Allison MacDuffee

Fantail Bakery, and roses thriving on Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto. Because I was a bit early for the poetry event in the 'hood.

Just want to stop by & wish you all a cozy & peaceful night from the land of Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). Sweet dreams, everyone ♥️🍂

Happy National Black Cat Day! 🐈‍⬛ Black cats are amazing and, as Welsh folklore tells us, bring good luck to the home: "A black cat, I’ve heard it said, Can charm all ill away, And keep the house wherein she dwells From fever’s deadly sway." #NationalBlackCatDay

In the upcoming issue of the Journal of Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Dorigen Caldwell explores the history, impact and significance of the highly unusual architectural screen located at the east end of Umbria's Santuario di Mongiovino. Learn more now ➡️ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

For people who like that sort of thing, I've recently published a new book of uncanny stories — "Deep Waters: Ten More Tales from Norfolk and Beyond". You can find out more, and indeed order a copy, here: www.lulu.com/shop/barendi...

Coming up Nov 10 at the Grolier Club (hybrid) - Lecture | Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric  With Suzanne Karr Schmidt www.grolierclub.org/default.aspx...

Now, at least we are done with elections of note for a long while. 😬 👀

Enjoying this no-nonsense guide for tourists in the beautiful ‘Arts and Crafts Churches’ by Alec Hamilton

The Somerset tube

Over-mantel mirror (c1760), at Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh (est. £1,500-2,500) #c18 #c18th #18thc

Tuesday 27 Oct, Dublin

Avenue de l'Opera - Effect of Snow https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16761

Pollock Krasner show @metmuseum.org at me Museum is really fabulous and eye opening, but so too is the small #DellaRobbia exhibition #arthistory

Sunrise at Rouen https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16809

A Bunch of Flowers, 1792-97, by #MaryMoser (British, 1744-1819), who was born #otd, Oct 27. Held by the Royal Collection Trust, www.rct.uk/collection/s... #womenartists #artherstory

Every surviving prairie grain elevator #OughtToBeHaunted. Once a dominant feature of the built landscape in western Canada, the few that are left rise like huge wooden tombstones to the past. 👇 Gravelbourg, SK. 🎃👻

Money Changer weighing coins to enact very a material just judgment, under God's (& his wife's) watchful eye. By Quentin Metsys of Antwerp, 1514. Today is his day.

Everyone gets a current issue of @spacing.bsky.social here

Me and the regular group who like my posts.

Didn’t cast your vote in an Ontario municipal election, although you’re eligible? Rufus wants to know why. He would vote if he could, but FOR SOME REASON cats can’t vote. He’s reminding you that (in Kitchener) you can vote until 8pm!

Mornin’.

Sorrow will have its seasons and its reasons, but let us leave a window open for joy. Some days, simply carrying on asks more of us than anyone can see. Keep going gently. The effort matters because the life you are tending is your own.

My sincerest apologies for the late update. The new A-Z starts right now!! The theme this time round is Aviation on Stamps. Here are my letter A’s, please share yours too. Australia Antigua #stampcollecting #Philately #stamps

Is it too late to rename my cats “No” and “Stop-It?” Because that is what I shout at them most of the time. Another good name for either of them is “Get Off The Table!”

When you wanted an isolated retreat in nature but accidentally signed a lease on a highly visible, neon-colored duplex. 🏚️🌿🪶🦉🐦🍁 #OhMyDouglas

Shocked & astounded to have 60K followers. Brief intro for the new crowd: I am a historian of architecture, cities &the arts of the Iberian empires,1500-1800. I've researched in & about Goa, Peru, Cuba, Spain & Portugal. I love travelling, reading, and writing. I'm owned by my two-year-old.

If you're part of that (possibilty small?) community that loves real life ghost stories, Canadian historical architecture, and high quality black and white photography, you will understand why I am reposting all of Peter Coffman's skeets these days

If a house is so isolated that there's no one around to hear the footless footsteps and see the doors opening and closing on their own, is it still haunted? Every NL outport has at least one house that #OughtToBeHaunted; a house that shows no signs of life, but betrays hints of an afterlife. 🎃👻😱

Puentes, puertos y molinos: el Prado construye un itinerario que une la pintura y la ingeniería museodelprado.es/actualidad/n...

It's municipal voting day in Ontario! The decisions made at a local level are the ones that impact us most, but voter turnout is usually pretty low (around here). Find out who's running and vote for the person who best aligns with how you want your community to be.

Anne of Bohemia, wearing an A+ outfit w/ super pendant hat ornament (distracting when walking!). Also fine lapdog. By Hans Maler, whose day is today.

The Oak of Flagey (The Oak of Vercingetorix) https://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/the-oak-of-flagey-the-oak-of-vercingetorix-1864

Now open at the Hungarian National Gallery - Dedicated Ones: Hungarian Women Artists in the First Half of the Twentieth Century en.mng.hu/exhibitions/... The show runs through 14 February 2027.

Shadow ornament, Venice

📍 Trinity Bellwoods Park #Toronto

meanwhile Malka has decided that the ironing board has to stay in the living room forever

Ragwort, Purple toadflax, Wild carrot, Daisy and Sloes in Cambridge and Ely this week. #WildflowerHour

Olivia Chow is a passionate defender of Toronto. She is someone who never stops working for the community and the people of the city. Let's bring this home friends.

ALL the academic jobs are similar to this.

Sunday 25 Oct, Dublin

The figure walks silently along the path between the residence and Military Road. He never speaks, and when spoken to, he simply disappears. But you're not surprised, because you know that Government House, in St. John's NL, #OughtToBeHaunted.

Science figured out what auriculotemporal neuralgia is and how to treat it. And that was so unbelievably excellent for me.

We are at our favorite local museum and spotted this jack o’lantern based on my favorite cat painting here, Minnie from the Outskirts of the Village. ❤️

Wishing you all a lovely autumn weekend…hugs to you all ♥️🍂 (art Joy Laforme)

mood… art by Loré Pemberton

Self-Portrait https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/60765