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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Van Gogh left Paris in mid-February 1888 for Arles. When he stepped off the train, he was confronted by a snowy landscape; here, the patchy coverage of the snow is implied through daubs of brown paint and the purplish light of an impending snowstorm.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The room represented in this painting by Albert de Belleroche is the dining-room belonging to John Singer Sargent when he was living at 33 Tite Street, Chelsea, London.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 8m

TIL this is a little coffee maker that costs abt $48.95 and ➡️ makes Espresso and OMG.

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Shirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · 1h

Paid a visit to a couple of my fave boulders yesterday. 17km round trip, but worth it.

Two large, somewhat square, erratic boulders. In the foreground a smaller Boulder and small spruce tree. In the background hints of orange Fall foliage. A bright blue Autumn sky

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 14m

We did classic married thing, where we frantic-dashed for last 12:43 am Sunday Lakeshr West train at Union Stn #NuitBlancheToronto & missed it by a millimeter. Me: Well, lucky I didn't tap on. DH: you didn't tap on??? 😮 Me: I knew we would not make the train on time. It was some party!!

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 1h

4 October 1814 - 20 January 1875 Jean-François Millet, French (1814-1875), Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, 1864, oil on canvas, 81.1 x 100 cm, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 52m

Robbie Craig, Canadian (1984- ), The Red Canoe, acrylic on canvas, private collection

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 39m

4 October 1861 - 26 December 1909 Frederic Remington, American (1861-1909), Coming to the Call, c 1905, oil on canvas, 68.6 x 101.6 cm, private collection

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 52m

Only skimmed so far, am most intrigued.

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 3h

Jewel cabinet (Sèvres, 1825-26) given by King Charles X of France to King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Cooper Hewitt, NYC. (Long) #c18 #c18th #18thc

Neoclassical cabinet with double doors mounted on a table-like stand with two lapis columns. On the panels of the doors are Sèvres plaques in pink and red with medallions depicting classical scenes surrounded by garlands. The case of the cabinet is mounted in gilt bronze and surmounted by a gilt peacock displaying its tail

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Plattenbau Berlin @plattenbauberlin.bsky.social · 2h

Balconies in early Autumn (the aqua version).

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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 1h

I like factlets which you might not have thought about, but become immediately obvious feeling once pointed out

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 1h

Care for some Kubašta? The Day of the Bison Hunt, 1962 @newberrylibrary.bsky.social #PopUptober

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Peter Coffinman @petercoffman.bsky.social · 1h

A century ago it was empty and dilapidated and everyone figured it #OughtToBeHaunted. Today, Kingston's Rosemount Inn is in beautiful condition. But its non-paying guests include disembodied voices, and sometimes even disembodied bodies. Maybe this is where @dbcurren.bsky.social stayed. 👻🎃

Black & white image of a dignified stone house with a robust central tower sitting behind a dark iron fence among trees with light foliage beneath a dark sky with puffy white clouds.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2h

On this day in 1982, Glenn Gould died in Toronto. Born in 1932 in Toronto, he was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He won three Grammys, three Junos and is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His music is also on the Voyager Golden Record. 📸 Fred Plaut

Glenn Gould leaning forward with an animated expression and raised right hand as if making a point, wearing a light patterned button-up shirt.

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Looking east along King Street East to where it intersects with Queen St. E. near the Don River in Toronto - October 2, 1903. 📸: Arthur F. Rust City of Toronto Archives collection #onthisday #1900s #torontohistory #railway #jeremyhopkin

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 11h

In Toronto tonight 7 pm to Sunday 7 a.m., indeed Nuit Blanche* is LE TALK chez nous! GO train there from the inner burbs, then check out the art in and on Old and New City Halls. * free date w/ my husband* 💕

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 15h

The Petit Bras de la Seine in Argenteuil - 1872 botfrens.com/collections/41/content…

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 12h

GOATFEST! Waterloo Region's hot sauce festival! The bottles are what came home with me. I think I tried 3x that number. (I told y'all yesterday on-air that I was a born fire eater) And yes, I got a hot sauce because the cat looks like Rufus. Such a good event :)

My Canadian hot sauce haul. L-R (heat to my palate) Luci & Pharaoh (Toronto) Dark Prince (balsamic vinegar, white vinegar, blackberries, tamari, molasses, black garlic, Carolina Reapers) - Mild Ginger Goat (Kitchener) La Cabra Loca (doing this from memory:mix of peppers, red bell pepper, spices, Pepper X) - Medium MH (Cambridge) Lime & Peach (Sweet Potatoes, Lime, Peach, Carolina Reaper) - Mild-Medium Microsaucerie Piko Pepper (Montreal) Piko Riko (bell peppers, onions, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, cane sugar, habanero peppers, cayenne peppers, spices, beer) Mild-Medium Dawson's (London) Everyday Hot Sauce (peppers, Cedarwood infused vinegar, Habanero mash, cane sugar, Garlic, Onion, Sea Salt, Arbol) - Mild-medium--akin to sriracha Dave's Meat Pit & Kyle's (London - collab) Call of the Wild Blueberry barbeque sauce -

My US haul L-R Black Eyed Susan - Trinidad Thyme Bomb - Mild-Medium Puckerbutt Pepper Co - Oh Boy Garlic Soy Sauce (with Pepper X) Hot -- bought this out of curiosity (Ed Currie picked these out for me): - Unique Garlique (Chile Peppers, Vinegar, Garlic Salt, Onion, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Italian Seasoning) - Hot - Sazon (vinegar, sweet potato puree, Sazon seasoning, and chili powder) - Medium - East Coast Seafood (vinegar, onion, garlic, Old Bay Seasoning, and Pepper X chili powder) - Hot - Hot Ones Garlic Fresno
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Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of the VPs of the EU parliament posted this! 🫶 Nicolae Ștefănuță

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Brian Moore @bm00re.bsky.social · 16h

Catalina Island as seen from Huntington Beach. I used a Vivitar PN2011 and Kodak Tri-X 400 film to make this photograph. #catalinaisland #vivitarpn2011 #blackandwhite #35mm #toycamera

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 15h

28 days left to register to join us on the Pontifacts Tour of Italy! Jan 30- Feb 7, 2027 9 days across Rome, Florence, Viterbo and Orvieto. Amazing experiences to last a lifetime! Don't wait, spots are filling up!! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: The Road to Papacy

A cultural itinerary and historical deep dive with the Podcaster Fry and Bry. A tour through Rome, Viterbo, Orvieto and Florence, discovering the roots of early Christianity, the splendor of the Rena...

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TanimSea 🍁🇨🇦❤️ @tims4938.bsky.social · 16h

I think I picked up the wrong dog from the groomers. #Petpics #WhoIsThis #Dogs #Doodles #Haircuts

Two pictures: one shows a very furry and shaggy golden doodle with tight curly fur...
The second picture shows her shaved to very short fur and she looks like a different dog.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 14h

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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Dr Anna Reeve @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Off to the National Archives to settle an argument from 1878.

The view from the train - fields, sunshine breaking through clouds.

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 22h

3 October 1867 - 23 Jan 1947 Pierre Bonnard, French (1867-1947), Le petit déjeuner, 1917, oil on canvas, 63.5 x 45.7 cm), private collection

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 22h

The catalog for “Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame” at the Cincinnati Art Museum is available for preorder and comes out next Tuesday! It includes essays by CAM curator Julie Aronson, @michaelbierut.bsky.social, Julie Zickfoose, and yours truly: www.rizzolibookstore.com/product/art-...

The cover of Charley Harper Creatures Wild and Tame showing a stylized polar bear’s face and with a cardinal perched on his head, yellow type on a glacial blue background.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 22h

Agree. The best place that no-one ever talks about.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 22h

I love, love, love that our 🇨🇦 federal govt supports full employment for lexicographers.🥃🥃🖋

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 22h

Minyoung Kim, Milky Ghost, 2023, Silkscreen gloss varnish, archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle museum etching paper, 26 × 24 in (66 × 61 cm) 🎃🐈‍⬛ www.artsy.net/artwork/miny...

A print portraying a kitchen floor from above with a black cat resting nonchalantly after having spilled a glass bottle of milk. The spilled milk is in the shape of of a ghost

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 22h

Image is a bit too pale maybe, still I love the morning family mood.

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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 22h

This is a gorgeous modern UK cover, and there is about a month remaining to place bids. Thanks @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social #UKPhilately #HamptonCourtStamps

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Camille Pissarro @camillepissarro.bsky.social · 22h

Afternoon, Sun, the Inner Harbor, Dieppe botfrens.com/collections/49/content…

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

I would like to try a bike share bike. Wonder if they include a place to attach a pannier.

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

I have never found any book [except Gideon Bible] in a hotel room! Maybe the poor housekeeping employee has an overflowing Little Free Library at home.

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

Tea and puns is the discourse I am here for.

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Jelly 🌻🍁🍉 @jemiaj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Turning Time" #Teableau 02_Oct26 Autumn is my favorite. #Tea #Autumn

Fall themed tea tableau showing falling leaves in the tea cozy and tea towel fabrics as well as on the vintage cup and saucer. There is a tiny artwork of a crow in a tree that is turning to fall colors. The tea is Blackberry black tea from Lady Tally's.

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Courage, passion and adventure in the turbulent world of the Tudor court - the story of King Henry VIII's youngest sister mybook.to/MaryTudor #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

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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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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 02/10/2026

Today is Duodi the 12th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate strawflower. #JacobinDay See today's page

An old time-y illustration of a Strawflower.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Handwriting on the back of this says “The Watchover”. Photo from my collection, no date.

Black-and-white photo of a short haired white kitten with tabby spots, sitting up on a wooden porch next to a baseball.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lady costumed for the masque, as a rather racy Flora. Painted in miniature by Isaac Oliver. Today is his day.

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