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Jules in the Garden
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Cat-less cat-lady 🐾 Alliteration aficionado ✒️ Mother of two littles ❤️ All-round nature lover 🐝🦋🪶 On a journey to grow/plant native species that support the pollinators 🌿🌻
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Even our resident snow dog is a little dubious of the amount of white stuff we've received in the past few days

#dogs
#husky
#winter
An image of a tan husky/sheltie cross who stands behind deck railings mounded with snow. I've lost track of how many days in a row it has snowed so far, and the snow continues to fall
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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When leaves are replaced by snowflakes, you get snow-liage

#trees
#birch
A tall tree is covered by a thick layer of snow
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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The sketches will stay black and white but these mock-ups will eventually result in colourful felt ornaments: a blue jay for #blueTue today (plus a cardinal for an early #redWed)

#artadventcalendar
Two sketches that will be used to make felt Christmas ornaments. On the left is a cardinal and on the right is a blue jay
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I'm not normally excited to open an email but today was different

It looks like I have two and a half months to finely tune my wish list (another spicebush is already at the top)!

#shrubs
#flowers
#nativeplants
A screenshot of an email from a native plant nursery in Ontario, Canada (Ontario Native Plants), which reads as follows: We are pleased to offer 119 species for you in 2026! See the breakdown between plant categories below. Enjoy 10 new species! View our catalogue as a document or search our online store. Plant overview: 55 wildflowers 9 grasses 3 ferns 21 trees 31 shrubs Over 100 species delivered right to your door! Pre-order February 28th 2026 (A "view plants online" button appears at the bottom of the email) The company's logo ONP is displayed on the bottom right corner
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I realize I should've posted this yesterday for #CatBoxSunday, but since this is an #ornament and not a real #cat, would it have counted anyway?

#diy
An image of a Christmas ornament made of felt beads, sequins, ribbons and embroidery floss. It represents a grumpy black cat popping out if a red and polka dot gift box, tangled up in a white ribbon. It pays homage to my friend's real cat, whose name begins with 'A'
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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A misty #Sky in Paris

#BlueskyArtShow
A black and white image taken from the top of Notre Dame several years ago. A large stone gargoyle on the left seems to be looking toward the Eiffel tower, which is in the distance on the right side of the image. It was a gray and cloudy day in early March, with intermittent rain. The buildings on the horizon almost blend into the misty sky
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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After countless hours (and an absurd amount of beads and sequins), the tree topper is complete

The light dances off it nearly as much as I'd hoped it would

#star
#sparkle
#handmade
#Christmasdecor
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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We'll soon find out if my 4 yo son thinks it's a gift or a curse that I have both the materials on hand and the know-how to make him an elf hat the night before a Christmassy spirit day

#crochet
#handmade
A long crocheted hat with red, white and green stripes (and a two toned pom pom) lay on the floor, just after completion
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Twinkle, twinkle

#wip
#handmade
#christmasstar
A beaded and sequined felt star lays on a brown table awaiting the final step of sewing the felt pieces (that will make up the tree topper) together
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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This is a far more ambitious project than I realized

Though I'd probably get done faster if I stopped twisting it around in the light every 10-20 minutes or so

#wip
#handmade
#christmasdecor
A white felt star is mounted on hoop. It is slowly being covered with various silver-lined and translucent Aurora Borealis beads, and sequins. Once completed, it will be sewn and filled to make a Christmas tree topper
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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My tabby had such pretty eyes

#cats
#caturday
A brown tabby named Tink 🌈 lays on a bathmat, looking up. Her bright green eyes are nearly turquoise around the pupils
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Hope

#seeds
#flowers
#nativeplants
The seed pod of a butterfly weed has split, revealing the white tufts and brown seeds. The side of the pod is dotted with the dark bodies of dead aphids
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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A little bit of sunshine in the shade

#plantSky
#yellowThursday
A single dandelion pokes out from bright green grass and brown twigs and leaves on a mid-November day. The deep yellow immediately stood out from this patch of lawn that was deeply shaded
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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The closest thing I have to #redWed is this blanket flower but it looks more like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining

