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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Three pale store mannequins in short outfits. Two wear skirts and one wears a dress. Two are standing on a shiny cylinder.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hehe, When our bichon, Prince, came home this way, and smelling of Chanel No 5, we said he had been de-dogged.

Fluffy little Bichon frisée dog in a green knitted sweater. Outdoors with grass and leaves. Midway between haircuts.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

About 40% of the posts on Bluesky tonight don't make any sense to me at all. Another 40% make me cosmically cross, bc they are about a Uni in the Finger Lakes. Thank goodness for vintage cat photos and Renaissance miniatures. And pumpkins.

Colourful poster for Centre for Colorado Women's History in Denver, with cute pumpkins displayed on shallow outdoor steps.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@theatlantic.com For the second time in a row, your fab print magazine arrives and I see no beloved #CalebsInferno. What fresh circle of Hell is this?? 😨

A close-up of an old-fashioned fountain pen nib, made in Germany.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh, yikes, Latin. It was compulsory in High School, and I guess I have fled from it ever since.

Drawing of a grey or black desk lamp, shedding light.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Auction sale of collector canes, at Bonhams, ending on Sept 22, 2026, is truly bonkers, in best sense. A cane representing part of Kinzie Street in Chicago!? I am not sure any of these helped the owner walk upright, however...... Follow link to browse or bid. www.bonhams.com/auction/3247...

Top of a luxury cane, with grey metal miniature of portion of Kinzie Street railroad bridge in Chicago.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Great thread. I have file box with articles fr dissertation research, laboriously photocop'd, or received fr ILLO. Won't part with them! I am now sort-of retired, but hope to find way 2 hv continued access to articles. Glad that excellent #TorontoPublicLibrary gets some good journals.

Pointy green oak leaf and acorns attached to twig. A colored engraving.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yes, I like doing this. Also did it once in Dublin, where I saw this: Glebe Presbyterian Church.

Shiny bronze rectangular church plaque, with apse-like curve at top, honouring a postal worker who died on Titanic in 2012.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Well, he did not have the chance to watch "Swing Kids."

Egg or egg head with features drawn in graphite pencil. It is on a kitchen counter with pink teacup. This man, "A," is well-versed in theory but does not "get out much."

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Visited the @romtoronto.bsky.social today. My favourite room is Byzantium Gallery on 3rd storey. This room is never crowded, but also never empty. Coins, glass, and especially mosaics. I know where I am w/ Byzantium. Which is your favourite room?

A carved stone canopy and a glass case in Royal Ontario Museum.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Like this... I see other people mention this, too. Good luck!

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A couple pictures fr our sunny walk on E side, Toronto. The stops included York Pioneers' Simcoe Day event at Riverdale Pk East (incl nice chat w/ historian @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social), Riverdale Farm, Necropolis, St James Cenetery. Ending (on west side) w/ Franburger at Frans, College St.

Gothic gateway at Toronto Necropolis, includes decorative wooden porch with flowers, green grass.

Brown and gold historic plaque for the Toronto Necropolis.

Unusual stone tombstone for a Victorian woman author, Anne Cregg Ryan, married name Savigny, St James Cemetery, Toronto.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

He's cute as a button, smarter than some, nicer than most people. My Beau(regard), the #PlottHound ... and/or #HoundMix Senior gentleman, nearly 10 years old.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My backyard in Etobicoke, Toronto looks orange to my eyes right now. The phone camera does not fully capture the colour as I see it... but observe that brownish sky. How is it for you, Toronto / S Ontario folks? #OntarioWildfires2026 Description: backyard w/ picnic table & wheelbarrow.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yep. And these pop-up storms freak out my poor dog.

A red, white and black hound is pensive, resting on a blue towe.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Cool. Spillway by sculptor John McEwan at Sherway Gardens, Etobicoke/ Mississauga.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

You have to be a certain kind of Etobikokean to enjoy the northward view across the Queensway, from the food court in Sherway Gardens. Parking lots, hydro lines, stores. But mostly clouds! And beautifully framed. I am that Etobikokean.

A reflective table in the foreground, then dining tables, and lastly a commercial suburban cityscape framed by rectangular windows.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I visited St. David's, Wales, because I read _The Child from the Sea_ by Elizabeth Goudge. Wonderful city, wonderful book.

Book on a shiny tray with a goose mug. Book title is The Child from the Sea and the book cover shows a young woman sitting by the sea with a cathedral.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I like the small marbled notebooks from Jas. Townsend and Son.

A marbled paper notebook with complex swirls.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Golden hour with questionable column proportions, Lakeshore Boulevard W and Royal York, Toronto.

Old apartment building with trees, cloud and sunlight.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

It is Rediscovered-a-store-to-buy-my-fav-cookies Day, for all who celebrate. #TorontoFoodies #EatCookiesBeSmarter Found these beauties at Aurora Fine Foods, corner Dixie & Burnhamthorpe in Mississauga.

Nyåkers Ginger Snaps, product of Sweden, on a white plate and in a blue box, with flowered teacup, on a yellow enamel kitchen table.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Mais non! ... c'est le Fake News. 🔎🎶 this song is hilarious, but my fine city, Toronto, now has bagels, and windows, and also colourful flags for the footie. Welcome, and have fun!

Colourful books, and a pale green mug, at a cafe in the Art Gallery of Ontario. Residents of Toronto are allowed to have colours and windows.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Mississauga is arguably the foodie capital of Ontario and Aurora Meat and Cheese at Burnhamthorpe and Dixie is indubitably the Italian food capital of Mississauga.

Can of San Pellegrino Limonata. A yellow, narrow can with a blue shield.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I was diverted on Church Street long before any cars were diverted (hope the near-naked swimsuit model guys get past the Bsky photo censors). #HappyPride #TorontosEndlessSummer

Smiling and modestly-clad lady in a hat and white blouse poses with a crew of Diesel swimsuit models on Church Street in Toronto, in a flagrant co-opting of Pride for commercial gain.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Is at the Japan Foundation in Toronto.

Colourful hand-dyed fabrics in a modern gallery.

Colourful hand-dyed fabrics in a modern gallery, with a glass table.

Posters for Japabese cultural events, very colourful, displayed in a gallery

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Beau the Hound says hi there, pal.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Mississauga City Hall. My dh and I visited it when it was brand new in the 1980s. It is still looking great! The Art Gallery of Mississauga (free) is one feature of this welcoming civic structure, & today I enjoyed an exh called "I've been here before: Cathie Jamieson and Jill Price."

A large city hall with a cylindrical structure and a great tall bell tower.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Is at Square One Shopping Mall in Mississauga, ON, where they are celebrating Pride. Incidentally, chic Simon's Department Store here is offering a lot of cardigans... presumably to be ready for Excess Air Conditioning season.

Smiling woman wearing eyeglasses and casual blue shirt in front of large shopping mall LGBTQ2S+ Pride sculpture.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Pissarro and Le Havre on my brain this afternoon. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca...

A painting of French port of Le Havre displays a broad basin, sky and clouds, sailing ships, steamships, and a crane.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I am strolling on the Beltline Trail on Toronto.

Black life-size horse silhouettes on a footbridge, with trees and apartment building in the background.

A metal plaque explains the history of the sculpture "The Iron Horse."

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Having finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (finally), I am reading the Ilintroduction for helpful insights about what I just read. The introduction is by Stevie Davies.

Book cover with pale green ferns on black background, title "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" and author name, Anne Brontë.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I have a mammogram appt, 12 dys from now. My tip: I make an excel sheet, reducing coffee, tea, etc., each day...down to zero by day of the mammgm. I also take an extra-strength Tylenol 1 hour before appt. This has changed the mammogram from a traumatic ordeal to a moderate ordeal for me.

Pink peony from the Nicholls Arboretum in Ann Arbor, MI.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I was fascinated to see the Chappe optical telegraph in last night's episode of The Count of Monte Cristo, @pbs.org . The Count spread false news by drugging the telegraph operator. Think how much mischief he could have done with Internet access. The series, directed by Bille August, is excellent.