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Diane MacDonald 🇨🇦
@orgtransform.bsky.social
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Lover of courageous leadership, urban design, arts and culture, nature and the joys in life. Mentor to entrepreneurs. Like lattes a lot. #Democracy #HumanRights #FoodSecurity
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#YYC Signing to recall #UCP Myles McDougall this Sat Nov 29 at the Lake Bonavista Promenade Mall.
Simple yellow poster advertising the opportunity to sign the recall petition for UCP Alberta Legislature Myles McDougall. Signing this sat Nov 29 at the Lake Bonavista Promenade Mall from 1-4
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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For no reason roses to brighten a dull November day.
Two dozen orange colored long stem roses in a glass vase sitting on a glass coffee table with a patterned runner
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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#YYC #Queensland Community Centre Food Drive and Craft Sale. Tuesday Nov 25, 10:00 am to noon. Cans of food exchanged for beautiful jewelry and knitted crafts.
Hand printed Poster for food drive in Queensland Community Nov 25, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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LOVING these books by Beverley McLachlin, former Chief Justice 🇨🇦, now superb mystery writer.
Two books standing on a counter: Proof and Denial, both written by Beverley McLachlin.
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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First snowfall #YYC (I put my snow tires on yesterday)
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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A skeleton in the water fountain in front of the Delta Hotel, Kelowna, BC.
A very large skeleton - head, torso and arms - appears to be climbing out of a large water fountain in front of a hotel. Orangey flowers in the foreground.
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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My clever grandson says it is always the right time to have an After Eight chocolate (after 8:00 am or pm).
A green box of After Eight chocolates sitting on a kitchen counter.
September 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Someone in our neighbourhood is happy 😊
A tree in front of a bilevel house is decorated with Saskatchewan Roughrider (football) flags and signs
September 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Beautiful Lake O’Hara, British Columbia. August 30, 2025
Pristine high mountain lake with mountains and blue sky reflected in it. Foreground is spindly trees and mossy groundcover.
September 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#Alpacas with the cutest haircuts at Granary Road #YYC. Great outdoor educational play area and Farmers Market.
One brown and one white alpaca sitting in the ground in a fenced in area outdoors with a bucket of hay. Their fur appears closely cropped with the cutest fringe on their heads.
August 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHats A shop in Mongolia
A white wall in a shop in Mongolia with many hooks holding over 40 different hats, many with ear flaps and some with fur.
August 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Beautiful turtle rocks showing the way to the sauna. Ucluelet, BC 2025
Four stepping stones in a gravel path. The stones are about 14” long and carved with detail to look like turtles.
August 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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My type of chandelier! Italian Farmhouse in Bragg Creek.
A chandelier made of empty wine bottles hanging in a bar
August 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Butchart Sunken Gardens in an old quarry. May 2025. #BeautifulBC
Looking down into an old rock quarry that is now lush colourful flower gardens, bushes and trees with walking paths. The Sunken Gardens at Butchart in Victoria BC.
June 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Butchart Gardens in Victoria. May 2025. #BeautifulBC
Butchart Garden display with rock pond fed by a waterfall. Wide variety of plants and flowers circling the pond.
June 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Tidal Flats and boardwalk in Parksville. May 2025. #BeautifulBC
Long uninhabited boardwalk along the ocean front in Parksville Bc. Tide is out revealing sandy tidal flats. Sunny day.
June 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Wild waves at Black Rock Resort near Ucluelet. May 2025. #BeautifulBC
Wild ocean waves hitting rocks at Black Rock Resort near Ucluelet BC
June 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Tonguin Beach near Tofino. May 2025. #BeautifulBC
Tall green trees on either side. A view of long sandy Tonquin Beach near Tofino BC. Driftwood in the foreground. Sunny skies with white clouds.
June 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Englishman River Falls near Parksville. May 2025 #BeautifulBC
Rushing waterfalls in a lush rainforest near Parksville BC
June 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Happy “48 years since we met” flowers from my husband. He’s pretty wonderful.
24 peach-colored, long stem roses in a tall, wide-necked vase sitting on a coffee table in our living room.
March 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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I’ve kept this button since 1979. I am grateful to former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau for 🇨🇦 Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

I am grateful and proud of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his leadership during COVID, and in particular, for his passionate love and advocacy for Canada. 🍁
Campaign button with a picture of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, dated May 22, 1979.
March 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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What I am reading now. A book for these times.
The cover of the book, Wintering-The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
March 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Fond memories of celebrating the folk culture of Cilipi, Croatia.
March 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Amazing selection (four shelves full!) of fresh mushrooms at the Italian Centre in Fairmont in #YYC. Lion’s Mane Mushrooms, anyone?
4 shelves filled with over 15 types of fresh mushrooms, some loose, some packaged.
January 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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If you are looking for great thin crust pizza, try Italian Centre on Fairmont Drive in YYC.
The cover of a pizza box saying Buon Appetito with a list of types of pizza for sale.
January 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM