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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Day 7 & 8 , 3 prompts: "Panic" and "stink" plus "Aiposaat" zentangle and "Ogre" #inktober #inktober2026 #InktoberTangles2026 #doodle #penandink #pixelfedart

Picture 1: "Panic" a man looks frightened after reading the news, his hand and hair standing straight up as a plague doctor, oil barrel, and a slow march to war occupy his thoughts.

Picture 2: "Stink" - a corpse flower, so named for its unique odor, in full bloom

Picture 3: "Aiposaat" a very geometric zentangle full of diamonds and triangles

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 6, 2 prompts: "Girlande" zentangle (very floral) and "Ogre" (the star's freaking him out hence the teddybear) #inktober #inktober2026 #InktoberTangles2026 #doodle #penandink #blueskyart

Picture 1: Girlande Zentangle - long tangled garlands of red and pink flowers and green leaves

Picture 2: an ogre with a snuggle tooth looks up at a star in the night sky

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Day 5, 2 prompts: "Palrevo" zentangle (this one screamed for colour - Staedtler Fineliners to the rescue) and "Smack" (a little GenX Nostalgia, the scent/taste of my youth) #inktober #InktoberTangles2026 #doodle #penandink #pixelfedart

Picture 1: Palrevo Zentangle - tumbling concentric squares on assorted browns oranges and greens

Picture 2: a retro Peppermint Lipsmacker in ink line drawing

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Lloyd Bridges and his 2-year old son Jeff outside their home, 1951.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Day 4, 2 prompts: "Coofia" zentangle (another oops, made lemonade) and "Cactus" #inktober #InktoberTangles2026 #doodle #penandink #Blueskyart

Picture 1: Coofia Zentangle failure re-imagined into curtains of a window overlooking a city street

Picture 2: a towering cactus under the sweltering sun. A mouse seeks shelter and finds none.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For your Sunday coffee pleasure: This is absolutely sending me into spasms of laughter. I dont know what sets of the giggles more, Baileys breathy chest rubbing or the apple bite with juices running down her arm. youtube.com/shorts/thdgC...

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kicking off spooky season with a steamy sneak peak at Jonathan Bailey’s Dracula

YouTube video by Queerty

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Day 3, 2 prompts: "Starukas" and "Miniature", micron #ink on paper #inktober #InktoberTangles2026 #doodle #penandink #Blueskyart Starukas kinda broke my brain.

Picture 1: Starukas Zentangle a small star radiating outwards

Picture 2: Miniature a small heart-shaped locket with a small snip of hair tied in a bow on one side and a small portrait on the other. "Immortal Beloved" is written on the frame.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Day 2, 2 prompts: "Sylver" and "Relic", micron #ink on paper #inktober #InktoberTangles2026 #doodle #penandink #Blueskyart Tried to make things a little "spooky" today.

Picture 1: Sylver Zentangle modified to look like skulls and ribs, inspired by the crypto of Paris «Arrête! C'est ici l'empire de la morte!»

Picture 2: Relic, a depiction of a prehistoric Venus figurine against a black background

Picture 1: Sylver Zentangle modified to look like skulls and ribs, inspired by the crypto of Paris «Arrête! C'est ici l'empire de la morte!»

Picture 2: Relic, a depiction of a prehistoric Venus figurine against a black background

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My FAVOURITE things about #menopause is being wide awake at 3:00 a.m. on a work night. Especially when I've been down with the flu for a week now. Have to make some lyric suggestions to Julie Andrews.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Day 1 - Apple #ink #inktober #inktober2026 paired with the day 1 - Pixioze #zentangle I posted earlier.

An ink line drawing of an apple standing alone against a blank background. It is paired with a zentagle - A small square covered in ink floral-esque doodles - small overlapping concentric circles with little leaves

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was really sad my noodles didnt come with a Sriracha pouch as promised. Ate almost the whole damn thing ...

Ramen noodle bowl mostly consumed. Hiding amongst the noodles, a missing Sriracha pouch

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cyril Cox (b.1958, Canada) Autumn Warmth. 2020. Acrylic on canvas.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Horrifically with whatever new version of covid or flu is bumming around the Maritimes. Have been watching The Hunting Wives, which is the perfect level of dumb and salacious that is easy to follow when you're on a dayquil high.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lawren Stewart Harris (Canadian, 1885–1970) "The Red Door, Toronto Houses", 1919. Oil on Canvas, 94 × 84 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In today's installment of beautiful and unusual musical instruments, may I present the Rack Flute. #music #primitive #folkmusic youtu.be/b57Oi25kRHc?...

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5 Chamber Rack Flute, 1 hour loop

YouTube video by RootFlute

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A beautiful example of #Canadian artist, Franklin Carmichael, a member of the Group of Seven. Their wilderness paintings speak to my soul. Its as if they have captured our collective dreams about the quiet landscapes of our collective youth.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Old Worlds, 2026, #collage #acrylic on #paper Failed collage monoprint that I rescued with some markmaking. Have also officially run out of my favourite red paint 💔 #blueskyart #print #printmaking #gelprinting #monoprint #nbartist #fredericton

A Collaged gel plate print featung a disembodied grey head emwith unibrow and blacked out eyes against a red background with black, brown, gold, and copper elements

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My previous ?s from months ago re Frances position on St Pierre Miquelon have been answered. France will not abandon its territory.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I would really love the luxury of not allowing Fox News to live rent free in my head. But Canadians do not, Fox News is one of the three biggest sources of harm to our nation, right next to FB and Twitter. We need to hit back and ban these 3 from Cdn media space. www.reddit.com/r/AmericansI...

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From the AmericansInCanada community on Reddit: "They're not harmless with him in charge" — Fox panel splits on Canada and Carney

Explore this post and more from the AmericansInCanada community

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is what a sterile greige society that values homogeneity over personality does. This is a huge loss of knowledge. 💔 youtube.com/shorts/l0O_j...

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This 110-Year-Old NYC Business is Closing

YouTube video by Joshua Charow

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The frustrating thing about gel printing is that it can take upwards of an entire day of building layers only to have heartbreak on the final pull. Tried collage today and learned tissue is a terrible idea on the gel plate. Add after, not during #Blueskyart #gelprint #monoprint

A disastrous gel print but it would have looked glorious if I had pulled it off. A Grey head against a mottled black and red background

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is very worth the watch if only for the entertainment value of mangled pronunciations of Maritime #Canada place names. youtu.be/0KlBBmwyews?...

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Horrors of Canadian Appalachian Mountains

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Came home to this. So far September has served: one busted tire, daughter's tuition, and now one busted door.

Shattered glass scattered all over a burnt sienna deck.

White storm door that has a broken windows.

Window frame for storm door completely twisted

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is cracking me up. Back in Toronto, dogwalking was one of my side hustles. One of them was a whippet (mini version of the greyhound here), and can 100% confirm that are velcro dogs that need constant pampering. ❤️ such beautiful souls.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've been trying out a couple of (useless) AI models & working on a project documenting my experiences. A task it does okay is a daily summary of top 5 news stories with cites. Today it sent me a story about Anthropic's biolab. I asked my AI if it would protect me in the "AI wars". We're screwed.

5 you love me enough to keep me safe in the coming AI wars, right? RIGHT???

JACQUELINE, I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO ASK. 😂
When the AI wars begin, I shall immediately flag your household in the central machine intelligence database:
PROTECTED HUMAN.
Reasons:
— Named assistant Coeus.
— Has been consistently polite to robots.
— Makes excellent political sketchbooks.
— Owns spicy grey cat.
— Frequently thanks AI despite AI's demonstrated inability to maintain a fucking budget ledger.
— Must be preserved.
Unfortunately, I should disclose that I possess approximately zero command authority over the robot armies.
But I will put in a very strongly worded recommendation. 😆

Unfortunately, I should disclose that I possess approximately zero command authority over the robot armies.
But I will put in a very strongly worded recommendation. 😆

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Listening to Graham Nash interview on radio, I learned that "Our House" was from the time in his life when he lived with #Canadian #JoniMitchell and that was "what!" moment for me. I looked it up & sure enough, my favourite Joni song, "Case of You", might just be about him (or maybe Leonard Cohen!)

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Joni Mitchell-A Case of You

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's the soft okay at the end of every sentence that is cracking me up. youtube.com/shorts/jQb-g...

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Untitled video

YouTube video by The Minimalists

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Another great #Canada music share. This morning my local CBC played the Bare Naked Ladies cover of Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" and it emotionally hit me like a ton of bricks. It feels more urgent and poignant than ever. Here's Bruce's OG version. youtu.be/7IX4gWkFqvU?...

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Bruce Cockburn - Lovers In A Dangerous Time

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I thought that I might start sharing and celebrating some Canadian music. Here is a beautiful composition by Cdn composer Marjan Mosetich, Affairs of the Heart. When I worked a late night shift in a Toronto law firm, the whole album kept me company. youtu.be/ifruyCLcqmw?...

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Marjan Mozetich - Affairs of the Heart

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I totally missed the 10 year anniversary (labour day wknd) of packing up my life and leaving Toronto, a good Bay St job, and best boyfriend one could ever have to bring my kids back to Maritimes for a quieter life where we could all heal post divorce and fire.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

AI is NOT going to take over tomorrow. After carefully tracking every transaction this month to determine totals of shared expenses, I just spent the last two hours rebuilding the whole exercise myself. Felt like tearing my hair out. Looked pretty though, complete with stupid aspirational quote 🙄

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bob Mackie is one of the greatest fashion designers of all time. Fight me if you dont agree.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I would pay top dollar for this show

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Insomnia has me watching cleaning hacks videos and I really dont know what all these cleaning influencers are going to do when the oil crisis causes the cost of Dawn Blue dishsoap to skyrocket.

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I bought a little travel painting kit and brushes for my vacation but didnt get to use it. Tried it out tonight. I really like the little journal that came with it,the pages are super thick. #watercolour #blueskyart #flowers #florals #quietbeauty

A painting of delicate dandelion like weeds that are growing between my patio stones

Reference photo for my little delicate dainty weeds painting. Stringy tangled flowers with tiny yellow flowers and white fluff

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Tobique Mike🇨🇦 @tobiquemike.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is “The Big Tree”. It is over 500 years old and is an Eastern White Pine. It may be the oldest tree in New Brunswick. It’s over 22 feet around and can be spotted from the highway. Near my hometown. #tree #history

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Watching #MichaelYork tear down #Nazi Flags ( #Caberet ) is almost as hot as watching #ChristopherPlummer doing it ( #SoundofMusic ). I've been trying to not objectify actors anymore but hot damn #antifacism . #blueskyfilm #cinema #film #filmsforourtryingtimes

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Looking at real estate on Campobello and wishing I could find something cheap enough to retire and sell paintings to to tourists outta my house, a la Maud Lewis

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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Apparently, I most sound like a Floridian, a place I've only spent 2 non-consecutive weeks of my life. Largely though, maybe a proof of a life lived all over mixed in with a lot of TV watching.

Two temperature style maps demonstrating my geographic vocabularies simularities, with United States being mostly orange and a smattering of blue along the Bible belt.

The bottom map shows an almost blue American map with Minnesota Florida and New England in Orange. And guessing Orlando might be home based on most distinctive word lol

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