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Ponddrop
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Runner, knitter, curler, nonprofit leader, maker of things and instigator of shenanigans.
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I got the boys a present. #curling
Ice makers Greg Ewasko, Mark Shurek, and Tom Cameron sporting sou’wester hats at the Curling Olympic Trials in Halifax
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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I miss miss you, Colleen. 💔🥌
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Caught on camera by a friend. #ladieswhomop #curling
A woman pushes a long rectangular mop down a sheet of arena curling ice as the lights flash during the opening introductions of the evening draw, day 2, of the 2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Cool hands on the first draw mops. #OlympicTrials #curling #LadiesWhoIceTech
Two women ice techs stand in the entry to the Scotiabank Center ice surface, holding long ice mops, while players warm up in the background.
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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The rings are set. I guess if they are off it’s my fault. #curling #olympictrials
A woman ice technician lines up a set square against a tool designed to measure the edge of the curling house, to check the Center pin is aligned.
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Practice day. 7 changeovers. So many steps. #curling #olympictrials
Tired woman in a curling Canada ball cap takes a selfie with ice crew members working on the Olympic Trial ice in Halifax in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I guess if Curling Canada is posting pics then I can too - if you look closely, I’m the one holding the hose closest to Greg. 🤣 #curling #olympictrials Snagged from Curling Canada’s instagram.
Overlooking an arena ice surface as technicians work to install walkways and flood the curling playing surface where houses and logos have been installed. So. Many. Logos.
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Here are some life sized curling rocks for comparison.
A woman in a curling jersey and knitted slouchy cap kneels on one knee beside a set of curling stones on the ice.
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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They survived! They aren’t fused together! They rock! #curling #pottery
Two palm sized ceramic dishes in the shape of curling rocks, with the handles being removable lids
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Jump in, there is room for everyone! Except @scibri.com who had to have this explained to him. #bluejays
October 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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IYKYK #elcapitain #bluejays
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Meanwhile, my costume is sorted. Just arrived! #BlueJays
Middle aged woman with short brown hair grins tight lipped because the white T shirt she is wearing, featuring a drawing of baby Vladdy Jr holding up his cap, arrived in time for Game 6
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! #curling #openhouseweek
A woman in the foreground in a plaid ball cap grins a tight lipped maniacal grin, because the curling ice in the club behind her has finally been installed and the season can begin!
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Other than pranks, I successfully made a plaster bat for my pottery studio, made a pasta bowl mould, and started the process to make a maker’s stamp. Oh and a mug.
Woman wearing a protective mask and a ball cap holds up a carton of plaster of Paris with eyebrows raised in anticipation of a mess. A rectangular plaster bat and a round bowl mould laying on dowels to fully cure. The mess was left outside A slab built straight sided mug of wet clay sits with a roll of paper in the handle and a sponge propping it up, as the clay is still wet.
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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My sister in law posted in the family chat to ask if anyone was in Toronto and planned on watching the Jays game. No one was (though we all want to be.) she’s like “oh me and a friend are going to watch from a bar.” Half hour later, she posts this from said bar:
My brunette sister in law sporting a messy bun and a Blue Jays shirt posing with her bearded friend Bob, also in a Jays shirt, with the goddamn ball field inside Roger Center in the background.
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Who then became the first guests on That Curling Show with Colleen and @devinheroux.bsky.social
A television shows two women sitting side by side as they are interviewed virtually
September 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I was a spectator there. My friend and I were the “Brier knitters”
Selfie of two women, one with glasses, wearing hand knit toques, sweaters and scarves, posing in the Patch at the Brier
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Day 4: Here is the progress so far. Today’s goals: second coat of paint, paint window trim and sills, new light fixture, clean, reassemble. 6/6
The same sloped wall, now painted with a light forest green and sporting crown moulding. The L ceiling light fixture, a flattened sun, is visible and will be changed today The corner of a bedroom showing newly applied and painted crown moulding
August 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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STILL DAY 3: painted all the new trim. Shoulders and hands remind me that I am 45 and this is a horrible idea. I do it anyway.

Now it’s day 4 and dammit I’m going to finish! 5/6
Before:
A sloped wall angles down from a tiled ceiling, with a gap in the tiles created by previous owner’s half ass home DIY skills A selfie of a smiling open mouthed white woman wearing reflective sunglasses and a bandana over her hair, beside a compound miter saw. This was while optimism still existed
August 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Turns out it’s a good weekend for making pint glasses and experimenting with texture. It’s also a weekend where everything is drying super fast which is usually NOT the case where I live! #heatwave #pottery #ceramics #beer #texture
A wet red clay pint glass with three lines of texture top and bottom, and two horizontal lines of tapering vertical lines encircling it. Where the clay slab was joined on the red pint glass two textured clay buttons with the vertical taper pattern sit where the three continuous grooves run around the cup top and bottom. A wet grey clay pint glass with raised texture resembling fine twigs or grass with a band of rougher, random circular texture running horizontally around the center
August 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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When you get a sample of clay called dark granite and you’re a curler, you just gotta. #pottery #ceramics #curling
August 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Also more jugs and my studio looks like a crime scene but this groggy red clay is lovely to work with. #ceramics #pottery
A small curved jug with a smooth handle and upward spout with vertical grooves carved from the midpoint to the base, following the curve of the rim, formed from red clay
August 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Had a stressful, exhausting day at work…so, to get out of my own head, I made a beer cup! Slab built, used a texture roller I made and a fun rock. I didn’t let the slab stiffen up enough before I joined it but what makes it wonky makes it appealing right? #pottery #ceramics
A newly formed, wet clay, pint sized tumbler with a slightly raised texture resembling wind blown grass all over, a circle at the midpoint of pebbled texture
August 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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I did some refining this morning. Was going to add texture but then decided to leave it smoooooooooth.
August 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Go for the jugular today, I decided. #pottery #ceramics #lookatmyjug
A newly formed curved jug
August 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM