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Kate Gunn

@kategunnyeg.bsky.social

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I love to share photos of all seasons, especially winter, in Edmonton. River valley walks, Alberta road trips, local coffee shops and all things Edmonton. Also, pie maker extraordinaire!

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WinterCity Edmonton @wintercityyeg.bsky.social · 5d

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a WinterCity Book Flood!

Winter is just around the corner, so it’s time to refresh your to-be-read pile! On Nov. 21, shop local and support your community for the holiday season. Enjoy unique offerings from 10 participating bookstores!

#YEGreads #YEGevents

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · 4d

I love it!

Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Jul 1

Cottage life summer scenes near Perth, On.

Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Apr 4

A sunny Alberta blue sky day for a hike up to the End of the World and...the wonderful Mood Cafe!

A blue sky over the partially snow covered river- with some ice abd patches of water. An evergreen tree in the front left foreground.

A view from the top of wood staircase at the End of the World lookout by Saskatchewan Drive
Below, the still frozen and snow covered river winds it way from left to right across the photo. Brown trees bare of snow line the far shore of the river.

A small two storey shop structure. The sign Mood Cafe in a blue circular sign above the door. A woman is entering the door to the cafe. The sun shine is reflected in an upper story window.

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · Apr 2

In Canada, our history books refer to Liberation Day as May 5, 1945, the day when the Netherlands was finally liberated from Nazi occupation through the hard work, courage and great sacrifices of Canadian and other Allied soldiers. #LestWeForget 🇨🇦🇳🇱

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Apr 2

Beautiful!

Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Mar 15

Shopping local on a Saturday.

A colourful grocery store aisle. Along the tip, a sign saying Go Canadian with a red abd white maple leaf flag and a man standing in a green golden wheat field. Below, rows of Canadian made food packages for sale.

Another special exhibit of fresh Canadian vegetables of all colours- red peppers, green cucumbers, yellow peppers. A large red and white Canadian maple leaf flag hangs over top of the display abd a smaller one along the right hand side. Buy Canadian!

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · Mar 14

Friday Finnish!

HELENE SCHJERFBECK (FINLAND, 1862-1946)

Girl on the Sand, 1942

Oil and charcoal on canvas

47 x 35,7 cm

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Mar 15

Great to meet you in person today Jeff!

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy #PiDay! #ahandforpastry #rhubarb

A delectable triangular piece of home made rhubarb pie. Sits on an elegant gold edged dessert plate, decorated with rhubarb-pink roses. The hand made pastry looks, and is, golden and flaky. The filling of rhubarb is a rosy hue of pink/red that matches the roses on the China dessert plate. Yum!!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Mar 7

Reporter asking about Trump’s trade war chaos: “Your Foreign Affairs Minister yesterday called all this a psycho-drama. How do you characterize it?”

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: (pause) “Thursday.”

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🇨🇦Bella🇨🇦 @bella1910.bsky.social · Feb 28

From our great PM Justin Trudeau 🇨🇦

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Feb 18

Judith Slaying Holofernes (1614–20) by Artemisia Gentileschi, considered one of the most accomplished of all Italian Baroque painters #WomensArt

Painting featuring two standing white female figures, to the right, holding a sword in the act of beheading a white male figure who lies centrally on a bed, all in a dark room

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Feb 17

A great afternoon of hockey st the PWHL Takeover Tour at Roger's Place in Edmonton. So many young girls and women hockey players and fans! #yeg #hockeygirlsrule #takeovertour

A vivid violet sign reading PWHL Takeover Tour Edmonton

A view of the Roger's Plave hockey rink filled with women hockey team players. Bright lights, spotlights and 18000 people in the audience.

The screens at the hockey game xeroed in on dozens of young fans with inspirational hand made signs. In this shot a yellow sign reads Hockey Girls Rule.

A woman in the foreground, high up in the stands, with the lower seats and ice rink behind her in the distance.

Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Feb 9

So lucky, it probably provides so much inspiration for your art! Roger sees the sunset across the lake- he takes Elm Grove Rd to Old Wagon Rd. In fact he's at the very end of the road by what we used to call Butterworths Woods! Anyway, small world!

Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Feb 9

A sunny morning visit to Edmonton's Silver Skate Festival. Carvers, skating, winter films on a snow screen and maple taffy! #yeg #alberta #SilverSkate

An Alberta blue sky Bove an outdoor skating rink. Wooden benches and fire pits at the edge of the ice. Forests in the background.

Silver skate hosts this festival of film that celebrate winter in the evenings. Using a snow screen.

Two Carvers, one from France, work with tools on carving a large moose head sculpture at Laurier Park.

A man dresses in a red abd black plaid jacket and fur trimmed hat pouts hot maple syrup on cold packed snow. He begins to roll it up on a short stick.

Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Feb 9

This is gorgeous Barb. Our family cottage, where my brother lives now, is on Otty Lake.

Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Feb 9

It's a sunny blue sky day! #liftsthespirits

Red mountain ash berries pop out before a brilliant blue sky

A snow covered walking path leads down to the ravine. Trees on both sides. Two people walking away down the path. Sun and shadows on the snow.

A closeup of a woman's face on a winter day. She has a robin's egg blue tuque on, and a furry hood surrounds her face. In the background, red mountain ash berries against a blue sky!! #yegwinter

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · Dec 24

I'm grateful for the #ArtAdventCalendar! A big thank you for all the likes and shares! An extra big thank you to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for organizing! What a joy to see all the amazing artwork and community out there! For Day 24 I'm posting a work in progress - stuck on where to go next.

Abstract painting with warm browns and vivid turquoise, suggesting a rocky landscape with streams or water.

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saraofwhimsy @saraofwhimsy.bsky.social · Dec 24

Thought it would be fitting to end #ArtAdventCalendar this year with another miniature library. This is a magical little library in a tree case, and I hope to be able to make more like this in the new year! 🧶

Happy holidays all, and thank you for sharing so much amazing art this month!

This miniature library is in a case that features a tree on the front, allowing you to peek in to see its contents. The library is filled with tiny handmade books and scrolls, including a book of magic on the top shelf beside a star. Below you find a tiny potion bottle and a small piece of spinel sitting on a book. On the lower shelf there is a larger piece of apatite.

Photo of the miniature library with the case opened. The library is filled with tiny handmade books and scrolls, including a book of magic on the top shelf beside a star. Below you find a tiny potion bottle and a small piece of spinel sitting on a book. On the lower shelf there is a larger piece of apatite.

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Dec 25

Hi Craena. All the best to you too at this Christmas time. Here's to the new year ahead- maybe coffee???

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Dec 25

Here's to #ArtAdventCalendar 2024! What a wellspring of hope, cheer and creativity.

A Christmas wreath of colored metal balls, coveted in a dusting of snow and surrounded by lights.

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Dec 25

Thanks Jay for igniting this great font of creativity, just before Christmas. It's been such a positive, hopeful spark so needed these days! Take care and get well soon.

Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Dec 24

Illuminated candy canes seen tonight on a winter evening stroll down Edmonton's famous Candy Cane Lane. The warm temps of minus 2 C brought out huge crowds for the pedestrian only Open Streets night! #ArtAdventCalendar

Two life size lit up red and white candy canes tied together with a huge bright green bow. Standing in the snow in front of a house with white Christmas lights twinkling in the window.

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Kate Gunn @kategunnyeg.bsky.social · Dec 23

#ArtAdventCalendar the North Saskatchewan River on the Winter Solstice 2024!

A wide view of the winyer-blue snow covered North Saskatchewan River with trees on the banks and the winter sun shining amidst mottled clouds.

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