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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes

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⛩️ Journalist. Reader. Photographer: Black Press Media, Todays Senior Newsmagazine, Spotlight on the Arts Magazine 🎒Society of American Travel Writers ✍️ Director Emeritus Surrey International Writers’ Conference ✈️ Traveller 🏆 Surrey Civic Treasure Award

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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
An enlightening nature walk around Totest Aleng Indigenous Learning Centre with City of Surrey, BC, staff, Kendra Anderson. #UrsulaMaxwellPhotos
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Whoever sent me these socks…#thankyou ! Sure made me smile. Best feet forward! #writing #reading #surprises
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Surrey International Writer’s Conference is coming up in October (online and in person). What’s your story - or your favourite story? This #memorystone at Crescent Beach, Surrey, BC reminds me we all have so many tales to tell. Are you writing you story? #writing #writers #conferences #history
What’s your story?Dreams that came true?Powerful memories to share?We’re all part of it in some way. comments?
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
September days at Crescent Beach, British Columbia 🇨🇦. Can’t get any better. Art Show this weekend . Go! #ursulamaxwellPhotos #UrsulaMaxwellTravels
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dropped in (up!) to the Crescent Beach General Store. Coffee, goodies and a fine (tiny) balcony view up there, too. First time I’ve investigated this tucked away (upstairs) niche coffee/shop. I’ll be back! #SouthSurrey #BritishColumbia #beach
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just checking out the Calgary International Airport liquor store. Some intriguing stock in there! #travel #canada
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Glades, Surrey, BC. #gardens #Canada #UrsulaMaxwellPhotos #UrsulaMaxwellTravels
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/08/2026
Reporting live from the Canadian Department of “What the Fuck Are You People Doing?”
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Squamish Canyon visit with Tourism Squamish via the Travel Media Association of Canada. Nature’s majesty on display on a perfect August day. #travel #Canada #BritisColumbia #photography #UrsulaMaxwellPhotos
Squamish Canyon easy walkways and bridges Rocks - ancient history carved in Squamish, BCRelax and savour the stunning Squamish Canyon viewsLunch on a deck overlooking the Squamish Canyon. Wendy Nordvic-Carr , BC Yukon chapter president thanks our Squamish hosts.
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Congratulations to the Rotary Clubs of #Langley on a record breaking book sale at RibFest last weekend . The donated books sold by donations netted $6,385 . Well done #Rotary and supporting book donors and purchasers. #books
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Wonderful morning exploring Stable Harvest Farm. An impressive, soul-renewing philanthropic farm experience near Langley Airport. No admission fees, delightful host guides, complimentary tomatoes, kale and flowers. You’re welcome … in more ways than one. #travel #freefarmtour #inspiring
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
news.stv.tv/highlands-is... #Conservation
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Baby beavers born in Scotland's 'most beautiful glen' for the first time in 400 years
There are known to be at least two beaver kits in the Highlands.
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Indigenous Peoples blessing and comments at the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge today. #Canada #GordieHoweBridge
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Volunteering to help the Arts Council of Surrey at Fusion Festival is always #rewarding #SurreyBC #CommunityEvents #UrsulaMaxwellPhotos
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Surrey Fusion Festival: A great weekend showcasing friends, neighbours and international colleagues . #communitymatters #SurreyBC #photography #Fusion #UrsulaMaxwellTravels
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Stopped at Retro Mod #collectables in Cloverdale today. Very tempting … including some rather chic clothes. Hats, anyone? #midcentury #shoppers #antiques #surreybc
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Louise McLaughlin author she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Errrrmmm York we need a word... So this is the Adam and Eve story and the snake is wrapped round a Scottish Thistle.... So Scotland is the land of temptation? Aye ok, fair point well made. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐍
Statue carving on a church left to right. There is a snake wrapped round a Scottish Thistle, then a statue of Eve with her hand over her face, then Adam is looking a wee bit sad. Then there is and angel with a flaming sword pointing at the. Then there is an apple carving on the far right.
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Cool jazz at The Morrison Cafe, Kitchen and Bar on Friday night. @christhornley.bsky.social @catlavigne.bsky.social Steve Oliver, Brad Weir. #jazz #musicmatters #relax
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Good morning, Gorgeous! My balcony appears to have become a hummingbird haven. I’m thrilled and inspired! The world needs more #hummingbirds ! 😊🫶
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is so true.
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Ready to ride the rails? Your interurban awaits at Fraser Valley Heritage Rail in Cloverdale #SurreyBc #rail #tourism #UrsulaMaxwellVideos
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Help me #fly, Dad! At the Canadian Museum of Flight #LangleyBC on #CanadaDay. #aviation #Flightfun . Loads of young families enjoying this heritage flight museum. #aviationlove #photography #UrsulaMaxwellTravels
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Vancouver Art #Gallery: stunning, turn-of-the-century architectural rotunda features Glasgow artist Jim Lambie’s tape installation at the @Vanart grand marble staircases, rotunda and soaring glass dome. Inspiring colours. ❤️ #colourmatters
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Nature - irresistible. Endlessly fascinating. #flowers #nature #photography #Summer
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Airplanes landing at Langley Regional #Airport . Watching from the Canadian Museum of Flight. #BritishColumbia #photography
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Take home a glider! Lots of families did on #CanadaDay after visiting the Canadian Museum of Flight! A fun #aviation souvenir .
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy Canada Day! Canadian Museum of Flight #flightmuseum
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Sheila Scarborough @theseafarer.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
"I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution." Barbara Jordan
Barbara Jordan sculpture at AUS Austin Icons at the Airport
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Generosity noticed at the coffee counter at Hillcrest Bakery, White Rock, British Columbia 🇨🇦
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ready for #CanadaDay July 1 . Rather tasty treats at Hillcrest Bakery , White Rock,BC
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The story of St. George’s Anglican Church began in 1859, when the Hudson Bay Company’s chaplain, the Reverend W.B. Crickmer, built a church at Derby, three miles west of the present town of #FortLangley, BC, and the original site of the Hudson Bay Company’s fort. #history #churches #BritishColumbia
Fort Langley, BC: The story of St. George’s Anglican Church began in 1859, when the Hudson Bay Company’s chaplain, the Reverend W.B. Crickmer, built a church at Derby, three miles west of the present town of Fort Langley and the original site of the Hudson Bay Company’s fort
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Not all #tea is created equal - as I discover when doing some additional research on the subject when at Murchie’s Tea and Coffee Shop at Willowbrook Mall, Langley, BC. #teatime #teas #teastories
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Larry the Downing Street cat is about to start co-governing with his 7th (SEVENTH!) prime minister. Some of them have been real doozies. Good luck, buddy.
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Emily Carr works now on display at Vancouver Art Gallery definitely give one reason to pause and reflect. Ask about gallery tours and annual membership. #vanarts #EmilyCarr
Vancouver Art Gallery: Emily Carr exhibit . #UrsulaMaxwellPhotos
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
When visiting #BritishColumbia check out Steveston. Fresh fish (‘n chips), visit the historic cannery - and ask about the local Japanese #history! #UrsulaMaxwellPhotos #travel 🇨🇦
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today! We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hummingbirds frequently check in with my balcony plants. This beautiful little character came right over and hovered in front of me before deciding the Day Lily had more potential. #nature #timeout #photography
Hummingbird joins me for lunch on my balcony. #photography #nature
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
From nature to skyscrapers. British Columbia coastlines are varied and have much to offer. This is from Crescent Beach, South #Surrey across to #NewWestminster. Aren’t the mountains beautiful? #travel #canada #photographymatters #UrsulaMaxwellTravels
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Vancouver Police Museum: some things (such as fraud) change, but they’re always with us - as this unique #museum demonstrates . #Vancouver #daytrips #history
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Vancouver’s ‘City Hall’ at the foot of Carrall St. after the Great Fire of 1886. #vancouver #policemuseum #historymatters #photography #UrsulaMaxwellTravels
Vancouver’s City Hall - 1886. Policing and politics were 
different in 1886
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Walking breezy Crescent Beach in early #summer is - inspiring. #BritishColumbia #travel #seaside
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“Self Portrait with Friends”: Emily Carr 1907 (watercolour,graphite,ink) I’m at the Vancouver Art Gallery absolutely loving ‘That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature’ (Until Nov 8, 2026) #art #galleries #vanart #justbreathe #VancouvertArtGallery #UrsulaMaxwellTravels
Emily Carr: “Self Portait with Friends”. Watercolour, graphite, ink. At Vancouver Art Gallery
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In the garden on an abandoned-looking #beachhouse. Would like to have taken a closer look!#peacesign #sculpture #beach #walkabout
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Sometimes after a busy day the beach beckons . #breathe #CrescentBeach #Clouds #UrsulaMaxwellPhotos
#beach #clouds #photography
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Friends of Surrey Museum and Archives Society members, Fran and Ishbel, after a board meeting at the #Historic Stewart Farm in South Surrey, BC. #Free farm admission due, in part, to support from the Friends Society. TipTap’ is now available should visitors care to donate #heritagehouse #BC
Friends of the Surrey Museum and Archives Society board members after a meeting at TBA Historic Stewart Farm House in South Surrey, BC
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Nova Scotia #memories. Time to return! #travel #canada #celtic #music
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Vancouver, British Columbia: your CityCentre Skytrain stop is right here. Welcome! #travel #photography #goingplaces
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Sanctuary: The Ancient Forest Experience currently at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Relax onsite and absorb the feeling old growth BC forests inspire and the intrinsic value of protecting and preserving what is left. Beautiful. #nature #forests #vanartgallery
Picture the feeling of being part of this unique immersion into #BritishColumbia #nature  #vanarts
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Ursula Maxwell Travels and Writes @ursulamltravels.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Georgia at Hornby #StreetSign still there. Jack Wasserman's gossip and society columns,celebrity clips, political analysis covered tons of 1950s and 1960s ground. A familiar #media face at dinner clubs.Think The Cave and Isy's. Collapsing at posh #Vancouver Hotel in 1977 a fitting exit? #lookup
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