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L.D. Blakeley ☕📚🍷🍁
@ldblakeley.com
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Author of spicy romance.
Fan of HEAs & horror movies.
Easily distracted by shiny things.
she/her 🇨🇦

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Wanna see a murder?
Screenshot of a Threads interaction. Rage-baity man: I know this will start a fight. Why most female carry a purse? Meanwhile most male have everything in their pocket. Keys, wallet, cellphone, etc. Please explain. Woman with no fucking time for his nonsense: Men's pockets are the size of their egos. Womens' pockets are the size of men's usefulness.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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I mean, the venue choice was already a not-so-great one but Holy FUCK that's an insane price (and for an obstructed view, no less.) Sorry, my rad pal Dave, I love you but it looks like we won't be seeing each other this time. 😭
Screenshot of Ticketmaster app: Foo Fighters tickets with an obstructed view priced at $255.63 CAD - EACH!
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Happy Halloween 👻🎃🐈‍⬛
Stevie, a black cat with a scruff of white chest fur, is unimpressed with the bat wings she's being forced to wear.
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Hey fellow Canucks - if you're over on Eh! Social, come give me a follow. LDBlakeley is the @
Logo for Eh! Social Media: Red speech bubble with white letters spelling out 'eh' and a maple leaf-stylized exclamation point.
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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That was fast - Woot!
Libby screenshot stating the Toronto Public Library hold on Rosie Danan's Fan Service is now available to borrow.
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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This looks fab!

gandersocial.ca/blog/the-goo...

@gandersocial.bsky.social
Promo image for Gander Social, a new about-to-launch CANADIAN-based social media platform. A flock of geese with a black logo with white text that reads: gander. I fly with Gander. Because ragebait isn't very Canadian. gandersocial.ca
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Ah! That explains it 🙂
Closeup of the other side of the retro Tim Hortons cup: "Same secret recipe since 1964 🍁 La même recette secrète depuis 1964. #2 of 4 vintage cup designs. 2e des 4 modèles de gobelet rétro."
September 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Tim Hortons rockin' the retro packaging - haven't seen one of these since... highschool?
Closeup of a hand holding an old school brown Tim Hortons coffee cup.
September 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Myrtle! I think I just met one of your bébés! 🥹😭
Tiny snapping turtle hiding in the grass in my front yard. He's the right size according to Google ("around 1.5 to 2.5 inches in carapace length, which is roughly the size of a silver dollar") to be one of the hatchlings our sweet lady Myrtle laid this spring 🐢❤️
September 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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My FiL passed last week and SiL gave me a $50 Indigo gift card he'd had in his wallet but never got a chance to spend. I used it to purchase a pile of classic horror books to give away as prizes at my Halloween party. I think he'd be pleased knowing he got to attend one more party ❤️
A stack of classic horror books I plan to give away as Halloween party prizes: Dracula (Stoker) x2, The Ghost Stories of M.R. James, Classic Tales of Horror (Poe), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson), Frankenstein (Shelley) x2, The Lovecraft Compendium, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other Stories (Irving), Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls (Rymer), The Haunting of Hill House (Jackson). Thanks, Dad2 ❤️
August 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Not my local hardware store forcing me to pull over and have a little weep 💔

#ThankYouForTheMusicOzzy #RIPOzzy
Red & yellow retail sign for Rachotte Home Hardware, with the marquee changed to read, "Thank you for the music Ozzy."
July 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Well, shit. Now that I have space to unpack ALL my books, I see my original mm paperback copy of Interview with the Vampire (purchased in 1985) has gone walkabout.

😭

Fuck whomever borrowed it and never gave it back 😒 If only libib had existed back then. Also smartphones. And the Internet.
The original cover of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Farewell my lovely. I hope wherever you are, you have a beautiful life
July 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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They truly were. The wine was, as well. Surprisingly? They had a dandelion wine (no, seriously) that was absolutely delicious.
White board charcuterie menu: Edible Flowers Honey Oat Sourdough Oven Roast Turkey Breast Bison Breseola Port wine + Fig salami Quail Egg e/ Balsamic Reduction Salami Rosette Elk Pepperettes Old Cheddar Stars Herb & Chive Water Buffalo Gouda Celtic Blue Cheese Irish Cheddar w/ Guinness Honey Lavender Soft Sheep Cheese Goat Cheese & Blueberry vanilla Stuffed Sugar Snap Peas & Red Pepper Cream Cheese. Potter Settlement Wine Gums Almond Marquette Truffle Red Pepper Cream Cheese Nasturtium Vineyard Honey Rose Wine Jelly
June 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Mid-afternoon wine tasting. Old People: Achievement Unlocked 🔓🏆
A beautiful charcuterie board pre-demolition. Potter Settlement Winery in Tweed, Ontario.
June 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Nope.
Outdoor thermometer reading 39°C in the shade.
June 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Cornflower blue - delightful! 🥰
Closeup of a beautiful cornflower in bloom with dark blue-violet tipped stamens.
June 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Pretty peonies 🌸
Dark pink peony with lingering droplets of morning dew. Pink peony with lingering droplets of morning dew.
June 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Yesterday's visit from this cute little Blanding's makes 3 types of turtles spotted wandering around our property.
Cute wee Blanding's turtle safely in the ditch and out of harm's way.
June 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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If you can, go in with no foreknowledge. I did, and was delighted! Sinners is genre fusion at its finest. 10/10. No notes.
Sinners movie poster
June 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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She tried her darnedest but we live on some solid Canadian Shield, so she wasn't able to dig down far enough. I think she tried about 20 different spots. She's waddled off now, but I ordered some signs from the OTCC. In the meantime, we had a little arts & crafts project this morning. LOL
CAUTION: TURTLE - a makeshift sign made with cardboard, black sharpie, covered in plastic and posted on a wooden stake.
June 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Apparently my freshly gravelled driveway is ideal for this snappy lady to lay eggs. Not sure right out in the open is the safest place, mama, given all the other wildlife around here. Guess we'll leave her alone and see what happens, then do what we can to help.
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Snapping turtle burrowing into wet gravel.
June 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Had a wee visitor sunning himself on a rock at the end of our driveway 🐢
Eastern painted turtle sunning himself, but warily pulling in his wee feeties upon my approach. I left him alone to continue his sunbathing.
June 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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This morning's new colour 🥰
Bright yellow iris in full bloom ❤️
June 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Now that I'm fortunate enough to have the space to do so, I'm unpacking boxes of books that have been in storage for literal decades, and... 😭🥰

#MyHeart #TheOutsiders #Tex #SEHinton
Closeup of two tattered S.E. Hinton paperbacks: the 80s cover of Tex featuring Matt Dillon on a dirt bike as the titular character, and the 1968 red illustrated cover of The Outsiders. ❤️
June 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Why did I sell my townhouse in Toronto and move to the country, you ask?

(I mean, you probably didn't, but if you were curious)
Irises in bloom surrounded by hostas and peonies pre-bloom with a Canadian Shield backdrop of natural rock, pine, and a variety of deciduous trees.
June 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM