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Jenny Emelie
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Jack of all creativities; Master of English.
Distracted by bright colours & shiny objects.
Toronto, Canada
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The arched windows and curving walls of Copenhagen's Rundetaarn.

The design allowed horses to pull wagons up 34.8m to the library and observatory.

#WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday #Scape #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Architecture #Danish #Minimalism #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #Photography
A photograph of the spiraling interior ramp of Copenhagen's Rundetaarn (Round Tower). The pathway is constructed from interlocking brick in portrait orientation. (There's probably a better bricklaying word for that, but, alas, I am not a bricklayer.) The windows are pairs of long, narrow arches inside arched alcoves. An arch also runs inward from the wall between the windows to the centre of the tower. The walls have been parged with a warm white stucco (again, possibly the incorrect term). The space is old (17th century), but somehow still manages to have the minimalist structure and colouration one associates with modern Danish design.
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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That's an awfully nice sandwich you got there. Sure would be a shame if something bad happened to it.

(Pure coincidence, but this pic is 9 yrs old almost to the day. November skies in London are a rather grey blue.)

#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #BlueSkyMonday #UrbanWildlife #Photography #Alt-Text
A photograph of two Canadian geese beside The Serpentine in Hyde Park. They are shaking down the occupants of a bench for food. That the residents of the bench are also Canadian means nothing to the Cobra Chickens. A few gulls and pigeons meander by pretending they aren't forming a queue. They know full well that once the bosses have had their fill, any crumbs are theirs for the taking. And if there's one thing Brits might like more than queuing for premade sandwiches, it's a nice, orderly hierarchy.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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A not at all suspicious looking Grey Heron in the London Zoo Penguin biome.

"Undercover Boss" (2010- )

#BirdOfTheDay #ShadesOfGrey #StunDay #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTForTelevision #EastCoastKin #ZSL #Photography
A grey heron with its neck tucked down tightly struts through the sand and round stones of the London Zoo Penguin enclosure. It may be able to hide its neck, but the long legs are a bit of a give away that it is not, in fact, a penguin.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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A pair of pour paintings from about 5 years ago. A dear friend has them now. I ended up calling them Kindred A & B, because — much like the two of us — despite being wildly different they somehow still flow together. <3

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #SensoryArt #Loud #ArtYear #SatArtDay #Acrylic #Paint
A pair of acrylic pour paintings on canvas side by side. They are 10" x 14" each if I'm remembering correctly. The painting on the left is largely monochromatic tones of blue with a few hints of green peeking through in some spots. In contrast, the painting on the right is very colourful. There are several dominant sections of purple and pink tones, and a few smaller segments which echo the blues of the painting on the left. Accents of yellow which are florescent in places, and splashes of metallic copper and gold are scattered throughout. Although they were not poured side by side, there are a few spots in the center where the paintings touch that the shapes of the pour appear to flow into each other and across the two canvases. These were gifted to a dear friend with whom I had a running joke about the most adventurous colour choice she ever made with her wardrobe was a bit of blue. On the other hand, rarely have I encountered a colour or pattern I didn't want to at least try out.
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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A queen alighting
On a kindred leaf.
A carpet fit
For a Monarch.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #ColorADay #GreenSat #ImageAndVerse #ArtYear #SatArtDay #EastCoastKin #Toronto #Photography #UrbanWildlife
A photograph of a brilliant orange monarch butterfly resting on a red osier dogwood bush. While almost all of the leaves are green, the butterfly has landed on one of the only red leaves. White berries in the top left and bottom right of the frame are characteristic of this bush. The thinner stems of the plant are a flashy red tone and tend to stay this way throughout the winter months long after the leaves have fallen and the monarchs have migrated south.
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Blindingly #bright sunshine even in #BNW. Taken this summer on Bowen Island.

"3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996-2001)

#BlueSkyArtShow #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTForTelevision #Trees #Forest #Scape #ClassicMono #StripesOnSaturday #Landscape #ArtYear #SatArtDay #EastCoastKin #Photography #BritishColumbia
An angled photograph taken from the base of characteristic very tall Pacific North evergreen trees. The ground is rocky and drops off into the nearby waters of Howe Sound. The water and a small light house is faintly visible in the distance. Between the trees, a blindingly bright sun beams through and renders the trees largely in silhouette.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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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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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
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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
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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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This guy. He can't be unseen.
A standard chrome two pronged hook attached to the wall with asymmetrically positioned screws. Beneath in black sharpie all caps graffiti reads: "Drunk octopus wants to fight!"
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 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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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
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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
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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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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
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Space is older
than the air moving in & out
of your lungs

For years I've drifted
the math of a divinity
that goes on & on

And I wonder
where have you gone?
And I wonder
what have you done?

#ImageAndVerse #StunDay #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #Kusama #MathewGood #AltText #ArtYear #smArtist #Photography
A self-portrait taken inside Yayoi Kusama's "Gleaming Lights of the Souls" at Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. The lights within the mirrored infinity room shift colours and at this phase of their cycle were primarily blue and purple with some red. Echos of the photographer's body appear throughout the sea of lights. The most immediate reflection in the centre of the frame has the brightest light directly over the heart of the woman. She floats as if lost in space. Accompanying text is an excerpt from Matthew Good's song "Flight Recorder from Viking 7". Complete Lyrics: Space is colder than the air in the mountains where I come from The air in the mountains where I come from For years I drifted Further and further into the unknown Further and further into the unknown And I wonder where have you gone And I wonder what have you done? What have you done? Space is older than the air moving in and out of your lungs The air moving in and out of your lungs For years I've drifted the math of a divinity that goes on and on the math of a divinity that goes on and on And I wonder where have you gone? And I wonder what have you done? What have you done?
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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One of Mini-me 1.0's new favourite things to do together is experimenting with long exposure shots.

The Playground Reaper (aka: my hoodie obsessed kid on a swing).

#UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #31DaysOfHalloween #Ghost #ArtYear #smArtist #Motherhood #Photography #Abstract #Motion #Experimental
A long exposure photograph taken of a child in a hoodie on a swing. The resulting motion blur has caused what seems to be a figure draped in a cowl and robe standing in a playground. There are hints of a face in what now seems more torso-like. Legs curve out to the sides below the knee like a long cape draping. The most clearly identifiable body part is a slightly raised hand near the middle of the frame. The light levels and saturation of the image have been manipulated to provide a more haunted atmosphere and a heavy vignette was added.
October 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The peacock fan Christmas lights of New Bond Street make for a glamourous evening walk.

#UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNights #SensoryArt #Glamour #ArtYear #Photography
A Christmas light display arching over New Bond Street between the Regency style buildings. The white lights form a peacock fan in a 270 degree arc on top with a massive prismatic crystal hanging in the bottom segment. K
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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An old bit of temporary assemblage for #AnimalArtTuesday.

The photo was used for a short class at the V&A on laser cutting and screen printing. More in #Alt-Text.

I think I'd be happiest if I could just make recycled bling carousels all day.

#SensoryArt #Glamour #MoreIsMore #ArtYear #smArtist
A photograph of a temporary assemblage arrangement. A cut out of a Swarovski crystal horse has been arranged with a mix of jewellery, paper, plastic, and leather to approximate a side view of a carousel horse with the platform and canopy. Canopy: Gold paper food safe tray liner with a scalloped lacy edge, a necklace of large pink and cream faux pearls, and a cluster of vintage metal floral brooches. Middle: The black faux leather reverse side of a large envelope clutch, a black and white striped paper bag, a magazine cutout of a Swarovski horse, a thin crystal tennis bracelet is around the horse's neck with a vintage clip-on earring as a medallion. Platform: A rectangular box is covered in a plastic bag with a zebra stripe pattern. A strand of size graduating silver beads runs just beneath the hooves of the horse, a necklace of pearlized charcoal beads lays on the top of the box. At the very bottom and partially obscured by the box is a necklace of baroque pearls. The short course run over a few days at the V&A was about taking one of your own photos/art, turning it into a vector illustration that could be used by a laser cutter. The design was engraved on a piece of ply wood and then masking sections were cut and used to screen print on part of the design. As with most things I do, it was a bit too much detail to be a really successful final project in the allotted time/as a first attempt at a few new skills... But the process was a great learning experience!
September 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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I'm conflicted about this one.

On the one hand, the texture difference between the tree and the box car pleases my eye immensely.

On the other, why are people painting on the trees FFS!

#TagTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #ArtYear #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Whistler #Photography
A close up shot of a tree beside one of the Whistler Train Wreck boxcars. The left 60% of the frame is in focus on the rough bark which has been abstractly sprayed with a dozen or so different colours of paint. On the bark, the paint finish is a bit chalk-like. The remaining portion of the frame is out of focus, but the contrasting sharper lines/shapes of graffiti on the metal boxcar are apparent.
September 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Back when the London Zoo reopened mid-pandemic the pathways had a system of one-way routes. I told the kid to "stay on the arrows".

He may have got a bit literal about this.

#BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMemories #HumansOfBlueSky #Motherhood #ZSL #Photography
A boy with mid length brown hair is lying on an asphalt pathway on his stomach. He has aligned his body with a bright orange arrow and is grinning rather cheekily at his mother about his interpretation of "stay on the arrows". He is wearing a yellow jacket, orange joggers, and blue shoes. Minus the shoes, he's coincidentally pretty well camouflaged!
September 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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I really love the compounding word construction of Icelandic. This is Snæ (snow) fells (mountain) nes (peninsula) vegur (road).

#BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #Iceland #Scape #Landscape #Photography
A photograph of a roadway in Iceland. The road curves in from the bottom right corner of the frame, disappearing beyond a dip in the landscape. Geothermal fields covered in grey-green mosses extend on either side. A low mountain is in the distance. The bright blue sky is mainly clear, but the scattered clouds are casting dappled shadows on the hillside.
September 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM