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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Times like this I understand why people join book clubs

The book "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke

Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is the biggest and laciest thing I've ever knat. 88" wingspan, 912 yards of DK. It took all summer because there was a lot of tinking. I learned a lot about tinking and also patience and perseverance. #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If I ever plant my own fruit tree

Four unripe pawpaws on a kitchen counter

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Q. What was the mantis doing twenty feet up in the foul line netting? A. Trying to catch an infield fly.

A preying mantis perched in baseball field safety netting

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Fashionable scientific minds want to know what kind of knot Dr. Benford uses for his tie.

A NASA scientist wearing a blue suit jacket and a blue constellation print necktie.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Marine traffic dot com doesn't show a whole lot of detail on land, but it does show railroads. Any and all railroads.

A map of the railway tracks at the Toronto Railway Museum, including the roundhouse and a miniature railway.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

No cheating post your lock screen

A phone lock screen with a photograph of two honeybees on a sunflower, a time and date of 11:12 on August 4, a forecast of 29ºC with scattered thunderstorms, an alarm set for 6:15 am, and 41% charge.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

What is your pet's name and what are your silly nicknames for them? Corbie Corbsie Corbs Mister Mister Man Mister Baby Man Mister Boy Sir Lord Corbington (thanks to our catsitter)

A black cat with pool-green eyes leaning back and looking over his shoulder in a cat bed.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I made salad dressing with the brine from a tub of pickled ramps, mayo and sour cream, and some garden herbs. I call it Ramp Ranch.

A garden salad with creamy dressing and chicken nuggets on the side.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I am Canadian. I believe in universal health care, milk that comes in bags, and pineapple on a pizza.

A homemade pizza in a rectangular aluminum pan, topped with pineapple, onions, prosciutto, sauce and cheese.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Plant shiso one year, and then even if you can't get the seeds again in future years, you just have to play Where's Waldo in your own backyard until you find one. It's there, trust me.

A shiso seedling growing alongside shallots, beets, peas, and some weeds.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy Pride from this eggplant in particular

A photo of a garden bed containing seedling plants. It is being watered and a rainbow seems to be sprouting from one of them.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Am I the only one who remembers this meme

Star Trek's Bones McCoy with a pretty girl on each arm, and the caption "Today is a Bones Day".

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is in the Buffalo History Museum's collection of Pan-American Exposition artifacts. I think it's a Pan-American Pan. The building depicted is the Temple of Music, where President McKinley was shot. The gun is in the museum too.

A miniature metal pan with a painting of an Italian Renaissance style building.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Lasagna is the ultimate in meal prep. You make a huge one on Sunday and then you don't have to decide what to pack for lunch for an entire work week.

A glass bowl full of veggie-studded lasagna

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I have invented solid dressing.

A jar with layers of separated solidified salad dressing, held upside down without spilling

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

An experiment for the Lab Week pot luck at work: spicy salad dressing. Olive oil, maple syrup, cider vinegar, and this stuff from a local spice shop.

A colourful salad with couscous and vegetables next to a salmon patty on a blue enamel plate

A jar of a reddish spice blend with the label Najah Hot Classic Seasoning

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Oh I have an Evening Screamer as well. Nothing wrong with him, he's just not allowed in the bedroom overnight and writes songs about it.

A shiny black cat squinting in bright sunlight

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Pane di pasqua. But you don't have to be religious to celebrate springtime with eggies.

Pane di pasqua, braided nests of dough with coloured eggs baked into them.

A speckly blue dyed egg in a small loaf of braided bread.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

And like... it's not like Challenger was the last time I paid attention to space travel, so what the hell

Screenshot of trending topics on Bluesky, topped with "Challenger trauma"

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Does anyone have information on the power consumption of an air fryer vs. a toaster oven? I am using the toaster oven less and less.

Perfect broiled cheese and eggplant on toast, on an enameled metal camping plate.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Slightly late for Pi Day but we did make and pre bake the crust yesterday. Coconut cream from scratch.

A slice of homemade coconut cream pie on a white plate with a brown rim.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context. I don't know what Zen means well enough to know if it applies. Here's a bird.

An American robin balanced on a twiggy shrub with no leaves, leaning down to pick a chokeberry.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Mmm yummy last year's chokeberries

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I made Nanaimo bars for the knitting club and am definitely entering my old lady era

Nanaimo bars: dessert squares with chocolate coconut crust, buttercream frosting and chocolate ganache topping.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

No new pictures. Where are you mentally?

How it started: Bernie Sanders at Joe Biden's presidential inauguration, seated outside in the cold with his arms folded.

How it's going: Bernie Sanders at Zohran Mamdani's mayoral inauguration, seated outside in the cold with his arms folded.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Yarn 🧶 from Denmark. Needed to see what the fuss was about with KfO and try to get some before Things Happened.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Happy #tongueouttuesday from Corbie, who just ate his own food and is now looking at sour cream

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Detective Columbo (Peter Falk) and his basset hound Dog.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains

Cover art from "Songs in the Key of X: Music From and Inspired by the X-Files".

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Cranberry apple tart success. They look like scorched hockey pucks but the crust is perfect despite being made entirely with the stand mixer.

Sticky-looking cranberry apple tarts with a browned sugar topping and heavy tart shells, in a nonstick pan.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This little guy is a hedgehog AND a perfume bottle.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

STOP THIS IS A CUTE ANIMAL PIC CHECKPOINT. PLEASE SHARE A MINIMUM OF ONE (1) CUTE ANIMAL PIC BEFORE PROCEEDING. THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO PRESERVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THIS SITE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

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Brenda Shaw @felisbufo.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

If I developed my own variety of garlics I would call them Grawlix because they would be so $*#@!& amazing. Meanwhile please appreciate 29 heads of German Extra Hardy.

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