Anita Swing 🇨🇦
@anitaswing.bsky.social
Retired English prof, food & nature lover including amateur birder 🦅, adoptee, and firmly against pets being dressed up for human entertainment. Penticton, British Columbia 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 VIVE LE CANADA! 🇨🇦 🍁
© Richard Claremont. 'The Writer’s Nook.' Acrylic on board, 2024. 35 × 44 cm.
Went to watch the spawning Kokanee salmon at Hardy Falls in #Peachland #BritishColumbia yesterday. My goodness those fish have to go through a lot to keep going as a species. Seems excessive of Mother Nature, tbh.
For anyone who loved the novel Lessons in Chemistry as much as I did, Bonnie Garmus has a new novel out 🙌🏼 📕
🍽️ I made this recently and neglected to take pics, but it was really delicious, even the next day. It would be a great Thanksgiving side, so I may well make it again on the weekend. 🇨🇦 🦃 www.ambitiouskitchen.com/apple-kale-f...
Manchego Apple Kale Farro Salad (great for meal prep!)
Apple kale farro salad with salty manchego cheese, a maple cider dressing, and a pecan pumpkin seed crunch. A lovely fall lunch or side dish!
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🍽️ Anyone who bakes: could you please look at this recipe for me and tell me if you see any problems with it! All the reviews are from people who just think they look good 😕. Specifically, would you use the lemon extract or not? Thank you! www.thatsjustjeni.com/lemon-pound-...
Lemon Pound Cake Cupcakes Recipe - That's Just Jeni
Pound cake is called “pound cake” because it’s generally equal parts (1 pound each) of flour, butter and sugar. Obviously, I’m not using a pound of each of those in these cupcakes, but I wanted to ge...
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Happy #Caturday to all who celebrate. May you know the pleasure of having a tuxedo who joins you for coffee ☕️
Lake Ontario View from Wellington Beach in Prince Edward County, Ontario 🍁
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Canadians build great technology. Some of them are sitting in your app store right now, waiting for a turn. From email to streaming to ride apps, each of these alternatives is Canadian-owned and operated. (A check mark means I use it myself!) ✅ Our full list is at unplug.todmaffin.com #BuyCanadian
Far better than doing nothing, like in most communities. And just in time for colder weather setting in 👍🏼
Thunder Bay #Ontario opens temporary shelter village for unhoused people Project consists of 80 sleeping cabins and common buildings at 879 Alloy Place www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Today’s Canadian painting is “A Bison Minding a Human Skull” painted by Jean Paul Langlois in 2023.
Me when anything about the current season of GBBO appears on this platform: 🫣 Please don’t ruin it for those of us not in the UK 🙏 🍰 🍪 🥧
Always humbling to bear witness to elders and survivors share their lived experiences and their journeys. I am in awe of their courage in the telling and the healing they share. We have much to learn and we have a long journey ourselves as we acknowledge their truths.
Fuck it, I'm putting it out there: Optimism October.
Sunrise over Weenipagamiksaguygun on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Reflecting, as a settler, on how much better things would be if more people adopted an Indigenous World View and treated the lake and all around us as our relatives.
I might be a little less distrustful of AI if the dudes promoting it, supporting it, insisting on it, and advocating for it weren’t the worst fucking people on the planet.
Walking around in the bush with my head down again this morning. I’m absolutely in love with the gills on this mushroom. I think it might be a type of oysterling. 🍄🌿
Ugh: more and more often to track a parcel I’m asked to download an app first. Fuck that. 😒
My hilarious cats whenever I go out front to do something. The tuxedo is sniffing the air.
This is my new account, would love a follow here!! Join us Thursdays at #humansofBluesky. Urban scale meets color punch. A lone walker in vibrant magenta crosses North Wabash Ave, dwarfed by Chicago's towering skyscrapers. #luiscordobapharchive #street #Chicago #EWackerDrive #NWabashAv