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The Last Linda
@thelastlinda.bsky.social
Walking the fine line between smart and ass.
Happy #SantaLuciaDay! It’s traditional to have cardamom buns, but I made our usual #vegan bacon, cheddar & egg sandwiches with vegan croissants from Gigli Caffe up the street. It’s also traditional to wear a crown of live candles on your head, so I’m okay with breaking tradition.

#Estonia #Eesti
December 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our tree is an animal menagerie. ❤️🐙

#Christmas #ChristmasTree #ornaments #animals
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Thanks, Norm & Lenore, for making it possible for me to eat my hat.

#Christmas #AdventCalendar #TorontoJunction #ShopLocal
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Thank you, Caribou Gifts, for having this terrific little origami kit, going to our youngest niece. I bet I’ll end up making a few animals with her when we see them. ❤️

#Christmas #origami #kids #TorontoJunction #ShopLocal
December 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Look, the wildlife is at our doorstep every day—we may as well invite them in for mulled wine at this point.

#birds #UrbanWildlife #wildlife #Toronto
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It was a marshmallow world.

#snowTO #snow #Toronto
December 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If only it would snow these. Seemed like the perfect day to pick up two Mad Batter Bakers’ snowflake cookies from Grumpy Gourmet, going to our two youngest nieces. Our teenage son immediately ate the Santa one I got him. ❄️

#Christmas #gingerbread #cookies #BloorWestVillage #ShopLocal
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tonight’s Vegan Butter Cauliflower with brown rice & whole wheat naan. Always tasty.

Recipe from It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken.

#vegan #plantbased #Veganuary #GoVegan
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Cheers, all! First mulled wine of the season, a perfect accompaniment to snow.

#Christmas #MulledWine #glögi #glögg
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It’s like having galaxies at my fingertips. Thank you so much, M&P Charm Nail Spa! I love it. ❤️

#Christmas #nails #glitter #BabyPoint
December 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Most important meal of the day.

Our friendly, neighbourhood Cooper’s hawk with—based on the feathers that have landed on the deck—what probably used to be either a mourning dove or a dark-eyed junco. Circle of life, people.

With thanks to Weird Al.

#hawks #UrbanWildlife #wildlife #Toronto
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Opened the back curtain. #NotMyCat

#cats
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Got some of these #FlowMovie gingerbread cookies from the Letts Shop when I went to pick up a bunch of Estonian chocolates for my Mom. So cute. And I hear that the cookies taste amazing. I’m saving ours for a stocking.

#Christmas #gingerbread #cats #Latvia
December 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
You had me at dancing cats! Okay, just #cats.

The #TorontoJunction 6th Annual Window Wonderland is on, and I got to enjoy “A Recipe for Love” on my way into The Sweet Potato yesterday. (1/2)

Mural Artist: Marg Cresswell
Animator: Isabella Papa

#WindowWonderlandTO #MuralArt #animation #Toronto
December 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you’re not getting your #panettone from a raccoon, what are you doing?

#Christmas #TorontoPanettone #Toronto #raccoons
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Last night’s Irish White Bean & Cabbage Stew, so easy to make (quite literally chop everything up, throw it in the pot, simmer) and so tasty. We have it with soft, buttered dinner rolls to scoop up every last bit.

Recipe from #ForksOverKnives.

#vegan #plantbased #IrishStew #Veganuary #GoVegan
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just a simple Sunday breakfast of oatmeal with berries and a drizzle of maple syrup after a hectic week.

#vegan #plantbased #breakfast #Veganuary #GoVegan
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What a fantastic sticker book for one of our nieces from #BookCity in #BloorWestVillage! In addition to stickers & backgrounds, this one has intricate colouring pages, matching games, mazes, quizzes … I mean, I kind of want one myself.

#gifts #KidsBooks #ShopLocal #Toronto
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Dropped in to Quipus Crafts to get a new wallet for our son. He got his current one here, also with an Indigenous design, so long ago that it’s now more bendy than an inflatable tube man. And they have so many beautiful cards. ❤️

#Christmas #gifts #BloorWestVillage #ShopLocal #Toronto
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The stockings are stuffed, the gifts are basketed, and the Hanukkah treats are … lit? Look, whatever works. They’re all crazy good, with huge thanks to #NormAndLenore!

#Christmas #chocolate #gifts #TorontoJunction #ShopLocal #Toronto
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh boy, oh boy! This was so simple and so delicious. This is Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce with Onion & Butter, especially excellent with potato gnocchi. My friends, I licked the plate.

Thank you for the recommendation, @kateatherley.bsky.social & @normwilner.bsky.social.

#vegan #plantbased
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
About six months ago, our son came to me and asked, “Do you know an ‘80s singer named Gowan?” I told him that “A Criminal Mind” is a masterpiece. Turns out the kid likes his music, especially “Moonlight Desires.”

So when I saw that #Gowan would be at Massey Hall, I got us tickets. (1/8)
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It was a packed house at last weekend’s dramatic reading of #AChristmasCarol by various #Toronto personalities at Runnymede United, benefitting the Bloor West Food Bank.

A big congratulations to all of the volunteers and organizers for making it all happen!
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM