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Steph F
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Book lover, classical music lover, wannabe Spanish-speaker, IT professional, trying to live ethically and responsibly … “peace, order, and good government”🇨🇦🍁
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Posting random Canadian things I love 🇨🇦🍁

35/n

Our flag

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
Canadian flag flying on a fence against a background of ocean and blue sky
April 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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32/n

Ketchup chips (Canadian made of course)

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
Red bag of Covered Bridge ketchup chips
April 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Beautiful sculpture by Lisa Huth of metalicart.ca. Part of a public art program in Oak Bay, BC. 🇨🇦

#artsky #canadianart
Metal work sculpture of a fish shape with waves on a stand overlooking the ocean with mountains in the background.
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Book cover of the The Cremation of Sam McGee” poem by Robert Service and paintings by Ted Harrison. The cover art features an orange sun in a multi-layered blue sky with a log cabin and working gold miners.
April 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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23/n

Cox Bay beach, Tofino BC
(Photo is mine)

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#landscape #vancouverisland
Gray sky reflected in the water on a beach. Trees on rocky outcroppings to the left also reflected in the light. A band of light on the horizon.
April 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Posting random Canadian things I love 🇨🇦🍁

21/n

Beavertails … bonus Canadiana points if eaten on a ski hill

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
3 beavertail pastries - one covered with chocolate icing and sugar, one covered with white icing drizzled with chocolate and one covered with chocolate icing, m&ms and drizzled with maple icing.
April 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Just started The Witch Elm by Tana French
Cover of The Witch Elm by Tana French
April 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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18/n

Raffi

Who doesn’t love Baby Beluga? 🐳 And who doesn’t love what Raffi stands for …

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffi

raffifoundation.org

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
Raffi Cavoukian speaking at a microphone dressed in a suit and tie
April 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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17/n

Who has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#booksky
Cover of Who has Seen the Wind by W.O.Mitchell
April 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Canadian National Vimy Memorial

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky

www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...
Aerial photo of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial
March 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The very handsome Vancouver Island marmot

not that I’ve ever seen one but just knowing they’re out there is enough

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky

naturecanada.ca/wp-content/u...
Photo of a Vancouver Island Marmot
March 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Dawson City

UNESCO World Heritage Site stunning beauty + fascinating history

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky

whc.unesco.org/en/list/1564/

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Aerial photo of Dawson City
March 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller

Such a fantastic museum - world class.

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky

www.tyrrellmuseum.com/about
Aerial shot of the Royal Terrell Museum
March 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#booksky
Cover of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
March 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The lighthouse at Cape Scott

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky

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Cap Scott Lighthouse
March 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The art of Takao Tanabe

www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/ta...

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#artsky
Takao Tanabe, Dawn, 2003 Acrylic on canvas, 137.5 x 304.7 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
March 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#fridayreads

Re-reading… love this book.

#booksky
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
March 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge

20/20 (Round 2😺)
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
March 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge

19/20 (Round 2😺)
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
March 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge

18/20 (Round 2😺)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
March 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge

17/20 (Round 2😺)
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
March 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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This… just ok
Snowstorms in a Hot Climate by Sarah Dunant
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge

16/20 (Round 2😺)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
March 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge

15/20 (Round 2😺)
Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
March 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge

14/20 (Round 2😺)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
March 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM