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Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her @neverreverend.bsky.social · Jul 1

#Campfire
I have a story to share. It is the story of this little girl whose passport picture you see here. Obviously, it is MY passport picture, taken in 1952 when I immigrated to Canada.
My story is being shared in the alternate description.

#EastCoastKin #MyRealName

Hello all
My name is Silke
It is a most unusual name in North America, but more commonly heard in Germany and the Netherlands. When I was born, my father wanted me to be called Sabine. My mother didn’t like the potential nickname that that would evoke. She was afraid I would be called Biene or Bienchen In English that would be Bee or Little Bee, but at that time, she had no idea that we would eventually emigrate from Germany. In fact, my given name probably ended up in worse nicknames in Canada than Bee would have been in Germany.
The combination of my unusual name and the fact that I was born in Germany made me a constant target for bullies. I hated my name.
The constant bullying made me a sombre child. It also made me a fearful child.

In grade 6, our teacher, Mr. Weeks thought it would be fun for us to learn the meanings of our names. Sadly, his big book of names did not include mine. He reassured me that that he had an even bigger book at home and that he would look up my name that evening.
I was ever so eager to see him the next day and could hardly wait to find out what my name meant. To my surprise and delight, he told this quiet little mouse that her name meant “keeper of the lions.“
I liked that name. it sounded brave. I tried to varying degrees of success to live up to that name.
Fast forward to my 41st year on earth. The subject of the meaning of names came up in my second University course. Yes, I started University just before my 40th birthday. When I told Dr. Erb what my name meant, he suppressed a chuckle. He suggested it was not a likely meaning given the fact that names that end in -ke and -je commonly came from around the North Sea, and that there would be little likelihood of lions living in that environment. He suggested that I check a book in the reference library. I was disappointed to find out that he was right and then realized that Mr. Weeks had done me a big favour. He had instilled a certain amount of pride in me.

July 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her

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#EastCoastKin #Stunday #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #WeNeedAnEditButton

Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her @neverreverend.bsky.social · Jul 20

On the Edge

I used to belong to a photo group that made fun of people who only took pictures of flowers. After manoeuvring my cell phone hither thither and yon to capture this & have it sharp, I will never make fun of bloomscrollers

#EastCoastKen #Sunday #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

July 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM

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Sweet Summer Promises Made

The Japanese Quince makes such lovely promises with its flowers. Pretty is as pretty does.

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #BloomScrolling #PhotographersOfBlueSky
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June 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM

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#Sunday #PeopleOfBlueSky #Photography #InformalPortraiture
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
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Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her @neverreverend.bsky.social · May 25

Innocence
When this parade participant crouched to speak to a passing toddler, I had just the right angle
#Stunday #PeopleOfBlueSky #Photography

A beautiful parade participant, dressed as a fairytale character, fills the frame. She has raven-black hair, and dark eyes. Her smile reveals perfect white teeth

May 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM

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#WindowsOnWednesdays #UrbanGaze #Architecture #KW #KitchenerWaterloo #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOnBlueSky #alphabetchallenge #weekVfor5
#WeekVforFive
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Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her @neverreverend.bsky.social · May 28

#WindowsOnWednesdays
I live in a non-institutional housing cooperative. The first of 3 buildings, seen here, was built as a button factory in 1879. Certain features made it a Heritage Building so it wasn’t torn down but converted to affordable housing.
#EastCoastSkin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVFor5

May 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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#EastCoastKin #BrucePeninsula #MarkOfTheBeast #WackyWednesday #StephenKing #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Creepy #WeNeedAnEditButton.

Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her @neverreverend.bsky.social · Jul 9

#WackyWednesday

This image is creepy and wacky in more ways than one. I had lost it in my files and no matter how I searched, I could not find it. When I took the picture, it gave me the creeps. I did not have the guts to get out of the car .
#EastCoastKen #666 #BrucePeninsula #WeNeedAnEditButton

In this highly atmospheric image, with dead grass and winter, dead trees, stands a door at the top of six stairs, a door to nowhere. What makes it even creepier is the fact that it has the numbers 666 at the top of the door.
For the Stephen King fans among us, let me say “Dim-a-chick? Dud-a-chum? Dad-a-cham? Ded-a-check?”
Maybe I should’ve saved this for Halloween, but damn it’s good for wacky Wednesday

July 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her

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It is #WackyWednesday.
As this heat wave comes to a close, I am beginning to overcome heat exhaustion and can begin to think outside the box again. This fellow certainly did.
#EastCoastKin #Travel #PooleUK #PeopleOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #WeNeedAnEditButton #AgeIsNotForWimps

June 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM

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Pristine

Our morning walk home from the Café gave me a whole new perspective on the flower gardens thanks to the light
#Stunday #PeachLeavedBellflower #BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky
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June 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM

AccessDenied

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Platner*
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April 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM

Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her

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I think I need to #escape this #wacky fellow.
And what is an American Confederate doing in (i .e. Queen) Victoria Park?
#scape #EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWacky #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography
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June 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Rush

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#WeNeedAnEditButton 😅

November 10, 2024 at 3:59 AM

Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her

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Just Another Lotus

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#Stunday #BloomScrolling #Lotus #EastCoastKin #RoyalBotanicalGardens #PhotographersOfBlueSky

A pink and yellow lotus seen from above. The pink edges of the lotus flower curl inward gently towards the centre of the flower. Floating just under the water, are the green leaves that seem to support it. Because the sun is at an angle, the water below is dark and set off the brilliance of the colors.

June 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM

Dad With No Filter 🇨🇦

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I knew what you meant.
I’m constantly screwing up posts…my stupid fat thumbs.

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December 24, 2024 at 9:14 PM

Courtney 🦊

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#weneedaneditbutton

January 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM

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January 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM

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to = too #weneedaneditbutton

February 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM

Courtney 🦊

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*what 🤦‍♀️ #weneedaneditbutton

March 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM

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#EastCoastKin
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Creative Crone 🇩🇪🇨🇦🇮🇨 she/her @neverreverend.bsky.social · Jun 10

Quincy’s Girlfriend

Poor Quincy already has a classic love story. Tarly is a mini-pin & she really seems a sweet little girl. But she’s also a little demon.
She lures him in and rejects him.
Quincy wants nothing to do with any other girl
#TerrierTuesday #Family #SchnauzerGang #DogsOfBlueSky #😢