Alice Mac
@alicethemac.bsky.social
Alive & curious with a focus on mutual aid, gardening, & good food.
Learning Strategist. It is all about the Learning!
Settler scholar on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Learning Strategist. It is all about the Learning!
Settler scholar on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Today 260 pounds of apples where ground and pressed to produce 65 litres of juice.
9 people were involved in the process and everyone took their share.
#WasteNotWantNot #MutualAid #PuttingFoodBy
9 people were involved in the process and everyone took their share.
#WasteNotWantNot #MutualAid #PuttingFoodBy
September 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Today 260 pounds of apples where ground and pressed to produce 65 litres of juice.
9 people were involved in the process and everyone took their share.
#WasteNotWantNot #MutualAid #PuttingFoodBy
9 people were involved in the process and everyone took their share.
#WasteNotWantNot #MutualAid #PuttingFoodBy
Colchicum, also known as autumn crocus, is in full bloom right now.
This is not the saffron crocus and cannot be safely eaten.
This is not the saffron crocus and cannot be safely eaten.
September 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Colchicum, also known as autumn crocus, is in full bloom right now.
This is not the saffron crocus and cannot be safely eaten.
This is not the saffron crocus and cannot be safely eaten.
Tomatoes are ripening. Soon we will be overwhelmed but right now it is exciting.
August 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Tomatoes are ripening. Soon we will be overwhelmed but right now it is exciting.
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Pizza on the BBQ in hot weather keep the inside of the house cooler.
July 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Pizza on the BBQ in hot weather keep the inside of the house cooler.
Indigenous Survivors Day June 30
The Survivors’ Flag expresses remembrance, to honour residential school Survivors and lives and communities impacted by the residential school system in Canada.
Each element on the flag was carefully selected by Survivors from across Canada.
nctr.ca/exhibits/sur...
The Survivors’ Flag expresses remembrance, to honour residential school Survivors and lives and communities impacted by the residential school system in Canada.
Each element on the flag was carefully selected by Survivors from across Canada.
nctr.ca/exhibits/sur...
June 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Indigenous Survivors Day June 30
The Survivors’ Flag expresses remembrance, to honour residential school Survivors and lives and communities impacted by the residential school system in Canada.
Each element on the flag was carefully selected by Survivors from across Canada.
nctr.ca/exhibits/sur...
The Survivors’ Flag expresses remembrance, to honour residential school Survivors and lives and communities impacted by the residential school system in Canada.
Each element on the flag was carefully selected by Survivors from across Canada.
nctr.ca/exhibits/sur...
Picking Oregon grape. Makes a fine tart jelly.
June 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Picking Oregon grape. Makes a fine tart jelly.
Asparagus packed in canning jars with lemon and ready to pickle. Seasonal goodness saved for later. #homecanning #wastenotwantnot
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Asparagus packed in canning jars with lemon and ready to pickle. Seasonal goodness saved for later. #homecanning #wastenotwantnot
Very few things in life are perfect and those are usually fleeting.
I nominate this bowl of strawberries for today's honour.
I nominate this bowl of strawberries for today's honour.
June 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Very few things in life are perfect and those are usually fleeting.
I nominate this bowl of strawberries for today's honour.
I nominate this bowl of strawberries for today's honour.
Every university is working on this. We need to highlight the development of critical thinking skills by students for their own sake and because AI can't think.
All of the AI formats available are prone to making thing up.
originality.ai/blog/ai-hall...
All of the AI formats available are prone to making thing up.
originality.ai/blog/ai-hall...
June 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Every university is working on this. We need to highlight the development of critical thinking skills by students for their own sake and because AI can't think.
All of the AI formats available are prone to making thing up.
originality.ai/blog/ai-hall...
All of the AI formats available are prone to making thing up.
originality.ai/blog/ai-hall...
Focaccia just out of the oven and cooling on racks. #realbread #sourdough
May 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Focaccia just out of the oven and cooling on racks. #realbread #sourdough
Red rhododendron in full bloom.
May 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Red rhododendron in full bloom.
Rhodos breaking bud.
May 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Rhodos breaking bud.
We are halfway between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice. Time to get my tomato plants outside and into the deep garden dirt.
May 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We are halfway between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice. Time to get my tomato plants outside and into the deep garden dirt.
Flowering quince really punches up the colour.
April 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Flowering quince really punches up the colour.
Equinox has come and gone. We are just past the pink full moon. Easter is about to arrive.
The cycle of the seasons continues as do I.
The cycle of the seasons continues as do I.
April 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Equinox has come and gone. We are just past the pink full moon. Easter is about to arrive.
The cycle of the seasons continues as do I.
The cycle of the seasons continues as do I.
Plum tree in full bloom against a cloudy sky.
March 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Plum tree in full bloom against a cloudy sky.
The very best of the Vernal Equinox to all in the Northern Hemisphere.
(and of the Autumnal Equinox to those in the Southern half)
Balance and egg if you can to celebrate.
(and of the Autumnal Equinox to those in the Southern half)
Balance and egg if you can to celebrate.
March 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The very best of the Vernal Equinox to all in the Northern Hemisphere.
(and of the Autumnal Equinox to those in the Southern half)
Balance and egg if you can to celebrate.
(and of the Autumnal Equinox to those in the Southern half)
Balance and egg if you can to celebrate.
Marmalade morning with friends.
5 kilos of Seville oranges will become marmalade over 3 hours. There will be time for socializing and story telling on this International Women's Day.
Comfort on toast for the rest of the year.
5 kilos of Seville oranges will become marmalade over 3 hours. There will be time for socializing and story telling on this International Women's Day.
Comfort on toast for the rest of the year.
March 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Marmalade morning with friends.
5 kilos of Seville oranges will become marmalade over 3 hours. There will be time for socializing and story telling on this International Women's Day.
Comfort on toast for the rest of the year.
5 kilos of Seville oranges will become marmalade over 3 hours. There will be time for socializing and story telling on this International Women's Day.
Comfort on toast for the rest of the year.
Elbows are what are up.
March 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Elbows are what are up.
February 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When fruit is in season, I buy, eat as much as I want and prepare, and freeze the rest for later. That's my favourite time of year.
Now is the time that thaw it for jam, jelly, and syrups.
My second favourite time of the year.
Pic of some of the 44 jars put up over the past few days.
Now is the time that thaw it for jam, jelly, and syrups.
My second favourite time of the year.
Pic of some of the 44 jars put up over the past few days.
January 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
When fruit is in season, I buy, eat as much as I want and prepare, and freeze the rest for later. That's my favourite time of year.
Now is the time that thaw it for jam, jelly, and syrups.
My second favourite time of the year.
Pic of some of the 44 jars put up over the past few days.
Now is the time that thaw it for jam, jelly, and syrups.
My second favourite time of the year.
Pic of some of the 44 jars put up over the past few days.