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margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
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Creative.

https://margaretlonsdale.ca

🎶Hold Steady. Stay in the Light.🎶
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I stopped for corn. Found a pumpkin patch. A small boy told me he’s going to find his perfect pumpkin somewhere out there. Autumn.
A pumpkin patch field with the shell of an old car as prop. Hay bales decorated with an array of pumpkins sit next to the car and a “driver” behind the wheel inside, probably stuffed with hay. Tall cornstalks and a row of deciduous trees in the background. A warm autumn scene.
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
fhaedra.bsky.social
it’s the kind of summer
I only hear half songs
moon keeps me awake
skies never rain
my pan hand drum rests silent
I know it yearns to sing
but the quiet’s so alarming
my neighbours’ lands burn
some have lost their minds
mystical stories echo warnings
these are some wicked times🪶

#vss365 (mystical)
A minuscule moon approaching an opening between branches of some very tall trees. A pale and clear blue morning sky.
August 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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#SilentSunday
Window in a dimly lit room. Of twelve panels, the view from the bottom six is obscured by remnants of dirt and rainfall while that of the top six shows a pale blue sky with a few stratus clouds. On the top sill are two wooden stars side by side. The ragged curtain is tucked up into the curtain rod. The wall to the left of the window is stained with marks and remnants of days past.
March 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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#SilentSunday
A single sycamore maple leaf in sunlight on a pebble stone surface. Intricate simplicity.
March 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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#SilentSunday
A rain drenched passage between two buildings featuring a pattern of six red brick archways, at the end of which may be the back of a small restaurant. Some moss thriving on parts of the structure. Rainwater pools in the walkway, reflecting light from above. In the foreground, a grey cement walk.
February 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
fhaedra.bsky.social
how often I do wish
compassion and love
were more important🪶

#SaturdayMorning #dreamers #poems #art #writing
A wooden lectern upon which a painting is resting. The background of the painting consists of random splashes of many colours while at centre is the word LOVE, the interior of each letter painted in detail with unique scenes in a multitude of colours.
February 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
fhaedra.bsky.social
please come see us
here in Peaceland
we don’t mind
who you are or
where you come from
day to day is tough
enough without enemy
talk made from manufactured
fear of onlyness
or sad snarling dogs
we are the people
naturally able
nobody’s really greater
than the most humble
who know mutual respect.
🪶🍁🕊️
A single pink waterlily surrounded by several green lily pads in a tranquil lily pond.
February 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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These sentiments I understand.🪶😉🕊️🎶💐
A glass topped wooden table with various objects on it, including a small wooden box, a business card with an ink bottle and feather plume beside which is scrawled an illegible signature, a drum mallet of brown suede and red & white shaft, a small gold tray, an ornate blue & white pitcher with a plate beneath it, a bottle of wine with the label “Poet”. In the background, woven rattan screen with a thin string of lights.
February 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
fhaedra.bsky.social
in the ungreat barely known
yet widely read and indestructible Book of Humanity there
preserved for all time is our own personal page bearing our likeness, our true names
and the declaration:
“a human is a human
and that is all”
each of us gifted either
a bright streak of light or
a blotch of waste🪶
Bright sunlight in a nearly cloudless day, reflecting on the sea. In the foreground, a cement walkway upon which the shadows of a protective barrier fence appear in long rectangles and parallel lines. A very wet pair of black pants lying rather twisted on a roadway, the area surrounding the pants forming a damp frame.
February 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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#SilentSunday #BlueSkyPhoto #PhotographyB&W
Black and white photo of a sculpture depicting Oscar Wilde reclining on a large boulder in the shade of a very large deciduous tree. He is smiling.
January 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
fhaedra.bsky.social
I have decided
today is a day of peace
gratitude for life🪶

#SaturdayMorning #Gratitude
#Photography
Wide blue sky with a sliver moon at centre frame above a row of conifer silhouettes of varied sizes. Hints of early morning orange hues of sunrise majesty and, if you squint, pale shapes of distant hills through the trees.
January 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I am therefore
I can
sometimes maybe
I will🪶

#poems #thoughtsonlife
A fabric wall hanging bordered with an ornate gold with its centre of red upon which is a quoted text attributed to the Dalaï Lama on the true meaning of life being your contribution to another’s happiness.
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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#SilentSunday #Photography #BlueskyPhoto
High altitude scene. In the foreground, a rugged landscape of stones and grasses and ragged wild shrub. To the right of frame, a small leafless tree with a line of peace flags extending to another, smaller tree. Mid frame, various dirt paths lead to primitive wooden structures with tin roofs. Beyond, the varied shapes of a mountain range can be seen through the mist of an early morning and, in the distance, the beginning of a full and brilliant sunrise.
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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It was special for us out there, wasn’t it?🙏
Night sky of the almost full moon, many stars, luminescence, and unintentional reflections of light creating radiance, augmented by the silhouette view of tall stoic conifers to create a partial frame of mysterious beauty.
January 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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#SilentSunday #PhotoSky #Photography
View from the entrance of a tipi. Just above the opening, a pointed wooden fastener positioned through two notches in the canvas, which is painted red. Canvas liner with primitive artwork: a sun; a human with arms outstretched wearing a garment with feathers about the hem; a banner of red and black. An acoustic guitar leaning against the liner under the sun drawing. In the centre, a circle of stones around a fire pit. on the right, an overturned structure made of pine tree stumps and plywood, possibly a bed. In the foreground and across a large part of the entranceway, a massive spider web.
January 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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#SilentSunday #PhotoSky
Black and White photo of an artfully designed and ornate concrete outdoor performance stage. Bordered with tall pillars, the arch at the front of the stage features two near nude muses, one on either side. The arched ceiling is a half dome with a design of repeated rows of inset squares. Two tall poles hold an array of stage lighting on either side of the stage front. At centre rear is a single door. Outside, at the crown of the stage there are bold letters in all caps reading: LIFT EVERY VOICE. Overhead in an overcast sky, a seagull soars.
January 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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voices of the many
speak even while you sleep
follow me they whisper
inspired swimmers in the flow
dream catchers
warning pitches
entertainment in between
attracting light and butterfly
reflect affect or rectify
tune ups for the dance
outside is Moon
#prompt gazers pausing to
open the gate🪶

#vss365
An open gate attached to a corner post and a partial fence, all with peeling paint. Part of a stone walkway with greens and tree trunks of a forest setting.
December 31, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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beginnings
endings
review it all
or let it blow
with the wind
yesterday’s gone
past is past
and will not come again
right now
here you are
this is that all there is
make what you will
grab and hold what’s good
of the moment you are in🪶

#HappyNewYear #blueskypoetry
#blueskyphotos #thoughtsforherenow
December 31, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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#SilentSunday #photography
A left hand holding an open book of poetry in front of a wooden chair with a hand printed sign on it that reads ‘NOT the poet’s chair’ in white against a mildly ornate black backing.
December 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
fhaedra.bsky.social
in the city
some scenes can seem so grim
but art lives
before and after closing time🪶

(I wish I knew who painted this mural so I could credit, but it was unsigned.)

#art #murals #poetry #streetart
An wooden outdoor restaurant table with a black base and two red chairs turned over its top against a brick wall painted with a mural of blue background and a multitude of colourful flowers accented with a few astronomical shapes. The whole scene lit by late afternoon sunlight to highlight its beauty.
December 29, 2024 at 2:34 AM
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Hey. It’s Christmas Day.🕊️🎄🕊️
I hope it’s day of peace and comfort. Maybe a bit of good writing practice if there’s time.
My hope for each of you is that
you’ll always be able to find
a fragile fragrant rose even
in the hardness of a solid stone wall. Happy Christmas!🪶
One white rose in a solid stone wall.
December 26, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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sunlight of new morning
through the veil lifting
with the breeze through
your open window
hope and promise rhythms
soft magenta in pale blue skies
#reflections contemplated
in last night’s dream slow
fade as you rise to reach
for treasure of renewal
suspending all past
beginning with today🪶

#vss365
Panels of violet and pink reflective glass, one side of a tunnel by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliason.
December 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM
fhaedra.bsky.social
it’s a #lean day
in old crack village
sad messengers
drop one more sad scar
old Marlon’s
opens at 9:30 a.m. sharp
his festive red bell
contrasts the shattering
Christmas Eve
he’ll be open late
see all get supplies they need
he locks up puts lights out
heads home on his quiet street🪶

#vsspoem (lean)
Shattered lower panel of an open glass door with a festive red bell hanging from the metal dividing bar across the centre of the door.
December 24, 2024 at 3:08 AM
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#SilentSunday #Photography
#photosky
A rusted metal door whose knob is missing, with broken panes of glass through which can be seen is a window with remnants of broken glass in its panes. Grey cinder block wall of a building where the window is installed.
December 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
fhaedra.bsky.social
some cats are employed
they work while others hang slack
#caturday #solstice

#catsky #photography #catwork
#scifaikusaturday (not really sci)
A large brown wooden desk and matching mirror on the wall behind. Patterned tan wallpaper. Patterned dark blue carpet. A front shelf has an air freshener and some board games. On the desk, a lamp with Tiffany shade, a bell, office things like a stapler, tape, miscellany, hand sanitizer, a couple of plants, a Santa decoration. A small tabby cat sits on the keyboard of an open laptop. The image of the desktop is reflected in the mirror.
December 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM