Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸

@shellyeg

French-speaking weird Venus flytrap of French and Icelandic descent, repotted in the potash-filled horse trough that is #Edmonton, #Alberta, #Canada Read pinned post. *NO* poƚitics! No 420, NFṪ, ĄI, GoFunɗMe, mutuaƚ aiɗ, or crypṫo. I vet new followers.

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Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· 26d

Can anyone ID this, please?

A bird with mottled/speckled beige and black plumage and a red path on the back of its head visits the garden.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· 27d

@fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social

A sandwich chalkboard sign on the sidewalk outside of a shop reads, "When life hands you lemons, throw the lemons back in life's face and say, 'You know what, life? I didn't ask for lemons; I ordered an espresso.'"

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jul 11

Bananas! The inclement weather in #Edmonton has left a lot of trees, branches and tree limbs strewn everywhere in its wake. #yegwx #ABwx #AbStorm

Severe weather in Edmonton has downed trees. A mature tree has snapped at the base and is lying on the ground, parallel to the sidewalk.

Severe weather, strong winds, and heavy rain in Edmonton has left branches and tree limbs strewn all over.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jul 11

... but feel free to vandalize property as you see fit. 🙄 The lines are fluid, I guess. 🤷‍♀️

A public bench at a bus stop. Someone, using red premament marker, has scrawled "Never lie, cheat or steal".

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jul 11

Vintage-inspired postcard. Pen and ink sketch in the style of late 19th century illustration. A man is kneeling, hands clasped in prayer. He looks upward, pleading, "Please stop fucking raining."

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jul 10

Lanakai is believed to be with his mother, 35-year-old Krista Morrison, her 35-year-old partner Daniel Ludwig and a four-year-old child named Karl Morrison. They are believed to be in the Beaverlodge area.

Krista Morrison (35, Female): 5’8″, medium build, long dark brown hair, brown eyes

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jul 10

⚠️ AMBER ALERT An #AmberAlert has been issued for six-year-old Lanakai Morrison. RCMP say the boy was taken on Tuesday from the hamlet of Valhalla Centre, roughly 63 kilometres northwest of Grande Prairie, #Alberta. The Amber Alert was issued in the early morning hours on Thursday.

Lanakai Morrison, age 6

Slight build, long brown hair, brown eyes

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jul 5

Let's assume for a moment that this is pureed purple people. Would consuming this make me a ... 😈

Blueberry-banana smoothie in a glass on the counter

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jul 2

Guess who spent the evening in the ER last night.

Text exchange between Shell and Mr.

Mr.: I'll have to explain later, but it's a slight sprain/break. I'm on
my way home now. I would like to get
something to eat though.

Shell: How can it be both?

Mr.: That's why I have to explain later.

Mr.: Took xrays and gave me a very complicated tension boot. I'll use the boot when I'm not wearing shoes. The Dr said that it should take about 4 weeks to cure.

Shell: Again, I'm sorry that happened. Did you get any rest?

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 30

I make several meals at once, when I have the energy, then I portion them and label the containers. It's a lot of work at the outset, but it saves my bacon when I don't have the time/energy to make anything.

A freezer is full of food storage containers, each containing a single portion of a dinner entrée. Each container is labelled with a piece of masking tape on which is written the name of the dish and the date it was prepared.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 29

She says she always has control over what sizes she has. I remember my mom and others used to store hers in Pringles chips and other similar tubes covered in prstty paper and labelled.

A crate made of blue and red plastic contains a latge assortment of knitting needles, sorted by pin type and size.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 28

Carry on then. I'll just sing this Chuck Berry classic to myself ... 😉 youtu.be/zwgM-3mr3DI?...

Photo courtesy of TSN announces that Canada, following a 1‐0 victory over South Africa, has advanced to the round of 16 in the FIFA World Cup.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 28

Look what I made! It may not seem like much, but, given I am the LEAST mechanically inclined person EVER and FAILED my FCE, which included, among other tests, the VCWS and DCAT, this is a big deal for me, and I'm feeling accomplished! VCWS: youtu.be/kr__hfH6Czc?... DCAT: youtu.be/pSQwujlU7G8?...

Photo collage of a piece of IKEA furniture before and after assembly.

Top photo: the pieces and hardware are laid out on the carpeted bedroon floor.

Bottom photo: the storage bench, which includes four drawers in the centre and a storage cubby at either end, is fully assembled and in position at the foot of the bed.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 28

😂😂😂

A sign for a restroom bears a number of pictograms in a row at the top.

From left to right: woman/female, man/male, non-binary/gender fluid, Bigfoot, space alien, centaur.

Beneath the pictogram, in bold letters, it says: Whatever... just wash your hands.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 28

*giggle* Ranks right up there with this gem.

A supermarket bakery display; however, in order for the text describing the cream cakes to fit on the yellow display sign, the word "assorted" has been truncated to "ass".

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 27

Rainy days are chore days. Organized the closet, did a small closet purge to identify items that no longer fit and can go to donation, did laundry, amd now washing the bedding. You know you're living the dream when Clean Pajamas Day™ and Fresh Sheets Day™ make your highlight reel. #OldieButGoodie

Triptych depicting a neat and organized closet. Left to right: a variety of women's belts; a number of women's camisoles and tank tops; a number of necklaces amd pieces of costume jewelry. All are suspended on space-saving hangers.

A number of women's jackets and blazers hang neatly suspended on a space-saving hanger.

A cube storage system holds an assortment of women's sweaters, all neatly folded.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 23

Achieving a natural yet polished look when you have hooded eyes is hard, especially after 50. Ugh. I think peach and bronze tones are best with my blue eyes, and the ivory opens them up a bit.

Shell has made up her hooded eyes with a palette of peach and bronze eye shadows. The result is a polished, natural daytime look.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 21

Father's Day hits a lot differently this year. This is the last photo of my dad, taken about 4½ hours before he passed away. It's hard to believe it's been two months already. I miss him terribly. 💔

A frail and feverish elderly man is wearing a hospital gown and is sleeping in on his left side. He is in a hospital bed and has a compress on hs forehead.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 17

Teehee! I'm clearly not a dweeb, as a deeper dive reveals this is from the "Deep Space Nine" (and not TNG as I initially thought) episode "The Sword of Kahless" (S04E09), which aired November 20, 1995. The characters are, left to right, Kor, Jadzia Dax, and Worf.

A still image from "The Sword of Kahless", in which Dax holds the Sword of Kahless. She is flanked by the Klingons Kor on her right and Worf on her left.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 9

Methinks the microwave is getting just a wee bit uppity. I mean, *I* make all the food in this house, and here *it* is, trying to take all the credit for it! I mean, its assessment of my culinary skills isn't wrong, but riding my coattails? Come on! 🤨 🤭

The display on the microwave control pad reads "Good" once the time has elapsed and tge food inside is heated up.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 7

These gingerbread cookies with plum are delicious! Could anyone kindly tell me what language the packaging is in? It looks like Russian...

Franzeluta
TOSDAT IN 1947
Пряники с черносливом
душевные
Gingerbread cookies with plum
NET WT 14.1 oz
400g

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 5

Mother Nature is clearly drunk and needs to go home.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 4

Just what kind of AI slop is this?! A bathroom with four sinks, and another with two toilets side by side? One bedroom that's entirely inaccessible, and another accessible only if one walks through the owner's suite ... I suppose, sure, if your Simmies are stoned or something, but... Gadzooks! 🤦‍♀️

Master suite with an ensuite containing TWO double vanities (four sinks), a tub, and a shower, but no toilet. Another room off the master suite (which would function far better as a walk-in closet) contains a toilet and sink. Why two bathrooms—one of them rather uselss ubless you plan to drop one in one of the four sinks—off a single bedroom?!?!

Ahhhh, yes. The old "powder room off the kitchen" model. There are, in fact, two powder rooms off the kitchen: one with two sinks, a shower and a tub, but no toilet. But that's okay because, in the event someone slipped Ex-lax in tgw brownies, the other powder room has TWO toilets side by side (but, alas, no sink).

An for those who firmly believe teleportation is possible, a turret bedroom that is COMPLETELY inaccessible, and another (with ensuite) that can only be accessed by going through the primary bedroom.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· Jun 2

Insomnia is never good. 😢 Oh! You mean...

Twenty-two blueberry muffins, fresh from the oven and still in the tin, sit atop the stove to cool

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· May 30

@veggielacochonne2.bsky.social This account elected to follow me and was blocked immediately. It's one thing to have an opinion and to disagree with someone; it's quite another to stoop to something as vile and as vicious as this. That's unacceptable and not anything with which I want to engage.

Screenshot of a vile reply. It reads:

Go fuck yourself with your "sentient" plants, you fucking vegetable: plants have no nervous system, no brain, and no capacity to feel pain. You're just too goddamn stupid to grasp the difference between a biochemical reaction and actual suffering. Go back to stuffing your face with steaks and STFU

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· May 15

Cover of American humorist Erma Louise Bombeck's #1 New York Times Bestseller entitled "The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank"

A stately house appears in the background. It overlooks a grassy hill. The title overlays a patch of green grass; the grass beyond this space reserved for the book's title appears brown and burnt.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· May 14

Was it ... me?

Shell, sporting a new haircut. The stylist cut off two to three inches, bringing the hair to shoulder length.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· May 10

Or AI for that matter. 🤦‍♀️

Screenshot of possible replies, all AI-generated, that could be used to send a quick email reply.

The suggestions are:

- Sounds good.
- Looks great!
- You're [sic] suggestions are welcome.

The word "You're" is misspelled and circled as it's a glaring grammatical error.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· May 9

I'm cringing. These are the quick replies Gmail suggested. Anyone else see it? Click or tap to view the full image. 🤦‍♀️

Quick Replies for Gmail adds customizable buttons next to the Reply and Forward buttons in Gmail.

Screenshot showing three possible replies, all appropriate, but one contains a glaring spelling/grammatical error.

Rachelle ("Shell") 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇸@shellyeg· May 3

I ❤️ this photo as a #writing prompt. Where does the door go? Why this particular colour? What does it represent? Is it conspicuous for a reason—meant to be found, or have we stumbled upon it rather fortuitously? Original source unknown; first indexed Feb 2014 at 25.media.tumblr.com/5a1d3dd80833...