#frost
#nativeplants
A blanket flower (that was in the process of blooming before all the snow, ice, and cold temperatures we've had lately) has layer of frost covering it
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I asked my friend to send me a picture of her cat because I want to make her a Christmas ornament based on him

On the left is the picture she sent

On the right is the almost finished ornament

I mean, it's almost uncanny, right? 😹

#wip
#cats
A black cat giving a look with the level of disdain that can only achieved by felines A felt ornament of a black cat. Eventually he'll be added to a felt Christmas-themed box
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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The last few days have been gray, wet and cold

Then while walking past a green space yesterday, I saw bold colour peeking out from the bare branches and browning grasses

One way #nativeplants are amazing: we've had snow, frost and freezing temperatures in recent weeks, yet some flowers persist
The purple rays of a New England aster droop in the brisk weather conditions, yet the plant didn't show any signs of turning brown yet The yellow bloom of a goldenrod still looks fresh in early mid-November
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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It's taken almost three years but today I was able to go through pictures of my late cats

Since one of the best parts of Bsky are all the cat accounts, I'm sharing some with the cat fans

This is Rogue 🌈, a sweet and quirky tortie, who had the soul of a corgi in a cat's body

#cats
#CatBoxSunday
A long-haired tortoiseshell cat lays in a box, nearly bleached out by the intense sunbeam she found. She is clearly deep in thought, pondering the mysteries of life (or wondering how much longer dinner will be)
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Crisp frost yesterday
Thunderous drab clouds today
Fall in Canada

#greenSat
#nomowlawn
#Canadiangardening
Frost covers bright green clover and red and orange-brown leaves. The sugar-like coating makes the colours pop
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Frosty floral Friday

#flowers
#bloomscrolling
#flowersonFriday
From back to front, frost sits on the burgundy bloom of a sedum, the yellow flowers of a yarrow, and the fading purple spikes of a lavender A close-up of frost on the star-shaped blooms of an Autumn Joy sedum Frost coats the buds and foliage of a yellow yarrow
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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The snow is gone (for now), but here's a #tbt to last weekend, when the colours refused to be stifled by the falling snowflakes

#trees
#plantSky
#yellowThursday
A image of a yellow-leaved tree on the side of a road. Behind it is a snow blanketed field with a line of trees in the distance. Several of those trees still had either orange or yellow leaves. The ditch leading up to the field is a collection of browned grasses and faded goldenrod. The sky is white with snow clouds
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I'm not mentally or emotionally ready for all that winter brings but I can't deny that it's pretty

#trees
#clouds
#landscape
A sunbeam breaks across a snow dusted field. In the background, a cornfield stands in front of a line of trees which nearly conceal a band of snow clouds in the distance
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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My tiny shrub looks more like a prisoner than something under protection

But, despite three days of intermittent snowfall, it seems to be doing ok

(With no signs of squirrel sabotage as yet 🤞)

#nativeplants
#Canadiangardening
A small deep green shrub dusted with snow is being guarded from wildlife by a few layers of garden fencing (apparently its roots are tasty)
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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It's Remembrance Day

My partner and I went to Vimy Ridge in 2018

I knew its monument was massive but in person the absolute magnitude of it was just heartbreaking

Yet it doesn't seem big enough to truly represent the depth of sacrifice or the immensity of loss and devastation that comes with war
An image of the Vimy Ridge memorial in France, taken from a distance in order to include as much of it as possible in the frame. It was a chilly and gray day, appropriate for how sombre our visit was A man stands near the base of the two pillars, and appears very small in comparison, giving an idea of the overall size of the structure The monument includes the names of the 11, 285 Canadian soldiers without a known grave
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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(Snow) powder pink for #pinkMon

#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A snow crusted rose bush still has some light coloured buds among brown spent flowers
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Since none of my native grasses amounted to much this year, I put out a few long bamboo skewers to create some additional landing spots in my pollinator garden

Uhhhhhh, success?

#nativeplants
#Canadiangarden
A close-up of a very small flying insect sitting on the end of a bamboo skewer that was intended as a potential perch for dragonflies
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM