Rhonda Cates

@rhondacates

My happy place: interior design, social justice, cooking, dogs and travel. Striving to keep plants alive. 🇨🇦 Vancouver Canucks fan 🤦🏼‍♀️ Living on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueum, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations

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Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· 20d

Right? Falling asleep on the couch and move to bed to toss and turn. 🙄

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· 21d

A warm day in North Vancouver today brought a forest neighbour over for a dip in our pond. #BlackBear #NorthVancouver #photography #BeautifulBC

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· 21d

It was this that started the whole hating on Canada.

A picture of former PM Justin Trudeau being greeted by Melania Trump with an unidentified man standing behind her and Donald Trump standing beside her.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· 22d

#MountainMonday Taken during a flight from Vancouver to Prince George, BC. #photography #BeautifulBC #mountains

A view from 31,000 feet showing the snow capped mountain range between Vancouver and Prince George, BC

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· 23d

Some of my flowers that continue to grow in spite of me 🪴👩‍🌾 🌱 #gardening #flowers #shadetolerant

Four flower pots holding a variety of orange, red and yellow begonias

A closeup of a purple Tea of Heaven hydrangea.

Closeup of a red and purple fuchsia flower fully opened.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Jul 11

I am at a loss at to what it will take for the American people to take to the streets. Would France please send their people to show how they make the government work for them. Full stop.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Jun 28

Not the same talent as you but here’s my photo Two Red Chairs

Two red Muskoka chairs by a pond with 6 pots of plants behind them

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Jun 21

Apparently the smart guy in the White House was today years old when he learned cool poll posting. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

A poll put out by Trump asking if ICE agents should be called ICE or NICE PPL

A poll put out by Trump asking if Democrats should be referred to as Dumocrat or Dumbocrat. He says he’s one of the few people who knows that dumb is spelled with a b.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Jun 6

June roses 🥰 #gardening 🌱🍃💐

A single rose in blush pink with greenery in the background.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Jun 2

Some Hoi An, Vietnam vibes in our North Vancouver, Canada back yard 🥰. #Vietnam #Lanterns #HoiAn

A patio with a string of lights that span the width with a green, yellow and red Vietnamese lanterns hanging equal distances apart. A fire pit is in the forefront with pots and begonias and rhododendron bushes.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Jun 2

Some beautiful Mock Orange growing in the garden. #gardening #plants 🌱👨‍🌾

A closeup of Mock Orange plant with dark green leaves and white clusters of flowers.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· May 29

How it started. How it ended. #gardening #FoodieFriday #ChiveBlossomButter #ChiveBlossomVinegar

A bunch of chives with purple flowers sitting on a white and grey countertop

A jar with purple chive blossoms in vinegar next to a roll of chive blossom butter.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· May 23

A little touch of Hoi An in Vancouver Canada. 🇻🇳🇨🇦 #Vietnam #HoiAn #❤️

A peach coloured Vietnamese lantern with fairy lights over top of a grill with rhododendrons behind

An orange Vietnamese lantern with fairy wings front of a rhododendron bush

A lime green Vietnamese lantern with fairy lights in front of a green leafed tree.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 27

A picture of President Clinton captioned “ I did not have sexual relations with that woman”

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 26

So the gunman was killed. Or the gunman was shot and taken away in handcuffs. Interesting conflicting reports from the media who are actually there… #WHCD

A headline stating “The shooter confirmed dead” regarding shots fired at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

CNBC reporting that the gunman was shot and then taken away in handcuffs.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 25

Hey Bluesky. It’s Foodie Friday! Tonight’s dinner to start the weekend is a Skillet Broken Lasagna with a Caesar Romaine Wedge salad. #Foodsky #FoodieFriday

A white plate holding a deconstructed lasagna with scattered basil leaves and a quarter romaine wedge with Caesar dressing and breadcrumbs

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 23

Like the traffic in Saigon.

A white tshirt with a messy red scribble with “Saigon traffic” written below

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 22

Here you go - created by ChatGPT

A man, RFK Jr and a woman, AOC with red laser bolts coming out of her eyes, in a confrontation during a Congressional hearing

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 22

A wonderful 10 years with you Taz ❤️. 5 years gone but we will never forget. #dogsofblueskty #Dogs

A black and white shih tzu holding a gingerbread toy with the caption ”I’m tired, I have my baby and I want to go to bed.“

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 19

Up until yesterday there were fish in our pond…. #nature #heron

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 18

It’s Caturday, brought to you by Loki! #Caturday

A grey and white cat sleeping on a blue couch with his paws curled and his tongue sticking out

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 18

Dinner tonight. Sheet pan quesadillas. 🥰 🍽️ #Foodsky #Quesadilla

A white plate on a brown and black round placemat holding a square of a sheet pan quesadilla with sour cream on top and a drizzle of chipotle hot sauce.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 12

This sounds very much like they did threaten that in Vietnam. From the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

A plaque located in the Wat Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Apr 5

A full on Vietnamese meal made from scratch. Pork Bahn Mi and Mango Chicken salad. So fresh, so delicious, so much like being there. #Foodsky #Vietnam #Foodie #photography 🍽️

A Vietnamese pork bahn mi sandwich with cucumber, pickled onions 🧅daikon and carrot, with cilantro, basil and mint. Alongside a mango, carrot salad with a fish sauce, palm sugar, lime, garlic and chili dressing., topped with fried shallots and peanuts.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Mar 30

Missing Asia so a bit of a riff on dinner tonight. Vietnamese chicken green mango salad with smoked tofu Pad Thai. Delicious! #FoodSky #Dinner #photography

A white plate with Pad Thai, and fresh bean sprouts on the left and a Vietnamese green mango chicken salad on the right.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Mar 28

I hope you got to see the Jade Canoe carving by Bill Reid at YVR when you left. It’s amazing.

A jade sculpture of a canoe with Haida First Nations along with many creatures as taken from the oral history and legends of the Haida people.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Mar 25

To be clear. No one is pointing fingers at the controller. The Trump administration holds full responsibility for the deaths of the 2 pilots and the injuries sustained by dozens more. #aircanada #USaviationneglect

A view of the destroyed Air Canada fuselage with the head of the American FAA cautioning against pointing fingers at controllers and saying distractions was involved. “This is a heavy workload environment”. No shit Sherlock. Perhaps the gov’t could have prevented this instead of finding a war.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Mar 23

Yes.

A post by Mark Federighi that says “I hope President Ocadio-Cortez turns the ballroom into a soup kitchen run by José Andres

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Mar 23

#PetsOfBlueSky 🐾🐕‍🦺🦴🐾

A black and white Shih Tzu dog sits on a gray carpet with a white stuffed toy in front of him.

Rhonda Cates@rhondacates· Mar 21

Motorbikes are the main mode of transportation in Vietnam and are used for everything from transporting up to 5 family members to being ingenious delivery vehicles. #Vietnam #motorcycles #motorbikes #traffic #photography