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stephenhkawai.bsky.social
Scientist (chemistry/biochem) | Visual Artist (sculpture/drawing) | Educator | Obsessive Shell Collector | Gardener/Designer | Habs Fan! | Prematurely semi-retired workaholic and perpetual single dad 🍁 www.shkawai.ca
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A perennial garden I planted three years ago. I divide the Hostas and Iris every year so the clients can plant them at their country home... like a personal urban nursery! 🌱🌿

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My favorite Iris remain the white Siberian Iris. They've been growing here for over 65 years! My grandfather planted them. 🌱🌿

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Our future superstar!

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A nice, fancy Iris at a client's today. 🌱🌿

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This is indeed a mega- #molluskmonday #molluscmonday I will be sorting through a collection which I just bought, with a friend this evening. It is not often that I find a good collection here in Quebec. There is more than shown in the photos! #gastropods #bivalves #seashell #collections

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Rick Danko used to look exactly like Pedro Pascal...

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Today the pale peach ones bloomed. So did the red ones which I have to move away from under a peony... 🌱🌿

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Every day, a new colour! I love Iris time! Too bad it doesn't last very long. 🌱

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I found my old badge! I am glad that Canadian Tire will own the brand. I worked at the downtown store in Montreal. #hbc #thebay #montreal

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My garden is a blooming mess! I have no time for it right now. Siberian Iris in Canadian Anemone. 🌱

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The yellow ones are starting to bloom! 🌱

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😅🤣😂

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Quebec runs on Hydro power, but we won't be driving Teslas - we don't like the drugged-up nazi scumbag. electrek.co/2025/05/28/t...

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“All the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages & all civilisations, everything becomes simultaneous, as if space had replaced time. Memories of works of art blend with affective memories, with my work, with my whole life.” ~ Alberto Giacometti #Sculpture, ‘Caresse’ (1932)

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#urbansketching #urbansketchers #montreal #sketch A slushy day on the Main in Montreal.

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The day my soil comes is always a good day! 🌱

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My irises are starting to bloom! 🌱

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I wouldn't want to live there...

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Clear evidence of climate change: Japanese Maples would not survive here in Montreal 25 years ago. Now, you see them everywhere (and many types)! This one is in a client's garden... still doing spring cleaning in the rain... 🌱

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#molluskmonday #molluscmonday I bought this shell over 30 years ago - a small (47 mm) example of a very common species. It is now considered a new species (Conus pseudimperialis) endemic to the Marquesas Islands (and large!) #seashell #seashells #mollusc #mollusk #gastropods #gastropoda #sciart

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The gardening season always starts with a bang! I have been so busy with clients that this is the first day I can start attacking my jungle at home. The Chinese Plum is looking good! 🌱

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An old sketch of Chiang Mai, Thailand. #urbansketching #sketch #urbansketchers #drawing

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I found this guy on a roll of paper towels. It looks like it is covered with sand. It is about an inch long (including antennae). Can anyone ID it? TIA I am in Montreal. #insects

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