Veronica Leonard
@travelprose.bsky.social
I’m Canadian, a retired Employment Services Consultant and former freelance writer specializing in wine , travel and small business. Blue Sky is my morning coffee clatch. Pls share your views, news and laughter. Please no DMs reply to my posts instead.🍁🇨🇦
I started these socks last Christmas when my older sister nearly died of sepsis in her foot. Of course the needles fell out in all the turmoil and I’m almost back to beginning them again. Socks are fun
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I started these socks last Christmas when my older sister nearly died of sepsis in her foot. Of course the needles fell out in all the turmoil and I’m almost back to beginning them again. Socks are fun
Canadian Thanksgiving dinner in a layered crustless pie of all the familiar flavours. Turkey onions,mushrooms sausage, carrots, mashed potato and squash, with a topping of seasoned bread crumbs. Each layer precooked the day before and then cooked together for 1 1/2 hrs before serving
October 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Canadian Thanksgiving dinner in a layered crustless pie of all the familiar flavours. Turkey onions,mushrooms sausage, carrots, mashed potato and squash, with a topping of seasoned bread crumbs. Each layer precooked the day before and then cooked together for 1 1/2 hrs before serving
The geese are heading south, no border control or ICE agents to face. Of course there are hunters.
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The geese are heading south, no border control or ICE agents to face. Of course there are hunters.
Visiting Warkworth Ontario where people celebrate thanks giving with their thank prayers written on streamers all down the Main Street. I’m than kful for this guy
October 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Visiting Warkworth Ontario where people celebrate thanks giving with their thank prayers written on streamers all down the Main Street. I’m than kful for this guy
How Canadian is this maple leaves and the flag on his deck
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How Canadian is this maple leaves and the flag on his deck
Looking for autumn colours in Hastings Co Ontaro
October 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Looking for autumn colours in Hastings Co Ontaro
Late summer view off our front deck. This massive bank of pink petunias has waved gaily at all passersby
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Late summer view off our front deck. This massive bank of pink petunias has waved gaily at all passersby
My grandkids kept the annual ritual going of building a fort on the deck. They may not come out again
August 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My grandkids kept the annual ritual going of building a fort on the deck. They may not come out again
Flowers beds and pots glorious shades of pinks and purples with splashed of yellow. I love our garden in mid July. Despite the recent drought, it’s still glowing.
July 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Flowers beds and pots glorious shades of pinks and purples with splashed of yellow. I love our garden in mid July. Despite the recent drought, it’s still glowing.
My husband and I dressed in red & white for Canada Day with our new e-bikes in front of the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario.
July 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My husband and I dressed in red & white for Canada Day with our new e-bikes in front of the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario.
I’ve been studying Greek now for a two years on Duolingo, but I still can’t have a conversation. Any advice on online courses which include speaking. Jumpspeak is the only one I can find with Greek but the reviews aren’t great.
June 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’ve been studying Greek now for a two years on Duolingo, but I still can’t have a conversation. Any advice on online courses which include speaking. Jumpspeak is the only one I can find with Greek but the reviews aren’t great.
I’m stuck with my Apple phone cause I’m still paying it off and HP is babysitting my ink supply but I can live without the others. This was my Pride weekend. Including my gay son and his husband and my gay brother in law and his p artner of the last 30 years. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈and two trans friends
June 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I’m stuck with my Apple phone cause I’m still paying it off and HP is babysitting my ink supply but I can live without the others. This was my Pride weekend. Including my gay son and his husband and my gay brother in law and his p artner of the last 30 years. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈and two trans friends
This graffiti was on the cubicle wall in the women’s washroom at a homeless drop-in centre at Bridge St. Church in Belleville ON. It moved me to tears
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This graffiti was on the cubicle wall in the women’s washroom at a homeless drop-in centre at Bridge St. Church in Belleville ON. It moved me to tears
I saw pots like this in the Knossos museum in Herakleon Crete. It seems they the potter’s wheel and a kiln are nearly as old as fire and the wheel. Their pots dated back to 2000 years BC or older. So good there is no copyright on pots
May 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I saw pots like this in the Knossos museum in Herakleon Crete. It seems they the potter’s wheel and a kiln are nearly as old as fire and the wheel. Their pots dated back to 2000 years BC or older. So good there is no copyright on pots
The last tile! A month long lesson in tile roof construction! Bravo!
April 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The last tile! A month long lesson in tile roof construction! Bravo!
Sunset over Poros Harbour with a view of the Peloponnesus Mountains
April 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Sunset over Poros Harbour with a view of the Peloponnesus Mountains
This remnant of the 4000 year old Knossos palace in Crete reminds me of the rise and fall of great civilizations and the destructive powers of autocratic uncollected autocratic kings. These people could have made it to the stars but lIcarus’s wings melted. We now are watching our civilization fall
April 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This remnant of the 4000 year old Knossos palace in Crete reminds me of the rise and fall of great civilizations and the destructive powers of autocratic uncollected autocratic kings. These people could have made it to the stars but lIcarus’s wings melted. We now are watching our civilization fall
There is an ancient peace gazing out over harbour at Charnia Crete. We could be touring, we could be shopping but a cup of Cretan herbal tea and a cream croissant is all that is needed to find calm in troubled world
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
There is an ancient peace gazing out over harbour at Charnia Crete. We could be touring, we could be shopping but a cup of Cretan herbal tea and a cream croissant is all that is needed to find calm in troubled world
I’m trying octopus for the first time on brushetta with wasabi mayo and samphire greens. Gnostimo. That means delish in Ellada
April 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I’m trying octopus for the first time on brushetta with wasabi mayo and samphire greens. Gnostimo. That means delish in Ellada
Our hotel in Heraklion Crete has everything in WR codes. The menu is the code on the table. WTF? I know it’s a great way to have your menu in multiple languages but I don’t speak QR codes and my phone wants my Apple password to download the app. It blocked me for an hour on my attempt to change ps
April 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Our hotel in Heraklion Crete has everything in WR codes. The menu is the code on the table. WTF? I know it’s a great way to have your menu in multiple languages but I don’t speak QR codes and my phone wants my Apple password to download the app. It blocked me for an hour on my attempt to change ps
Excellent Knossos tour. We opted for the downloadable tour on our phone. That was dead in the water when I had to download two apps to set it up and it asked for my Apple ps after it had taken my payment. And refused to accept. We paid for a tour guide and she knew SO much. Great tour Aritza
April 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Excellent Knossos tour. We opted for the downloadable tour on our phone. That was dead in the water when I had to download two apps to set it up and it asked for my Apple ps after it had taken my payment. And refused to accept. We paid for a tour guide and she knew SO much. Great tour Aritza
There is a step too far in tech in our bedroom there is a QR code for ordering room service. There is a QR code on the mural behind the bed. ???? The in house resto and bar only has a QR code no menu. I don’t do QR codes. I would have to download the app, avoid the paywall, remember my password No!!
April 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
There is a step too far in tech in our bedroom there is a QR code for ordering room service. There is a QR code on the mural behind the bed. ???? The in house resto and bar only has a QR code no menu. I don’t do QR codes. I would have to download the app, avoid the paywall, remember my password No!!
Found it! This is the strawberry version. The lemon lime on is also really good
April 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Found it! This is the strawberry version. The lemon lime on is also really good
I’m headed down to the harbour in Poros on a quest to find the taverna that serves Masticha, a unique Greek cocktail of pine sap liqueur, fruit juice and crushed ice topped with a basil leaf. I’ve been looking every day since we got here.
April 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’m headed down to the harbour in Poros on a quest to find the taverna that serves Masticha, a unique Greek cocktail of pine sap liqueur, fruit juice and crushed ice topped with a basil leaf. I’ve been looking every day since we got here.