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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

That YYC to YVR view is one I never get tired of. See you soon Salt Spring! @davemason.bsky.social

The view looking out an airplane window. The engine is at the bottom of the photo and there’s an air Canada wing tip at the right side of the photo. The main view is of endless snow capped mountains.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I feel like you’d enjoy the road trip I’m going to take once I retire or take a sabbatical. 😂

A map of England that has a road trip route using the funniest location names in the UK. Names include Sandyballs in the south, Titty Ho, Slutshole Lane, and Penistone.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Someone decided to show us what we were late on preparing this morning. When you’re 20, breakfast (and the three other meals of the day) are serious business. @davemason.bsky.social saved the day and our lives from what could have been an angry hungry cat.

A black and white and orange (calico) cat sits in front of her automatic food dispenser with a sad look on her face.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I haven’t been keeping a thread of my read books anywhere this year, but popping by to say that if you’re in need of a book that will make you fall in love with its characters and then rip your heart out over and over again, you should definitely read “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara. 😭😭😭😭😭😭 💙📚

The cover of the book “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara. It is a black and white photo of a man who looks to be in incredible pain - either physical or emotional or both.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

SPC is just trolling us now, right? 😂😂

The day two convective outlook from the SPC. The west coast outlook is shaped like a penis. The east coast outlook is shaped like a large vagina.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

… New Zealand, are you ok? That 7.0 earthquake might have been less than ideal.

A screenshot from the Quake Alert app that shows a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Riverton, New Zealand that happened at 7:43pm abs was at a depth of 10km down.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Highly recommend a read of this book if you haven’t read it and are interested in the drivers of homelessness.

An image of the cover of a book called “Evicted” by Matthew Desmond. The subtitle of the book is: “Poverty and profit in the American city”

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

When the most incredible partner in the world buys your favourite flowers and chocolate truffles for Valentine’s Day and it’s a total surprise. 😍😍😍 what a king you are, @davemason.bsky.social.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hey BSky friends! She hasn’t posted it here (but did say to share this with our networks) - Canadian Geographic is looking to work with an Indigenous editor for what sounds like an amazing project. More info in the image below. Tagging @xelaepop.bsky.social here too.

Canadian Geographic is seeking an Indigenous editor to handle a series of stories on Indigenous languages we are developing for a new front-of-book magazine department supported by the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages. Working as an independent contractor for a minimum six-month term (February-August 2025), the editor will be responsible for assigning text and photography for eight stories themed around various dimensions of Indigenous language preservation and revitalization; to appear in print and online during the contract period. The editor may also be: required to attend occasional meetings with the editorial staff of Can Geo and the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages. We are looking for a motivated self-starter with previous writing and editing experience, strong writing and editing skills and a passion for great storytelling! This work can be done remotely from anywhere in Canada and pays an hourly rate-of $40/hr; up to a maximum of 60 hours/month. Please send a cover letter, along with samples of your work, to editor-in-chief Alexandra Pope at pope@canadiangeographic.ca.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Storm loving romance reading book fans - have we all seen this book that just released!? Whirlwind by Kayla Grosse. Apparently it’s a Twister-inspired romance with a Jensen Ackles lookalike for the male main character. I’m putting it on my TBR immediately. @wxliz.bsky.social have you read it? 📚

A goodreads screenshot showing the page for a book called “Whirlwind” by Kayla Grosse. The cover has a male and a female character kissing in front of a tornado whirling in the background.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Sounds like the audience is trying to help them know it’s not their singing/not about them… I hope it’s like that for every game. But also, if Trump says no more anthems, that will really bug folks so…

A screenshot saying: “say what you want about the crowd booing the US anthem in Vancouver tonight at the Canucks vs Red Wings game, but the crowd applauding the singer after she finished the anthem followed by her giant smile when they started to sing “Oh Canada” with her was a pretty nice moment.”

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

A friend just posted this in one of our reading discords so the feeling seems to be pretty uniform. 😂 (I haven’t read any of the series so I am oblivious).

Two photos. On the left, the text reads: “Me, starting Onyx Storm.” It’s a photo of Will Ferrell in Elf, very excited, happy, and fresh.

On the right, the words: “Me, after reading Onyx Storm.” ⛈️ TD a photo of someone who looks like Will Ferrell, but he isn’t smiling, has aged decades, is unkempt, and there’s a cigarette hanging from his mouth.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

If you need some optimism in your reading world, I highly recommend giving this collection of essays/interviews a read. We’ve heard all the doom about our climate emergency. “What If We Get It Right” takes a moment to share a vision of the future if we do make changes. It’s hope, for a change.

An image of the cover of the book “What If We Get It Right” by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I turned on require alt text and it has saved me multiple times.

Alt text analyzer image showing in the last 90 days, my alt text is 100%.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Officially an award winner with three other amazing weather photographers. Going to frame this and put it on my wall at school so when parents yell at me I can point to it and whisper, “I’m award winning 🥹”. Probably not though.

An award certificate that says gold award winning photograph in a series or essay. The series was called Water, Wind & Fire and was published by Canadian Cowboy Country. The three co-winning photographers are Craig Boehm, Shannon Bileski, Braydon Morisseau. The award was presented by the Alberta magazine publishers association.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I know I'm supposed to be a storm/weather account, but when it's January and there's no good weather anywhere close to me, I find other hobbies. Let me tell you, my notion site to keep my cross stitch organized is giving me JOY right now. I built this from a blank page; no template.

A screenshot of my Notion dashboard to keep my cross stitch projects organized. It has a title at the top saying "Cross Stitch Project Tracker." There is a horizontal menu for things like Patterns, Projects, Statistics, etc. There are also buttons for new floss, projects, etc. In the main view is a "recently added charts" that has five cross stitch charts along with their stats.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Poutine liked her stairs onto the bed so much (and has been a noticeably happier, in less pain cat since using them) that we got her a smaller set to get her more easily onto her her other favourite place - a throne fit for a Poutine with a heating pad for cats.

A three stair set of grey cat stairs, leading up to our cat’s throne. A calico cat named Poutine sits at the top on a heating pad looking like the queen that she is.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I wonder where it was I was sick with Covid? 😂

A screenshot of an app that tracks sleep apnea results from the Apple Watch. There is a period of high and very high apnea results in early-mid December followed by a very quick drop off to normal/mild levels in late December.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Making Notion dashboards is 2024s Geocities page-making. Which is to say I am obsessed. Yes, all that updates on its own once the project has been added. Who needs to cross stitch when you can baby code instead? It’s also hitting my dopamine brain beautifully. Who needs storms? 😂🫣

A screenshot of a Notion gallery page for cross stitch. This one has a photo of a chart at the top and then automatically updated information below.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

This is all we get for tornado alerts.

Example of tornado alert. The text isn’t important, it’s an example of how poor the warning text is compared to civil emergency alerts.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

If one agency can do messages this long, why can’t Environment Canada in their tornado warnings?

Long emergency alert text. The message isn’t important.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

When your 20 year old cat’s highlight of her day is snuggling with you at night, but she can’t manage the jump up anymore… well, you get her stairs. We’ve got you, Poutine!

A photo of a four step pet stairs - it is grey and at the end of a bed.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

It’s cold and snowy and I’m craving the warm of field scented inflow and a storm in front of me.

A sunset photo with a bolt of forked lightning on the left side of the photo. A tall windmill stands on the right of the image.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hey Canadian storm and weather friends - do you ever look at the FOCN product to see the forecast discussion for any significant weather day? If you do, look at this note. The MSC is considering discontinuing the issuing of this discussion. Thoughts? Email: focn45@ec.gc.ca Repost for visibility?

A screenshot of part of the FOCN45 from today that says the Meterological Service of Canada is considering discontinuing the significant weather discussion. If you use the discussion and want to share your thoughts, email focn45@ec.gc.ca.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Finished my last two cross stitch ornaments before December! This means all 12 are done and now I just have to turn them into actual ornaments. All 12 were from one very very vintage kit from the late 90s or early 00s so it’s fun to finally see them finished. 😂

Two small cross stitched designs. The one on the left is a brown bear holding a sign that says “Joy”. It has a red checked sweater and a green overcoat with a green fur hat. The one on the right is holding bells and has a green and red sweater with a green Santa hat.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Sometimes I get really lucky and have a train show up to this corner without waiting more than a few minutes. (Morant’s Curve in Banff National Park)

A long exposure photo of a train going around Morant’s Curve. The train is orange-ish and the long exposure makes it look like a long square snake. The trees are dark green and yellow around it and the three mountains in the background are covered in mist and moody clouds.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I might have some followers here who would be great for this story. Spread the word if you want?

A screenshot of a Threads post. The user is looking to speak to someone who left teaching for a different career for a reported story. The opportunity is paid. The person’s email address is cpreti@insider.com.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Yes, I’ve seen this one! It’s beautiful! I’ve done a bunch of calendars for temp before.

A set of four cross stitched temperature calendars. They are for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

So the Etsy store I got it from seems to have closed. The radar is from the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado. This is the radar version:

Radar image of the tornadic supercell on the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore storm.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Sometimes my love of cross stitch and my love of storms overlap and I cross stitch radar signatures.

A cross stitched image of a radar signature for a tornadic supercell.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The best thing about snow in #yyc is that it reminds me my favourite winter birds will start arriving soon (or might already have arrived).

A Snowy Owl sits on a rustic grey fence post. The fence stretches left to right with barbed wire in four strings across the fence posts. There is time ice on the vegetation and barbed wire.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I really wish there was a way to hide these sad appointments in our vet app because when I go into refill Poutine’s food/med orders it hits me like a punch to the face. Every single time.

A screenshot from a vet app. It has a new patient exam for a calico cat at the top of the list and then two appointments under that - one for a sick/unwell orange cat for May 8 and then one for Euthanasia on May 15.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Since BlueSky is my dysregulated nervous system, I’m just going full chaos with when I share a photo. Here’s one of my favourites from Saskatchewan many years ago.

A thin white tornado hangs from heavy billowing clouds on the right side of the screen. The area behind the tornado is dark but the grass field in the foreground is bright green.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Lots of you know I like severe weather and clouds. Many of you also know I like cross stitching. Here’s my northern lights cross stitch.

A cross stitch photo - the background is black and there are stitched northern lights of vibrant blue, green, and purple. The trees are silhouetted and unstitched.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

When will you be visiting the Pincher Creek area? This is the driveway of Thanksgiving Ranch - where we’ve been staying all weekend. 😍

A photo of two mountain summits, with their reflections in the still pond water below them. The sky is grey with clouds, the pasture between mountain and pond is brown.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Sundays are good days to visit Waterton National Park. #Alberta

An image of Waterton national park - there are mountains on the left and right with a lake down the centre. The sky is blue with scattered clouds.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Finished this doozy of a memoir tonight. It absolutely wrecked me but was also strangely comforting and hopeful. Highly recommend if you’re in the mood for some heavy thinking.

The cover image for the book When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Ok Alberta - put Thanksgiving Ranch in Pincher Creek on your “must stay soon” list. What an incredible place to spend some time. #yyc #Alberta

One part of the main lodge, built of logs and original. A Chinook arch overhead.

The view from the entrance deck at Thanksgiving Ranch - mountains in silhouette and a Chinook arch overhead.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Happy #FogFriday, everyone. It’s foggy season here in Alberta, but I’m going to share my favourite “it’s foggy for this one person, over there” photo instead, from a great day in Gasadalur, Faroe Islands.

A small bank of fog sits over Gasadalur, Faroe Islands on an otherwise sunny day. The Múlafossur waterfall drops into the ocean in front of the fog.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

I am happy to post a weather since I saw the incredibly beautiful photo below from Erin.

An ominous supercell approaches. Two lightning bolts strike on the right side of the frame.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

A re-introduction: I’m Beth. I’m a full time high school counsellor and a part time storm chaser in the summer. I think a lot about pretty storm photos, mental health, books, cross stitch, and side hustles. I’ve been chasing since 2007 and peaked in May 2016. Good to meet you all (again!) 👋🏻

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

Because I’m more excited than I should be, popping back over here to share that a photo series in Cowboy Country Canada with me, Braydon Morisseau, Craig Boehm, and Shannon Bileski (none of whom seem to be on BS yet) won GOLD at this year’s Alberta Magazine Publishers awards! Yay us!

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Checking back in over here to say, “where are my fellow elders?” Hope everyone here is doing well!

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Next up in my favourite photos series… an oldie but still one of my loved photos. This is maybe the nicest supercell I’ve ever seen in Alberta. It’s the storm I measure all other Alberta storms against.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

My next favourite photo comes from middle Alberta. The canola against dark skies is one of the hallmarks of chasing on the northern prairie.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

My almost Bruckheimer moment. This was taken down near the US/Mexico border in Arizona during a monsoon storm. I had to keep playing chicken with the cats until a bolt behaved.

A forked lightning bolt hits to the right of a two land road. The road is centred with a tiny set of headlights coming toward the viewer.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

To celebrate Bluesky opening up, here are a few of my favourite photos I’ve taken over the years… First up? Múlafossur in Gasaladur, Faroe Islands. Maybe my favourite photo I’ve ever taken. Click to see the full vertical version.

Múlafossur, a waterfall in Gasaladur, Faroe Islands. The photo is a long exposure with a fog bank snaking up and over green cliffs and a small waterfall dropping into the chaotic ocean at its base.

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Beth Allan @beth.bsky.social · 02/07/2023

Hey Bluesky friends; I hope you are having a relaxing, wonderful evening. Peace out, from Muskoka.

A photograph looking out over still water just after sunset. There are some islands in the frame with trees and some light wispy clouds in the sky. The water is calm, the horizon is orange and yellow.

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