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ivory1.bsky.social
@ivory1.bsky.social
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Educator emeritus. Literature, media, music, art, history, environment, food.

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Friends
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #FoodFriday
Photo of a patio table with snacks and drinks offered at a friend's party. It includes bottles of wine, bowls of dip, and tortilla chips.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Just gifted this early holiday present to my American friends. They were thrilled with a piece of Canadiana. 🙂
A brown cardboard box with Garden Culture in green lettering and a label that says: Leisure Tic Tac Toe. Tree trunk. Photo of the ceramic tree trunk slice with acorns on the lid. The lid pulled back to reveal that inside the trunk are little metal beavers, some single, others in pairs. When the lid is turned over, it becomes a tic tac toe grid.
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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The Sopranos
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
Photo of a car with a bumper sticker that says: Mafia Staff Car.
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Fleabag
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
Photo of a bloodhound standing under a wooden table at the farmers' market, looking dolefully at the camera. To be clear: this dog does not have fleas.
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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John McCrae was a med student @utoronto.ca when his poetry was first published. As a soldier in Ypres, he wrote In Flanders Fields. Due in part to his poem, the poppy was adopted as the Flower of Remembrance for the war dead of Canada and other Commonwealth countries. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
Photo of an art gallery's window display with a large poster of a poppy that has a single red drop below it and the word Remember in black lettering. On the shelf underneath the poster are framed photos of local World War One soldiers.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The Office
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
Photo of a set of keys on a desk. One of the keys has been bent in an unfortunate door jamb incident.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Mr. Bean
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
Photo of a turquoise plastic tray with yellow bean pods drying on it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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You are an alchemist, make gold of that.
Timon, Timon of Athens
#ShakespeareSunday
Photo of green leaves on a branch next to some that have turned gold.
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Evening
Photo of the Beaver Moon, the second of three consecutive supermoons in 2025. It is surrounded by patchy clouds, with trees silhouetted below.
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Post by @thinkwert.bsky.social #Caturday
Farmers, beware. More than 70 percent of all farm-related revolts are started by cats. Do not allow cats to speak to large groups of your animals. One photo is of a cat sitting atop a fence post with llamas looking at it. Next to it is a photo of a cat sitting atop a post with sheep looking at it.
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Happy Birthday to a Canadian icon. 🍁🎵
Black and white photo of Joni Mitchell skating on Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin. Featured on the gatefold of her album, Hejira. The title is Arabic for “journey.”
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #FeatheredFriday
Photo of shadows from a black wrought iron railing on a concrete walkway that has a roseate spoonbill drawn in chalk on it.
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #ThickTrunkThursday
Photo of shadows cast on the Thames Valley Parkway by bare-branched trees. Other trees with yellow leaves and a wooden bench in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #WaterWednesday
Photo of shadows cast on the sidewalk by the Victoria Bridge over the Thames River.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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For those who will have a clear night sky tonight:
Cartoon by Sandra Boynton of a pig and hippo on their backs in the grass, looking up at the night sky. Text: November 4th is the peak of the Taurid Meteor Shower.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows
Photo of black walnut tree shadow cast by the eclipse in April, 2024.
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Photo of a black bowl with orange pumpkins on it. Inside are copies of George Orwell's 1984 and a sign that says: One copy of 1984 per child. Not my photo.
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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The neighbourhood is dressed for two big events tonight.
#LdnOnt 🎃⚾
Photo of a house flying a Blue Jays banner above its front door. In the house's tower is a giant inflatable black cat. Photo of a skeleton sitting on a front porch, wearing a Blue Jays baseball cap. Bonus black squirrel on the porch steps. Photo of a painting on an easel in the art gallery window of a blue jay on a branch with yellow leaves and splashes of blue in the background. Photo of a house with a giant Canadian flag that says Welcome Home! The flag is hanging over the front door. Whether it is meant to welcome Hallowe'en trick-or-treaters or the World Series title is unclear.
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock
Photo of the cover of the book, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, by Charles M. Schultz. Photo of a page from the book. Text says: Each looked into the bag he was carrying with him. After the others had said they had found things like cookies, candy, gum, and apples, Charlie Brown said, "All I got was a rock."
October 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Best wishes to all the educators out there today!
Poster by The BenderBunch. There are illustrations around the border of a ghost, skeleton, potion, candle, pumpkin, spiderweb, coffin. Text inside says: Only a teacher can appreciate the significance of Hallowe'en falling on a Friday.
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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The TARDIS is dressed for the season! 🎃
A little free library that usually looks like a TARDIS has been dressed up with googly eyes and bloody fangs. A small jack-o'-lantern sits on top of it. Bonus black squirrel on the sidewalk next to it. Photo of the scene next to the little free library. A large plastic spider sits on a lawn chair reading Charlotte's Web. Next to it is a handwritten sign that says: Little Free Liboory. A skeleton wearing a hockey jersey and shin guards sits with a copy of Sudden Death Overtime. Another skeleton wearing a purple wig and scarf has a copy of A Discovery of Witches. Next to its chair are its arm and witch's hat.
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock #ThickTrunkThursday
Photo of a happy thick trunk with friendly little rocks nestled in its exposed roots. The rocks are painted to look like bees and lady bugs.
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Vampire humour by @nobbyfolk.bsky.social. #Halloween
I got a part time job making plastic Draculas. It's great but there are only two of us, so I have to make every second count.
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock #WaterWednesday
Photo taken in Santorini, Greece. A giant lava rock has two pairs of brown leather sandals on it. In the background is a sailboat on the calm water of the Aegean Sea. The other side of the caldera, topped with white buildings, can be seen in the distance under a light blue sky.
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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She's the only one that gets her own season. 🎃
Cartoon by Joe Lennon of the five members of the Spice Girls in their stage costumes. Beside them stands a sixth figure with weathered limbs, a yellow patched dress, and a pumpkin for a head. Text says: Although initially unpopular, Pumpkin went on to become the most successful of the Spice Girls.
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM