Renée Salhany 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
@rlaffsal.bsky.social
wife to the amazing W | historian | writer | homebrewer & whisky aficionado | amateur moon watcher | excellent with swears | surprised to know I'm into bird watching
It's been a morning. Of a sort. And now I'm going back to bed.
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's been a morning. Of a sort. And now I'm going back to bed.
We tapped our Christmas Beer today - an Irish Red - and it is AMAZING (if I do say so myself).
We made the wort on Nov. 11. It was worth the wait.
#Homebrewing #Homebrew #beer
We made the wort on Nov. 11. It was worth the wait.
#Homebrewing #Homebrew #beer
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We tapped our Christmas Beer today - an Irish Red - and it is AMAZING (if I do say so myself).
We made the wort on Nov. 11. It was worth the wait.
#Homebrewing #Homebrew #beer
We made the wort on Nov. 11. It was worth the wait.
#Homebrewing #Homebrew #beer
@profgabriele.com @lollardfish.bsky.social spotted in the wilds of Ottawa today (in hardcover and paperback!) - one of my favourite books of 2025.
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... might have taken the hardcopy & used it to cover an obnoxious autobiography of a certain journalist whose name rhymes with Boozy.
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... might have taken the hardcopy & used it to cover an obnoxious autobiography of a certain journalist whose name rhymes with Boozy.
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@profgabriele.com @lollardfish.bsky.social spotted in the wilds of Ottawa today (in hardcover and paperback!) - one of my favourite books of 2025.
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... might have taken the hardcopy & used it to cover an obnoxious autobiography of a certain journalist whose name rhymes with Boozy.
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... might have taken the hardcopy & used it to cover an obnoxious autobiography of a certain journalist whose name rhymes with Boozy.
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
I am so sad. RIP.
September 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I am so sad. RIP.
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
Mine... I don't think she's really ready to help me at the moment.
Mine... I don't think she's really ready to help me at the moment.
August 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
Mine... I don't think she's really ready to help me at the moment.
Mine... I don't think she's really ready to help me at the moment.
The eggs are very cool, but it honestly looks like a gag, given the little dick drawing on the side.
July 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The eggs are very cool, but it honestly looks like a gag, given the little dick drawing on the side.
Currently enjoying our "lawnmower ale" homebrew which was supposed to be a session (light enough to mow the lawn after a pint)... It ain't session. Not sure what went "wrong" but I suspect we're going to order in for dinner.
July 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Currently enjoying our "lawnmower ale" homebrew which was supposed to be a session (light enough to mow the lawn after a pint)... It ain't session. Not sure what went "wrong" but I suspect we're going to order in for dinner.
The sky in the Glen showing off this eve...
June 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The sky in the Glen showing off this eve...
When I was young I used to watch a TV show which featured "Hammy" the Hamster and his friends. He drove a jeep, he flew a plane, he had a little house, he went on adventures and it was LIVE ACTION. Fucking loved that show.
April 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
When I was young I used to watch a TV show which featured "Hammy" the Hamster and his friends. He drove a jeep, he flew a plane, he had a little house, he went on adventures and it was LIVE ACTION. Fucking loved that show.
The amazing W found an old local newspaper in the basement, with this (from 1954):
April 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The amazing W found an old local newspaper in the basement, with this (from 1954):
I heard they were pissed, planning to send fentanyl
April 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I heard they were pissed, planning to send fentanyl
So, these had a super preachy vibe when they first appeared. Now, they feel deeply insulting. I'm not sure what the right answer to this trade apocalypse might be, but it seems that if tarriffs are a tax on Americans, they're the same thing on Canadians. #ThisSucks
April 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So, these had a super preachy vibe when they first appeared. Now, they feel deeply insulting. I'm not sure what the right answer to this trade apocalypse might be, but it seems that if tarriffs are a tax on Americans, they're the same thing on Canadians. #ThisSucks
Lol. I just posted this, and then saw your gorgeous omelet:
February 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Lol. I just posted this, and then saw your gorgeous omelet:
A very calm and quiet NYE in the Glen...
December 31, 2024 at 11:07 PM
A very calm and quiet NYE in the Glen...
Same here... Happy new year to you!
December 31, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Same here... Happy new year to you!
Just arrived, & just in time to be flown to a beach in Mexico, where I shall read it with a margarita! Congratulations to you both!
December 10, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Just arrived, & just in time to be flown to a beach in Mexico, where I shall read it with a margarita! Congratulations to you both!
It's Goosing Season in the Glen. Rather more than usual this morning. #CanadaGeese #HolyFuckTheyreLoud
December 8, 2024 at 6:46 PM
It's Goosing Season in the Glen. Rather more than usual this morning. #CanadaGeese #HolyFuckTheyreLoud
Post a picture you took to bring calm to the timeline (with description in alt text!)
November 16, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Post a picture you took to bring calm to the timeline (with description in alt text!)
I mentioned this idea to The Husband. He approved it quite enthusiastically as something for our yard, particularly facing our obnoxious neighbours, and this is what we're going with:
September 22, 2024 at 6:16 PM
I mentioned this idea to The Husband. He approved it quite enthusiastically as something for our yard, particularly facing our obnoxious neighbours, and this is what we're going with:
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
September 18, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,005,621! Thanks @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social for the invite!!
September 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,005,621! Thanks @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social for the invite!!
Looks brilliantly delicious! We had a bumper crop at home this year and I've been making hot sauce for all my brave friends.
September 14, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Looks brilliantly delicious! We had a bumper crop at home this year and I've been making hot sauce for all my brave friends.
I think I've mixed up some details (in the midst of nightmares, perhaps) but I remembered it - it was THIS horrifying spectacle from Disney, that malevolent, nightmare-inducing "children's" entertainment company.
September 9, 2024 at 2:29 AM
I think I've mixed up some details (in the midst of nightmares, perhaps) but I remembered it - it was THIS horrifying spectacle from Disney, that malevolent, nightmare-inducing "children's" entertainment company.