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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 17/07/2026

We don’t get the little illustration on ours but this scale only goes up to 10. What does it mean when the AQI number is higher than the scale goes? 😬😭😷

Screenshot of AQI

It says:

Very High Health Risk
Scale: Canada (AQHI)
Air quality index is 11, which is similar to yesterday at about this time.
Health Information
Reduce or reschedule strenuous activities outdoors, especially if you experience symptoms such as coughing and throat irritation. At-risk populations, children, and seniors should avoid strenuous activities.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 09/07/2026

Another pollinator feature, purely by luck! These holes in my yard were made by solitary leaf cutter bees! I can't say which species in particular but I can tell you how cute they are carrying their leaf pieces the size of their body! 🐝🍃✨ #PollinatorSky

A close up photo of a leaf cutter bee hole in a sandy, gravel covered spot with some leafy plants and grass on the ground.

A close up photo of a leaf cutter bee hole in a spot in the soil with some leafy plants and grass on the ground.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 09/07/2026

Video from grass level POV: a monarch caterpillar adventuring through the grass in golden hour evening light toward the camera. This monarch caterpillar is off on their big adventure! They’ve left the milkweed garden in search of a place to make a chrysalis & become a butterfly 🦋✨ #PollinatorSky

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 09/07/2026

Whoa! First time spotting an Abbott’s Sphinx caterpillar in my yard today! 🐛✨ #PollinatorGardening #PollinatorSky

Photo of a green and brown Abbott’s Sphinx caterpillar curled up on a leaf.

Photo of a green and brown Abbott’s Sphinx caterpillar climbing on a vine covered in leaves.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 07/07/2026

Update from my pollinator garden just now: the first batch of monarch caterpillars are starting to leave the garden! The first one didn’t go very far - just from the milkweed to the goldenrod! Incredible timing that I spotted it right before their transformation! 🌱🐛🦋💜✨

Photo of a monarch caterpillar in J pose on the goldenrod.

Photo of same caterpillar moments later with their caterpillar suit halfway off, revealing the green, soft body of a monarch caterpillar. That will harden into its chrysalis to fully form their butterfly body.

Photo of same caterpillar moments later with their caterpillar suit fully off, revealing the green, soft body of a monarch caterpillar. That will harden into its chrysalis to fully form their butterfly body over the next two weeks.

Photo of a black, white and yellow striped monarch caterpillar with its cremaster attached to its silk button on a wooden fence. It's about to "let go" into the J pose.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 21/06/2026

Happy Solstice & National Indigenous Peoples Day! ☀️✨ To celebrate, I’ve been working in my pollinator garden. I got the milkweed stems from 2 years ago cut & stems from last year ready for bee habitat. I put the bee cups out🐝🦋🌱✨ #IndigenousPeoplesProtectingBiodiversity #Solstice #SummerSolstice

Photo from slightly above my pollinator garden featuring swamp & common milkweed, yarrow, black eyed susans, asters, echinacea, blazingstar liatrises, cardinal flower, wild bergamot, and goldenrod, surrounded by grass.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 20/06/2026

Garden update: the first monarch caterpillars have hatched! 🐛✨

Extreme close up on a swamp milkweed plant with green leaves and greenish reddish stems. There are three monarch eggs with the "blackhead" appearance, meaning those teeny tiny caterpillars are hatching imminently. There are also two teeny tiny monarch caterpillars that have hatched. One is still working on eating its egg shell.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 12/06/2026

From my 8-week class, Painting as a Spiritual Practice, this past Feb/March. Let me know in the comments or by DM if you'd be interested in my next class to learn how to paint like this! ✨ #PaintingAsASpiritualPractice #Art #ArtSky #IndigenousArt #EveryoneIsAnArtist #YouCanPaintToo 1/5

A bright and colourful painting featuring a femme presenting, light skinned person with long purple hair made of stars / the universe. She is wearing bright fuchsia glasses, with a pink flower behind an ear and a blue tank top.

She is in the foreground with a huge rainbow that arcs behind her, from bottom left to top right of the image. The rainbow colours from bottom to top are: violet, blue, green, greenish-yellow, yellow, orange, red. She is inside an angular gold polygon, daysky colours inside it and nightsky colours outside of it.

She is also surrounded by flowers, pollinators and sparkles. There are words and phrases within the painting. Some of the words and phrases are different levels of visible as they were added at different points; some being partially covered now by other elements.

The pollinators that arc above her are from left to right: lady bug, monarch, bee, luna moth, two dragonflies.  

The art style is reminiscent of impressionism and not complete realism though there are some realistic features and the artist thinks she bears a resemblance to herself.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 04/06/2026

I got an early start on my garden last weekend! We’ve had some frost too so I’m living on the edge 😅 These poor plants were outgrowing their pots. I had started them too soon since I was antsy for spring. Not pictured: impatiens, sweetgrass, traditional Aztec tobacco & Hindu Kush + 🌱✨ #GardenSky

A raised garden bed with 6 tomato plants spread out: 2 beefsteak, 2 Manitoba and 2 Bonny Best. Centred and offset between them are 2 pepper plants: 1 ring of fire and 1 long red cayenne. There are some teeny basil plants between them in this bed and a marigold. There's a summer dance cucumber on one end and a tender green cucumber on the other end.

A raised garden bed. In the half farthest from the camera, it looks empty except for some labels. Carrots and beets have been planted there in rows.

The nearest half, divided in half again perpendicular to the camera, has nasturtium in the very centre of the bed, then a little patch of asparagus, another of leeks, another of celery, then some still empty space.

A raised garden bed with the three sisters in the far half but you can only see the squash. Beans and corn have been planted though.

The near half has peas on one side and still some empty space.

Milkweed shoots coming up between the stems from last year and the grass.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 10/12/2025

How is it that someone I pre-emptively blocked for being weird can still add me to lists on bluesky?

screenshot showing @schizanon.bsky.social has added me to the "Antis" moderation list

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 02/10/2025

Did you know? Indigenous kids are still chronically underfunded. Reposting with #AltText and source. www.scientificamerican.com/article/cana...

Screenshot from a Scientific American publication:

“The result was a series of nutrition experiments conducted on nearly 1,000 children in six residential schools between 1948 and 1952. These included a double-blind, randomized experiment examining of the effects of nutrition supplements on children showing clinical signs of vitamin C deficiency, with half of the students receiving placebos and the other half receiving vitamin tablets; an examination of the impact of an experimental fortified flour mixture that included ground bonemeal, among other things, at St. Mary's School in Kenora, Ontario; and an examination of the effects of both inadequate and adequate milk consumption on a population of children with clinical signs of riboflavin deficiency at the Alberni School in British Columbia.”

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 20/09/2025

#DrawTheLine for people, for peace, for the planet. I had to get a photo with the poster I painted as part of our community art project. I hope others took lots of photos of the other 20+ posters we made 😅 #LandBack #PeopleOverProfit #RespectIndigenousSovereignty #FreePalestine #TBay

Photo of Cyn who has long dark brown hair over her shoulder. She’s wearing fuchsia coloured eye glasses, a black Zimi mask, black hoodie from Decolonial Clothing with the floral Land Back motif, rainbow kuffiyeh from Hirbawi, standing beside the poster she painted the says “Draw The Line for Queer Rights” in big bold letters and below in cursive says “Trans rights are human rights”. The poster also features a beautiful person whose hair has shades of carmine, pink and turquoise. Their beard is pink. They’re wearing a neon green tank top, lots of colourful ribbons around their neck and Pride coloured earrings.  In the background you can also see a poster for Migrants rights, a poster that says “What will you draw the line for?” And a small sign on the ground that says “respect existence or expect resistance”.

Photo of some sidewalk art that says “Action for people, for peace, for planet”.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 19/09/2025

Here’s a picture of the poster I painted for our action tomorrow, part of the Draw The Line community art poster series 🌈✨

Photo of a mixed media poster. Lines hand drawn with a sharpie and paint to fill it in. It’s a colourful, beautiful person with hair shades of carmine, pink and turquoise. They’re wearing a lime green tank top, Pride coloured earrings and many colours of ribbons around their neck and a big smile.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 09/08/2025

Happy International Cat Day from Bette and me! 🐈‍⬛✨💜✨

Photo of Bette, the brownish-grey striped tabby cat, with yellow eyes, pink/orange nose and white chin and whiskers sitting on my notebook on my desk. Her paws curled under in semi-loaf formation. Her eyes are closing.

The background has part of my computer and a yellow wall.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 01/08/2025

I don’t really know what I’m doing but hopefully things are growing 😅 I grew all of these from seed, except the milkweed is a perennial that is several years old now 🦋🌱✨

A large orange/yellow star shaped pumpkin flower with its green leaves and vines around it. Wooden fence in the background.

Little pale pink/coral flowers on this bean plant, surrounded by green leaves and a corn plant.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 01/08/2025

Second year veggie garden / sixth year pollinator garden update. It’s been about 8 weeks since I moved my seedlings outside and I’m starting to see some flowers and a couple of fruits 🤞🏻✨ #Milkweed #Monarchs #Garden

Close up photo of some pink swamp milkweed flowers with one little black, white and yellow striped monarch caterpillar in it, munching on the flowers.

Focal point of this photo is two tiny tomatoes, surrounded by the green of the plant, a spent flower and a yellow flower. The orange colour in the background are the Home Depot buckets in which there are potatoes planted.

The focal point of this photo is one little cucumber, surrounded by green of the plant. There are some nasturtium leaves in the background.

The focal point of this photo is a huge basil plant with large, healthy leaves. Yellow and orange marigold and yellow nasturtium flowers are visible here. There’s also half a dozen garlic scapes on the left. There’s a bee cup in this photo. The background has another raised garden bed and a wooden fence.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 18/07/2025

Ah of course. They blocked me instead of removing their post calling Norval Morriseau “Canadian” and “primitive”. Too bad I did not take a screenshot.

Screenshot 8:12am

@lilyroseworth.bsky.social has blocked you

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 18/07/2025

Indigenous leaders and Youth across Canada are resisting Bill C-5. Stand with them. #KillBill5 #FPIC #RevolutionOfLove #8thFireRising

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 08/07/2025

I’m selling some solid wood furniture if anyone local is interested. Queen size sleigh bed and dining room table with leaf and 6 chairs. Make an offer ✨ #SolidWoodFurniture #AnemkiWiikwedong #ThunderBay #TBay #SecondHand #Sale

Dimly lit room with a queen sized sleigh bed, dark coloured solid wood. The bed has a quilt and a couple of pillows on it.

Dimly lit room with a dar coloured solid wood dining room table and 4 chairs. It also comes with a leaf and two more chairs (not pictured). The chairs are upholstered with off white seat cushions.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 29/06/2025

3 week garden update! I got to spend an hour adding garden supports to my plants and rearranged a few things to have more space 🤞🏻✨ It’s my 2nd year doing veggies and the pollinator garden is in its 6th season 🦋🐛💜✨ #AnemkiWiikwedong #ThunderBay #TBay #Gardening #Veggies #Pollinators #Monarchs

Photo of a light green enamel raised garden bed with 6 tomato plants with growing supports, 2 pepper plants, a bunch of garlic and herbs growing in it. Some nasturtiums and marigolds around them.

There’s a handful of bee cups in it.

Note: I sprinkled these clean, dried broken egg shells around the bases of my plants before doing more reading to know that it’s not actually that useful to keep pests off the plants. It will eventually break down into calcium for the garden.

It must be a coincidence that I have only seen 1 little pest? I almost don’t want to mention it haha.

Background has another raised bed, a wooden fence and grass.

Photo of a light green enamel raised garden bed with some corn, bean, squash plants and a watermelon plant, a pumpkin plant and a couple of cucumber plants, some pea plants with supports around some of them.

The squash and pumpkin has orangey-yellow flowers already!

There are some nasturtiums around them and a handful of bee cups in the bed.

In the background, there’s a wooden fence, some greenery and a glimpse of an orange 5 gallon bucket (where the potatoes are growing, not pictured).

Photo of a rectangular planter on the railing of a wooden deck filled with herbs, left to right: thyme, parsley, broadleaf sage, rosemary, oregano and basil (recently harvested, so it only has a couple new leaves starting).

The planter has a bunch of pink plastic forks sticking out of it, around all the herbs. This is an attempt to keep the squirrels from destroying my herbs. There’s also one bee cup in it.

Photo of a swamp milkweed plant with its long, skinny, sharp green leaves. The beginning of the flowers are starting to show. My hand is holding one of the leaves to point to a baby yellow and black striped monarch caterpillar.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 25/06/2025

Reposting with #AltText Free tip! You'll get more engagement with #AltText. Bluesky culture is inclusive. Many don't share without alt text. Alt text is searchable too so there's more chances people see your posts! Bluesky has a handy reminder feature: bsky.app/settings/acc... #DisabilityJustice

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 25/06/2025

Resharing with #AltText New research finds limiting oil & gas development in Canada won’t harm the sector—in fact it could protect its value. "With global oil & gas demand heading towards a permanent decline, Canada should limit expansion to lower economic risks." Click through for the link ⬇️

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 23/06/2025

They’ve started to hatch! 🐛🦋 This monarch caterpillar hatched yesterday probably. I counted 3 in the garden so far 💜💕✨

Photo of a milkweed plant in my garden. Three quarters of the frame features a common milkweed plant. I’m holding a leaf with a day or two old monarch caterpillar on it. It’s towards the centre of the plant and the area it has been chewing on has some milk sap coming out of it (hence the name “milkweed”).

The background has some other plants out of focus (chamomile and swamp milkweed).

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 19/06/2025

Help me decide which of these 3 purples completes my set of unity Pride flag colours to bead the brim of this cap? I can’t decide. Each option’s in the comments. Vote by liking the colour’s corresponding comment. Miigwetch! 🪶🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨ #PrideMonth #BeadingPride #IndigenousHistoryMonth #AnemkiWiikwedong

Close up photo of my beading station featuring 13 tubes of beads, and other beading supplies and random stuff, including a large spool of dymo thread, some wax, an awl, a pen, a few books, charger adapter, my makeshift bead holding surface so they don’t roll all over my little table, and a white baseball cap with a black embroidered Anishnabek Thunderbird on it.

The are 10 bead tubes laying on the table upright in the following colours from left to right: black, sienna brown, white, light blue, light pink, fire engine red, tangerine orange, lemon yellow, spring green, cobalt blue.

Then there are three purple tubes laying on the table perpendicular to the others. They’re next to the blue. From top to bottom, labelled a, b, c, respectively, they are: dark orchid, light orchid and purple.

The books, though not related to my beading necessarily are: Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown, Unsettling Canada and The Reconciliation Manifesto by the late Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson.

Extreme close up of the three purples next to the blue again. Also pictured is the green and yellow tubes.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 08/06/2025

Yesterday, garden season opened at my house! It was THE day because before June 6 there’s still risk of frost here & then I was expecting it to rain all day today & off & on through this coming week. #AnemkiWiikwedong #ThunderBay #TBay #Garden #Pollinators #IndigenousPeopleProtectingBiodiversity

Photo of my pollinator garden featuring swamp milkweed, common milkweed, chamomile, daisies, volunteer purple pansies with yellow centres in the middle ground of the photo. The chamomile is almost ready to show some yellow. The milkweeds are only about 8 inches tall so far. They will eventually reach a height of about 3 feet.

The is one bee cup pictured. It's a tiny round light green shape in this image, almost right in the centre.

Foreground is just grass and the background features a fence. Among the plants are last year's milkweed stems which are much taller and continue out of frame and they make perfect little hiding places for certain pollinators to overwinter.

Close up photo of one of my three raised garden beds. This one features the seedlings which were planted yesterday: tomatoes, peppers, basil, thyme and marigold in the soil. I also planted some nasturtium seeds between these plants but it will take a while to see them grow.

Among the plants here are also some bee cups which hold about a teaspoon of water for thirsty pollinators. They don't hold enough water for mosquitos to breed and because it's such a small amount of water, it is safer for pollinators to drink but it evaporates quickly so one must fill the bee cups every morning (if it hasn't rained).

These bee cups have a UV glaze on them that makes them look like flowers to pollinators thereby becoming an inviting place to get a drink. They are made from porcelain and won't leach harmful chemicals into the water for the pollinators nor the soil where one's food might be growing.

There are many impersonators who don't take such care with their work so buy only authentic bee cups or look up how to make a pollinator watering station with marbles in a low dish if you want to help thirsty pollinators.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 03/06/2025

I finished teaching myself how to bead the brim of a hat! Behold my 1st attempt! I’m planning to give this away after my 1 or 2 events are over this summer. I’d like to give it to another Two Spirit person 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪶✨ #Pride #PrideMonth #IndigenousPeoplesHistoryMonth #TwoSpirit #Beads

Photo of a large brimmed tan coloured felt “rancher” hat flat against the wall which it is hanging upon. The band has 6 coloured flowers on it, left to right: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.

The edge of the brim has been beaded in repeating patterns of the unity pride flag colours with the trans pride colours in the front and back of the hat. The sides of the beading are done in repeating geometric patterns.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 27/05/2025

Reposting with more #AltText for accessibility. So true! 🪶💜✨

Photo of a forest, lush and green with text overlayed that says:
"In nature, nothing thrives alone.   

Forests, rivers, fungi, and animals all exist in interconnected systems of support, sharing resources to ensure collective survival.   Mutual aid isn’t just a human concept — it’s an ancient, natural practice."

Taylar Belanger (Ahenakew), FB post

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 17/05/2025

Reposting with #AltText for accessibility. Link in original post

Photo of Doug Ford wearing a ball cap that says “Canada is not for sale” in upper case letters. It has a text box over it that covers the lower part of his face.

The text says “But Doug Ford thinks Ontario is.

While all eyes were on the Federal Election, Doug Ford tabled a destructive, anti-democratic bill that will annihilate environmental regulations, debilitate the endangered species act and squash decision-making powers of local communities. Bill 5 is a threat to ecosystems, human health and the democratic process.”

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 16/05/2025

Today was an exciting day for me! I had the pleasure of getting a tattoo started by the talented Ryan Pooman. (Look him up on IG, seriously). I sat for 6 hours today. I’ll post a close up when it’s finished in a few weeks. I’m so thrilled with how it’s coming out so far 😍

Photo of me standing in a tattoo shop, looking at myself in the ornate, black framed mirror. I’m wearing a black zimi mask, fitted with sip valve and a pair of stoggles.

I’m also wearing a thick, black hoodie and tiny shorts to accommodate the large tattoo work on my thigh.

Behind me, my AirFanta 4Lite and a couple of pillows are on the table.

The room’s walls are white with lots of contemporary woodland style art depicting animals and more by the talented Ryan Pooman of Fort William First Nation.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 01/05/2025

Ricky was a true friend & comrade 💔 I am still in shock over his passing. Thank you for this beautiful tribute. I didn't get to attend his celebration of life due to almost no one taking airborne precautions anymore, making public inaccessible. I'll always treasure the art Ricky made for me too ✨

Photo of my hand holding up a painting of Anemki Wajiw (Thunder Mountain, colonially known as Mount McKay). The painting done in classic Ricky style is a mosaic of red, orange, gold, green, blue and purple, in a gradient recreating the appearance of Anemki Wajiw in beautiful fall colours.

