Ruth Lee
@ruthirwinlee.bsky.social
Nana, teacher, pollinator enthusiast, native plant gardener, sky watcher.
Now that the Ford government has rammed through Bill 33, it is time for them to take away renters’ rights will Bill 60. Stop them! Pass it on!!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Now that the Ford government has rammed through Bill 33, it is time for them to take away renters’ rights will Bill 60. Stop them! Pass it on!!
The government of Ontario is out of control. It’s time to hold them to account.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The government of Ontario is out of control. It’s time to hold them to account.
Reposted by Ruth Lee
So…
The federal budget passed.
No election triggered.
Now we need to think about how we can support each other to get through the harder times ahead.
Times are already tough.
It’s going to get worse.
When you can’t see the light, perhaps you were meant to be the light.
The federal budget passed.
No election triggered.
Now we need to think about how we can support each other to get through the harder times ahead.
Times are already tough.
It’s going to get worse.
When you can’t see the light, perhaps you were meant to be the light.
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So…
The federal budget passed.
No election triggered.
Now we need to think about how we can support each other to get through the harder times ahead.
Times are already tough.
It’s going to get worse.
When you can’t see the light, perhaps you were meant to be the light.
The federal budget passed.
No election triggered.
Now we need to think about how we can support each other to get through the harder times ahead.
Times are already tough.
It’s going to get worse.
When you can’t see the light, perhaps you were meant to be the light.
It’s a small start, but I got three calls made tonight!
I just spent the last hour leaving messages on the answering machines of Conservative MPPs with 50 new friends who care as deeply as I do about public education. Here are the MPP numbers in case you also want to leave a message on their answering machines: #OntEd docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
PC MPP NUMBERS.xlsx
docs.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s a small start, but I got three calls made tonight!
Reposted by Ruth Lee
I’m not an engineer, but if we already have unfavourable evidence from experts and those with lived experience doing tunnelling under the 401 that we should probably listen and divert the funds from Ford’s Fantasy Tunnel to other projects.
globalnews.ca/news/1152183...
globalnews.ca/news/1152183...
Metrolinx struggled to tunnel under Hwy. 401, forcing lane closure and repairs | Globalnews.ca
Since early 2023, a tunnel boring machine has been slowly making its way south from Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, digging out a route for the Scarborough Subway Extension.
globalnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I’m not an engineer, but if we already have unfavourable evidence from experts and those with lived experience doing tunnelling under the 401 that we should probably listen and divert the funds from Ford’s Fantasy Tunnel to other projects.
globalnews.ca/news/1152183...
globalnews.ca/news/1152183...
Sweet Google Doodle today!
www.google.com/search?q=Mon... Butterfly Migration
www.google.com/search?q=Mon... Butterfly Migration
Google Search
www.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Sweet Google Doodle today!
www.google.com/search?q=Mon... Butterfly Migration
www.google.com/search?q=Mon... Butterfly Migration
My dental office has emailed to tell me they have a new AI receptionist named Dentina… no joke! Makes me wonder… did AI write that email, which goes on to remind me they still have that human touch?
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My dental office has emailed to tell me they have a new AI receptionist named Dentina… no joke! Makes me wonder… did AI write that email, which goes on to remind me they still have that human touch?
I am thankful I was able to participate today.
October 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I am thankful I was able to participate today.
All of a sudden, I noticed that my swamp milkweed seed pod (one out of only two this new plant produces this season) had popped open. Ready for harvest!
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
All of a sudden, I noticed that my swamp milkweed seed pod (one out of only two this new plant produces this season) had popped open. Ready for harvest!
Gardener me: “Rain today! I love rain! The Earth needs rain!”
Teacher me: “Oh, no! Kindergarten outdoor playtime is going to be a mess! I am reconsidering my fashion choice for today!”
Teacher me: “Oh, no! Kindergarten outdoor playtime is going to be a mess! I am reconsidering my fashion choice for today!”
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Gardener me: “Rain today! I love rain! The Earth needs rain!”
Teacher me: “Oh, no! Kindergarten outdoor playtime is going to be a mess! I am reconsidering my fashion choice for today!”
Teacher me: “Oh, no! Kindergarten outdoor playtime is going to be a mess! I am reconsidering my fashion choice for today!”
It’s a beautiful film!
October 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
It’s a beautiful film!
Good morning! This great blue heron posed for me at the Arboretum yesterday!
September 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Good morning! This great blue heron posed for me at the Arboretum yesterday!
I was supposed to be digging up some native perennials to share, but stopped to admire this little pollinator at work!
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I was supposed to be digging up some native perennials to share, but stopped to admire this little pollinator at work!
There is a risk of frost tonight ight in Ottawa, so I picked these beauties.
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There is a risk of frost tonight ight in Ottawa, so I picked these beauties.
Reposted by Ruth Lee
Ontario schools are in crisis mode.
No parent should ever have to worry that their vulnerable child with complex needs will not be safe at school.
No parent should ever have to keep their child home from school because of a lack of special education support.
None of this is okay.
#OntEd
No parent should ever have to worry that their vulnerable child with complex needs will not be safe at school.
No parent should ever have to keep their child home from school because of a lack of special education support.
None of this is okay.
#OntEd
September 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ontario schools are in crisis mode.
No parent should ever have to worry that their vulnerable child with complex needs will not be safe at school.
No parent should ever have to keep their child home from school because of a lack of special education support.
None of this is okay.
#OntEd
No parent should ever have to worry that their vulnerable child with complex needs will not be safe at school.
No parent should ever have to keep their child home from school because of a lack of special education support.
None of this is okay.
#OntEd
Reposted by Ruth Lee
Someone give Doug a sandbox to play in.
Premier Doug Ford says he hasn’t given up hope his proposed tunnel under Highway 401 — branded a fantasy by critics — will eventually land on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s list of major infrastructure projects to fast-track in the national interest.
Doug Ford believes his Highway 401 tunnel will make Mark Carney’s list of national projects
The tunnel under the superhighway across the top of Toronto was excluded from the first list released by the prime minister last week
www.thestar.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Someone give Doug a sandbox to play in.
It was a great evening to harvest some fresh veggies at the community gardens. These will be donated tomorrow.
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
It was a great evening to harvest some fresh veggies at the community gardens. These will be donated tomorrow.
He wishes I would coil the garden hose up and put it away more often, but yesterday my husband was glad it was at the ready - for the hedge fire our neighbour’s tenant started.
September 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
He wishes I would coil the garden hose up and put it away more often, but yesterday my husband was glad it was at the ready - for the hedge fire our neighbour’s tenant started.
I just can’t get enough photos of bumblebees on my native flowers - Common Sneezeweed and Butterfly Milkweed today.
September 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I just can’t get enough photos of bumblebees on my native flowers - Common Sneezeweed and Butterfly Milkweed today.
Reposted by Ruth Lee
Doug Ford et Paul Calandra ne peuvent pas être autorisés à piétiner les droits protégés par la Charte, des Franco-Ontariens et doivent retirer immédiatement le projet de loi 33.
ontariondp.ca/respectez-fr... #OntEd
ontariondp.ca/respectez-fr... #OntEd
Respectez les droits des francophones
Le projet de loi 33 donne au ministre de l’Éducation le pouvoir de placer une commission scolaire sous tutelle à tout moment en prétendant qu’il s’agit d’une question d’intérêt public. Le superviseur ...
ontariondp.ca
September 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Doug Ford et Paul Calandra ne peuvent pas être autorisés à piétiner les droits protégés par la Charte, des Franco-Ontariens et doivent retirer immédiatement le projet de loi 33.
ontariondp.ca/respectez-fr... #OntEd
ontariondp.ca/respectez-fr... #OntEd
Common Sneezeweed - late to the flowering party because it has to emerge from under the shade of the maple - but so appreciated by the pollinators!
August 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Common Sneezeweed - late to the flowering party because it has to emerge from under the shade of the maple - but so appreciated by the pollinators!
This drought has reminded me how untenable container gardening is. Even some of my well established perennials have suffered unless I routinely watered them. Today everybody got a drink, though!
August 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This drought has reminded me how untenable container gardening is. Even some of my well established perennials have suffered unless I routinely watered them. Today everybody got a drink, though!
Reposted by Ruth Lee
Evacuation Alert: Be ready to leave on short notice.
Evacuation Order: You are at risk and should evacuate the area immediately. Follow the routes specified by officials and move away from the fire.
Make an emergency plan here: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
Please stay safe, everyone.
Evacuation Order: You are at risk and should evacuate the area immediately. Follow the routes specified by officials and move away from the fire.
Make an emergency plan here: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
Please stay safe, everyone.
August 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Evacuation Alert: Be ready to leave on short notice.
Evacuation Order: You are at risk and should evacuate the area immediately. Follow the routes specified by officials and move away from the fire.
Make an emergency plan here: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
Please stay safe, everyone.
Evacuation Order: You are at risk and should evacuate the area immediately. Follow the routes specified by officials and move away from the fire.
Make an emergency plan here: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
Please stay safe, everyone.
A family of 5 raccoons appeared, didn’t like the attention we were paying them and moved on. Poor groundhog wasn’t invited to the party, it seems!
August 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A family of 5 raccoons appeared, didn’t like the attention we were paying them and moved on. Poor groundhog wasn’t invited to the party, it seems!
How many species do you observe here? Answer may include flora, fauna, visual and audio.
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How many species do you observe here? Answer may include flora, fauna, visual and audio.