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Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸
@shellyeg.bsky.social
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French-speaking weird Venus flytrap of French and Icelandic descent, repotted in the potash-filled horse trough that is #Edmonton, #Alberta, #Canada

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Ta-da!
Two loaves of freshly baked French bread
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
shellyeg.bsky.social
How about now?

*braces for the "Bobbit" comments...* 🤭😉😈😂
Two long "snakes" of dough rest on a metal baking sheet. The top of each has been scored multiple times with a sharp knife.
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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What am I up to? Wrong answers only. 🤭

#food #foodie #cooking
Food preparation is underway. On a white plastic cutting board are a can of diced tomatoes, a can of tomato sauce, a set of metal measuring spoons, and an assortment of small glass bowls containing diced green pepper, minced garlic, diced onion, sliced mushrooms, chopped celery, and a mix of Italian herbs and spices, respectively.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Trying to get more exercise, but I'm still struggling to find ways to fit it into my day. This counts, right? 😘

In all seriousness, I do a HIIT and WalkFit workout on yucky days and, when the weather is nice, I walk outside to hit my step target.
White typewriter text on a chalkboard bsckground reads: If a cookie falls on the ground and you pick it up, that's a squat, right?
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
shellyeg.bsky.social
You meam this abomination?

See ALT text.
Some sort of odd gelatin salad in which are suspended slices of kiwi fruit, green olives, cubed cheese, green peas and who the ever-loving fuck knows what else. And... if that weren't enough, the sociopath who c*nt-cocted this monstrosity had the audacity to pipe the putrid, nausea-inducing whipped yolk whatever-the-hell from devilled eggs around the edge... most likely using a caulking gun they didn't bother cleaning first... So... who wants the first serving?
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Furniture refinishing /#upcycle project...

Here is a pic of the side table I found for all of $1 at a thrift shop. Nice piece, but why would someone f*ck up the top like that?!

Sand the top, apply veneer, and it will be a cute piece.
Small, scalloped edge wooden side side table with ball and claw legs. Someone handpainted snakes all over what would otherwise be a nice inlay on the tabletop.
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Or, given how fucked up and topsy-turvy everything is ...
An upside-down, artificial Christmas tree, where the top is lush and bushy and the boughs taper toward the bottom.
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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In honour of @iamlyndon.bsky.social's birthday, I'm making a double batch!

🍪🍪🍪🍪

Om nom nom nom!!!
The stainless steel mixing bowl of a navy blue KitchenAid sta d mixer contains a large batch of chocolate chip cookie dough.
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I have soup! Made some today because I'm sick. Bleh.

No love and no pets, though ...

*sadness*
A large pot of homemade vegetable soup simmers on a cooktop
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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This is a portrait of my grandparents during the Second World War (circa 1942 or 1943). Both served in Canada's Air Force.

#RemembranceDay
#November11
#CanadaRemembers
#WeWillRememberThem
#LestWeForget
This is a black and white portrait of my grandparents during the Second World War (circa 1942 or 1943). Both served in Canada's Air Force. Both are in uniform, my grandmother seated, and my grandfather standing behind her and slightly to her left.
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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@rebelliousdb.bsky.social

Come on. You know you wanna mash that "Pfffft!" button. 😘
A white coffee mug with "This is my Bah hum mug" printed on it in red and green block letters.m
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Is there some kind of big stinkin' deal sportsing thing going on or did I miss something? 😏😈
The Dodgers' Strauss takes his place at home plate during Game 7 of the 2025 World Series of baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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This year, for Hallowe'en, I figured I'd go as someone who finally has her sh*t together. Best costume idea ever. No one will ever guess it's me! 🤣
A cartoon witch stirs her cauldron. The caption reads: Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Cackle maniacally, and people back away from you slowly.
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Mr.: I'd like to visit Cure a cow.
Me: What?
Mr.: Kook a Row
Me: What?
Mr., attempting several other variations
Me: What?!
Mr.: That island.
Me: Ooohhhhhh! Curaçoa!!!! (Cure a sow)
A still photo of "The Muppet Show"'s Miss Piggy wearing green hospital scrubs
August 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Mr. found this LIFE magazine from February 1958 while we were purging the bookcase.

Mr.: Smoke the Big O...

Me: Uh-huh ... this why people smoke after sex.

🤷‍♀️🙄
Front cover of the February 17, 1958, issue of LIFE magazine. A black and white photo shows people gathered around a large apparatus, and the byline reads "Camera scans sky for U.S. satellite". Back cover of the February 17, 1958, issue of LIFE magazine features a full-page advertisement for Oasis brand cigarettes. A large letter O is superimposed over a photo of a woman amd a man leaping in the air. Above them is the slogan "Smoke the Big O".
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Now, I'm not saying that I didn't sing the Doobie Brothers' "Mississippi Moon" after seeing the ... ooh, black water ... in the tub after my wash-up, but I'm not NOT saying it...

I was a dirty girl! 😉😈😂

Weeding the garden. Whuufff! 🥵
Shell wore sandals to do yardwork. This is a photo of her bare feet on a ceramic tile bathroom floor. They are filthy and covered in dirt. Photo collage of a flowerbed after recent rains. The top photo shows a flowerbed overtaken by weeds. The bottom photo shows the same flowerbed after weeding and manicuring with a rake. A pile of leaves and weeds raked into a large pile on the lawn
August 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Buh bye, you accursĕd thing!!!
The bed of a defunct treadmill sits, upside-down, at the bottom of a three-metre deep rubbish pit at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre. The bed of a defunct treadmill sits, upside-down, at the bottom of a three-metre deep rubbish pit at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre.
August 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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*offers chocolate almonds as a peace offering*
A plastic bag filled with chocolate-covered almonds
August 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Here is the finished card.

#papercraft #cardmaking #art
A pair of red rubber boots contains an arrangement of flowers: a stargazer lily, a tiger lily, a bearded iris, rosebuds, a daisy, and green foliage. All is made of diecut paper. The sentiment, cut from apricot cardstock, reads, "Happy 80 birthday".
August 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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If you see someone falling behind, walk beside them. If you see someone being ignored, find a way to include them. If someone has beem knocked down, lift them up. Always remind people of their worth. One small act could mean the world to them.
August 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Hey, @macgyyver.bsky.social and @iamlyndon.bsky.social ....

It's ready now!
Top view of a loaf of freshly baked banana bread, still in the pan.
August 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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I made a bit more progress today.

#wip #art #papercraft #cardmaking
A pair of red rubber boots is home to an arrangment of flowers: a stargazer lily, a tiger lily, a bearded iris, and two small daisies. A fern, some ivy, and various leaves fill in the voids. All is made from diecut cardstock.
August 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Mr. gets me Slurpees, helps with the laundry and chores, sometimes bakes cookies...

And, just now, he taught me how to use a torque wrench.

That's love right there, man. 🥰
Shell, wearing a pale yellow tank top, tan shorts, and aqua shoes, is bent forward, while using a torque wrench on the rear passenger wheel of a white pickup.
August 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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#wip
A friend asked whether I could make a special card for her aunt, a passionate gardener. Here's what I've done so far. I'd like to add more small flowers and some more greenery.

#papercraft #cardmaking #art
A stargazer lily and a tiger lily poke out of the top of a pair of red rubber boots. The artwork is made entirely of paper that's been diecut and sculpted.
August 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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@ericsburdon.bsky.social

I happened upon this photo (credit to Cathy Nixon, member of the Alberta Nature Photographer group on Facebook) today, and I thought of you.

What can I say? Our exchange the other day was "unfroggetably" delightful. ;)
Photo of a very tiny frog resting on the pinkie finger of a person's upturned right hand. Photo taken by Cathy Nixon in the area around Leduc, Alberta, Canada, dated July 23, 2025.
July 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM