AlanG 🇨🇦 🍁
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Some of 12 cubs that I saw under a tree in Tanzania, Sept. 25, 2025. Other pic is me in a desert in Peru with the sun setting.
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Some of 12 cubs that I saw under a tree in Tanzania, Sept. 25, 2025. Other pic is me in a desert in Peru with the sun setting.
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Just finished baking Holiday Star Cookies. I made a little over three dozen.
There are two cutout shortbread cookies with chocolate ganache between. On top is a glaze with gold sprinkles.
#baking #cookies #foodie #Christmas
There are two cutout shortbread cookies with chocolate ganache between. On top is a glaze with gold sprinkles.
#baking #cookies #foodie #Christmas
December 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Just finished baking Holiday Star Cookies. I made a little over three dozen.
There are two cutout shortbread cookies with chocolate ganache between. On top is a glaze with gold sprinkles.
#baking #cookies #foodie #Christmas
There are two cutout shortbread cookies with chocolate ganache between. On top is a glaze with gold sprinkles.
#baking #cookies #foodie #Christmas
LOL, I posted this photo a few days ago. I intend to wear shorts (to pickleball only (to quote Monty Python "I may be an idiot, but I'm no fool.))
It's quite refreshing, especially on the return trip home, even at -14 C.
It's quite refreshing, especially on the return trip home, even at -14 C.
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
LOL, I posted this photo a few days ago. I intend to wear shorts (to pickleball only (to quote Monty Python "I may be an idiot, but I'm no fool.))
It's quite refreshing, especially on the return trip home, even at -14 C.
It's quite refreshing, especially on the return trip home, even at -14 C.
A sinkhole opened on a major street in London Ontario.
I had to detour yesterday on my way for a massage, was running late then. Tried to phone using my car...forgot my phone at home. Still made it.
Apparently the road will be open this week.
I had to detour yesterday on my way for a massage, was running late then. Tried to phone using my car...forgot my phone at home. Still made it.
Apparently the road will be open this week.
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A sinkhole opened on a major street in London Ontario.
I had to detour yesterday on my way for a massage, was running late then. Tried to phone using my car...forgot my phone at home. Still made it.
Apparently the road will be open this week.
I had to detour yesterday on my way for a massage, was running late then. Tried to phone using my car...forgot my phone at home. Still made it.
Apparently the road will be open this week.
I AM CANADIAN!
Back from pickleball on a cold, windy, snowy day.
I could get changed at the gym.
But I come and go just like this!
-8 C, feeling like -16.
😉😛
#winter #Canada #survivaloftheweirdest
Back from pickleball on a cold, windy, snowy day.
I could get changed at the gym.
But I come and go just like this!
-8 C, feeling like -16.
😉😛
#winter #Canada #survivaloftheweirdest
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I AM CANADIAN!
Back from pickleball on a cold, windy, snowy day.
I could get changed at the gym.
But I come and go just like this!
-8 C, feeling like -16.
😉😛
#winter #Canada #survivaloftheweirdest
Back from pickleball on a cold, windy, snowy day.
I could get changed at the gym.
But I come and go just like this!
-8 C, feeling like -16.
😉😛
#winter #Canada #survivaloftheweirdest
Good morning. I changed my app to Fahrenheit for this.
I just shoveled (at 7am) for the fifth time in five days too. 😭😭😭 Not that bad really. Exercise and fresh air. Icy air!
I just shoveled (at 7am) for the fifth time in five days too. 😭😭😭 Not that bad really. Exercise and fresh air. Icy air!
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Good morning. I changed my app to Fahrenheit for this.
I just shoveled (at 7am) for the fifth time in five days too. 😭😭😭 Not that bad really. Exercise and fresh air. Icy air!
I just shoveled (at 7am) for the fifth time in five days too. 😭😭😭 Not that bad really. Exercise and fresh air. Icy air!
This is right now from my patio door. Very snowy! Pictures don't capture it.
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is right now from my patio door. Very snowy! Pictures don't capture it.
A bald eagle seen from my kitchen.
I just took this with my phone. I tried with my Canon camera but couldn't get it to focus.
I just took this with my phone. I tried with my Canon camera but couldn't get it to focus.
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A bald eagle seen from my kitchen.
I just took this with my phone. I tried with my Canon camera but couldn't get it to focus.
I just took this with my phone. I tried with my Canon camera but couldn't get it to focus.
Very heavy snowfall now. Pictures don't really capture it.
If you look closely, a bird is on the corner of the railing.
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#winter #snow #Canada
If you look closely, a bird is on the corner of the railing.
@southerngirlraven7.bsky.social
#winter #snow #Canada
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Very heavy snowfall now. Pictures don't really capture it.
If you look closely, a bird is on the corner of the railing.
@southerngirlraven7.bsky.social
#winter #snow #Canada
If you look closely, a bird is on the corner of the railing.
@southerngirlraven7.bsky.social
#winter #snow #Canada
Not right now, but off and on for 2 days. Maybe 6 to 10 inches.
I shoveled twice today. It was heavy snow too, because it was so close to being rain at times.
I'm beat now.
I shoveled twice today. It was heavy snow too, because it was so close to being rain at times.
I'm beat now.
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Not right now, but off and on for 2 days. Maybe 6 to 10 inches.
I shoveled twice today. It was heavy snow too, because it was so close to being rain at times.
I'm beat now.
I shoveled twice today. It was heavy snow too, because it was so close to being rain at times.
I'm beat now.
I recognize that place. I was there around 10 years ago. Stunning.
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I recognize that place. I was there around 10 years ago. Stunning.
Right now, 9am, it is -14 C, and feels like -22 C!
Brrrrrr
Brrrrrr
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Right now, 9am, it is -14 C, and feels like -22 C!
Brrrrrr
Brrrrrr
And here is ... another different kind of wasp hauling another tarantula. I think this might have been in the Amazon rainforest. The other picture is not. It was near Cusco, at an elevation of a few thousand metres.
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
And here is ... another different kind of wasp hauling another tarantula. I think this might have been in the Amazon rainforest. The other picture is not. It was near Cusco, at an elevation of a few thousand metres.
Here is a wasp dragging a young tarantula. I happened to see it while walking to see Inca terraced growing areas.
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Here is a wasp dragging a young tarantula. I happened to see it while walking to see Inca terraced growing areas.
I went to 3 grocery stores recently. None have Canadian lettuce. I was hoping this winter would be different, with greenhouse production. Nope.
So no salad for me. Not buying US.
Check out the pictures from the same package of spinach.
#Canada #USA #buyCanadian #food
So no salad for me. Not buying US.
Check out the pictures from the same package of spinach.
#Canada #USA #buyCanadian #food
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I went to 3 grocery stores recently. None have Canadian lettuce. I was hoping this winter would be different, with greenhouse production. Nope.
So no salad for me. Not buying US.
Check out the pictures from the same package of spinach.
#Canada #USA #buyCanadian #food
So no salad for me. Not buying US.
Check out the pictures from the same package of spinach.
#Canada #USA #buyCanadian #food
A few pictures from Peru two years ago. Five days hike in the Andes was stunning. Also spent a few days in the Amazon and a day in a desert.
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A few pictures from Peru two years ago. Five days hike in the Andes was stunning. Also spent a few days in the Amazon and a day in a desert.
A leopard in Tanzania. I didn't take this. Someone in my group did though, but I was there, trying to get a decent picture.
Brighten your screen to see it best.
#wildlife #nature #photography #animals #leopard
Brighten your screen to see it best.
#wildlife #nature #photography #animals #leopard
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A leopard in Tanzania. I didn't take this. Someone in my group did though, but I was there, trying to get a decent picture.
Brighten your screen to see it best.
#wildlife #nature #photography #animals #leopard
Brighten your screen to see it best.
#wildlife #nature #photography #animals #leopard
I took this in Tanzania in September. I was so happy to get the bird bodies overlapping, the look of it, with the definition in the feathers.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I took this in Tanzania in September. I was so happy to get the bird bodies overlapping, the look of it, with the definition in the feathers.
After watching All About Eve tonight, I looked up the cast, including Bette Davis.
Then I saw Hotel from the 1980s and thought no way!!
Christian Bale wasn't in that, decades too early for him.
Oops. That's James Brolin!
If they ever make a movie about JB, Bale would be perfect for the part.
Then I saw Hotel from the 1980s and thought no way!!
Christian Bale wasn't in that, decades too early for him.
Oops. That's James Brolin!
If they ever make a movie about JB, Bale would be perfect for the part.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
After watching All About Eve tonight, I looked up the cast, including Bette Davis.
Then I saw Hotel from the 1980s and thought no way!!
Christian Bale wasn't in that, decades too early for him.
Oops. That's James Brolin!
If they ever make a movie about JB, Bale would be perfect for the part.
Then I saw Hotel from the 1980s and thought no way!!
Christian Bale wasn't in that, decades too early for him.
Oops. That's James Brolin!
If they ever make a movie about JB, Bale would be perfect for the part.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM