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Danielle LeBlanc
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Writer * balcony gardener * allergy-free food blogger * mom * beginner-and-not-always-finisher of craft projects * occasional moving van stunt driver * happily married. Made in Canada. daniellesleblanc.com and poorandglutenfree.blogspot.com
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A few dozen lady beetles lovemaking on the local plum tree. It's that time of year. #photography #nature #gardening #spring
A picture of leaves on a plum tree, many of which have red and black spotted lady beetles climbing over it. Many of the beetles are also on top of one another, mating. It's a sunny day.
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Spent a few nights in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia (Canada). One of my fav places in the world. It rained and even hailed most of the time, but when it didn't, we got the most spectacular rainbows. And yes, American friends are welcome to visit Canada :)
A lake scene, with mountains in the background, half covered in mist. In the centre, a rainbow stretches up from the lake into the clouds, and is reflected across the lake. In the foreground is a large pile of rocks and a pathway.
March 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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It's dark and pouring rain in the #PNW this afternoon. So here's a dahlia pic from my community garden last summer :)
#photography #flowers #gardening
A picture of a dahlia flower with spiky petals, fuchsia pink on the outside tapering to yellow on the inside. Green leaves in the background.
February 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Price of eggs in Canada at Walmart today (in Canadian funds). Works out to $2.94USD
An image of a carton of 12 eggs with a price of $4.17.
February 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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And for a few minutes, the world is fresh and clean and new.
#PNW #photography #snow #nature
Picture of a street covered in white snow. On either side of the road tall, leafless trees are also covered in snow. A red truck is parked in the distance.
February 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In fact, it was snowing beneath this dark storm cloud that moved rapidly over us, with sun on either side :) Near Vancouver, Canada
#photography #PNW #natureiswild
A dark grey storm cloud with slashes of blue sky in between, and more dark clouds behind a row of houses that look golden in the setting sun. In front of them, a field of white snow stretches out.
February 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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The architectural beauty of a dahlia.
#gardening #photography #flowers
Swirling orange flower petals in the centre of a dahlia flower with varying shades of oranges and hints of yellow
February 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20
#BookSky #BookChallenge #20bookchallenge
An illustrated book cover that reads: Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips The picture is of a wooded area with tall pine trees on either side and a lake in the middle. In the forefront is a woman's nude body, laying on her side, looking up towards the sky with an ambiguous expression on her face. Her private areas are covered by branches and leaves.
January 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20
#BookSky #BookChallenge #20bookchallenge
A book cover that reads Beowulf: A Verse Translation Translated by Seamus Heaney and Edited by Daniel Donoghue A Norton Critical Edition There is an image of twisted metal that appears to be belt buckles and jumbled artifacts.
January 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
A children's book cover that reads Ant and Bee and the Rainbow: A Story about Colours, By Angela Banner. There is a rainbow on a blue background with a ant holding a walking stick and wearing a small black hat, smiling at a bee that is carrying an umbrella and wearing a brown, wide-brimmed hat.
January 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Lessons from the ocean: Be like a holdfast. The holdfast of bullwhip kelp anchors kelp stems up to 100ft long and provides shelter to 100+ species. It's dainty looking, but tough enough to withstand some of the wildest ocean storms. Life continues on.
#photography #beach #oceans
A beige-brown ball made up of many thin strands that look like a dried clump of spaghetti. There are small, smooth rocks in the background, and threads of green seaweed in the kelp ball.
January 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
A book cover with the title The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The picture is a woman wearing a dark robe and long hair riding a white horse. The woman is carrying a long sword that has a faint glow around it.
January 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
A book cover reading Stephen King The Eyes of the Dragon with an image of a dragon's head breathing fire
January 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Go outside and get some sunshine, it'll make you feel better & help fortify you for the times ahead. Edible & visual proof that sunshine is important: The 1/2 of my red sails leaf lettuce that gets more sunlight is bright red. The shadier side is much greener. #balconygardening #eatyourvegetables
Leaf lettuce growing in a railing planter. One half is in the sun, and the leaves are much redder. The half in the shade is greener.
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Kissing cousins. Two pinguicula flowers lean towards each other. These carnivorous plants can mass murder fungus gnats, but they sure make some dainty, pretty little flowers.
#photography #indoorgardening #savagegarden
January 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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The sun breaks out in the aftermath of a #PNW rainstorm. Remember that if we can imagine things getting better, it is possible for them to get better. A pendulum swings both ways.

#photography #wintersky #uplifting
Dark clouds parting to reveal blue sky and sunshine above a row of houses, the aftermath of a rainstorm.
January 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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A palate cleanser-fairy inkcap mushrooms that popped up in some moss my kid brought home and is trying to grow on a rock on the bookshelf. A reminder that beautiful things can happen in the most random of circumstances and life finds a way. #photography #indoorgardener
Grey fairy inkcap mushrooms growing in strands of green moss stuffed into a red lava rock.
January 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM