Tara Sample
@tarasample.bsky.social
Biologist, Agrologist and lover of all things wild. Avid grower of native plants.
Beer enthusiast and BJCP judge.
Proud Canadian living in Treaty 4.
She/her
Beer enthusiast and BJCP judge.
Proud Canadian living in Treaty 4.
She/her
I have been experimenting with some time lapse astrophotography on my phone. Last night had some nice results.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I have been experimenting with some time lapse astrophotography on my phone. Last night had some nice results.
My 11 yr old daughter is an aspiring actress with big Broadway dreams. Musical theater has helped her embrace her comedic side. She has found a role model in Carol Burnett. I can't wait to share this story with her.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Carol Burnett Donates All Her Awards — 140 Emmys, Globes, a Tony, Grammy and More — to UCLA, Where She’s Endowed a New Scholarship (EXCLUSIVE)
Carol Burnett has established a scholarship at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, and donates more than 140 industry awards and honors.
variety.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My 11 yr old daughter is an aspiring actress with big Broadway dreams. Musical theater has helped her embrace her comedic side. She has found a role model in Carol Burnett. I can't wait to share this story with her.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
We sometimes watched baseball when I was a kid, but I haven't watched since. I am seriously enjoying having jumped on the #BlueJays bandwagon this fall. Who knows, maybe I will keep watching?
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
We sometimes watched baseball when I was a kid, but I haven't watched since. I am seriously enjoying having jumped on the #BlueJays bandwagon this fall. Who knows, maybe I will keep watching?
Grilled cheese, homemade tomato soup and baseball tonight.
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Grilled cheese, homemade tomato soup and baseball tonight.
Having a child with extreme needle phobia is a bit like the movie Groundhog Day... We have a good session and you think we have turned the corner. Then you get ready for the next set and find you are back at square one.
a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone and says `` well it 's groundhog day ... '' .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone and says `` well it 's groundhog day ... '' .
media.tenor.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Having a child with extreme needle phobia is a bit like the movie Groundhog Day... We have a good session and you think we have turned the corner. Then you get ready for the next set and find you are back at square one.
Folks that don't keep an extra roll of toilet paper in your bathroom... Why?
October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Folks that don't keep an extra roll of toilet paper in your bathroom... Why?
I let some of my geraniums set seed and them I grow new ones from seed. I think I am going to keep this one for propagation.
October 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I let some of my geraniums set seed and them I grow new ones from seed. I think I am going to keep this one for propagation.
Having all sorts of anxiety over my "phone appointment" to go over my test results with a specialist that can just happen at any random point during the day.
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Having all sorts of anxiety over my "phone appointment" to go over my test results with a specialist that can just happen at any random point during the day.
I got ticket for literally being three minutes late on the meter. It took a few minutes longer to check out books from the library. The officer probably stood there waiting for the time to run out. The City of Regina is killing downtown through parking enforcement. #YQR
September 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I got ticket for literally being three minutes late on the meter. It took a few minutes longer to check out books from the library. The officer probably stood there waiting for the time to run out. The City of Regina is killing downtown through parking enforcement. #YQR
My 10 year old daughter recently expressed her disappointment to me that #TaylorSwift would be required to change her name when she gets married and I find this perception wildly interesting as I never never changed my name and I have been married to her father for 17 years.
a woman with long brown hair and bangs is sitting in a crowd of people and looking at the camera .
Alt: a woman with long brown hair and bangs is sitting in a crowd of people and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My 10 year old daughter recently expressed her disappointment to me that #TaylorSwift would be required to change her name when she gets married and I find this perception wildly interesting as I never never changed my name and I have been married to her father for 17 years.
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Science is real
August 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Science is real
Reluctantly sat down to watch KPop Demon Hunters with my 11 yr old daughter last night. She has been wanting to watch it with me since it dropped. I am so glad I did because it was fantastic! Looking forward to more Maggie Kang projects!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How Toronto's Maggie Kang created the Netflix smash hit 'KPop Demon Hunters' | CBC News
Maggie Kang's debut animated film 'KPop Demon Hunters' — produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released by Netflix — has become a global smash, pulling in massive streaming numbers while its songs t...
www.cbc.ca
August 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reluctantly sat down to watch KPop Demon Hunters with my 11 yr old daughter last night. She has been wanting to watch it with me since it dropped. I am so glad I did because it was fantastic! Looking forward to more Maggie Kang projects!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who needs coffee when you have mischievous children? Lifting up the pot this morning sure was a jolt to the system. 🦋
August 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Who needs coffee when you have mischievous children? Lifting up the pot this morning sure was a jolt to the system. 🦋
I just got stung on the nose by a bumblebee. Do not recommend.
August 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I just got stung on the nose by a bumblebee. Do not recommend.
Picking items up, checking if they are American,and then putting back if they are, has become second nature to this Canadian.
August 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Picking items up, checking if they are American,and then putting back if they are, has become second nature to this Canadian.
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Ma déclaration sur le commerce entre le Canada et les États-Unis :
August 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Ma déclaration sur le commerce entre le Canada et les États-Unis :
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My statement on Canada-U.S. trade:
August 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
My statement on Canada-U.S. trade:
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Since the second election of Donald Trump, Canadians and Americans have begun to realize the old United States is gone.
What hasn’t sunk in is that it’s never coming back. What will replace it remains to be decided, and that decision will affect us as well.
@crof.bsky.social writes. #uspoli
What hasn’t sunk in is that it’s never coming back. What will replace it remains to be decided, and that decision will affect us as well.
@crof.bsky.social writes. #uspoli
What Kind of America Survives After Trump? | The Tyee
Crystal ball visions of a new constitution, a new kind of republic, perhaps even a split into two nations.
thetyee.ca
July 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Since the second election of Donald Trump, Canadians and Americans have begun to realize the old United States is gone.
What hasn’t sunk in is that it’s never coming back. What will replace it remains to be decided, and that decision will affect us as well.
@crof.bsky.social writes. #uspoli
What hasn’t sunk in is that it’s never coming back. What will replace it remains to be decided, and that decision will affect us as well.
@crof.bsky.social writes. #uspoli
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The CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders delayed/cancelled game tonight due to poor air quality seems like a good time to remind everyone of this:
July 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders delayed/cancelled game tonight due to poor air quality seems like a good time to remind everyone of this:
As much as I am ready to go home from vacation, I am in no way looking forward to returning to Western Canada.
July 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
As much as I am ready to go home from vacation, I am in no way looking forward to returning to Western Canada.
Something that I really wish we still had in Saskatchewan. It's like subway but for burgers.
July 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Something that I really wish we still had in Saskatchewan. It's like subway but for burgers.
We got a little shy of an inch of rain over the weekend. Was hoping for more but it seems to have perked up the plants.
June 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We got a little shy of an inch of rain over the weekend. Was hoping for more but it seems to have perked up the plants.
This really hits home. This morning it was very foggy and it never occurred to either of my kids that it was anything other than a thick blanket of smoke.
A young colleague shrugged off the impacts poor AQ was having on their health. "It happens during smoke season."
Smoke season isn't normal.
A young colleague shrugged off the impacts poor AQ was having on their health. "It happens during smoke season."
Smoke season isn't normal.
Smoke season is not normal. Stop pretending it is.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/20/o...
Smoke season is not normal. Stop pretending it is.
For me, living through wildfire smoke with young children — knowing it was preventable — feels like a kind of slow-motion moral injury.
www.nationalobserver.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This really hits home. This morning it was very foggy and it never occurred to either of my kids that it was anything other than a thick blanket of smoke.
A young colleague shrugged off the impacts poor AQ was having on their health. "It happens during smoke season."
Smoke season isn't normal.
A young colleague shrugged off the impacts poor AQ was having on their health. "It happens during smoke season."
Smoke season isn't normal.