Photo of Ricky Kruger sitting on a chair, under a bridge, holding up a denim jacket that he had painted in his classic Ricky style. His bucket hat with the brim folded up is also painted very colourfully. The painting on the jacket shows the earth on fire with two Xs for eyes and a mushroom cloud framing the words “we are not doing our best”.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 29/04/2025

My 1st vacation since the beginning of the ongoing SARS2 pandemic, travel made possible by these health protection accessories (& the privilege to buy them). Protecting your health & that of those around you is worth it 💜 @adamwong.bsky.social @zhouliangmask.bsky.social @aranethome.bsky.social

Photo: top of a table with an AirFanta 4Lite in the middle, surrounded by some other supplies including a black zimi mask, stoggles, a spray bottle of HOCl with a folded rag resting on top, and an Aranet CO2 monitor.

The background is the walls and windows, with lots of tall evergreen trees and blue sky.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 29/04/2025

I had the pleasure of spending a week in the bush. Here are some photos from my trip 🌲✨ #Nanaboozhoo #SleepingGiant

Photo: a snow covered lake (Lake Marie Louise) in the bottom third, a tree lined horizon with the Sleeping Giant (Nanabozhoo; a peninsula) with his “head” in almost the centre of the horizon, “body” and “feet” going towards the left side of the picture.

The sun is setting in the right hand third of the image. The sky turning bright orange closest to the sun and blue with some clouds above the horizontal halfway point of the photo.

On the left hand side, in the foreground, are some branches of both deciduous and evergreen trees framing the shot.

The sunset’s colours are being reflected on the snow covered surface of the lake.

Photo: The tree lined horizon horizontally splits the image in half. The Sleeping Giant (Nanabozhoo; a peninsula) with his “head” in almost the centre of the horizon, “body” and “feet” going towards the left side of the picture.

A snow covered lake (Lake Marie Louise) in the bottom half and a blue sky with some clouds and the sun shining brightly in the sky in the top half of the photo.

The left side of the photo has some deciduous and evergreen trees framing the image with a few smaller, younger evergreen trees in the bottom foreground, close to the photographer who is not pictured. There’s also some interesting melting patterns and a fallen tree creating visual interest.

Photo: a red fox with lighter coloured fur around their face, chest and tip of their tail and darker brownish fur like “socks” on their front paws/legs and very dark brown or black fur on the back of their ears. Their big fluffy tail is outstretched.

The fox’s face looks relaxed. The fox is sitting on the lawn, mere feet away from the photographer (me; not pictured). The grass is brown from last year. There are still some patches of snow.

In the very far background, a skunk is foraging near the treeline.

Photo: a snowy scene of a road with the fresh tracks of a few cars that have driven on the snowy road.

The road is lined by large, tall deciduous and evergreen trees with their snowy branches that overhang the road.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 17/04/2025

She was still there at lunch so we called a local wild animal rehab who picked her up and gave her treatment. We worried about white nose syndrome but her only problem was a tiny thorn in the gums. Luckily, this sweet little brown bat was rehabbed & released where she was found a few days later 🦇✨

A photo of the little brown bat sleeping comfortably on a soft surface, some greenery and sticks in the background.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 17/04/2025

We thought she would fly away soon, so we decided to move her to a hidden, protected place to prevent any of the gallery visitors from disturbing her.

This is a photo of me holding the little brown bat. I'm wearing my regular PPE (well fitted respirator, white, and stoggles) and a fresh pair of gloves, green, to protect myself and the little bat while we moved her. I'm wearing a hot pink top and a grey blazer. In the background is a large outdoor art sculpture by Ahmoo Angeconeb, some greenery, the road, and part of a car.

This is a close up photo of the little brown bat. Her mouth is open and her tiny teeth are looking very sharp! My green gloves, hot pink top and grey blazer are in the background.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 17/04/2025

Bat Appreciation Day 🧵💜✨ One day in 2022, when I was working at the art gallery, there was a little brown bat sleeping on the concrete right in front of the main doors! #BatAppreciationDay #AnemkiWiikwedong #ThunderBay #TBay

Close up photo of a little brown bat sleeping on the concrete. Her body is light brown, her wings, ears and face are all darker. There are sticks and pine cones surrounding her as the first person on the scene wanted to ensure that no one accidentally stepped on her. In the background is the building and some greenery.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 07/04/2025

Time to start the day! No protein shake is complete without rainbows 🌈 ✨

Photo of a large smoothie in a mason jar. The smoothie is mostly purple with dark flecks. There is a rainbow being projected onto the side of the mason jar.

Background is my brown patterned counter top and green, brown, beige tiled backsplash with blurry cameos from my blender, kettle and honey.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 05/04/2025

Time to start seeds! Anyone want some traditional tobacco seeds? ✨ I can mail to you for free within so called canada. I have lots to spare but will prioritize Indigenous folks. Comment interest here. Will DM for address. #Indigenous #TraditionalTobacco #SeedSaving #SeedSharing

A photo of a tiny packet of Aztec tobacco seed pod and loose seeds. In the background, a little container of more packets of seeds.

Labelled: Aztec tobacco ‘24

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 26/11/2024

Biboon! It is winter! ❄️ Yesterday I sprinkled my fall seeds in that round spot of soil & around my milkweed plants. I tried to time it right before the snow to prevent squirrels from eating ALL of them lol. I’d say I timed it perfectly! 😅 #AnemkiWiikwedong #ThunderBay #TBay #FallGardening #Winter

My backyard with three raised veggie beds at the back. Drying milkweed stems without leaves are visible in the midground. Between those - is a big circle of soil where I sprinkled my fall planting seeds.

My backyard with three raised veggie beds at the back. This image also includes another garden bed and a shrub who has lost most of their leaves in front of part of my shed. Drying milkweed stems without leaves are visible in the midground. The big circle of soil is now no longer visible under the fresh blanket of snow.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 26/11/2024

I got behind in posting my garden updates. Here’s my top 4 images from the end of the summer 🌱✨ I’d say my first veggie garden was a success! I learned a lot! Excited for next year! #AnemkiWiikwedong #ThunderBay #TBay #BeginnerGardener #Gardening

Wide angle shot of the milkweed area in my yard. Its tall, long skinny leaves are green and the flowers are dark and light pink at the tops of the plants. There’s an orange and black monarch on one of the plants. The fence with a hanging potted plant is in the background.

A close up of a monarch on the yellow goldenrod flowers, with a bee caught midflight directly to the left. Green goldenrod leaves in the background.

A wide angle shot of my three raised veggie beds with the garden covers to keep the squirrels out. The veggies reached the top of the covers in some spots! Some colourful flowers in the beds are visible too.

My tiny harvest! Some russet and golden potatoes, some tiny beets and carrots, all on a paper towel on my kitchen counter. Not pictured are all the other things I ate: prolific green beans, peas, tomatoes and a handful of strawberries.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 13/11/2024

My little buddy Bette turned 10 last week! She even humoured me by wearing the hat I made her for a whole second 😂💜✨ My heart ❤️

Collage of 6 photos featuring a brownish grey tabby cat with an orange nose and white chin and bright green eyes.

Top left: Bette cuddling on the couch with her blankets and kuffiyeh. Top middle: me, a white passing Anishnaabekwe with my dark hair pulled back, wearing pink glasses, holding Bette as she head butts my face. Top right: Bette laying on her back, all stretched out on a French provincial sofa, reaching one paw to the camera.

Bottom left: a blurry glimpse of Bette wearing the hat, on my very cluttered table, sticking her tongue out. Bottom middle: an unimpressed Bette on the table in front of my laptop, wearing the hat. Bottom right: Bette cuddled on a blanket on the sofa, holding the blanket and lifting her head up towards the camera, giving a loving smile.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 21/06/2024

Odemin waabigwaniin naabishebizonan My first earrings! I got to use hide tanned myself with friends. This project would not have been possible without the support of my community. Miigwetch 🌸🍓✨ @ONArtsCouncil #StrawberryMoon #OdeminGiizis #HandmadeEarrings #HomeSmokedHide

Two round earrings made with light caramel coloured home smoked deer hide. In the centre of each earring is a minimalist design Anishinaabe style strawberry flower: the petals outlined in matte white beads and the centre outlined in matte yellow beads. The earrings are edged with pearl white beads and pink sparkly beads.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 18/06/2024

I put in my first ever garden! These are how the bee cups look in the garden 🐝 Beware of fake ones! www.bee-cups.com/shop

Green enamel coated galvanized steel raised garden bed featuring tomatoes, peppers and colourful bee cups!

Green enamel coated galvanized steel raised garden bed featuring potatoes, garlic and colourful bee cups!

Green enamel coated galvanized steel raised garden bed featuring three sisters: corn, squash and beans and colourful bee cups!

Green enamel coated galvanized steel raised garden bed featuring sweet grass and tobacco and colourful bee cups!

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 19/10/2023

TBay, here are the numbers to call to demand they withdraw support for this genocide. Free printer friendly version of this flyer: drive.google.com/file/d/1vF6g... #FreePalestine #AnemkiWiikwedong #ThunderBay #TBay #SayNoToGenocide #FromTurtleIslandToPalestine #LandBack

Flyer description:
A mostly white piece of paper. There’s a small Palestinian flag in top left corner.

Some text says:

“From Turtle Island to Palestine,
Say “NO!” to Genocide!”

Call your gov’t representatives now!

+50% of the Palestinian people are children.

In 2022, Canadian manufacturers exported more than $21 million in military goods to Israel, meaning last year saw the third-largest tally of annual military exports to Israel on record (behind 2021 and 1987).

Prime Minister
Justin.Trudeau@parl.gc.ca
(613) 992-4211

Patty Hajdu
Patty.Hajdu@parl.gc.ca
(807) 766-2090

Marcus Powlowski
Marcus.Powlowski@parl.gc.ca
(807) 625-1160

Deputy Prime Minister (613) 992-5234
Minister of Foreign Affairs (613) 992-0983
Minister of International Development (613) 995-0777
Embassy of Israel (613) 567-6450

Make those calls! Tell them to withdraw Canada’s support for this ongoing genocide. Ceasefire now! Miigwetch!”

There’s an outline of an iPhone with two QR codes in it.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 19/10/2023

One of the many wonderful cats I met during my desert walkabout in 2009. Praying for the people and all the sacred beings in Palestine 🇵🇸 #AnemkiWiikwedong #ThunderBay #TBay #TBayLovin #FreePalestine #LandBack #FromTurtleIslandToPalestine #SayNoToGenocide

Orange cat standing on a wooden table, facing the camera and meowing, tall flag raised. There’s also a mini Palestinian flag on the table. Some seating and other tables with mini flags in the background.

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Cyn Nault (she/her/wiin) @sacredcolours.ca · 05/10/2023

It was a pretty stressful day at the hospital. Specialists in my immediate future. I am so grateful to be home now. This huge double rainbow that greeted me as I walked out has got to be a good sign. 🙏🏻🌈💜✨ #TwoSpirit #ListenToYourHeart #Rainbow #DoubleRainbow #ChiMiigwetchGitchiManitou

Part of the hospital, angular, metal beams are sort of pointing up and to the right respectively, meeting in almost a triangle and some trees. There is a dark sky and TWO huge rainbows that crossed the entire sky.

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