@bthl.bsky.social
Usually found in one of two places: at my computer or at my sewing machine. ⌨️📖🪡🧵
Board member @ Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future 🌳🌬️ tomorrowfoundation.ca
Board member @ Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future 🌳🌬️ tomorrowfoundation.ca
Me immediately after purchasing a ti bike:
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Me immediately after purchasing a ti bike:
Pls see attached proposal detailing my bold and progressive vision for angle parking:
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Pls see attached proposal detailing my bold and progressive vision for angle parking:
It successfully made it there and back; I am v happy.
Confirmed:
1) apple crumble is very bike-stable
2) Wald makes a nice product 😌👌🏾
3) I do not regret spending $100 on a handlebar light
4) the current racks at Eaux Claires TC are leagues better than the old ones. 10/10 from me #bikerackrating
Confirmed:
1) apple crumble is very bike-stable
2) Wald makes a nice product 😌👌🏾
3) I do not regret spending $100 on a handlebar light
4) the current racks at Eaux Claires TC are leagues better than the old ones. 10/10 from me #bikerackrating
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It successfully made it there and back; I am v happy.
Confirmed:
1) apple crumble is very bike-stable
2) Wald makes a nice product 😌👌🏾
3) I do not regret spending $100 on a handlebar light
4) the current racks at Eaux Claires TC are leagues better than the old ones. 10/10 from me #bikerackrating
Confirmed:
1) apple crumble is very bike-stable
2) Wald makes a nice product 😌👌🏾
3) I do not regret spending $100 on a handlebar light
4) the current racks at Eaux Claires TC are leagues better than the old ones. 10/10 from me #bikerackrating
One of my slowest bike rides ever because I was convinced that my apple crumble would fall off the back at any moment.
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
One of my slowest bike rides ever because I was convinced that my apple crumble would fall off the back at any moment.
My dream of finding the missing cams for my Singer buttonholer (the original, I don’t have the Professional… yet 👀) for a not-ridiculous price came true this week. 😭😍🥳
Sure, my sewing machine has a built-in round-end buttonholer but the process is fiddly and not even a little bit as fun as this.
Sure, my sewing machine has a built-in round-end buttonholer but the process is fiddly and not even a little bit as fun as this.
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My dream of finding the missing cams for my Singer buttonholer (the original, I don’t have the Professional… yet 👀) for a not-ridiculous price came true this week. 😭😍🥳
Sure, my sewing machine has a built-in round-end buttonholer but the process is fiddly and not even a little bit as fun as this.
Sure, my sewing machine has a built-in round-end buttonholer but the process is fiddly and not even a little bit as fun as this.
It’s frustrating to struggle your way along a snowy/icy bikeway when there’s a perfectly dry sidewalk on the sunny side of the street (also perfectly dry) that you’re probably not allowed to use 😩
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It’s frustrating to struggle your way along a snowy/icy bikeway when there’s a perfectly dry sidewalk on the sunny side of the street (also perfectly dry) that you’re probably not allowed to use 😩
Ftr, it used to look like this
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Ftr, it used to look like this
Seen on the new SUP on the north side of 137 Ave between the north and south-bound legs of Manning Drive. I thought the city had stopped doing this kind of thing. Surely there were other options? #yegbike
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Seen on the new SUP on the north side of 137 Ave between the north and south-bound legs of Manning Drive. I thought the city had stopped doing this kind of thing. Surely there were other options? #yegbike
I’m directly across the street from a street light but was still able to see the aurora :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’m directly across the street from a street light but was still able to see the aurora :)
Hmm the “mindful driving” traffic safety campaign is still not yielding results, I see
(From last summer: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...)
(From last summer: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...)
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hmm the “mindful driving” traffic safety campaign is still not yielding results, I see
(From last summer: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...)
(From last summer: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...)
A tiny bit of swiss darning to fix a pair of fleecy sweatpants. 60% of the way through I realized that dark grey would have been a better choice than white. Oops.
This is part of my winter biking base layer collection, which I think will be back in action sooner rather than later…
This is part of my winter biking base layer collection, which I think will be back in action sooner rather than later…
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A tiny bit of swiss darning to fix a pair of fleecy sweatpants. 60% of the way through I realized that dark grey would have been a better choice than white. Oops.
This is part of my winter biking base layer collection, which I think will be back in action sooner rather than later…
This is part of my winter biking base layer collection, which I think will be back in action sooner rather than later…
The latest item to graduate from my alterations pile is a knitted turtleneck dickey/bib that I bought for winter bicycling. It’s drapey to the point of sagginess (because superwash wool), so it wasn’t great at keeping my neck warm. I inserted 5 rounds of elastic thread and now it’s perfect.
October 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The latest item to graduate from my alterations pile is a knitted turtleneck dickey/bib that I bought for winter bicycling. It’s drapey to the point of sagginess (because superwash wool), so it wasn’t great at keeping my neck warm. I inserted 5 rounds of elastic thread and now it’s perfect.
153 Ave is now 100% complete! It’s actually been done for a little while but it was only today that I could get a picture while the sun was still up. Photo taken from the east side of the re-located electric box for a change.
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
153 Ave is now 100% complete! It’s actually been done for a little while but it was only today that I could get a picture while the sun was still up. Photo taken from the east side of the re-located electric box for a change.
I finally remembered that I can sew, so now my too-short pyjama sleeves have turn-up cuffs. 😌 And it only took [mumbling] years for me to get annoyed enough to make this fix.
Don’t mind the basting threads, I got too excited about posting. #garmentsewing
Don’t mind the basting threads, I got too excited about posting. #garmentsewing
October 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I finally remembered that I can sew, so now my too-short pyjama sleeves have turn-up cuffs. 😌 And it only took [mumbling] years for me to get annoyed enough to make this fix.
Don’t mind the basting threads, I got too excited about posting. #garmentsewing
Don’t mind the basting threads, I got too excited about posting. #garmentsewing
Made this diagram about angle parking to explain why I’m not into bike racks that are public art pieces first and bike parking second. No one does this to car parking; why do it to bike parking? It’s not like a standard staple-type bike rack is an eyesore.
September 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Made this diagram about angle parking to explain why I’m not into bike racks that are public art pieces first and bike parking second. No one does this to car parking; why do it to bike parking? It’s not like a standard staple-type bike rack is an eyesore.
Please, City of Edmonton, my bike and I are not cut out for gravel cycling ;-;
September 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Please, City of Edmonton, my bike and I are not cut out for gravel cycling ;-;
Where are people getting this idea that emergency vehicles will get stuck on 132 Ave??? Have they ever been to 132 Ave?
September 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Where are people getting this idea that emergency vehicles will get stuck on 132 Ave??? Have they ever been to 132 Ave?
All evening I’ve been thinking about how funny it is that I watched this film not even 24 h ago. I already thought it was topical (*gestures at news coverage from the last several days… months… years…*) but baby, today??
September 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
All evening I’ve been thinking about how funny it is that I watched this film not even 24 h ago. I already thought it was topical (*gestures at news coverage from the last several days… months… years…*) but baby, today??
#bikerackrating at Northtown London Drugs: 1/10. It was impossible to lock my bike frame without orienting it parallel to the length of the rack. I spent quite a bit of time trying. 🥲
(sorry, there were no fingerless versions of pic 2)
(sorry, there were no fingerless versions of pic 2)
September 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
#bikerackrating at Northtown London Drugs: 1/10. It was impossible to lock my bike frame without orienting it parallel to the length of the rack. I spent quite a bit of time trying. 🥲
(sorry, there were no fingerless versions of pic 2)
(sorry, there were no fingerless versions of pic 2)
How is this part of 153 Ave’s SUP still not complete? 😭 I assume it’s because a utility box (near top edge of photo) has to be moved, but damn. #yegbike
September 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
How is this part of 153 Ave’s SUP still not complete? 😭 I assume it’s because a utility box (near top edge of photo) has to be moved, but damn. #yegbike
And baby barn swallows in a heart-shaped nest 🪹❤️
September 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
And baby barn swallows in a heart-shaped nest 🪹❤️