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debf56.bsky.social

@debf56.bsky.social
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Proud Canadian. I love gardening, reading, cooking. Dark sense of humour for an old lady. Favourite joke: What do you get when you cross an agnostic, an insomniac and a dyslexic? Someone who lies awake all night, wondering if there really IS a dog.

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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 7h
Gorgeous! We had frost on rooftops here today, so it's time to dig them out. I will miss them. My John Meggos bloomed, so I'm happy.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here they are!
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Look at this beauty! Bear didn’t get it.
Beautiful sliced yellow tomato.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
These beauties are bound for the dehydrator!
Basil, oregano, sage and thyme from my garden.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today’s harvest. Got my potatoes dug and cleaned, garlic is done, grapes for jelly.
Harvested potatoes, garlic and grapes.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Mighty Fraser River in British Columbia. My family has lived near it for over 125 years. Sometimes it's calm, sometimes it's a monster, but it's always beautiful.
The Fraser River in British Columbia.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Flood Falls, Hope, B.C. When it roars, it roars. Ice climbers like it in the winter!
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I always think of Clem.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I'm this old.
Original Mr. Potato Head.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We’re having a lovely and much needed rain. I browsed my dahlias and I feel rich!
Pretty dahlias
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Morning harvest. I have a Gravenstein tree that I love so much! Those apples make amazing pie.
Today: red cabbage, apples and beets.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We're getting hit on all sides by wildfire smoke. It's oppressive for sure. Kind of like living in a Stephen King novel, just waiting for monsters to shamble out of the stink. Grateful that it's smoke and not fire, but at this point, fire seems inevitable.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I never plant sunflowers because they re-seed themselves so well. This is obviously a cross between a teddy bear suflower and a red one. It's so pretty! I'll save seed from this one, but may never see one like it again.
Very unusual sunflower, purple and yellow.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Lily went to the vet today because she has a small lump on her back. To add insult to injury - it’s a fat lump. Rude.
Sleepy cat.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is us today. There are mountains behind that wall of smoke.
Wildfire smoke!
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Two of my favourites. Always amaze me!
Dinner plate dahlias.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We’re surrounded by fires. The smoke in this photo is funneling up through the Skagit Valley from Washington State. Fire and smoke don’t recognize borders.
Wildfire smoke.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The real ones are spectacular enough. AI is so unnecessary.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Young Frankenstein
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is us this morning. It will get much worse as the day goes on. We get smoke from the Fraser canyon and it funnels up through the Skagit valley. Now there’s a closer fire on the Coquihalla highway. Just a normal summer here.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lily is diabetic and requires an occasional bath to help her son issues. We both survived today.
My cat after a bath - wet and bedraggled.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I never plant sunflowers because they are prolific at volunteering. This one is so unusual - but if I saved seed, it wouldn't be the same next year. So pretty, right?
Unusual red and gold sunflower.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
My garden is doing well, in spite of cool weather and my inability to pull volunteers!
Purple poppy and peas!
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Lily was NOT found in the trash. She was found under a car.
Pretty Lily, Cat of my heart.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
My grandson graduates from high school tomorrow. He wants to go into culinary arts. I made him a cake!
Cake made to look like a chef’s coat.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This book - this book is amazing!
The Calamity Club, by Kathryn Stockett
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This is 1/4 of my garden. Mostly potatoes and dahlias, marigolds on the edge. Lots of volunteer cosmos, nasturtiums and dill. I never plant those - or sunflowers. Lots of those, too.
Garden with potatoes and flowers.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Mother’s Day gift from youngest daughter. She knows me so well!
Big black metal spider on my kitchen wall.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Iconic Monkey has dropped out of the Freedom 250 concert. Odd, because he has no scruples.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Same.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I bought this peony at a thrift shop last year, not knowing what colour it was. Isn’t it pretty?
Red and pink striped peony.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Those are great, but this is still my favourite!
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Lecistic blackbird in my yard - in B.C. Not a great photo, but still so cool.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Leucistic blackbird in my yard. Not a great photo but so cool!
Leucistic blackbird - blackbird with white markings.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We had one of these guys in our yard today. Not my picture, I wasn't fast enough. A leucistic blackbird!
Leucistic blackbird, which is a blackbird with white markings. It's a genetic mutation.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
My back fence.
Three shrubs in full bloom. Azalea, Bridal Veil, peony tree!
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Look at this beauty! One of several we have; first one to bloom.
Pink rhododendron in full bloom.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I did this for my daughter.
Cross stitch that says 'my favourite season is the fall of the patriarchy'
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
View from my driveway - and my driveway.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Finished. Found a mistake. Don’t care. Well - I DO care but not enough to frog back?
Completed knit baby blanket.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
You have Lily Boots. I have Lily Pants.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is a fun wip. Baby blanket.
Knitted baby blanket in progress.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
For my daughter's 46th birthday!
Homemade Black Forest cake!
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Hag stone with tiny rock that fits in the hole.
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I turned 70 this week - my four kids went to your website and each chose a print for me! I was stunned - they are all gorgeous, and each one is a reflection of the person who chose it. So excited!
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Lily
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
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debf56.bsky.social @debf56.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Taking over a whole sofa. Lily's social battery is dead, but at least that dog went home.
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