a nigella flower in full bloom.
May 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Cute activity in my garden this afternoon. A fern leaf unfurling and a nigella flower in full bloom.