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Maggie In RD AB
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A work in progress; keeping it real; laughing all the way! Retired post-secondary instructor. Flowers, birds, gardens, nature, water, trees, skies. Love. She/her. Cats' human for 35 years until allergies arrived. Now a dog's human for the first time.
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My very favourite picture, taken at Victoria, BC's Inner Harbour in March, 2023.
#scape #seascape
Houseboats in Victoria, BC; sun is setting behind broken cloud; peaceful water in the Inner Harbour is reflecting the houseboats and a tree; a seabird is flying on the right side of the picture.
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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September 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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September 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Ya know, yellow is not my favourite colour. Shhh. Please don't tell my garden that! 😁
A sunflower head with three bees feasting against a background of green stems and leaves. Three Brown-eyed Susans with a background of green foliage. Two yellow daisies. Four yellow flowers topping a Leopard Plant (ligularia) with the plant's large green leaves filling in the background.
August 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Charlie says welcome to Berton. ❤️
August 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Tabby kitten being held lovingly in two hands.
February 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Here is a very nice marmalade that I like a lot. 🥰
A jar of Robertson's Seville Orange Marmalade
February 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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My first #scape posting. This morning, facing west whilst sailing north along the Baja Peninsula. Feeling much gratitude to be able to do this.
Facing west on the Pacific Ocean from my balcony on the Grand Princess. Low light from a very recent sunrise. Ocean is very calm.
February 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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It's arrived! A little off centre and a bit too high, but I just wanted to get it on the wall asap! I promise I'll do some adjustments. Gorgeous. Adore the strong colours. Thank you!🥰
January 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Tri-pawed Foster Fail Ollie snuggling up to Santa a few years ago. Merry Christmas, everyone! #ArtAdventCalendar
Very fluffy tortoiseshell cat snoozing against a Santa stuffy on an upholstered living room chair.
December 24, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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I love this because it reminds me that there are lots of possibilities out there. Sanctum Retreat, Caroline, AB, 2015ish #ArtAdventCalendar
An open doorway, the door and surrounding decorated with some lovely stained glass, looking outside into a bright sunny day at the grass and trees. Very serene.
December 23, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Summer at Bower Ponds in Red Deer, Alberta. We are blessed to live in a city with so many parks and green spaces. #ArtAdventCalendar
A serene summer scene through the trees of a picnic table, with a pond in the middle ground and grass, trees, and benches in the background.
December 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Here's a picture a couple of winters ago, through my window, of a daytime deer visit, helping itself to my Stone Crop. I live in a fairly large urban centre, but we have lots of parks and treed areas, so a good number of deer in the area. Happy Winter Solstice! #ArtAdventCalendar
A deer, munching on winter plants in my planter on my deck. It's winter, and taken through a window with horizontal blinds partially obscuring the scene.
December 21, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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A chilly Niagara Falls in April, 2019. There was lots of snow and ice at the bottom of the falls and chunks of ice in the water. Burrr! #ArtAdventCalendar
Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian side against a deep blue sky. It's April, and the tree in the foreground hasn't started to wake up from winter.
December 20, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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A night view of my cousin's backyard pond in Comox, BC in 2008 #ArtAdventCalendar
A night view of an outdoor pond with lights both below the water and in the rocks surrounding the pond. There are several reed plants emerging from the water.
December 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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When I look outside and all I see is snow and grey skies and more snow, I dream of summer colours. Here is a pot of Dahlias that I grew a couple of summers ago. #ArtAdventCalendar
Pink and creamy coloured dahlias in a blue ceramic pot sitting on a deck.
December 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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High of -17 today with flurries forecast, and days away from Winter Solstice with its short day of less than eight hours, so I'm dreaming of long sunny days. Here is a pic of the Desert Botanical Gardens at Phoenix, Arizona, taken in February, 2011. #ArtAdventCalendar
A grouping of tall slender cactus in a concrete planter with smaller blooming cactus at the base, and the sun shining brightly.
December 17, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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CormorantConference in the harbour at Sidney, BC in 2019 #ArtAdventCalendar
Ten cormorants sitting atop a wooden structure coming out of the water in the harbour at Sidney, BC, all looking in the same direction.
December 16, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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Bird houses on a wall at Ellis Bird Farm (now Ellis Nature Centre) in Lacombe County, several years ago. #ArtAdventCalendar
Several bird houses of different shapes, styles and colours on a barn wall.
December 15, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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A frosty sunrise a week or so ago off my deck. #ArtAdventCalendar
A view of a sunrise off my deck showing a fence, trees, buildings, and the eastern glow before the sun peeks over the horizon.
December 14, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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A gorgeous sunset at Cabo San Lucas in February, 2018. #ArtAdventCalendar
A gorgeous sunset taken from the water. Mountains are in silhouette and the angled clouds reflect shades of orange and grey.
December 13, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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A butterfly (can anyone identify the type?) having a drink of nectar at the University of Alberta Botanical Gardens Butterfly House in 2019. #ArtAdventCalendar
A butterfly having a drink of nectar. The butterfly's wings are a pale green, surrounded by brown edging and striping. The flower is pink with many small tubular petals.
December 12, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Olive, my three-legged foster fail and Lukas, one of five kittens born at my home and fostered and kept by me. #ArtAdventCalendar 2007
A cat snuggling an unrelated kitten. The large cat is three-legged Olive, large in size and very fluffy. Her markings are mostly tabby and tortoiseshell. Lukas is the kitten, about three months old. He's a dark tabby with white markings.
December 11, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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Snowy morning this morning, so here's a summer photo of an American Goldfinch pair plus (I think) a house finch feeding at my tube feeder with Shasta Daisies and Sweetpeas in the foreground. #ArtAdventCalendar
An American Goldfinch pair plus (I think) a house finch feeding at my tube feeder with Shasta Daisies and Sweetpeas in the foreground.
December 10, 2024 at 1:58 PM