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anitaswing.bsky.social

Retired English prof, food & nature lover including amateur birder 🦅, adoptee, and cat person formerly a dog person in Penticton, British Columbia 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 VIVE LE CANADA! 🇨🇦 🍁

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After weeks and weeks of hearing but not seeing many types of warblers, I finally saw a yellow one with my binoculars today in #Calgary! 🪶

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I have fallen in love with the Airbnb I’ve been staying in in Calgary for 4 days and don’t even want to go to bed because I have to leave it in the morning 😕.

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#G7

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Me in an Airbnb: can’t figure out the tv, can’t figure out the Nespresso machine, can only partially figure out the microwave. Managed, on night #2, to figure out the blind in the bedroom 🙄

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Some G7 participant arriving in Calgary (view from my 11th floor Airbnb)

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Cormorants at the Inglewood bird sanctuary in #Calgary 🪶

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Wood duck mum & ducklings at the Inglewood bird sanctuary in #Calgary 🪶

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Breakfast at Alforno in #Calgary

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My daughter-in-law is having her first baby in August (my first grandchild) and she doesn’t want anyone visiting or seeing the baby for at least a month, including me. My feelings are hurt, and I’d love to hear what others think about this.

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Here’s the pavlova dessert (with coconut ice cream) I had at Notable—the restaurant in Calgary last night. 🍽️ Lovely flavours, with lemon curd and mango coulis.

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We’ve decided that since we’re not going on a trip this summer, we’re going to enjoy #Penticton to the utmost. Yesterday we had espresso martinis and truffle fries on a restaurant patio before swimming in #OkanaganLake, and this morning enjoyed coffee and cake at Roadz End near the marina.

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Just a happy birdwatching cat in his strawberry box #CatsofBluesky

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Isn’t this a lovely snapdragon! 🌱

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Had my first full lake immersion of the year today in #OkanaganLake in #Penticton. Few things make me feel so great. 🏊‍♀️

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Nice little afternoon snack of garlic pita bites with green hummus (blended in flat leaf parsley & cilantro), courtesy of this recipe: 🍽️ cookieandkate.com/best-hummus-...

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Absolufuckinglutely perfect 👇

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Found this one again and had to repost again!

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It’s not too late for a #Caturday post! Hope it’s been a good one for all the kitties and their staff.

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I love Sweet Williams 😍 🌱

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Went to a “Chari-tea” at Poplar Grove winery raising money for the oncology unit at #Penticton hospital. A very good cause.

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Morning nap. Our tuxie sure loves his strawberry box 😹

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A beautiful dragonfly chilling on a blade of grass just behind my lemon balm, close to the ground. I didn’t even notice it and had just broken off some lemon balm to show my daughter when she spotted it. Got some good close-ups with the big camera. #dragonfly #summergarden 🌱

After weeks and weeks of hearing but not seeing many types of warblers, I finally saw a yellow one with my binoculars today in #Calgary! 🪶

I have fallen in love with the Airbnb I’ve been staying in in Calgary for 4 days and don’t even want to go to bed because I have to leave it in the morning 😕.

#G7

Me in an Airbnb: can’t figure out the tv, can’t figure out the Nespresso machine, can only partially figure out the microwave. Managed, on night #2, to figure out the blind in the bedroom 🙄

Some G7 participant arriving in Calgary (view from my 11th floor Airbnb)

Cormorants at the Inglewood bird sanctuary in #Calgary 🪶

Wood duck mum & ducklings at the Inglewood bird sanctuary in #Calgary 🪶

Breakfast at Alforno in #Calgary

My daughter-in-law is having her first baby in August (my first grandchild) and she doesn’t want anyone visiting or seeing the baby for at least a month, including me. My feelings are hurt, and I’d love to hear what others think about this.

Here’s the pavlova dessert (with coconut ice cream) I had at Notable—the restaurant in Calgary last night. 🍽️ Lovely flavours, with lemon curd and mango coulis.

We’ve decided that since we’re not going on a trip this summer, we’re going to enjoy #Penticton to the utmost. Yesterday we had espresso martinis and truffle fries on a restaurant patio before swimming in #OkanaganLake, and this morning enjoyed coffee and cake at Roadz End near the marina.

Just a happy birdwatching cat in his strawberry box #CatsofBluesky

Isn’t this a lovely snapdragon! 🌱

Had my first full lake immersion of the year today in #OkanaganLake in #Penticton. Few things make me feel so great. 🏊‍♀️

Nice little afternoon snack of garlic pita bites with green hummus (blended in flat leaf parsley & cilantro), courtesy of this recipe: 🍽️ cookieandkate.com/best-hummus-...

Absolufuckinglutely perfect 👇

Found this one again and had to repost again!

It’s not too late for a #Caturday post! Hope it’s been a good one for all the kitties and their staff.

I love Sweet Williams 😍 🌱

Went to a “Chari-tea” at Poplar Grove winery raising money for the oncology unit at #Penticton hospital. A very good cause.

Morning nap. Our tuxie sure loves his strawberry box 😹

A beautiful dragonfly chilling on a blade of grass just behind my lemon balm, close to the ground. I didn’t even notice it and had just broken off some lemon balm to show my daughter when she spotted it. Got some good close-ups with the big camera. #dragonfly #summergarden 🌱

I loved the sunlight filtering through these quilts airing on the clothesline.

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