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Sarah Ladd
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Rural resident of Planet Earth.
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#LongShadowDays #PoniesOfBluesky #NovaScotiaGoodLife Rosie!
A silhouette shadow of a pony and human on a snow covered field A black and white portrait of a dark pony with light mane and forelock with a white stripe and a snip on her face.
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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#Caturday, #RescueCats, #CatsofBluesky (FHW)Harry enjoys watching the world go by.
Silhouette of a cat in a window that refelects the outdoor light and foliage. A tiger cast with a white bib sits on a window sill, looking at the camera.
December 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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#ShowMeYourKnits Week 70 Holiday theme, two of my favourite designers, Anna Mäkilä and Jaana Talvitie, who generously give of their time and knowledge each holiday season by doing KALs.
Twinkle Star Socks designed by Anna M. Purpley blue socks with stranded gold stars hanging from an evergreen wreath with a large red bow. Fingering weight. Jaana’s Christmas Socks. Red socks with stranded gold stripes on a blanket of snow. Fingering weight. Waiting for Mistletoe, red socks with bands of white edged with green leaves at top and bottom of white band, decorated with ribbons and ornamental balls on a sheepskin, designed by Anna Mäkilä. Fingering weight yarn.
December 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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#Caturday #RescueCats #NovaScotiaGoodLife #OfCabbagesandKings, (FHW) Harry enjoys the greenhouse on a dreary November day.
A tiger cat sits in a greenhouse on a bed dirt flanked by cabbages
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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#CanadaGeese#NovaScotiaGoodLife#Sunsets
A gaggle of geese flying in formation as sun sets. Sky is light blue with pale yellow on the horizon. Silhouette of trees at base of photo Red orange and grey blue clouds make for a dramatic sunset.
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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#Caturday #RescueCats (FHW) Harry just hangin’ out.
A tiger cat with white bib sitting on top of a rust stained wheel well with a tire mounted above his head.
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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#November #NovaScotiaGoodLife
#Mushrooms #Forestherbs we take our colour where we can find it…
Asparagus gone to see, yellow green ferns with bright red berries against a grey sky Wintergreen, aka: Teaberry, Winterberry carpet a forest floor Fallen spruce tree with gold-brown ferns, green moss and winterberry surrounding it. Clusters of orange-yellow mushrooms on a forest floor covered in wood chips and dead leaves.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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#Caturday #RescueCats #NovaScotiaGoodLife Sally’s decided the move to the barn was a good choice.
Black and white long haired cat curled up on a bed of yellow straw
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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#Bloomscrolling #NovaScotiaGoodLife #TinyFlowers
Very tiny lavender flowers called ‘Eyebright’ blooming in a bed of brown oak leaves.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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#Caturday #RescueCats#NovaScotiaGoodLife Sally is pretty as a picture despite her choice to live rough. She is now venturing onto the back porch, such a brave kitty.
Black and white long haired cat surrounded by fallen maple leaf foliage.
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#NovaScotiaGoodLife #HorsesofBluesky#MotherNature
A flaxen maned chestnut pony stands in a fenced in field near looking at the camera in the foreground with full moon rising over trees in the background. Full moon rising over evergreen trees and leafless trees.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#BlueSky #NovaScotiaGoodLife #RuralLife
Silhouette of trees against a backdrop of pink clouds and blue sky.
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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#Bloomscrolling, bc summer is over.
A close up of a dandelion gone to seed against a grassy background.
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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#ShowMeYourSocks Socktober! Homage to wonderful designers Stephen West,Anna Makila, Janna Talvitie and Tippy Canoe. Details in the Alt text
Stephen West design Contrast Blast KAL 2023. Purple and orange mosaic patterned wool socks on a weathered deck. Pattern available on Ravelry. Celtic Cross designed by Anna Makila. Dark blue cabled socks with off white stranded design hanging from a maple tree with autumn leaves as a back drop. Pattern available on Ravelry. Red and gold intricaclly stranded wool socks on a bed of snow. Designed by Janna Talvitie. Pattern available on Ravelry. Oh Canada designed by Tippy Canoe. Red and white stranded wool socks with maple leaf and Canada text. Pattern available on Ravelry.
October 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Today honors the survivors, families, and communities impacted by residential schools. We recognize the ongoing trauma caused by residential schools and the intergenerational impact that that's had on Indigenous communities.
September 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system. It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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#ShowMeYourKnits WIP. So enjoying Stephen West’s Delectable Collectable KAL that I am on my second pair. Great way to use up those leftover bits from other projects.
A brightly coloured almost finished sock on lamb’s wool. Stephen West design done on 2.0 needles using fingering weight wool.
September 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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When stable hands are goofin around. #NovaScotiagoodlife
A long shadow silhouette of a person next to a wheel barrow full of horse manure.
September 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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#ShowMeYourKnits sweaters aka ‘jumpers’. Sizing is always a challenge. Details in the alt text
Port side by Alicia Plummer. Cascade Yarns Friday Harbor worsted weight being blocked on a jumper board set up outdoors on a weathered porch.
August 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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#Caturday, #RescueCats, #NovaScotiaGoodLife (FHW)Harry takes his pleasure where he can.
A large tabby cat is stretched out on a gravel bed, completely relaxed.
August 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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#BloomScrolling, #NovaScotiaGoodLife #MadonnaLily In spite of severe drought…
Large white lily in full bloom surrounded by flower buds and green foliage
August 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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#Caturday, #RescueCats, #CatsofBluesky Sally took a very brave step and came over the threshold after two years. Goal: get her to eat indoors this winter.
Black and white long haired cat looks into the camera. A bowl of cat food is placed on the floor just inside the door on a tile floor.
August 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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#ShowMeYourKnits week 56, baby items. Details in the alt text
Just Foolin Around, no pattern multi coloured hat and socks using leftover scraps of colourful yarn. Photograph taken on a weathered wooden railing Tiny Lumberjack pattern available of Ravelry. Matching hat and socks for infant in grey yarn with white and red stripes on a sheepskin blanket. Baby Tassel Hat With Sock Yarn, pattern on Ravelry. Green knit hat with dark blue, yellow and light green stripes photographed on a sheepskin.
August 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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#NovaScotiaGoodLife #RuralRocks ET, phone home
An old wall phone is mounted in a box on a tree with green foliage around it
August 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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#ShowMeYourKnits week 53, shawls revisited. All that blocking…. but worth the effort… pattern names in the alt text and can be found on Ralvery
Close To You turquoise shawl with shades f green border, hanging on a hook against a weathered cedar shingle house. Coralie Springs, a dark purple shawl with green high lights laying on snow covered ground The Stay Put Shawl, a bright orange shawl with two darker stripes on the outside edge with an eyelet border, draped on a mannequin and fastened under the bodice. Nightshift, a blue, green and lavender multi-coloured shawl with textured stitches fastened with a brooch and hanging from a tree limb
August 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM