Unapologetically Canadian. An eclectic brewing of old traditions and new technology. Easily distracted by fresh snow. Biological woman. https://laurabrown.ca/ @asciiartist.bsky.social https://canadianspelling.com/ paypal.me/laurabrowncahttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mvmn4z7o622l16 Sep 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmn4z7o622lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mvlk67jdos26From Insider Toronto, a snail mail club www.insidertoronto.ca/products/mail #OntarioHistory https://www.insidertoronto.ca/products/mail15 Sep 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlk67jdos26https://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mvlimt23ic26From Nova Scotia Past and Present on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1186708062489752/15 Sep 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlimt23ic26https://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mvlih6adwk26Windfalls for Cider...The Poems of Raymond Knister - 1925.15 Sep 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlih6adwk26https://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mvhew5cm2s26Is this the ancestor for the current domestic cat? I read it was a desert cat from Egypt. I read this post today about a Jungle Cat. https://www.worldatlas.com/animals/jungle-cat.html What do you think?14 Sep 2026 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhew5cm2s26https://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mvfqf3wsv226I would think lawyers would pay attention to details and proofread any documents for errors. Seems they slipped up. #ProofreaderNeeded13 Sep 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfqf3wsv226https://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mundimeblc2nBeware the Canadian House Hippo... #CanadianCulture03 Sep 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mundimeblc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mui2usn4fs2dFind a way to step out of your own shadow today, at least for today. "Most of the shadows in life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson - ASCII art by ldb asciiartist.com01 Sep 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui2usn4fs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mtzw3usje22qAbandoned Military Installations of Ontario - Paul Ozorak. I found this on ebay. Self-published 1991. People looking for places to explore would like to find this book, but the price is very high. How about a reprint? https://www.ebay.com/itm/389670155806 #OntarioHistory #MilitaryHistory #AbandonedOntario27 Aug 2026 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzw3usje22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mtzv2kk5s22qExtremely rare muskox sighting in Labrador - https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7319237 Atlantic Canada. I'm glad to know there are places for muskox to live, unseen, still.27 Aug 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzv2kk5s22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mtztudyde22qI think I bought this book years ago, but the cover was different. Or, maybe the same name was used with different authors. I will try to find it, I love the old houses. https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4463560474/old-ontario-houses-kim-ondaatje-lois #OntarioHistory27 Aug 2026 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtztudyde22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mtncj5lcy22hSquashed lizard coaster - Good for a laugh or two. https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4479964703/tom-lizard-mug-rug-set-crochet-coaster22 Aug 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtncj5lcy22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mtk2o6f6nk2hFound online - Grandeur, ghosts & gargoyles : the entertaining history of Ontario's Parliament building - 1970 - Gordon Donaldson, Canadian government publication. https://dn760109.eu.archive.org/0/items/31761120600010/31761120600010.pdf another edition - https://dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/31761120622477/31761120622477.pdf #CanadianHistory #OntarioHistory20 Aug 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk2o6f6nk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3ms7esaxdg22uEarly Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario. "Early Painting Postcard Toronto ON Foot of Yonge Street Old York 1834 Circa 1909" https://www.ebay.ca/itm/267533680962 #OntarioHistory03 Aug 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7esaxdg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3ms7egytlnk2uThe RVH is still around but very different looking now. I don't think those houses exist at all now. I can't think of where they would have been even. I've lived in Barrie for years. This was nice to find. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/157913394909 Barrie, Ontario, Canada.03 Aug 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7egytlnk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mrxlps7az22gDo you think you're buying Canadian beef? This was new to me. I haven't bought any beef, or much meat at all for awhile. Now I will have to watch that it is not ungraded. I've gotten used to trusting that all the meat in our grocery stores is a good grade - and Canadian. I guess not always.31 Jul 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxlps7az22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mrpmdokgzk2sWhy is one software company allowed to control so many personal computers? When I buy a PC I do not want an MS account.28 Jul 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpmdokgzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mrpkhtob522sGet MS off your back, switch to a local login instead of the MS account Windows pushes. https://geekrewind.com/how-to-change-from-a-microsoft-account-to-a-local-account-in-windows-11/ I have done this and I hope it will be the last I get nagged to use more MS services and stuff I do not want. I bought a PC, not an MS account!28 Jul 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpkhtob522shttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mr67zzhigc2kWas Canadian money cursed? People used to believe it was. Is it still? https://youtube.com/shorts/3LNzjSdI4lY?si=TxKyi_NCfyD683gx Down the Crooked Path21 Jul 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr67zzhigc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mr445ig3ls2kKeep Canada beautiful for all of us.20 Jul 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr445ig3ls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mr3jdzjl6s2gJuly 20 - Space Exploration Day20 Jul 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3jdzjl6s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mqzrvi6opk26Does anyone know what this has to do with Canada? Is is something that comes up for everyone, just changing the name of the location/ country? en.wikipedia.org I'd expect better from Wikipedia. What are they trying to pull? @wikimediafoundation.org19 Jul 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzrvi6opk26https://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mqzonu7l2c2dBad things happen to even good writers.19 Jul 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzonu7l2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mqzm22ri4s27Sir Henry Pellatt and his Castle in Toronto - https://thatgrrl.com/blog/?action=view&url=sir-henry-pellatt-and-his-castle-in-toronto #CanadianCulture #CanadianHistory19 Jul 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzm22ri4s27https://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mqf4dnuki22jEmbed Bluesky on your web site. embedbsky.com11 Jul 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqf4dnuki22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mqcqgk6gjk2jSomewhere in Canada... My niece and nephew are taking the VIA Rail across Canada this summer. This is her photo.10 Jul 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcqgk6gjk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thatgrrl.bsky.social/post/3mpjlh42mfs24SuperGirl is still Super girl/ Barbie. Have you watched any of the TV series or movies? I won't. Just because it bothers me that we have Super Man and then Super girl. No equality there. The new movie sounds even worse in this CBC review. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/supergirl-is-not-doing-super-well-at-the-box-office-heres-why-9.725280830 Jun 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:nzc5hpdrbdaf2wajxe4coi3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjlh42mfs24