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Jenny Emelie
@jennyemelie.bsky.social
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Jack of all creativities; Master of English.
Distracted by bright colours & shiny objects.
Toronto, Canada
She/her
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Star trails and taillights! A night #scape showing the twisted movement of the star! #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #nightsky #startrails
A star trail photo looking east. On the left, the stars cure to the left around the north star. On the right, the stars curve to the right around the south pole.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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caylen.bsky.social
a “Space Force”, if you will
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
we need a department of kerning
The Department of War's seal hangs on a wall. The kerning appears to be off.
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
Tiny tippy toes
In tension, taking taller
Toddler in tartan.

#HumansOfBlueSky #Haiku #Poetry #ImageAndVerse #ArtYear #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Motherhood #Photography
A photograph of the legs and feet of a toddler. They are wearing rolled up red tartan PJs and standing on tiptoe atop a clear plastic storage tote. Visible clothing inside the tote is white with red stars inside a thin red circle.
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.

So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
Mini-me 2.0 has discovered he very much likes "The View" (1997- ) from his window this week.

#WindowsOnWednesday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTForTelevision #ColorADay #RedWed #Urban #Motherhood #Photography #EastCoastKin #ArtYear
A toddler in classic red tartan little old man PJs stares out a window. The view is dominated by a maple tree with yellowing leaves on the left. Other trees in line of sight are still rather green despite the snow covered boughs, fences, and roofs. Neighbouring houses and buildings peek through the branches.
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
In the last 40 minutes my washing machine has been 23, 15, 20, 16, and 7 minutes from "complete" and still going.

At this point, it better spit out numbers that unlock a secret Lost finale that no one bitches about ever again.
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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"Blood swept lands & seas of red,
Where angels dare to tread.
As I put my hand to reach,
As God cried a tear of pain as the angels fell,
Again & again.

...

I put my hand up & see the land of red,
This is my time to go over,
I may not come back
So sleep, kiss the boys for me."

-Anon

#Alt-Text
A photograph of the wall and most of The Tower of London. The grassy expanse of the moat is filled with thousands of ceramic poppies. "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" by ceramicist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper. Installed at The Tower of London in 2014, the moat was filled with 888,246 individually crafted ceramic poppies — one for each British and Colonial service member fatality in WW1. The title of the installation was taken from the first line of a poem found within the will of an unknown soldier. More info about the project is on Paul Cummins' website: https://www.paulcumminsceramics.com/blood-swept/ This NPR article is also excellent: https://www.npr.org/2014/08/16/340649115/a-sea-of-ceramic-poppies-honors-britains-wwi-dead "The blood swept lands and seas of red, Where angels dare to tread. As I put my hand to reach, As God cried a tear of pain as the angels fell, Again and again. As the tears of mine fell to the ground To sleep with the flowers of red As any be dead My children see and work through fields of my Own with corn and wheat, Blessed by love so far from pain of my resting Fields so far from my love. It be time to put my hand up and end this pain Of living hell, to see the people around me Fall someone angel as the mist falls around And the rain so thick with black thunder I hear Over the clouds, to sleep forever and kiss The flower of my people gone before time To sleep and cry no more I put my hand up and see the land of red, This is my time to go over, I may not come back So sleep, kiss the boys for me." #Trenches #Remembrance #WWI #Poetry #Photography #Scape
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
I think if trees could have ADHD they'd look like a good chunk of Toronto's trees did today: freaking the fuck out and desperately trying to drop all their leaves in one go because they misplaced their Winter is Coming memo.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Urban #Photography #Toronto #EastCoastKin
A tree with yellow leaves in front of a grey building on The U of T St George campus. The lawn and shrubs are covered in snow. The white snow is being overtaken by yellow leaves dropping rapidly from the tree.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Did some floral arranging this week for the first time in ages. My bit for an autumn themed teacher appreciation breakfast at my son's school.

#Scape #BloomScrolling #Autumn #Fall #FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday
A floral bouquet in warm tones is arranged in a hollowed out pumpkin. It's sitting on a white tablecloth. The arrangement is a little bit of a neighbourhood snapshot plus a dose of teamwork. Pumpkin from the local fruit and veggie market/convenience store; roses and chrysanthemums from the new florist that replaced the cheese shop; hydrangeas, curly willow branches, and Japanese maple from my yard. Cheated a bit with some sunflowers from Costco. Picture taken by @mat416.bsky.social when he so kindly delivered them to the school at 7am. Edits by me since the staff room lighting is hella unflattering.
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
Once again, we need to define what “feminism” is here. Not everything any woman ever does—not even in the political realm, and not even concerning gender—is “feminism.” Opposing the rights of women as a class to equal status and dignity is in fact called “antifeminism.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Note to self: Should I ever return to the US, Staten Island is where NYC keeps the sex pests; continue to steer clear.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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shakespeare.lol
[Exit Clown.]
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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gigawattconduit.bsky.social
Woke up today to the news
Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake from the SNL short “dick in a box”
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Until recently, I didn't realise robins in North America were entirely different birds to those in Europe. I thought the UK just had a strange socially agreed upon stylization of odd little chubby robins for Christmas 😬

#HolidayRobin #AnimalArtTuesday #ArtYear #Photography #UrbanWildlife
A robin (the North American kind) with it's characteristic bright red breast sits in the branches of a Japanese Maple. The leaves of the maple are red all year round. Green foliage of other nearby bushes peek through in the background. The Robin is keeping a watchful eye on the humans whose porch they built a nest on.
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I've posted a version of this shot before, but I enjoy the way really leaning into warmth and saturation pulls through the underlying copper tones of the Cutty Sark's Muntz metal hull.

#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #smArtist #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #Architecture #UrbanPhotography #Photography
A stylised photograph of the Cutty Sark's hull, taken standing underneath its bow. The triangular glass panels of the museum enclosing the ship are visible around the edges of the frame. The Muntz metal plating of the hull has taken on a bright copper sheen when warmth and saturation are exaggerated. Highlights on the left side of the frame are purple toned. The metal framing of the glass panels reflect the hull's colouration, but the iron beams supporting the ship are graphic black lines.
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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carterjlowe.bsky.social
An Air Canada flight right now
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
Did not realize line brawls were a baseball thing.

#WorldSeries #GoJays
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
Fences are basically #masks for yards.

This blue one I passed was looking especially pretty with the bright red Boston Ivy growing on it.

#SensoryArt #BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn #ArtYear #UrbanPhotography #Scape #Photography
Tendrils of red Boston Ivy grow through spaces of a blue painted fence. Between the fence boards, there are hints of a tree in the yard also midway through changing its colours. This ivy is considered an invasive species in Ontario, but it's not as fast growing as Virginia Creeper which I maintain is clearly the work of the devil.
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
Travelling in an antique country
On a desert trail, stood legs tall as trees.
A statue once sneering,
Its head half buried;
And on its plinth there was a carving
And it said:

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scriblit.bsky.social Gabby HC's books make ideal festive presents @scriblit.bsky.social · 16d
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
nick-pettigrew.bsky.social Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 16d
There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
The Ontario PCs should not be allowed to run perpetual propaganda campaigns using taxpayer funds. Especially when they're using them to soften voters up to the idea of bulldozing constitutional rights & treaty obligations.

Silly me thinking my taxes should fund actual services.

#ONPoli #FuckFord
Don’t be fooled by the Ontario Ring of Fire ads aired during Blue Jays games | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s ads during Blue Jays World Series games suggest mines are up and running in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but that’s not true
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November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
Some of my favourite rocks are (grave)stones.

Sun setting over the churchyard of St. Pol-de-Leon in #Cornwall.

#Scape #GraveScape #Graveyard #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock #ArtYear #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Spooktober #31DaysOfHalloween #Photography
A sunset photograph of a Cornish churchyard with graves dating from the 1800s. In the foreground on the left side of the frame is an arched gravestone covered in lichen. A vine has also attached itself and is beginning to scale the very weathered stone. Mid-distance is a rectangular grey stone. Vine covered walls surround the green grass of the churchyard. Typical stone cottages of the town are in the distance. The sky is mostly covered by soft purple-grey clouds tinged with peachy oranges and pinks. The inscription of the heartbreaking, but hardly atypical, gravestone mid-frame reads: In memory of: Phillis the wife of Edward Downing Who died Nov. 27th, 1844 Aged 38 Years And Edward Their Son Who died July 27th, 1845 Aged 17 Months Also Edward Downing Who died August 31st, 1847 Aged 40 years
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
jennyemelie.bsky.social
This week's affirmation:

It's for Trick-or-treating, not the Met Gala. It's fine.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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The only thing better than interesting #architecture is interesting architecture decked out with Christmas lights.

An old shot of the Allen Lambert Galleria in Brookfield Place.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Inside #UrbanGaze #CityScape #Scape #Lights #Reflections #Photography #ArtYear #Toronto
A photograph of the Allen Lambert Galleria during the Christmas season. Soaring arches support a glass roof enclosing a six story space in-between the buildings of Brookfield Place. Curtains of warm white lights hang from the arches and reflect off the nearby windows. A neon blue abstracted snowflake sculpture sits at ground level. There is a blocky strip of red lighting along the bottom left from a restaurant.
October 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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shakespeare.lol
[Exit King.]
October 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Trying to keep things #vertical til the bitter end.

#BlueSkyArtShow #ColorADay #GreenSat #ArtYear #Landscape #TreeScape #Forest #Photography #Whistler #BritishColumbia #Canada
A photograph of two fallen trees decaying on a hillside. The trunks lie one on top of the other like an X. Despite having fallen, their position on a steep, rocky hillside means they're still relatively vertical. The rocks are covered in dense, green mosses and other trees. Just below the upper ridge there is a large stump with its roots clutching the rock beneath.
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM