Elaine Mary Davies

@victoriags.org Has anyone, local to Victoria or otherwise, researched Dutch genealogical records? I have an adopted sibling who has the merest amount of information but definitely his biological grandmother was Dutch. I would appreciate some pointers to get me started 😊 Many thanks.

In Our Time - The Battle of Clontarf - BBC Sounds Brian Boru's celebrated defeat of Hiberno-Norse forces and allies outside Dublin in 1014.

@loneysuej.bsky.social Ahoy there Irish lady! Hopefully you can check out this podcast - different twist to Irish and Vikings! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Lovely visit with my niece and her beau Wednesday evening ❤️

David Crombie is an old-line Progressive Conservative. A conservative, not a fascist. Because conservatism and fascism are not the same, and we can count on conservatives--as opposed to Conservatives--to join in the fight against fascism.

Victoria BC - heard a great piece yesterday on CBC that Fresh is Best Tortilla Chips (Kamloops) are expanding- please ask your stores to stock - very yummy! Purchased Moncton NB odour remover EZ Pur yesterday vs US Arm and Hammer 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️

Gorgeous!❤️

With prices rising and uncertainty in the market, we get it—it’s frustrating. But one thing we can control? Where we spend our money.

Choosing Canadian-made means supporting our neighbours, local businesses, and our economy.

#MadeInCanada #SupportLocal #BuyCanadian #CanadianEconomy #ProudCanadian

Beautiful sane day on the Sunshine Coast! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️

Everyone on Bluesky needs to hear this…

Find fresh, local food & support Canadian farmers! Buying from local farms means fresher produce, a stronger economy & a greener planet.

🔗 Explore farms here: buff.ly/fsEtXfm

🔗 Discover more Canadian brands: madeinca.ca

#SupportLocal #EatLocal #MadeInCanada #BuyCanadian #ShopLocal

YouTube video by Your Happy Birthday Song Elbows Up Canada!

This is fantastic! youtu.be/ZnYhbrxHcOY

“Ukraine will face drone attacks as it does every night, but tonight … drone and missile defense systems will have no intelligence warning of possible targets. Given Russia’s primary targets are often civilian… [DT] today signed the death warrants of innocent Ukrainian civilians.” Truth Matters

And let’s not forget local farmers’ markets - driving down Blenkinsop the other day, I noted a large number of market stands at end of driveways and Mitchells of course! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️

So DT’s efforts to destroy our independence stepped up this morning - We are strong and resilient and need to support each other. My very local take is that Save on Foods is making a greater effort to stock and identify Canadian products vs Country Grocer or Red Barn.

A timeline cleanse for you: I took a photo of my dog, Monty (front left) and his friends, but it looks like they have just recorded their second studio album. 😂 🐕‍🦺

#dogsofbluesky #dog #cockapoo #love #mansbestfriend #life #walk #explore #photography

Exactly 👍🏻

Crocus defiantly growing between cobblestones. According to PlantNet app it’s Crocus tommasinianus. I am not a botanist…

In these terrible times we are going through, I wanted to share this beautiful crocus defiantly growing between cobblestones in our garden with you.
Take care! Stay strong!

There’s nothing more adorable than a little round and irresistibly charming saw-whet owl.

maxime_lv photography📸
#littleowl #Nature

Beautiful 😍

Donated blood for the first time along with my bros and niece - finally able to with deletion of mad cow rules!

Charlie Angus is sponsoring a petition to strip Elon Musk of his Canadian Citizenship - see link and please sign! Unlikely to be successful BUT the point, in my humble opinion, is to make our displeasure known and this does that! 🇨🇦 www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

And who they didn't like

a cartoon cat is flying through the air with a red cape ALT: a cartoon cat is flying through the air with a red cape

Happy 47th birthday to President Zelenskyy - he and all Ukrainians are Heroes! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

And then DT throws Ukraine 🇺🇦 under the bus - ‘maybe they’ll be Russian’ - why not just send a proper invitation to Putin just to walk back in anytime he wants? Oh and, “pay us back” with all your mineral wealth. Where are the Republicans who previously supported Ukraine? Please speak up! 🇨🇦

Hearing DT talk about Canada as simply a “51st state”, that we are a ‘nothing country’ - my mind goes to Hitler’s writings on the need for Germany to have “Lebensraum”. It’s likely people didn’t take him very seriously then; wrote it off as hyperbole. As a Canadian, I’m taking DT very seriously 😐

What it should end up looking like 😓

Beautiful puzzle from Indigenous Collection - this is one by Richard Shorty “Northern Tutchone”

What an intense look!