Aven

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Roman poetry & culture | Endless Knot Podcast & YT http://alliterative.net | 🇨🇦Fed govt, former prof | She/her | circumsiliens modo huc modo illuc, pipio

A large squared off concrete/stone building with green copper roof and two bronze statues on plinths on either side of the main doors.
A curving stone wall, with two tall mirrored towers in the distance
A tree with four crows perched in it
A wide river lined with green trees, with spired buildings on the right and a bridge on the left.
Stone buildings with spires and green copper roofs, against a clear blue sky, with a crane to the side
A carved stone owl on a plinth on the side of a block stone building.
A brown box with text: "I sent mine. I asked TIm Hortons and Restaurant Brands International to end the Harry Potter campaign -- and to say publicly why. Your turn. It takes five minutes." tinyurl.com/THtoolkit affirmingconnections.com
A container full of small dusty blue berries.
A round container labeled “Cavallinin& co. Color chart vintage puzzle” and “natural system of colours”, with an image of a circular spectrum of colours.
Small deep orangey-red dot in a greyish sky.
Orange flowers in a backyard with paths mown through
A hand with red and white nail polish. In the background is a tv showing a football game
The “cottage” at the bottom of our friends’ garden that we stayed in, by the lake we used to live next to. A small wooden hose surrounded by lawn and ferns and trees, with the lake in the distance.
20 seconds of heavy rain and wind on a suburban street, with a young tree waving wildly and water splashing along the road.
Front steps and garden (heavy on the hostas) with pouring rain obscuring the street.
A grey bearded man in a Tilley hat and rain jacket standing in the woods holding up a large fish by the gills.
A black and white photo of four people sitting on the steps of a house; a mother, two teenage boys and a teenage girl. Text on the photo reads “Gordon’s family ~1947”
A dark lake with a blinking light on the water about 5 feet from shore
Mosquitoes hovering against a fine mesh screen with trees and ferns in the background
A light green plate with incised leaf motifs on the bottom; a small dark blue vase with dried roses in it; a dark blue mottled mug. All hand-made.
Three eastern cottontail rabbits (light brown) in a yard with longish grass and a few patches of dandelions
A wide shot of rushing whitewater rapids over dark rocks, with evergreen trees and a handful of yellow and red fall trees scattered in the far bank. The sky is overcast with puffy grey clouds.
Passage of Latin about grammatical genders with the word “dinoscuntur” highlighted
Selfie of myself (a brown haired woman with blue eyes) wearing a gold chain with a small gold phallus and earrings of winged phalli.
A shiny golden brown spiraled loaf of bread on a cooling rack
Screenshot of weather app for Saturday and Sunday. Sat afternoon 23° and raining, overnight 4° rainy, Sunday morning 2° with mixed snow and rain, afternoon 7°, overnight -3°.
A lake and curving wooded shore, with perfectly still water, and light mist rising off the lake into a bright blue sky
Two clear glass vases on top of a bookshelf containing coloured eggs, mostly pastel pinks, blues, and greens
A black and white phot of a young woman and young man. She has long light hair and a simple white dress. He has dark hair and a small beard and mustache and glasses, and is wearing a light suit and tie. There is text at the bottom saying Susan & Ian’s Wedding 1970
A bowl containing many sliced and quartered orange and yellow citrus fruits and juice, partially in bright sunlight
Backyard with bushes, cedar hedges and a patio table, all covered in about an inch of snow)
Green trees in a wood, mostly birches, with two spots of vivid red leaves
The side of a road with an exposed flat face of rock with parallel vertical lines along it. There are trees with autumn colours on top, with a blue sky.
A windswept gnarled tree on the side of a hill covered in yellow grass, with a low dry stone wall in the foreground
Looking up at the canopy of yellow and orange and green leaves, with tall spruce trunks in the foreground, and a screened in porch of a cottage in the background
A table covered by a lace tablecloth, with plates of macarons and a loaf of bread, two abstract paintings leaning against the wall, a bouquet of flowers, several poetry books and journals spread out, and a blueprint unrolled on the table.
On a table covered by a lace tablecloth there are two trays with macarons—large pink hearts and small yellow one with pink filling. There’s also a round spiraled loaf of bread with a dark brown shiny finish, and a bouquet of pink and red roses and lilies.
A bouquet of lush red roses with baby’s breath in a vase, sitting on a sideboard with birthday cards in the background
A red cardinal on a window bird feeder; behind it is a smoke bush tree with its leaves turning red
A bottle of brew-on-premises white wine frozen solid with the plastic topper being pushed out the top by the ice. The cork is lying beside the bottle.
A red fox can be seen in the snow outside a French window through a screen of indoor plants
A backyard covered in a foot of snow, with bright sunshine and blue sky
Three older people, two men and a woman, standing with bouquets of flowers on a lawn in the sun.
A chickadee on a window bird feeder with a flowering Christmas cactus inside the window
A pair of finches, one with reddish head and breast
A very full fridge, with a drawer pulled out showing a carton of eggs
Screenshot of weather app for Ottawa, showing overnight low of -22°C, feels like -29°, tomorrow’s high of -12°, and highs in mid negative teens for the next 5 days.
A screenshot of a gif with the word “galvanic” under the header “your 2026 word” and the logo of Merriam-Webster
A hockey rink with players in mid game
A hollow star-shaped ice sculpture with a lit candle inside it, and some cranberries suspended in the ice, sitting beside a decoration with evergreen boughs and a red bow, on a doorstep with snow