Purple Hightops

@purplehightops

She/Her/Elle. Rural Alberta. Socialist Beer Club. Pets, politics, education, literacy, daily minutia, and sometimes baking or gardening.

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Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Jun 5

Photo of DD celebrating Trump's election as president. His cheeks are very rosy, he is raising a glass in his right hand. And of course he is wearing a red Make America Great Again baseball hat.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Jun 5

Had a crow stop by yesterday (and again today). Doesn't seem to have deterred my chickadees or finches though. So far.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· May 29

"We were led to believe this was a nonpartisan event. We will no longer appear at Freedom 250!" #Freedom250

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· May 16

My sister is visiting Canada, from her home in Africa. She brought me this amazing notebook. Ambition are fleek, yo!

A small, spiral bound notebook. The cover is a watercolour-style image of mountains and trees against a night sky, I think. The text printed over the image reads, "Ambition are fleek".

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· May 13

My town felt compelled to include a big bar graph with my property tax bill for the year, to highlight the increases in provincial tax that shows up on the bill collected by the municipality. But sure, lower taxes, Alberta advantage, etc...

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Apr 24

Geezus! Rural Alberta community Facebook is especially offend tonight. This is about a dog that keeps escaping, posted as a reply in my community's "Ask Away" group. What the fuck does Trudeau or MAID have to do with this? (I tried to find an appropriate emoji for how I feel about this, no luck.)

Screenshot from a rural AB Facebook community group post:
maybe the dog is a rescue and was previously abused we had a jack Russell that would scale a 6 foot fence and be gone the second he heard lightning or a car backfire spontaneous event that we had no control over maybe help the person or talk to them about ways they can better secure their animal I bet your one of those stupid bastards that voted for Justin Trudeau Nd the maid program

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Mar 24

Plants! My honey got a carpenter to build some shelves in to one of our windows, so I could start my own green wall. It's basically the only window in the house where plants grow well. But they are in desperate need of some attention...

Three wooden shelves, built into a window frame. The shelves are holding up about a dozen potted house plants. Most of the plants look a little bit sad.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Mar 24

I often miss having a dog, but Daisy is such a headcase - and not good with other quadrupeds - so I guess I'll wait till she clocks out before I decide to get another cat or dog... This is my old girl, Percy.

A Rottweiler/Lab/Shepherd cross dog, sitting near the steering wheel in the cab of a U-Haul truck.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Mar 24

Daisy gets free access to kibble throughout the day. Theoretically, it is weight loss and joint stuff. At her last checkup, she had gained some weight. But at this point, she is old and gimpy, and both of us would be miserable if I tried to make her lose weight 😁

Grey and white tabby cat, with lots of extra toes, is sitting on clean grey bedding.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Mar 9

As seen in my local community Facebook group. Presumably, they are asking about chiropractors? Which is its own whole other thing all together...

Screenshot of a Facebook post that reads "Any recommendations for caropractus"

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Mar 6

We had another big snowfall over the last couple of days. Today I just had most of my chickadee regulars, and a couple of finches.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Mar 2

Just some of the things that are not available online, or in any other format... I'd love records, if we were still doing that 😀

Two CD towers, full, with other CDs stacked on top and some on a small and table in front of the stands.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Mar 2

This is why I bought a CD player a few months ago 💜

CDs on my coffee table. They include the double album of the Clash on Broadway, the Velvet underground, Elvis Costello, Dan Bern and the Counting Crows. (R.E.M. Green is currently in the player.)

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Feb 28

I had some leftover pastry to use up, so I made a chicken pot pie. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough dough to make a top. Word to the wise - make sure you put a top on those. It looked kind of pretty before I tried to actually serve any. (Still tasted yummy though 😀)

Freshly baked chicken pot pie. The bottom crust is slightly golden, and there is no top crust. The pie filling is a yellow color, and you can see orange carrots, green celery, red onions, and bits of shredded chicken)

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Feb 16

Daisy seems to be enjoying my new hoodie from #PeaceLoveCanada @brittlestar.com

A fat gray and white domestic short-haired cat sits on top of a crumpled up sage coloured hoodie, on a bed.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Jan 9

Of course. The Aussies want a piece of coal action here in our beautiful Rocky Mountains as well... And our provincial government is doing everything they can to make that happen. (Google AI overview. Sorry. Mostly accurate, except for the propaganda at the end.)

"Northback Coal (Northback Holdings Corp.) is an Australian-owned company, subsidiary of Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd., a major Australian mining firm and Gina Rinehart, focused on developing the controversial Grassy Mountain steelmaking coal project in Alberta, Canada, which involves a new, smaller mine proposal with tighter environmental controls after initial rejection. The project is on previously mined land in the Crowsnest Pass, facing strong local opposition but recently gaining approval for exploration drilling from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER). Northback aims to provide high-quality metallurgical coal, leveraging its parent company's Australian mining heritage."

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Dec 24

Nice! I recently got some dinosaurs for myself, and they make me happy!

A photo of my shins and feet, showing off the boots I am wearing. They are in the style of Doc Martens boots. They are a bright purple fake leather, with small colorful cartoon type drawings of various dinosaurs.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Dec 11

Yayy! My order from @loxy.bsky.social has arrived. I know my mum will love these! Good thing I am not much of a jewelry person, otherwise it would be really hard to give these away. They are gorgeous! (I am keeping the dumpster fire earrings for myself though 😀)

A pair of small earrings, featuring a mountain skyline, and a pin in the shape of a raven, painted with a northern night time vibe.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Nov 28

Here she is on the kitchen table, where she is definitely not supposed to be, enjoying the afterglow from her Delectables licky stick.

A grey and white tabby cat sits on an oak kitchen table, half on the wood and half on a cream colored placemat. Her hind legs are spread out, so you can see that she has giant feet with a lot of toes.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Nov 4

Daisy isn't great at making friends, but I'll see what I can do!

A very grumpy looking white and gray tabby cat, with a lot of toes, lying on the kitchen table.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Nov 1

Buying a birdcam might be the best investment, monetarily, I have made in my own mental health since Honey died 💜

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Oct 31

Purple pirate daisy. Not completely impressed with my choice of costume for her 💜

A grey and white tabby cat, wearing a black and purple cape with the Jolly Roger (pirate skull and crossbones) on her back, stares up at the camera, disapprovingly.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Oct 27

Still no joy.

Screenshot from blackwell's, showing no ordering available.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Oct 25

I turned notifications off for my birdcam, as it is generally most busy when I am trying to be productive at work. Just reviewed a week's worth of visitors. Damn I love this thing, and these birdies 💜

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Oct 25

Missing my Honey 💔

Chapter 162 of "Here After" by Amy Lin.

162

I still sleep on my side of the bed. I still think of it as my side. At night, I wake, reaching for him. In the closet, his jacket, still hanging beside mine.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Oct 11

Looks pretty, so that's something!

A golden brown loaf of bread, in the weird shape that bread makers make them into. It is supposed to be oatmeal honey. I hope it tastes as good as it looks.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Sep 20

Lots of chickadee traffic this morning. And I can hear the robins in the tree. They don't seem to have found their way to the free buffet yet though.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Sep 11

Last night in Toronto

13 musicians take the stage in front of a red background with a large image of a ship inside a bottle. In the foreground, a crowded floor with all heads facing the stage, eager for the music to begin.

Purple Hightops@purplehightops· Aug 8

This is the ridiculous lobster I bought at the airport on our way home. (I am allergic to real lobster, by the way.)