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thizelle.bsky.social
Mayor of Birdtown
@thizelle.bsky.social
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Mountains, music, gardens, travel, and photography. Never 51 🇨🇦
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calgaryhester.bsky.social
I have an election lawn sign that (I hope!!) everybody can agree on. Still just under 4 hours left... lineups are long, so go #vote, everybody! #yyc #yyccc
A hand-painted lawn sign that says, "vote!"
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
And a huuuuuuge thank you to election workers #yyc
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
thizelle.bsky.social
I don't care if there are long wait lines, annoying new forms to fill out, and idiotic removal of tabulation machines, democracy is freaking amazing and elections are always exciting to me. #yycvotes #yyc
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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ricksteves.bsky.social
Women Spearhead Development: Lessons from My Travels in Guatemala

Aid workers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the developing world report that women tend to be more responsible than men when it comes to making development projects successful. 🧵
Women Spearhead Development
NGOs have learned that in the poor world, women tend to be more responsible than men when it comes to making development projects successful.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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cmcalgary.bsky.social
The humane society has a duck up for adoption! Can't have a duck inside the city for some reason (bylaws) but if someone has a property outside of the city, get duck, give duck happy life.

www.calgaryhumane.ca/adopt/exotic...
Duck
July 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
Getting some BPE from this fasciated rudbeckia #bloomscrolling #gardens #gardening #nature #wildflowers
July 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
thizelle.bsky.social
Evening primrose bloomed today 😍😍 #nativeplants #garden #gardening #bloomscrolling
July 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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ginnystibolt.bsky.social
Let's celebrate the first full day of summer by planting trees in our yards & communities, and also keeping mature trees already working to cool our only planet. Plants with the most leaf surface area are more effective in cooling the air. Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2019/02/tran...
Color diagram showing a longitudinal cross section of a plant with arrows indicating the movement of water from the soil into the roots, up the stem, into the leaves, & into the air. A circular detail of the leaf shows the cells and the pore in the bottom of the leaf with water moving through the pore. Another ciruclar detail shows the structure of water molecules that look like a Mickey Mouse head.
June 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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ginnystibolt.bsky.social
#SummerSolstice2025 happens at 10:42pm EDT today. Plants may not have brains, but they are aware of the day length and this information regulates their blooming and fruiting cycle. In addition, many heliotropic plants such as these coreopsis flowers face east at dawn each day to await the sunrise.
Photo of a field filled with yellow flowers with brown centers all facing toward th camera. Text say, "Tickseeds facing east at sunrise"
June 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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alala55.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
thizelle.bsky.social
...and by 9:30 the last chickadee fledged, with a lot of prior coaxing! #birds #backyardbirds #Birding #wildlife #nature
June 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
The gang was all there just before 7 this morning... #birds #backyardbirds #wildlife #nature
June 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
Getting ready for the world on the outside #birds #backyardbirds #Birding #wildlife #nature
June 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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ricksteves.bsky.social
In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
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June 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
Looks like real estate is at a premium in the box right now
#birds #Birding #backyardbirds #nature #gardens
June 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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chercat208.bsky.social
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June 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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dthinksit.bsky.social
Happy National Pollinator Week! 🌱
June 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
Chicklets are getting restless! #birds #backyardbirds #Birding #nature #wildlife
June 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
thizelle.bsky.social
I love it when I can get alpine wildflowers I see on my hikes to grow in my city garden! Here's some twinflower growing under my cherry tree #bloomscrolling #gardens #gardening
June 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
It's getting pretty cramped in the BirdTown nest box. I think the chickadeelets will fledged soon! #birds #nature #backyardbirds #wildlife
June 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
That look you give other parents when your kid is acting up #birds #Birding #backyardbirds #wildlife #nature
June 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
Chicks are getting so big! And noisy! #birds #Birding #backyardbirds #wildlife #nature
June 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
Sleepy, squishy, floppy, chickadee babies #birds #backyardbirds #birding #wildlife #nature
June 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
thizelle.bsky.social
Babies are 1 week old and hungrier than ever #birds #Birding #nature #wildlife #backyardbirds
June 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
thizelle.bsky.social
Chicks are almost a week old. Getting more feathers all the time! #birds #Birding #nature #wildlife #backyardbirds
June 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM