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Maggie In RD AB
@maggieinrdab.bsky.social
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A work in progress; keeping it real; laughing all the way! Retired post-secondary instructor. Flowers, birds, gardens, nature, water, trees, skies. Love. She/her. Cats' human for 35 years until allergies arrived. Now a dog's human for the first time.
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One recall costs less than a LifeWorks commissioned report. You're smart, you tell us. Are recalls a waste of taxpayers' dollars? #abpoli #ableg #alberta #ABresistance
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Bulkley River Ice
Nicholas Bott
1998
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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'Elmwood Lane 2', 2020, acrylic on stretched canvas.

Looking west down my back lane at sunset in the spring.

#ArtAdventCalendar
An acrylic painting of a snowy spring back lane. A foreground puddle reflects the telephone poles and a cedar tree. They follow perspective to where the sun sets in glowy orange at the western end of the lane. Bare trees, telephone poles, and melting snow all reflect the glow of the sun.
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar
Finally got the courage to post. It’s a favourite from last summer
Arching stem of red flowers. Sun peeping through branches in the corner
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Sharing another miniature world for #ArtAdventCalendar day 11! This one features a peacock in a pocket watch case with a glass front. The peacock is handmade with polymer clay (not painted). 🦚
A picture of an open pocket watch case in a jewelry box, with a peacock with a fanned tail in the pocket watch case.
December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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part 2 of day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar
"Adam Driver #131 (British GQ Dec 2017)"
first posted 11 apr 2024
digital painting / #art / #AdamDriver
read the essay here: buff.ly/R9N6s35
or on ao3 here: buff.ly/CjgYvP2
a mostly monochrome freehand digital painting of Adam Driver, leaning forward, hair teased into wind-tousled tangles, forehead lightly furrowed, brows gently knitted above a sharply focused magnetic gaze, the keel of his nose leading our eyes past cheeks slackened by the soft set of his mouth, lips pursed under the soft scruff of his mustache, chin wreathed in whiskers, hands lightly furred with fine hairs grasping at the collar of the cable knit sweater swathing him.
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Day 11
#ArtAdventCalendar

Inspired by a soothing, joyful springtime walk along the Katsura River in Kyoto, Japan, with my husband.

Peace Along the River’s Edge
24 x 24 in.
Acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas
2025
With thanks to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for inspiring Art Advent Calendar
Pictured: An abstract painting with distinct brush marks, of blues, aqua, green, and purples, with a few pops of vibrant pink.
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Day 11
Fused glass pendant
#fusedglass
Round, fused glass pendant, about 1 1/2" or 3.8cm in diameter with silver plated bail and olive green cord. In the middle of the pendant there are circles of various sizes outlined in sparkly green. Circles on top are pale blue while circles on bottom are white. where they meet, there are two circles which are half pale blue and half white. Circles are surrounded by irregular non-transparent white area and edges of the pendant are medium non-transparent foresty green.
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Highway 17 Sumac #2
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
c. 2023
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar
“Keepies 1-9” 6x6” each
9 painted wood block canvases that can be play with… modular art, stack, hang, display.
Mounted on a Velcro panel.
9 individual painted wood block canvas that when put together create solid painting of colorful marbles
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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todmaffin.com
The Constitution left us a safeguard for moments when premiers push too far.

The question is: Does the federal government have the courage to use it?

youtube.com/shorts/VwNFp...
Section 90: Canada‘s Moral Reset Button
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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One Trick Doctors Don't Want You To Know About:

Your day will be vastly improved by browsing the more than 4000 images of art & beauty posted by almost 600 real humans as part of #ArtAdventCalendar

Just click or long press on the hashtag and select See #ArtAdventCalendar Posts
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December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I loved making this crown, I love wearing it, and I love seeing it in photos. I also loved painting a Catrina that matched the beautiful embroidery on this Ayuujk shirt.

👑, 💀, 🌟: Me

📸: Robbi Shed

👗:  Määtsä' Tlahuitoltepec

#ArtAdventCalendar #Catrina #Mexicana #DiadeMuertos
Sophie stands in front of a solid red background looking up, wearing a gold halo filigree headpiece with pearls and red rhinestones. There is a halo of red and orange marigolds above her dark hair in 2 braids. She is wearing gold filigree earrings, a white shirt with red and black flower Mixtec embroidery, a purple and yellow fabric belt, and a blue skirt. Her face is in a Catrina with patterns that match the shirt embroidery. One hand is down at her side; the other is gently frames her crown.
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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breathe

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Colorful umbrellas. In the foreground is part of a big green umbrella with green strings hanging off the side. Behind that is a red umbrella with parts of yellow, blue, and red umbrellas in the background.
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar A watercolour for my Christmas Card from 2 years ago. It's called 'Make a decision Teddy, it's flipping freezing.'
Watercolour of a cat looking out of an open front door to the snowy path beyond. There is a gate and stone pillars at then of the path, and a Christmas wreath on the front door.
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar #basrelief #moldingpaste This is from an online class I took with Maria Grossbaum. Molding paste with extra stiffening mounted on tiny two-inch canvases. I should make more, I have a large supply of stiffener (a particular brand of toilet paper!) Day 11.
6 two inch bas relief pieces mounted on tiny canvases. Bright colors and textured, flowing shapes that look like aerial photos of landscape features.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar

First Frost
Stunning Indonesian wood opal with blue diamond and Australian sapphire.
First Frost Stunning Indonesian wood opal with a frosty landscape in the stone. Surrounded with sterling silver tree branches with the last leaves of winter and acorn clinging to them. Finished with blue diamond and Australian sapphire.
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar A vase with a face #pottery
An off-white stoneware vase with a cylindrical neck at the top with a stylized oblong face and hair at the bottom, with hair, eyes and lips glazed celadon white, interior glazed celadon green, front view An off-white stoneware vase with a cylindrical neck at the top with a stylized oblong face and hair at the bottom, with hair glazed celadon white, interior glazed celadon green, back view
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar

Day 11

Needlepoint ornament I made (from a kit). It reminds me of the cabin my parents owned in the mountains.

#EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas #Ornament #Art #Needlepoint #Christmas #Cabin
A tree ornament that is round, but flat and slightly stuffed. It has white lace around the edge, then red with white polka dot fabric followed by green grosgrain ribbon. In the center is a square that is needlepoint. It has a white background, a brown cabin with white roof, smoke coming from the chimney and pine trees in the background. On top of the ornament is a red bow that has white polka dots. It’s hanging on a tree.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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robsonfletcher.com
The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, like many provinces that control liquor sales, pulled U.S. booze off their shelves earlier this year in response to Trump's tariffs / threats.

They now plan to sell off the remaining inventory and donate the proceeds to local food banks:
P.E.I. to sell remaining U.S. booze, donate profits to Island food banks | CBC News
Prince Edward Islanders who have been missing their favourite American wines will soon have a chance to stock up. The provincial government has directed the P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission to put its...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar - almost ready for framing!
Cross stitched sampler with several sections. At the top is a full caps alphabet and Arabic numbers, followed by a row of baskets and hearts, followed by a large, three-story house with trees on either side. Under that is a sign "Shakers' Garden Seeds", with gift boxes on either side. At the bottom is another sign "We make you kindly welcome; the Shakers of Pleasant Hill Kentucky" with two women in Shaker regalia on the left and two men on the right. The entire piece is bordered with cross stitch loops.
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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For Day 11 #artAdventCalendar morning

My first nebula

M42 Orion
30×40 76×101cm
Oil on Canvas
2019
Abstract spacescape: multicolour swirling nebula with stars embedded
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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La lune éclaire la foret
Claude Picher
1977
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM