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Cool Blue Lake
@coolbluelake.bsky.social
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Life goal is to be curled up on the couch with a good book and a giant mug of tea. She/her. Don’t be mean. 🌈 🇨🇦
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Nature painted some pine trees on my Muskoka chair. Thanks, nature.

#snow #winterwonderland #photography #bw
A Muskoka chair with snow accumulated at the back of the seat. The snow has settled in the vertical spaces and looks like a few tall pine trees.
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Window wisdom.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekWForWindows
#Photography
#GoodAdvice
A shop window with a ceramic cat, small wire ferris wheel (possibly for small plant pots), a cake, and a neon sign that says, “Do what you love.” There are trees reflected in the glass.
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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OK, trick-or-treaters, you have until 7:55. #HalloWIN #BlueJays #GoJays (Pumpkin expertly carved by my daughter.)
A pumpkin carved with the Blue Jays logo
October 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Fall is pretty. #fall #autumn #nature #photography #touchgrass
A small group of trees, one with green leaves, one orange and yellow, one red, and the photographer’s long shadow stretched out on the grass on front of them
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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It may be late October, but my garden thinks it’s June.

#springtober #gardening #gardensky
Two very confused strawberries, one ripe and one getting there, in the garden … in October.
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Was thinking that little hidey-hole would be a good place to stash a treasure, then got closer and saw that some small critter had apparently had the same thought. 🍎 #ThickTrunkTuesday
A thick tree trunk with a hole at the base near the ground. What could be inside? A closer shot of the base of the tree gives a clear view of the inside of the hole — which contains a shiny red apple in a ray of sunshine.
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Enjoyed a long walk in the fall leaves today — even saw a heart-shaped pond and a beaver! Can’t imagine a more Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving. #HappyThanksgiving #fall #photography
A red maple leaf laying on a bed of dried, brown leaves that are on the ground
October 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #summer #photography #CanadianSummer
Looking down a ladder on a dock, with wet footprints on the dock as if someone has just climbed out of the lake.
September 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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They may be cranky, but Canada Geese sure are impressive when they fly right above you. #cobrachicken #murderchicken
Looking up at a flock of Canada Geese flying in a V formation in a blue, blue sky
August 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass
A large glass sculpture that looks like underwater plants, stretching taller than a person
August 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Drying off from the first lake swim of the summer. #cocktailhour #cottagelife
A cool and refreshing gin drink sitting on a wicker table, and behind it a screened window overlooking tall pine trees and a lake with an inviting dock
August 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I may have gotten a little carried away at the farmers’ market this morning, but it was the first week for peaches so I couldn’t be expected to be capable of rational thought. #buylocal
A spread of fresh local fruit including cherries, wild blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, and peaches … plus zucchini and olive bread and sliced whole grain bread plus beeswax candles plus a few of last weeks beets plus a small bowl of cherry tomatoes from the back deck that snuck in there somehow
July 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Shadowy shark shape #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration
A shark, photo taken from underneath in a public aquarium, so the shark appears in shadow above, with ripples of water appearing to distort the corners of the image
July 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦❤️
A white, beaded bracelet that says,”I am” and then has a Canadian flag
July 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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The outside is hot. #Toronto
Screen grab from The Weather Network showing the current temperature in Toronto as 33C or feels like 47c.
June 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Come to Canada. Some anonymous person made this helpful flowchart. The only clarification is that while distance is measured in km, a drive is measured in time. “How far away is your cottage?” “Oh, about four hours.”
A flowchart explaining how to measure things in Canada, where a confusing mix of measuring systems is used
June 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Been looking for something for this week’s #AlphabetChallenge and then, this morning, these cute little sundrops bloomed. #WeekYforYellow #photography
Two bright little yellow flowers called sundrops surrounded by green leaves in the garden
June 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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On it.
A tub of delicious Chapman’s Premium chocolate ice cream sitting on an outdoor table, tempting you.
June 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Please look at my ceramic bird, who wants to show you her ridiculous hat. #sillyhatday #enjoythesun
A gold, ceramic bird with a flower on her head, glowing in the sun as of to say, “Look at my lovely hat.”
June 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Not a single tree, but all the towering pines around the cottage where we vacation every year. When the landscape changes and these trees begin, we are almost there and I can feel myself relax.
Looking up at a blue sky through tall pine trees
May 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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#WeekUforUp #AlphabetChallenge #photography #ROM
Looking up at the ceiling of the rotunda inside the entrance to the ROM in Toronto, a glowing, golden mosaic
May 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #photography
The side of a back yard shed, with turquoise paint peeling from being weathered for half a century.
May 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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That. Was. Awesome. #RevengeoftheSith
A movie poster for a 20th anniversary screening of Revenge of the Sith.
April 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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#WeekRforRoads #AlphabetChallenge #Photography
A dirt road curves off into the distance, framed with a thick forest of trees and green weeds lining the road, with a small clump of daisies in the foreground.
April 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Advance polls are busy. Vote like your freedom depends on it — because it does. #Canadavotes #Canada
A yellow sign that says Vote with a black arrow pointing to the entrance of a polling station
April 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM